Race to WTA Finals Update: Barty leading ahead of Collins

Despite the WTA Finals not having a set location yet the race is well underway with Ashleigh Barty firmly on top.

The Australian opened the season down under in fabulous fashion. She finally solved the Australian Open riddle to win the event and become the first Australian to win in a dozen years. That along with solid results leading up to it with the Adelaide title allows her to sit firmly on top of the race. Danielle Collins is 2nd thanks to her superb run to the final in Melbourne.

Madison Keys is number 3 with Iga Swiatek at number 4. The rest of the top 10 are consist of Barbora Krejcikova at number 5, Paula Badosa at 6, Simona Halep and Amanda Anisimova at number 7 with the same number of points. Kaia Kanepi si number 9 and Jessica Pegula and Alize Cornet share number 10. Check out the full top 30 below.

1 Ashleigh Barty 2470

2 Danielle Collins 1300

3 Madison Keys 1090

4 Iga Świątek 965

5 Barbora Krejčíková 735

6 Paula Badosa Gibert 711

7 Simona Halep 520

7 Amanda Anisimova 520

9 Kaia Kanepi 460

10 Jessica Pegula 432

10 Alizé Cornet 432

12 Elena Rybakina 430

13 Daria Kasatkina 425

14 Victoria Azarenka 340

15 Veronika Kudermetova 310

16 Maria Sakkari 295

16 Elise Mertens 295

18 Sorana Cîrstea 271

19 Anett Kontaveit 255

20 Alison Riske 251

21 Aryna Sabalenka 242

22 Tamara Zidanšek 241

23 Naomi Osaka 240

24 Qinwen Zheng 238

25 Nuria Párrizas Díaz 220

26 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 208

27 Misaki Doi 195

28 Clara Tauson 190

29 Ana Konjuh 190

30 Maddison Inglis 185