WTA Race Update: Sabalenka and Swiatek leads comfortable, Raducanu and Fernandez boost their position

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Thursday, 31 July 2025 at 22:32
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The hardcourt swing is now underway, with the WTA 500 DC Open as the first major event, and the WTA Race to Riyadh is seeing movements with several players closing the distance to the top. Without the presence of the tour leaders, Aryna Sabalenka remains at the summit, closely followed by Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff, the recent champions at Wimbledon and the French Open, respectively.
It's worth remembering that the WTA Race exclusively measures points earned in 2025 and will determine the 8 players who qualify for the WTA Finals at the end of the season. It will also dictate year-end rankings, with monetary prizes for players who finish with a better ranking and the highly anticipated pursuit of finishing the year in the top 10.
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka (7,395 points) remains at the top of the Race with almost 1,500 points advantage over her immediate pursuer, Iga Swiatek (5,993 points). The Belarusian has not won any Grand Slams, but her great consistency throughout the year with three titles to her name and being the player with the most victories in major tournaments (17), reaching two finals (Australia, Paris) and semifinals (Wimbledon), places her comfortably.
In third place, Coco Gauff (4,619 points) remains comfortable, having held a podium spot for the past months and appearing difficult to overtake, with a lead of over 500 points on Madison Keys (4,115 points) – Australian Open champion. Furthermore, 5th place is taken by Mirra Andreeva (4,089 points), champion of Indian Wells and Dubai Open. The top 5 remain comfortably at the top of the Race and seem to have a practically assured spot in the WTA Finals, although for now only Sabalenka is mathematically qualified.

Top contenders miss opportunities in DC Open

The DC Open was last week's big event, and it only featured a couple of top-10 tennis players: Americans Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro, though both fell in their second-round debuts (after receiving byes in the first round). Pegula (3,311 points) remains in 7th place, while Navarro (2,240 points) is in 12th place, missing an opportunity to close the gap on the tour leaders.
On the other hand, and without being in competition, Amanda Anisimova (3,463 points) remains in 6th place – taking advantage of Pegula's early elimination. Jasmine Paolini currently occupies the last WTA Finals qualification spot, though she is virtually tied with Elena Rybakina, who was one win away from displacing the Italian from the top 8.

Winners of the Week

Elena Rybakina was in 9th place a week ago, and being one of the few top players in competition, she had the chance to move into qualification spots, having been knocking on the door of the top all season. The Kazakh reached the semifinals of the DC Open and ended up falling to Leylah Fernandez in a match decided by three tie-breaks. The Kazakh closed the gap on Paolini and is now just 5 points behind – virtually tied, where a single match can make the difference between who qualifies for the Finals and who doesn't.
Precisely Leylah Fernandez recovered positions in the Race after winning her first WTA 500 title. She advanced from No. 40 to No. 23, an important leap with an eye on finishing the year high in the ranking. The Canadian is full of confidence for the rest of the hardcourt swing, and steps away from entering the top 20, positions she hasn't held since the months following her 2021 US Open campaign – where she reached the final and fell to Emma Raducanu.
The Brit was another who had a good campaign at the DC Open, reaching the semifinals of a WTA 500 for the first time and accumulating important points for the Race. She moved from No. 32 to No. 25, and is in great form for the end of the year. Finishing the year within the top 30 would be an important prize for Raducanu this season as she continues to seek the forefront, especially because she could eventually secure a seeded position in Grand Slam tournaments next year.

Champions of the week

DC Open: Leylah Fernandez (+470)
Prague Open: Marie Bouzkova (+250)

Runners-up

DC Open: Anna Kalinskaya (+305)
Prague Open: Linda Noskova (+150)

WTA Race 

# Player Age Country Pts +/-
Last Update: Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
1 ✓ Aryna Sabalenka 27 BLR 7395
2 Iga Świątek 24 POL 6048 +65
3 Coco Gauff 21 USA 4674 +65
4 Madison Keys 30 USA 4170 +65
5 Mirra Andreeva 18 RUS 4059 +35
6 Amanda Anisimova 23 USA 3518 +65
7 Jessica Pegula 31 USA 3366 +65
8 Elena Rybakina 26 KAZ 2796 +65
9 Jasmine Paolini 29 ITA 2746 +10
10 Elina Svitolina 30 UKR 2436 +65
11 Ekaterina Alexandrova 30 RUS 2251 +10
12 Emma Navarro 24 USA 2240 +64
13 Clara Tauson 22 DEN 2154 +65
14 Belinda Bencic 28 SUI 2149 +65
15 Ludmilla Samsonova 26 RUS 1899 +10
16 Jeļena Ostapenko 28 LAT 1677 +65
17 Qinwen Zheng 22 CHN 1663
18 Elise Mertens 29 BEL 1662 +10
19 Paula Badosa 27 ESP 1611
20 Linda Nosková 20 CZE 1454 +10
21 Diana Shnaider 21 RUS 1442 +9
22 Dayana Yastremska 25 UKR 1425 +65
23 Leylah Fernandez 22 CAN 1378 +9
24 Sofia Kenin 26 USA 1329 +9
25 Emma Raducanu 22 GBR 1245 +65
26 Mccartney Kessler 26 USA 1206 +119
27 Daria Kasatkina 28 AUS 1188 +65
28 Marta Kostyuk 23 UKR 1131 +120
29 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 34 RUS 1104 +10
30 Karolína Muchová 28 CZE 1093 +65
31 Ashlyn Krueger 21 USA 1090 +10
32 Loïs Boisson 22 FRA 1062
33 Veronika Kudermetova 28 RUS 1057 +65
34 Maya Joint 19 AUS 1024 +35
35 Marie Bouzková 27 CZE 1004 +65
36 Markéta Vondroušová 26 CZE 978 +35
37 Danielle Collins 31 USA 976 +35
38 Magda Linette 33 POL 961 +9
39 Anna Kalinskaya 26 RUS 957 +65
40 Rebecca Šramková 28 SVK 929 +9
41 Maria Sakkari 30 GRE 928 +34
42 Laura Siegemund 37 GER 919 +55
43 Anastasia Potapova 24 RUS 908 +10
44 Peyton Stearns 23 USA 900 +10
45 Ons Jabeur 30 TUN 893
46 Jaqueline Cristian 27 ROU 880 +65
47 Naomi Osaka 27 JPN 879 +65
48 Ann Li 25 USA 861 +9
49 Xinyu Wang 23 CHN 839
50 Hailey Baptiste 23 USA 838 +35
51 Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 22 ESP 829 +65
52 Tatjana Maria 37 GER 779 +9
53 Anna Blinkova 26 RUS 778 +34
54 Olga Danilović 24 SRB 760 +10
55 Yulia Putintseva 30 KAZ 744 +9
56 Eva Lys 23 GER 732 +65
57 Donna Vekić 29 CRO 726
58 Katie Boulter 28 GBR 708 +10
59 Beatriz Haddad Maia 29 BRA 703 +10
60 Suzan Lamens 26 NED 698 +64
61 Sonay Kartal 23 GBR 687
62 Alexandra Eala 20 PHI 679 +10
63 Magdalena Fręch 27 POL 678 +9
64 Elena-Gabriela Ruse 27 ROU 675 +10
65 Polina Kudermetova 22 RUS 670 +10
66 Zeynep Sönmez 23 TUR 667
67 Camila Osorio 23 COL 649 +35
68 Elina Avanesyan 22 ARM 638
69 Caroline Dolehide 26 USA 610 +10
70 Cristina Bucșa 27 ESP 600 +19
71 Moyuka Uchijima 23 JPN 593 +9
72 Ajla Tomljanović 32 AUS 591 +10
73 Kateřina Siniaková 29 CZE 590
74 Yulia Starodubtseva 25 UKR 559 +65
75 Emiliana Arango 24 COL 547 +10
76 Sorana Cîrstea 35 ROU 540 +10
77 Lucia Bronzetti 26 ITA 539 +34
78 Alycia Parks 24 USA 531 +10
79 Elisabetta Cocciaretto 24 ITA 525
80 Kimberly Birrell 27 AUS 522 +10
81 Kamilla Rakhimova 23 RUS 518 +54
82 Viktorija Golubic 32 SUI 498
83 Victoria Mboko 18 CAN 495 +65
84 Varvara Gracheva 24 FRA 491 +20
85 Bernarda Pera 30 USA 478 +19
86 Katie Volynets 23 USA 465 +20
87 Anhelina Kalinina 28 UKR 461
88 Irina-Camelia Begu 34 ROU 460
89 Jil Teichmann 28 SUI 453
90 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 31 BLR 433 +2
91 Anna Bondár 28 HUN 429
92 Renata Zarazúa 27 MEX 426 +35
93 Victoria Azarenka 36 BLR 425
94 Viktoriya Tomova 30 BUL 400 +19
95 Rebeka Masarova 25 SUI 392 +2
96 Anastasia Zakharova 23 RUS 356
97 Lulu Sun 24 NZL 355 +35
98 Diane Parry 22 FRA 348
99 Greet Minnen 27 BEL 337
100 Taylor Townsend 29 USA 334
101 Daria Saville 31 AUS 334
102 Solana Sierra 21 ARG 327
103 Elsa Jacquemot 22 FRA 327 +20
104 Antonia Ružić 22 CRO 327 +55
105 Robin Montgomery 20 USA 316
106 Yue Yuan 26 CHN 310
107 Léolia Jeanjean 29 FRA 301 +20
108 Petra Martić 34 CRO 295
109 Ella Seidel 20 GER 294
110 Bianca Andreescu 25 CAN 286 +35
111 Francesca Jones 24 GBR 285
112 Nao Hibino 30 JPN 268 +2
113 Barbora Krejčíková 29 CZE 266 +10
114 María Carlé 25 ARG 265
115 Katarzyna Kawa 32 POL 258
116 Arantxa Rus 34 NED 255
117 Sára Bejlek 19 CZE 249
118 Caty McNally 23 USA 248 +65
119 Iva Jovic 17 USA 245
120 Jule Niemeier 25 GER 245
121 Tereza Valentová 18 CZE 238
122 Jana Fett 28 CRO 236
123 Sara Sorribes Tormo 28 ESP 231
124 Leyre Romero Gormaz 23 ESP 227
125 Shuai Zhang 36 CHN 223
126 Linda Fruhvirtová 20 CZE 222
127 Dalma Gálfi 26 HUN 220
128 Jodie Burrage 26 GBR 216 +2
129 Aoi Ito 21 JPN 213 +85
130 Lucrezia Stefanini 27 ITA 213
131 Anastasija Sevastova 35 LAT 206 +65
132 Kaja Juvan 24 SLO 206
133 Mananchaya Sawangkaew 23 THA 200
134 Julia Riera 23 ARG 198
135 Xiyu Wang 24 CHN 190
136 Veronika Erjavec 25 SLO 181
137 Varvara Lepchenko 39 USA 180
138 Nina Stojanović 29 SRB 177
139 Lin Zhu 31 CHN 174 +120
140 Maja Chwalińska 23 POL 174
141 Jessika Ponchet 28 FRA 169
142 Anca Todoni 20 ROU 168
143 Caroline Garcia 31 FRA 166
144 Ena Shibahara 27 JPN 160
145 Joanna Garland 24 TWN 158
146 Panna Udvardy 26 HUN 154
147 Maddison Inglis 27 AUS 148 +2
148 Xinyu Gao 27 CHN 148
149 Erika Andreeva 21 RUS 146
150 Destanee Aiava 25 AUS 143 +2
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