WTA Race Update: Iga Swiatek and Mirra Andreeva cement top 5 standing, Rybakina's positions under pressure

Tuesday, 17 June 2025 at 16:10

After the first week of the grass-swing, the WTA Race saw no major movements at the top, which is widely dominated by Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff. However, several stars managed to close distances in their bid to climb the standings.

This week's champions were Tatjana Maria (Queen’s Club Championships) and Elise Mertens (Libema Open), earning them a good number of positions in the Race, although they are still far from the WTA Finals qualification zone. The Belgian (Mertens) barely reached the top 20, while the German (Maria) landed within the top 40.

This season, the big names on Tour have been consistent in staying at the top, and even in a week with most of the top 10 out of competition, the qualification zone remains impenetrable. The top 5 is completed by Madison Keys, Iga Swiatek, and Mirra Andreeva, five players who seem practically set to qualify for the WTA Finals, despite being just over halfway through the season.

The Virtually Qualified Podium

In 2022, the 8th qualifier was Daria Kasatkina with 2,935 points; in 2023, it was Maria Sakkari with 3,245 points; and in 2024, the 8th qualifier had 3,568 points – although in that case, she was excluded in favor of Barbora Krejcikova (2,814 points), who received a special entry as a Grand Slam champion.

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka (6,421 points) has a wide lead in a remarkable 2025, where she secured 3 titles and reached finals in both Grand Slams played – in addition to finals in Indian Wells and Stuttgart.

She is followed by Coco Gauff (4,599) and Madison Keys (3,975), both completing the podium. Gauff and Keys are virtually qualified for the Finals, as Grand Slam champions during the year, they only need to finish the year within the top 20 to qualify, which they can mathematically consider a certainty even without competing.

Swiatek & Andreeva cement top 5 standing

Completing the top 5 are Poland's Iga Swiatek (3,658) and Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva (3,486). In Swiatek's case, even without winning titles – or reaching finals – she has been consistently performing in most of the tournaments she has played, with a 32-10 record so far this season and 5 semifinal appearances – including her last appearance at Roland Garros.

In Andreeva's case, a good portion of her points comes from the WTA 1000 titles won in Indian Wells and Dubai, as well as her appearance in the Roland Garros quarterfinals. Andreeva has a difference of almost 700 points from 6th place, and both she and Swiatek won't need too much in the coming weeks for a potential qualification to the WTA Finals.

The Rest of the Top-8

The lower part of the qualification zone is usually where more uncertainty is generated, with much smaller point differences. Jessica Pegula leads this section with 2,790 points. A good performance at the French Open, reaching the 4th round, keeps her in a comfortable zone thinking about a potential 4th consecutive qualification to the Finals.

Behind her is Jasmine Paolini, who, despite an early loss at Queen's Club, still has good results this season, notably her second WTA 1000 title at the Rome Open. In the last qualification spot is Kazakh Elena Rybakina (2,299), who, like last week, closes the potential qualifiers for the finals, despite her current ranking outside the top 10.

#	Player	Age	Country	Pts	+/-
Last Update: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
1	Aryna Sabalenka	27	BLR	6421	+1
2	Coco Gauff	21	USA	4599	+1
3	Madison Keys	30	USA	3975	+1
4	Iga Świątek	24	POL	3658
5	Mirra Andreeva	18	RUS	3486	+1
6	Jessica Pegula	31	USA	2790	+1
7	Jasmine Paolini	29	ITA	2471	+1
8	Elena Rybakina	26	KAZ	2299	+1
9	Elina Svitolina	30	UKR	2181
10	Amanda Anisimova	23	USA	2046	+1
11	Ekaterina Alexandrova	30	RUS	1839
12	Emma Navarro	24	USA	1828	+60
13	Clara Tauson	22	DEN	1657	+30
14	Qinwen Zheng	22	CHN	1653
15	Jeļena Ostapenko	28	LAT	1572
16	Paula Badosa	27	ESP	1553	+60
17	Elise Mertens	29	BEL	1411
18	Ludmilla Samsonova	26	RUS	1324	+60
19	Belinda Bencic	28	SUI	1303
20	Diana Shnaider	21	RUS	1303	+1
21	Sofia Kenin	26	USA	1189	+25
22	Karolína Muchová	28	CZE	1018
23	Marta Kostyuk	22	UKR	999	+1
24	Ashlyn Krueger	21	USA	997	+13
25	Daria Kasatkina	28	AUS	992	+1
26	Dayana Yastremska	25	UKR	945	+30
27	Veronika Kudermetova	28	RUS	909
28	Anastasia Potapova	24	RUS	897	+13
29	Peyton Stearns	23	USA	849
30	Ons Jabeur	30	TUN	834	+73
31	Mccartney Kessler	25	USA	827	+1
32	Emma Raducanu	22	GBR	825
33	Linda Nosková	20	CZE	822	+30
34	Magda Linette	33	POL	813	+30
35	Loïs Boisson	22	FRA	810
36	Danielle Collins	31	USA	810
37	Tatjana Maria	37	GER	757
38	Rebecca Šramková	28	SVK	755	+1
39	Maya Joint	19	AUS	728	+1
40	Yulia Putintseva	30	KAZ	723	+30
41	Leylah Fernandez	22	CAN	715	+30
42	Jaqueline Cristian	27	ROU	706	+1
43	Ann Li	24	USA	697
44	Anna Blinkova	26	RUS	681	+30
45	Hailey Baptiste	23	USA	660	+1
46	Maria Sakkari	29	GRE	657	+1
47	Olga Danilović	24	SRB	655	+1
48	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	27	ROU	654
49	Polina Kudermetova	22	RUS	649
50	Marie Bouzková	26	CZE	618
51	Katie Boulter	28	GBR	603	+30
52	Camila Osorio	23	COL	602
53	Elina Avanesyan	22	ARM	598
54	Donna Vekić	28	CRO	596	+1
55	Eva Lys	23	GER	584	+1
56	Moyuka Uchijima	23	JPN	572
57	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	33	RUS	566
58	Naomi Osaka	27	JPN	564	+1
59	Suzan Lamens	25	NED	553	+1
60	Magdalena Fręch	27	POL	551	+60
61	Ajla Tomljanović	32	AUS	546	+13
62	Zeynep Sönmez	23	TUR	536
63	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	22	ESP	523
64	Beatriz Haddad Maia	29	BRA	515	+1
65	Emiliana Arango	24	COL	513	+1
66	Anna Kalinskaya	26	RUS	497	+1
67	Alycia Parks	24	USA	481
68	Alexandra Eala	20	PHI	478	+18
69	Viktorija Golubic	32	SUI	475
70	Anhelina Kalinina	28	UKR	461
71	Kimberly Birrell	27	AUS	453	+1
72	Bernarda Pera	30	USA	448
73	Sonay Kartal	23	GBR	446	+30
74	Caroline Dolehide	26	USA	444	+25
75	Lucia Bronzetti	26	ITA	434	+1
76	Laura Siegemund	37	GER	433	+18
77	Cristina Bucșa	27	ESP	422	+12
78	Sorana Cîrstea	35	ROU	421
79	Xinyu Wang	23	CHN	406	+85
80	Yulia Starodubtseva	25	UKR	386	+12
81	Kateřina Siniaková	29	CZE	381	+85
82	Markéta Vondroušová	25	CZE	374	+1
83	Katie Volynets	23	USA	374	+1
84	Rebeka Masarova	25	SUI	370	+85
85	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	24	ITA	347
86	Daria Saville	31	AUS	332
87	Victoria Azarenka	35	BLR	330
88	Greet Minnen	27	BEL	319
89	Varvara Gracheva	24	FRA	315	+1
90	Renata Zarazúa	27	MEX	309
91	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	31	BLR	308	+18
92	Yue Yuan	26	CHN	299
93	Robin Montgomery	20	USA	286
94	Lulu Sun	24	NZL	280	+1
95	Jil Teichmann	27	SUI	280
96	Victoria Mboko	18	CAN	270
97	Antonia Ružić	22	CRO	270	+48
98	Nao Hibino	30	JPN	263
99	Viktoriya Tomova	30	BUL	256	+25
100	Petra Martić	34	CRO	255
101	Ella Seidel	20	GER	254	+13
102	Léolia Jeanjean	29	FRA	249	+18
103	Anastasia Zakharova	23	RUS	245	+1
104	Anna Bondár	28	HUN	244
105	Kamilla Rakhimova	23	RUS	238	+18
106	Bianca Andreescu	25	CAN	231	+1
107	Sara Sorribes Tormo	28	ESP	231
108	Katarzyna Kawa	32	POL	227	+13
109	Jule Niemeier	25	GER	224
110	Francesca Jones	24	GBR	215	+30
111	Arantxa Rus	34	NED	214
112	María Carlé	25	ARG	209
113	Iva Jovic	17	USA	205
114	Mananchaya Sawangkaew	22	THA	200
115	Elsa Jacquemot	22	FRA	197	+1
116	Sára Bejlek	19	CZE	195
117	Shuai Zhang	36	CHN	183
118	Linda Fruhvirtová	20	CZE	182
119	Julia Riera	23	ARG	178
120	Varvara Lepchenko	39	USA	177	+1
121	Jana Fett	28	CRO	176
122	Jodie Burrage	26	GBR	174	+1
123	Xiyu Wang	24	CHN	170
124	Caroline Garcia	31	FRA	166
125	Taylor Townsend	29	USA	161
126	Anca Todoni	20	ROU	157	+12
127	Leyre Romero Gormaz	23	ESP	153
128	Lucrezia Stefanini	27	ITA	151
129	Diane Parry	22	FRA	148	+1
130	Erika Andreeva	20	RUS	144	+1
131	Maddison Inglis	27	AUS	144
132	Maja Chwalińska	23	POL	142
133	Irina-Camelia Begu	34	ROU	140
134	Harriet Dart	28	GBR	131	+1
135	Anastasija Sevastova	35	LAT	130
136	Ena Shibahara	27	JPN	130	+12
137	Joanna Garland	23	TWN	128
138	Xinyu Gao	27	CHN	128
139	Nina Stojanović	28	SRB	125
140	Destanee Aiava	25	AUS	121
141	Julieta Pareja	16	USA	118
142	Aoi Ito	21	JPN	117
143	Heather Watson	33	GBR	114	+1
144	Caty McNally	23	USA	112
145	Tereza Valentová	18	CZE	110
146	Sijia Wei	21	CHN	110
147	Marina Stakusic	20	CAN	108
148	Tamara Korpatsch	30	GER	103
149	Jessika Ponchet	28	FRA	101
150	Alina Korneeva	17	RUS	100

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