On This Day, 2003: Justine Henin rises to No. 1 on the WTA rankings for the first time
On October 20th, 2003—exactly 20 years ago to this day—one of the all-time greats of women’s tennis officially became the greatest women’s player in the world, as Belgium's Justine Henin rose to No. 1 on the WTA rankings for the first time. What Henin did to get to the top