WTA Rankings Update: Raducanu drops 72 spots as Gauff debuts top 10 ranking

The US Open came and went and Iga Swiatek was crowned the US Open champion extending her lead in the WTA Rankings even further.

The Polish player has been dominant this year and that's the way she won the US Open as well. In dominant fashion with her lead in the WTA Rankings bigger than ever. Ons Jabeur was the player she defeated in the final match and the Tunisian followed her in the same direction on the rankings.

She's now ranked number two which is a well-deserved ranking for her. Other players who had deep runs this year were Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff. Both of them did well to improve their rankings as well. For Gauff this is a top 10 debut in the singles.

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Caroline Garcia is another player who enjoyed a very good run at the US Open and she made her return to the top 10 as well, with her occupying the number 10 spot. Some players dropped on the rankings as well but most of the attenion in that regards goes to Leylah Fernandez and Emma Raducanu.

They had an amazing time last year but not so much this year. Fernandez dropped to number 40 while Raducanu dropped to number 82. Numerous players have a new career-high ranking after this US Open. Besides the already mentioned Pegula (5) and Gauff(8) we also have Kudermetova at 13, Alexandrova at 24, Tomljanovic at 34, Zheng at 37, and Bouzkova at 39.

Furthermore, Pera at 44, Potapova at 45, Bondar 49, Kalinskaya at 52, Wang at 60, Parry at 70, Niemeier at 73, Udvardy at 76, Galfi at 79 and Cocciaretto at 93.

WTA Rankings (Septermber 12, 2022):

Rank Prior Name Nat Points # Trn Added Off 16th 17th

1 (1) SWIATEK, IGA POL 10365 17 2000 60 55

2 (5) JABEUR, ONS TUN 5090 19 1300 100 100

3 (2) KONTAVEIT, ANETT EST 4300 20 70 100 60

4 (4) BADOSA, PAULA ESP 3980 24 70 25 15

5 (8) PEGULA, JESSICA USA 3501 17 430 1 1

6 (3) SAKKARI, MARIA GRE 3480 21 70 60 55

7 (6) SABALENKA, ARYNA 3470 20 780 55 55

8 (12) GAUFF, COCO USA 3047 17 430 1 1

9 (7) HALEP, SIMONA ROU 3025 19 10 100 60

10 (17) GARCIA, CAROLINE FRA 2930 22 780 30 29

11 (9) KASATKINA, DARIA 2895 21 10 55 1

12 (10) MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE ESP 2776 19 130 30 1

13 (18) KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA 2436 22 240 60 55

14 (13) BENCIC, BELINDA SUI 2335 20 130 60 60 60

15 (16) OSTAPENKO, JELENA LAT 2325 19 10 180 30 1

16 (19) COLLINS, DANIELLE USA 2277 14 240

17 (20) KEYS, MADISON USA 2248 18 130 1 1

18 (15) HADDAD MAIA, BEATRIZ BRA 2238 33 70 76 43 43

19 (21) KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 2187 19 240 1 1

20 (22) PLISKOVA, KAROLINA CZE 2007 17 430 1 1

21 (26) AZARENKA, VICTORIA 1951 14 240

22 (24) ANISIMOVA, AMANDA USA 1840 17 10 30 1

23 (29) RISKE-AMRITRAJ, ALISON USA 1755 23 240 180 30 1

24 (28) ALEXANDROVA, EKATERINA 1750 21 70 30 55 30

25 (25) RYBAKINA, ELENA KAZ 1730 22 10 55 30

26 (23) KREJCIKOVA, BARBORA CZE 1643 20 70 9 5 1

27 (27) TREVISAN, MARTINA ITA 1636 29 10 120 20 15

28 (35) SAMSONOVA, LIUDMILA 1577 23 240 110 55 35

29 (36) ZHANG, SHUAI CHN 1530 34 240 1 60 30

30 (32) SASNOVICH, ALIAKSANDRA 1521 22 70 30 30 30

31 (30) TEICHMANN, JIL SUI 1457 21 10 1 1

32 (34) KANEPI, KAIA EST 1433 23 70 50 30

33 (31) ROGERS, SHELBY USA 1406 23 130 30 13

34 (46) TOMLJANOVIC, AJLA AUS 1400 23 430 55 30

35 (40) CORNET, ALIZÉ FRA 1380 24 130 60 30 1

36 (38) PUTINTSEVA, YULIA KAZ 1355 21 70 110 30 30

37 (39) ZHENG, QINWEN CHN 1348 26 130 5 28 25

38 (37) CIRSTEA, SORANA ROU 1330 23 70 60 30 30

39 (41) BOUZKOVA, MARIE CZE 1312 17 70 60 1 1

40 (14) FERNANDEZ, LEYLAH CAN 1310 17 70 1 1

41 (42) BEGU, IRINA-CAMELIA ROU 1294 20 70 30 15

42 (43) VAN UYTVANCK, ALISON BEL 1280 23 70 1 15 12

43 (33) MERTENS, ELISE BEL 1205 22 10 60 30 1

44 (45) PERA, BERNARDA USA 1181 21 10 30 1 1

45 (52) POTAPOVA, ANASTASIA 1126 26 70 1 18 15

46 (54) MARTIC, PETRA CRO 1109 19 130 1 1 1

47 (47) KALININA, ANHELINA UKR 1091 30 70 31 30 30

48 (44) OSAKA, NAOMI JPN 1067 12 10

49 (51) STEPHENS, SLOANE USA 1006 16 70 1

50 (58) SAVILLE, DARIA AUS 1006 19 10 26 1 1

51 (60) KALINSKAYA, ANNA 998 24 70 43 18 15

52 (55) BONDAR, ANNA HUN 995 36 10 3 60 57

53 (53) VONDROUSOVA, MARKETA CZE 982 14 110

54 (65) KOSTYUK, MARTA UKR 975 25 70 15 30 30

55 (56) PAOLINI, JASMINE ITA 975 28 10 280 43 30

56 (48) ANDREESCU, BIANCA CAN 972 12 130

57 (59) BRONZETTI, LUCIA ITA 972 30 10 79 15 12

58 (49) SORRIBES TORMO, SARA ESP 961 22 10 115 55 30

59 (57) TAUSON, CLARA DEN 958 21 10 302 16 13

60 (75) WANG, XIYU CHN 958 23 130 15 14

61 (67) GIORGI, CAMILA ITA 954 20 70 1 1

62 (61) BRENGLE, MADISON USA 944 28 10 29 29

63 (62) PARRIZAS DIAZ, NURIA ESP 912 31 10 7 57 30

64 (66) LI, ANN USA 909 24 10 25 10

65 (69) BOGDAN, ANA ROU 887 23 20 15 12

66 (71) MARTINCOVA, TEREZA CZE 855 26 10 30 30 30

67 (73) LINETTE, MAGDA POL 850 25 10 30 29

68 (70) OSORIO, CAMILA COL 835 26 70 15 8

69 (76) ZHU, LIN CHN 833 26 20 9 8

70 (50) KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 829 13

71 (74) PARRY, DIANE FRA 824 35 10 2 13 10

72 (68) JUVAN, KAJA SLO 823 23 10 110 1 1

73 (108) NIEMEIER, JULE GER 821 27 240 18 9 5

74 (63) SHERIF, MAYAR EGY 790 30 10 30 15

75 (96) KRUNIC, ALEKSANDRA SRB 780 26 130 48 2 2

76 (78) UDVARDY, PANNA HUN 769 42 31 87 29 22

77 (79) WANG, XINYU CHN 757 34 10 20 13 12

78 (80) KOVINIC, DANKA MNE 752 26 25 1 12 12

79 (91) GALFI, DALMA HUN 749 28 130 75 12 12

80 (72) GRACHEVA, VARVARA 733 39 10 68 29 25

81 (82) LIU, CLAIRE USA 730 28 10 20 15

82 (83) SINIAKOVA, KATERINA CZE 728 22 70 1 1

83 (11) RADUCANU, EMMA GBR 726 22 10 5 3

84 (85) MARIA, TATJANA GER 724 36 39 10 15 13

85 (88) DART, HARRIET GBR 715 28 70 9 2

86 (84) VEKIC, DONNA CRO 715 19 10 1 1 1

87 (77) CRISTIAN, JAQUELINE ROU 712 17 10 1 1 1

88 (89) GOLUBIC, VIKTORIJA SUI 707 26 40 21 15 13

89 (86) YASTREMSKA, DAYANA UKR 707 24 10 1 1 1

90 (106) MARINO, REBECCA CAN 693 23 130 15 15

91 (81) ZIDANSEK, TAMARA SLO 684 20 10 60 1 1

92 (87) TSURENKO, LESIA UKR 679 18 10 18 12 1

93 (99) COCCIARETTO, ELISABETTA ITA 670 24 69 8 15 15

94 (105) DAVIS, LAUREN USA 664 23 130 1 1

95 (92) PETERSON, REBECCA SWE 661 26 10 1 30 29

96 (101) RUSE, ELENA-GABRIELA ROU 656 22 70 1 1

97 (120) GRABHER, JULIA AUT 655 34 177 14 15 9

98 (94) TOMOVA, VIKTORIYA BUL 654 34 30 85 13 8

99 (95) RUS, ARANTXA NED 653 35 39 24 29 28

100 (97) ZANEVSKA, MARYNA BEL 647 24 71 35 6 6