WTA Race Update: Swiatek leads ahead of Jabeur and Badosa

Iga Swiatek and Ons Jabeur were the two best players in Rome last week and they are at the top of the WTA Race as well.

Swiatek is firmly in the lead in the WTA Race due to being by far the best and most consistent player in the past few months. Swiatek has now won the last couple of events she attended and her lead in the race is gigantic. She has twice as many points as the 2nd placed Jabeur. A really great year for the Tunisian si showed with her being the 2nd best in the Race effectively making her the 2nd best player this year.

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Paula Badosa is 3rd thanks to her consistency with Sakkari 4th and Pegula 5th. Danielle Collins is 6th, Anett Kontaveit is 7th and Madison Keys 8th. Simona Halep is 9th and Belinda Bencic rounds up the top 10 at number ten. Check out the race below.

WTA Race as of May 16th:

Rank Player Region Age Tournaments Played Points

1 IGA SWIATEK POL 20 9 5290

2 ONS JABEUR TUN 27 10 2510

3 PAULA BADOSA ESP 24 11 1877

4 MARIA SAKKARI GRE 26 9 1866

5 JESSICA PEGULA USA 28 10 1802

6 DANIELLE COLLINS USA 28 6 1686

7 ANETT KONTAVEIT EST 26 9 1486

8 MADISON KEYS USA 27 10 1383

9 SIMONA HALEP ROU 30 8 1371

10 BELINDA BENCIC SUI 25 9 1321

11 ARYNA SABALENKA BLR 24 11 1227

12 AMANDA ANISIMOVA USA 20 9 1216

13 JELENA OSTAPENKO LAT 24 9 1167

14 VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA RUS 25 10 1143

15 DARIA KASATKINA RUS 25 10 1131

16 ELENA RYBAKINA KAZ 22 11 1047

17 NAOMI OSAKA JPN 24 6 990

18 JIL TEICHMANN SUI 24 10 925

19 EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA RUS 27 10 911

20 BARBORA KREJCIKOVA CZE 26 4 895