Swiatek moves into top three of updated WTA Race after Stuttgart win as Pliskova and Jabeur head towards top ten

Iga Swiatek inserted herself in the top three of the WTA Race following her triumph in Stuttgart as Aryna Sabalenka is on top and Elena Rybakina is right behind her.

The three best players this year on the WTA tour have been Sabalenka, Rybakina and Swiatek in that order precisely. That is exactly how they line up in the WTA Race rankings as well as the Belarusian is first followed by the Kazakh and Pole. Jessica Pegula is number 4 right now with Belinda Bencic coming in at number 5.

Petra Kvitova is 6th, Krejcikova is 7th, Gauff is 8th and that would be the field if the season ended this year. There are notable names like Garcia and Kasatkinad who are not ranked inside the top 8 after being present at the WTA Finals last year. It's been a very competitive year of tennis and you can check out how the rankings in full look below.

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WTA Race as of 24/04/2023

1 SABALENKA, ARYNA 3,830

2 RYBAKINA, ELENA KAZ 3,266

3 SWIATEK, IGA POL 2,280

4 PEGULA, JESSICA USA 2,090

5 BENCIC, BELINDA SUI 1,790

6 KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 1,625

7 KREJCIKOVA, BARBORA CZE 1,546

8 GAUFF, COCO USA 1,305

9 AZARENKA, VICTORIA 1,171

10 LINETTE, MAGDA POL 1,112

11 GARCIA, CAROLINE FRA 1,101

12 PLISKOVA, KAROLINA CZE 1,011

13 JABEUR, ONS TUN 985

14 VEKIC, DONNA CRO 980

15 OSTAPENKO, JELENA LAT 941

16 SAKKARI, MARIA GRE 932

17 POTAPOVA, ANASTASIA 931

18 CIRSTEA, SORANA ROU 757

19 KOSTYUK, MARTA UKR 756

20 GRACHEVA, VARVARA 738

21 KASATKINA, DARIA 733

22 KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA 718

23 ZHU, LIN CHN 712

24 KEYS, MADISON USA 706

25 MUCHOVA, KAROLINA CZE 685