A couple of players put forward strong performances this week and that earned them huge jumps on the
WTA Race rankings with Cirstea, Zhang, Yastremska and Fernandez chief among them.
Sorana Cirstea played a superb event once again in Lyon however her run was cut short by
Dayana Yastremska in the semifinal. Nonetheless, the good result earned Cirstea an 8-place jump on the rankings placing her currently at number 16. The winner of the Lyon event is
Shuai Zhang and the CHines player earned herself a massive jump on the rankings.
She moved 34 spots to number 21. Dayana Yastremska is another player who had a breakout run in Lyon jumping a total of 29 spots overall to number 30. The Ukrainian player lost in the final to Zhang.
Leylah Fernandez won the other tennis event played last week in Monterrey and her mp was the biggest this week with 72 spots overall to number 29.
THe other Monterrey finalist, Osorio Serrano jumped 50 spots to number 40. Check out the top 50 below. The top 10 remained largely unchanged with Barty ahead of Swiatek and Kontaveit.
WTA Race to Finals
2 Iga Świątek 1920
3 Anett Kontaveit 1310
4 Danielle Collins 1301
5 Jeļena Ostapenko 1136
6 Madison Keys 1092
7 Maria Sakkari 950
8 Barbora Krejčíková 895
9 Paula Badosa 817
10 Simona Halep 706
11 Veronika Kudermetova 617
12 Jessica Pegula 592
13 Amanda Anisimova 581
14 Daria Kasatkina 531
15 Elise Mertens 501
16 Sorana Cîrstea 496
17 Alizé Cornet 494
18 Aryna Sabalenka 487
19 Elena Rybakina 486
20 Kaia Kanepi 460
21 Shuai Zhang 444
22 Garbiñe Muguruza 415
23 Victoria Azarenka 401
24 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 398
25 Marie Bouzková 392
26 Ons Jabeur 390
27 Markéta Vondroušová 371
28 Cori Gauff 366
29 Leylah Fernandez 345
30 Dayana Yastremska 334
31 Nuria Párrizas Díaz 331
32 Irina-Camelia Begu 317
33 Tereza Martincová 306
34 Qiang Wang 304
35 Jil Teichmann 295
36 Sloane Stephens 290
37 Madison Brengle 283
38 Kaja Juvan 283
39 Caroline Garcia 282
40 Petra Kvitová 281
41 Belinda Bencic 271
42 Qinwen Zheng 269
43 Clara Tauson 263
44 Jaqueline Cristian 262
45 Elena-Gabriela Ruse 260
46 Alison Riske 253
47 Ana Konjuh 251
48 Camila Osorio 250
49 Elina Svitolina 248
50 Tamara Zidanšek 241