Updated WTA Rankings after 2023 season openers: Sabalenka and Gauff strengthen ranking lead after titles but no rise, Keys only mover in top ten

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Monday, 09 January 2023 at 09:30
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After an exciting start to the new year and plenty of tennis played we have our first WTA rankings update and there has been only one move in the top 10.

Coco Gauff finally won a trophy as the young player navigated a tricky week in rainy Auckland to lift her 3rd career trophy. 250 points were earned but that was not enough for her to move on the rankings. She's still 7th trailing Swiatek who is first, Jabeur 2nd, Pegula 3rd, Garcia 4th. Aryna Sabalenka also won a trophy last week but she too remained at her ranking (5) ahead of Maria Sakkari who is 6th.

The only move in the top 10 was Madison Keys returning to the top 10 at number ten due to Simona Halep sliding out. There has been some minor movement in the lower ranks as well with Naomi Osaka dropping down to number 47. She won't be making her return to tennis any time soon so that slide is set to continue.

A couple of breakout performances by Masarova and Noskova got them into the top 100. Masarova jumped 36 spots to number 94 with Noskova jumping 46 spots to number 56. Check it all out below.

WTA Rankings

Rank Player Age Country Points Change

1 Iga Świątek 21 POL 11025

2 Ons Jabeur 28 TUN 5180

3 Jessica Pegula 28 USA 5000

4 Caroline Garcia 29 FRA 4415

5 Aryna Sabalenka 24 BLR 4340

6 Maria Sakkari 27 GRE 3921

7 Coco Gauff 18 USA 3871

8 Daria Kasatkina 25 RUS 3380

9 Veronika Kudermetova 25 RUS 2715

10 Madison Keys 27 USA 2597 1

11 Paula Badosa 25 ESP 2387 2

12 Simona Halep 31 ROU 2381 -2

13 Belinda Bencic 25 SUI 2365 -1

14 Danielle Collins 29 USA 2288

15 Beatriz Haddad Maia 26 BRA 2215

16 Petra Kvitová 32 CZE 2176

17 Anett Kontaveit 27 EST 2093

18 Jeļena Ostapenko 25 LAT 2040

19 Ludmilla Samsonova 24 RUS 1964 1

20 Ekaterina Alexandrova 28 RUS 1910 -1

21 Barbora Krejčíková 27 CZE 1850 1

22 Martina Trevisan 29 ITA 1672 5

23 Elena Rybakina 23 KAZ 1610 -2

24 Shuai Zhang 33 CHN 1600 1

25 Victoria Azarenka 33 BLR 1597 1

26 Marie Bouzková 24 CZE 1552 -2

27 Elise Mertens 27 BEL 1475 2

28 Irina-Camelia Begu 32 ROU 1472 6

29 Amanda Anisimova 21 USA 1467 -6

30 Qinwen Zheng 20 CHN 1455 -2

31 Karolína Plíšková 30 CZE 1426

32 Kaia Kanepi 37 EST 1405

33 Jil Teichmann 25 SUI 1350 2

34 Alizé Cornet 32 FRA 1347 2

35 Ajla Tomljanović 29 AUS 1340 -2

36 Sloane Stephens 29 USA 1244 1

37 Petra Martić 31 CRO 1237 1

38 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 28 BLR 1231 -8

39 Leylah Fernandez 20 CAN 1198 1

40 Anhelina Kalinina 25 UKR 1197 -1

41 Alison Riske 32 USA 1180

42 Bianca Andreescu 22 CAN 1121 4

43 Sorana Cîrstea 32 ROU 1112 2

44 Bernarda Pera 28 USA 1086

45 Anastasia Potapova 21 RUS 1079 -2

46 Magda Linette 30 POL 1060 2

47 Naomi Osaka 25 JPN 1012 -5

48 Kateřina Siniaková 26 CZE 1000 1

49 Xiyu Wang 21 CHN 997 1

50 Lucia Bronzetti 24 ITA 996 4

51 Yulia Putintseva 28 KAZ 995

52 Mayar Sherif 26 EGY 991

53 Shelby Rogers 30 USA 990 -6

54 Danka Kovinić 28 MNE 977 6

55 Daria Saville 28 AUS 957 -2

56 Linda Nosková 18 CZE 949 46

57 Marta Kostyuk 20 UKR 930 12

58 Garbiñe Muguruza 29 ESP 923 -3

59 Claire Liu 22 USA 912

60 Donna Vekić 26 CRO 906 7

61 Ana Bogdan 30 ROU 898 -5

62 Madison Brengle 32 USA 876 -5

63 Sara Sorribes Tormo 26 ESP 871 -2

64 Anna Kalinskaya 24 RUS 869 -6

65 Jasmine Paolini 27 ITA 867 -3

66 Rebecca Marino 32 CAN 859 -3

67 Elisabetta Cocciaretto 21 ITA 850 -3

68 Jule Niemeier 23 GER 845 -3

69 Camila Giorgi 31 ITA 836 -3

70 Alison Van Uytvanck 28 BEL 828 2

71 Tatjana Maria 35 GER 824 -3

72 Anna Blinkova 24 RUS 809 1

73 Tereza Martincová 28 CZE 800 -2

74 Tamara Korpatsch 27 GER 787

75 Emma Raducanu 20 GBR 784 3

76 Alycia Parks 22 USA 777 -1

77 Nuria Párrizas Díaz 31 ESP 772 -7

78 Markéta Vondroušová 23 CZE 762 14

79 Anna Bondár 25 HUN 756 -2

80 Linda Fruhvirtová 17 CZE 746 -1

81 Viktorija Golubic 30 SUI 744 -5

82 Camila Osorio 21 COL 744 -2

83 Julia Grabher 26 AUT 744 -1

84 Lauren Davis 29 USA 734 3

85 Lin Zhu 28 CHN 724 -1

86 Dalma Gálfi 24 HUN 715 -3

87 Maryna Zanevska 29 BEL 715 -6

88 Tamara Zidanšek 25 SLO 709 -3

89 Xinyu Wang 21 CHN 698 -3

90 Panna Udvardy 24 HUN 693 -2

91 Viktoriya Tomova 27 BUL 682 -1

92 Ysaline Bonaventure 28 BEL 679 3

93 Qiang Wang 30 CHN 676 -2

94 Rebeka Masarova 23 ESP 662 36

95 Caty McNally 21 USA 661 -2

96 Harriet Dart 26 GBR 637 2

97 Kateryna Baindl 28 UKR 631 2

98 Varvara Gracheva 22 RUS 630 2

99 Dayana Yastremska 22 UKR 628 2

100 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 28 SVK 615 3

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