WTA Ranking Update (20/08/24): Aryna Sabalenka regains World No.2 as Mirra Andreeva reaches new career high
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Aryna Sabalenka is back into World No.2 in the latest WTA Ranking Update for 20 August after the Cincinnati Open concluded in earnest on Monday. The Belarusian ace defeated Jessica Pegula in the final 6-3, 7-5.
Sabalenka pushed Coco Gauff down to World No.3 who failed to defend her title in Cincinnati and she lost in the second round to Yulia Putintseva in a crisis moment. Iga Swiatek has a healthy lead still at the top of 10,695 points compared to 8,016 for Sabalenka.
Whilst Jessica Pegula despite reaching another final remains at World No.6 with Rybakina and Paolini still unmoved despite the American's prowess in recent weeks reaching the final on Monday and winning the Canadian Open last week.
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Barbora Krejcikova and Maria Sakkari swapped places in the top 10. While Jelena Ostapenko like clockwork has reentered the top 10 again. But it was a Russian trio who made the biggest strides.
Anna Kalinskaya is up to a new career high of World No.15, Diana Shnaider who continues to grow jumped up two places to World No.18 after only making her top 20 debut last week. While Mirra Andreeva is on the verge of doing just that, she sits in World No.21 with a top 20 debut beckoning.
Paula Badosa is also back in the top 30. She jumped 10 spots to World No.27 and will now be seeded at the US Open. A remarkable turnaround for the Spaniard.
WTA Ranking as of 20/08/2024
| Rank | Name | Age | Country | Points | Change |
| 1 | Iga Świątek | 23 | POL | 10695 | |
| 2 | Aryna Sabalenka | 26 | BLR | 8016 | 1 |
| 3 | Coco Gauff | 20 | USA | 6743 | -1 |
| 4 | Elena Rybakina | 25 | KAZ | 5931 | |
| 5 | Jasmine Paolini | 28 | ITA | 5198 | |
| 6 | Jessica Pegula | 30 | USA | 5160 | |
| 7 | Qinwen Zheng | 21 | CHN | 3990 | |
| 8 | Barbora Krejčíková | 28 | CZE | 3572 | 1 |
| 9 | Maria Sakkari | 29 | GRE | 3517 | -1 |
| 10 | Jeļena Ostapenko | 27 | LAT | 3478 | 1 |
| 11 | Danielle Collins | 30 | USA | 3423 | -1 |
| 12 | Daria Kasatkina | 27 | RUS | 3118 | |
| 13 | Emma Navarro | 23 | USA | 3038 | |
| 14 | Madison Keys | 29 | USA | 2727 | |
| 15 | Anna Kalinskaya | 25 | RUS | 2712 | 1 |
| 16 | Ludmilla Samsonova | 25 | RUS | 2610 | 1 |
| 17 | Ons Jabeur | 29 | TUN | 2505 | -2 |
| 18 | Diana Shnaider | 20 | RUS | 2385 | 2 |
| 19 | Marta Kostyuk | 22 | UKR | 2348 | 2 |
| 20 | Victoria Azarenka | 35 | BLR | 2267 | -1 |
| 21 | Mirra Andreeva | 17 | RUS | 2183 | 3 |
| 22 | Markéta Vondroušová | 25 | CZE | 2178 | -4 |
| 23 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 28 | BRA | 2113 | |
| 24 | Donna Vekić | 28 | CRO | 2043 | -2 |
| 25 | Leylah Fernandez | 21 | CAN | 2015 | 2 |
| 26 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 33 | RUS | 1961 | 2 |
| 27 | Paula Badosa | 26 | ESP | 1895 | 10 |
| 28 | Caroline Garcia | 30 | FRA | 1878 | -3 |
| 29 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 29 | RUS | 1873 | -3 |
| 30 | Elina Svitolina | 29 | UKR | 1834 | |
| 31 | Yulia Putintseva | 29 | KAZ | 1781 | 2 |
| 32 | Katie Boulter | 28 | GBR | 1715 | -1 |
| 33 | Elise Mertens | 28 | BEL | 1689 | -1 |
| 34 | Dayana Yastremska | 24 | UKR | 1682 | |
| 35 | Linda Nosková | 19 | CZE | 1593 | -6 |
| 36 | Kateřina Siniaková | 28 | CZE | 1546 | |
| 37 | Xinyu Wang | 22 | CHN | 1471 | 2 |
| 38 | Yue Yuan | 25 | CHN | 1430 | 2 |
| 39 | Veronika Kudermetova | 27 | RUS | 1428 | 3 |
| 40 | Sorana Cîrstea | 34 | ROU | 1383 | 1 |
| 41 | Magda Linette | 32 | POL | 1371 | 2 |
| 42 | Karolína Plíšková | 32 | CZE | 1324 | 3 |
| 43 | Marie Bouzková | 26 | CZE | 1315 | -5 |
| 44 | Anastasia Potapova | 23 | RUS | 1309 | |
| 45 | Magdalena Fręch | 26 | POL | 1285 | 3 |
| 46 | Taylor Townsend | 28 | USA | 1267 | 7 |
| 47 | Peyton Stearns | 22 | USA | 1259 | -1 |
| 48 | Caroline Dolehide | 25 | USA | 1227 | -1 |
| 49 | Amanda Anisimova | 22 | USA | 1206 | |
| 50 | Viktoriya Tomova | 29 | BUL | 1200 | |
| 51 | Anhelina Kalinina | 27 | UKR | 1186 | |
| 52 | Elina Avanesyan | 21 | ARM | 1141 | 8 |
| 53 | Karolína Muchová | 27 | CZE | 1126 | -18 |
| 54 | Lin Zhu | 30 | CHN | 1097 | |
| 55 | Sofia Kenin | 25 | USA | 1070 | 1 |
| 56 | Clara Burel | 23 | FRA | 1066 | 1 |
| 57 | Xiyu Wang | 23 | CHN | 1063 | -2 |
| 58 | Lulu Sun | 23 | NZL | 1049 | 6 |
| 59 | Sloane Stephens | 31 | USA | 1047 | -7 |
| 60 | Katie Volynets | 22 | USA | 1042 | -2 |
| 61 | Ashlyn Krueger | 20 | USA | 1017 | 4 |
| 62 | Diane Parry | 21 | FRA | 1002 | -1 |
| 63 | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 23 | ITA | 983 | 3 |
| 64 | Moyuka Uchijima | 23 | JPN | 968 | -5 |
| 65 | Clara Tauson | 21 | DEN | 941 | 2 |
| 66 | Varvara Gracheva | 24 | FRA | 935 | 3 |
| 67 | Lucia Bronzetti | 25 | ITA | 928 | 1 |
| 68 | Nadia Podoroska | 27 | ARG | 926 | 20 |
| 69 | Cristina Bucșa | 26 | ESP | 924 | -6 |
| 70 | Jaqueline Cristian | 26 | ROU | 919 | |
| 71 | Caroline Wozniacki | 34 | DEN | 908 | 13 |
| 72 | Emma Raducanu | 21 | GBR | 907 | |
| 73 | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 27 | ESP | 886 | |
| 74 | Viktorija Golubic | 31 | SUI | 884 | 4 |
| 75 | Greet Minnen | 27 | BEL | 878 | -1 |
| 76 | Harriet Dart | 28 | GBR | 874 | 1 |
| 77 | Bernarda Pera | 29 | USA | 872 | -1 |
| 78 | Yafan Wang | 30 | CHN | 861 | -16 |
| 79 | Anna Blinkova | 25 | RUS | 861 | 1 |
| 80 | Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro | 21 | ESP | 861 | 11 |
| 81 | Anna Bondár | 27 | HUN | 861 | -2 |
| 82 | Lesia Tsurenko | 35 | UKR | 854 | |
| 83 | Océane Dodin | 27 | FRA | 839 | 2 |
| 84 | Tatjana Maria | 37 | GER | 835 | -13 |
| 85 | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 29 | SVK | 831 | -10 |
| 86 | Naomi Osaka | 26 | JPN | 824 | 4 |
| 87 | María Carlé | 24 | ARG | 816 | |
| 88 | Camila Osorio | 22 | COL | 814 | -2 |
| 89 | Erika Andreeva | 20 | RUS | 809 | |
| 90 | Mayar Sherif | 28 | EGY | 793 | -7 |
| 91 | Martina Trevisan | 30 | ITA | 788 | -10 |
| 92 | Laura Siegemund | 36 | GER | 778 | 1 |
| 93 | Daria Saville | 30 | AUS | 766 | -1 |
| 94 | Sara Errani | 37 | ITA | 760 | 1 |
| 95 | Arantxa Rus | 33 | NED | 750 | 1 |
| 96 | Chloé Paquet | 30 | FRA | 746 | 1 |
| 97 | Renata Zarazúa | 26 | MEX | 740 | 7 |
| 98 | Mccartney Kessler | 25 | USA | 733 | 2 |
| 99 | Nuria Párrizas Díaz | 33 | ESP | 731 | 19 |
| 100 | Jule Niemeier | 25 | GER | 724 | 2 |
| 101 | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 30 | BLR | 715 | |
| 102 | Rebeka Masarova | 25 | ESP | 715 | 5 |
| 103 | Ana Bogdan | 31 | ROU | 715 | |
| 104 | Kamilla Rakhimova | 22 | RUS | 696 | -10 |
| 105 | Petra Martić | 33 | CRO | 691 | -7 |
| 106 | Hailey Baptiste | 22 | USA | 689 | -1 |
| 107 | Robin Montgomery | 19 | USA | 675 | 2 |
| 108 | Brenda Fruhvirtová | 17 | CZE | 673 | -9 |
| 109 | Tamara Korpatsch | 29 | GER | 659 | -1 |
| 110 | Mai Hontama | 24 | JPN | 657 | -4 |
| 111 | Jana Fett | 27 | CRO | 656 | -1 |
| 112 | Olga Danilović | 23 | SRB | 655 | -1 |
| 113 | Eva Lys | 22 | GER | 642 | -1 |
| 114 | Rebecca Šramková | 27 | SVK | 641 | -1 |
| 115 | Marina Bassols Ribera | 24 | ESP | 625 | |
| 116 | Emina Bektas | 31 | USA | 620 | 5 |
| 117 | Alycia Parks | 23 | USA | 617 | -1 |
| 118 | Arina Rodionova | 34 | AUS | 607 | 1 |
| 119 | Ajla Tomljanović | 31 | AUS | 606 | 4 |
| 120 | Suzan Lamens | 25 | NED | 606 | 5 |
| 121 | Julia Riera | 22 | ARG | 603 | 1 |
| 122 | Anca Todoni | 19 | ROU | 590 | -5 |
| 123 | Elena-Gabriela Ruse | 26 | ROU | 588 | 1 |
| 124 | Zhuoxuan Bai | 21 | CHN | 588 | -4 |
| 125 | Dalma Gálfi | 26 | HUN | 575 | 1 |
| 126 | Daria Snigur | 22 | UKR | 566 | 1 |
| 127 | Sachia Vickery | 29 | USA | 565 | 1 |
| 128 | Panna Udvardy | 25 | HUN | 565 | 1 |
| 129 | Anastasia Zakharova | 22 | RUS | 564 | 1 |
| 130 | Dominika Šálková | 20 | CZE | 562 | 2 |
| 131 | Ann Li | 24 | USA | 559 | -17 |
| 132 | Sára Bejlek | 18 | CZE | 555 | 1 |
| 133 | Irina-Camelia Begu | 33 | ROU | 553 | 1 |
| 134 | Ella Seidel | 19 | GER | 552 | 1 |
| 135 | Darja Semenistaja | 21 | LAT | 549 | 1 |
| 136 | Maya Joint | 18 | AUS | 544 | 3 |
| 137 | Elsa Jacquemot | 21 | FRA | 542 | 4 |
| 138 | Linda Fruhvirtová | 19 | CZE | 540 | 4 |
| 139 | Rebecca Marino | 33 | CAN | 540 | 1 |
| 140 | Marina Stakusic | 19 | CAN | 536 | 3 |
| 141 | Laura Pigossi | 30 | BRA | 536 | -10 |
| 142 | Emiliana Arango | 23 | COL | 532 | -5 |
| 143 | Jessika Ponchet | 27 | FRA | 532 | 2 |
| 144 | Yuriko Miyazaki | 28 | GBR | 530 | -6 |
| 145 | Taylah Preston | 18 | AUS | 528 | 1 |
| 146 | Yulia Starodubtseva | 24 | UKR | 520 | 1 |
| 147 | Kimberly Birrell | 26 | AUS | 508 | 1 |
| 148 | Alexandra Eala | 19 | PHI | 506 | -4 |
| 149 | Arianne Hartono | 28 | NED | 506 | 2 |
| 150 | Tamara Zidanšek | 26 | SLO | 504 | -1 |

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