Krejcikova moves to No. 2 in WTA Race to Shenzhen as Barty holds number one

With another week that has passed, we got another update to the Race to Shenzen which is slowly heating up. The top 8 players in the race will move to Shenzen where they will contest the final WTA event of the year, the WTA Finals. Ashleigh Barty is still leading the field by a wide margin thanks to her consistent performances throughout the year as well as Wimbledon victory.

Barbora Krejcikova won the 2021 Prague Open last week which allowed her to jump up to number two in the race skipping over Sabalenka. The rest of the top 8 consists of Iga Swiatek who is number 4, Karolina Pliskova who is number 5, Naomi Osaka who is number 6, Garbine Muguruza who is number 7 and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at number 8.

The closest players in pursuit of the top 8 are Ons Jabeur at 9, Coco Gauff at 10 who was forced to withdraw from the Olympics due to contracting COVID-19 and Sakkari at 11.

1 Ashleigh Barty 5381

2 Barbora Krejčíková 3778

3 Aryna Sabalenka 3538

4 Iga Świątek 2680

5 Karolína Plíšková 2607

6 Naomi Osaka 2536

7 Garbiñe Muguruza 2325

8 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2029

9 Ons Jabeur 2010

10 Cori Gauff 2005

11 Maria Sakkari 1956

12 Elise Mertens 1839

13 Jennifer Brady 1808

14 Paula Badosa Gibert 1737

15 Karolína Muchová 1687

16 Veronika Kudermetova 1658

17 Jessica Pegula 1647

18 Angelique Kerber 1581

19 Tamara Zidanšek 1581

20 Elina Svitolina 1572

21 Daria Kasatkina 1537

22 Petra Kvitová 1337

23 Belinda Bencic 1319

24 Anett Kontaveit 1316

25 Elena Rybakina 1273

26 Jeļena Ostapenko 1250

27 Serena Williams 1246

28 Sorana Cîrstea 1168

29 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1052

30 Ludmilla Samsonova 1044