Serena Williams has been as the world no. for 210 weeks since the beginning of her great career. This allowed the American to overtake Martina Hingis with Evert as the next target.
Here is the standing of the players that has managed to stay at the top of the ranking for most weeks
Graff – 377
Navratilova – 332
Evert – 260
Serena – 210
Hingis – 209
Serena has managed to stay at the top of the rankings in 6 different moments
Feb 2013 -> Present – 87 weeks
Nov 2009 -> October 2010 – 49 weeks
Oct 2009 -> 2 weeks
Feb 2009 -> Apr 2009 – 11 weeks
Sep 2008 -> Oct 2008 – 4 weeks
Jul 2002 -> Aug 2003 – 57 weeks
