The WTA Race to Shenzen is heating up with nearly half the season gone and
Ashleigh Barty leads all players comfortably.
The Aussie player won the 2021 Wimbledon which allowed her to jump to a comfortable lead ahead of Sabalenka and Krejcikova. The WTA finals in Shenzen will be held at the end of the season between the best performing players in that year.
Behind Barty, we have Sabalenka and Krejcikova who have similar amounts of points.
Karolina Pliskova is a newcomer in the Race after her deep run at Wimbledon. The Czech player now occupies the 5th spot having been 20th prior to the Grand Slam.
Ons Jabeur also made a huge step forward with her run at Wimbledon jumping several spots to number 9. The Tunisian player never played at the Finals and she now trails Pavlyuchenkova by 20 points who is currently 8th.
Coco Gauff and Maria Sakkari are also in the pursuit of a spot in the finals.
2021 WTA Race to Shenzen:
1. BARTY, ASHLEIGH AUS 5,381
2 SABALENKA, ARYNA BLR 3,538
3 KREJCIKOVA, BARBORA CZE 3,498
4 SWIATEK, IGA POL 2,680
5 PLISKOVA, KAROLINA CZE 2,607
6 OSAKA, NAOMI JPN 2,536
7 MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE ESP 2,325
8 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA RUS 2,029
9 JABEUR, ONS TUN 2,010
10 GAUFF, CORI USA 2,005
11 SAKKARI, MARIA GRE 1,956
12 MERTENS, ELISE BEL 1,839
13 BRADY, JENNIFER USA 1,808
14 BADOSA, PAULA ESP 1,737
15 MUCHOVA, KAROLINA CZE 1,687
16 KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA RUS 1,658
17 PEGULA, JESSICA USA 1,647
18 KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 1,581
19 SVITOLINA, ELINA UKR 1,572
20 KASATKINA, DARIA RUS 1,537
21 KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 1,336
22 BENCIC, BELINDA SUI 1,319
23 KONTAVEIT, ANETT EST 1,316
24 ZIDANSEK, TAMARA SLO 1,301
25 RYBAKINA, ELENA KAZ 1,273