The BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells came and went and it properly shook up the Porsche Race to Guadalajara.
The WTA Finals are a very prestigious event with a lot of players still fighting for a place at the event. Four have officially qualified and they are Barty, Sabalenka, Pliskova and Krejcikova albeit the participation of Ashleigh Barty is still up in the air. She has neither confirmed nor denied her participation yet most reports mention her leaning towards not participating.
Number 5 is currently Iga Swiatek, Maria Sakkari is 6th, Muguruza is 7th with Paula Badosa now occupying number 8. The Spanish player jumped 11 spots to sit at number 8 which would send her to Mexico. Ons Jabeur is at 9 all four of those players are within 250 points of each other making this race a particularly tight one.
Points are scarce and any major result in the remaining events will be a huge step forward towards qualification. Several players are slowly dropping out of the race. Svitolina is far back with only 2500 points as is Coco Gauff who was 2380 and Emma Raducanu 2292. All three have had bad showings in the desert.
Porsche WTA Race to Guadalajara as of October 18th:
1 BARTY, ASHLEIGH AUS 6,411
2 SABALENKA, ARYNA BLR 4,669
3 KREJCIKOVA, BARBORA CZE 4,518
4 PLISKOVA, KAROLINA CZE 4,036
5 SWIATEK, IGA POL 3,226
6 SAKKARI, MARIA GRE 3,157
7 MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE ESP 3,150
8 BADOSA, PAULA ESP 3,112
9 JABEUR, ONS TUN 3,020
10 OSAKA, NAOMI JPN 2,771
11 SVITOLINA, ELINA UKR 2,501
12 PEGULA, JESSICA USA 2,500
13 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA RUS 2,449
14 MERTENS, ELISE BEL 2,447
15 KONTAVEIT, ANETT EST 2,441
16 KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 2,387
17 GAUFF, CORI USA 2,380
18 RADUCANU, EMMA GBR 2,292
19 BENCIC, BELINDA SUI 2,195
20 AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 2,165
21 KASATKINA, DARIA RUS 2,096
22 FERNANDEZ, LEYLAH CAN 2,030
23 KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 2,010
24 OSTAPENKO, JELENA LAT 1,950
25 COLLINS, DANIELLE USA 1,901
Doubles:
1 KREJCIKOVA, BARBORA / SINIAKOVA, KATERINA 6,450
2 AOYAMA, SHUKO / SHIBAHARA, ENA 5,070
3 HSIEH, SU-WEI / MERTENS, ELISE 3,892
4 MELICHAR-MARTINEZ, NICOLE / SCHUURS, DEMI 3,440
5 STOSUR, SAMANTHA / ZHANG, SHUAI 2,911
6 MCNALLY, CATHERINE / GAUFF, CORI 2,770
7 GUARACHI, ALEXA / KRAWCZYK, DESIRAE 2,695
8 JURAK, DARIJA / KLEPAC, ANDREJA 2,600
9 DABROWSKI, GABRIELA / STEFANI, LUISA 2,570
10 FICHMAN, SHARON / OLMOS, GIULIANA 2,491
11 MERTENS, ELISE / SABALENKA, ARYNA 2,201
12 MATTEK-SANDS, BETHANIE / SWIATEK, IGA 2,120
13 HRADECKA, LUCIE / BOUZKOVA, MARIE 2,056
14 OLARU, RALUCA / KICHENOK, NADIIA 2,015
15 CARTER, HAYLEY / STEFANI, LUISA 1,872
16 CHAN, LATISHA / CHAN, HAO-CHING 1,660
17 LINETTE, MAGDA / PERA, BERNARDA 1,446
18 SANDERS, STORM / DOLEHIDE, CAROLINE 1,390
19 VESNINA, ELENA / KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA 1,311
20 MARTIC, PETRA / ROGERS, SHELBY 1,126
21 KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA / RYBAKINA, ELENA 1,105
22 KICHENOK, LYUDMYLA / OSTAPENKO, JELENA 1,038
23 XU, YIFAN / YANG, ZHAOXUAN 1,010
24 JURAK, DARIJA / STOJANOVIC, NINA 955
25 JURAK, DARIJA / GUARACHI, ALEXA 901
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