WTA Race to Shenzhen Update: 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.

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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