WTA Ranking Update after Rome Open: Iga Swiatek breaks new points barrier as Danielle Collins and Naomi Osaka win big

Tuesday, 21 May 2024 at 00:08

The WTA Ranking has been updated after the 2024 Rome Open with Iga Swiatek, Danielle Collins and Naomi Osaka all winning big. Aryna Sabalenka too staved off Coco Gauff again for yet another fortnight.

Swiatek won the Rome Open title defeating Aryna Sabalenka in the final and goes from just under 11,000 points to nearing 12,000 almost. She sits on 11,695 points as of this week. Even if she loses early at Roland Garros, she won't be unseated as is her dominance at the top of the game. All others are almost playing second fiddle.

Aryna Sabalenka in reaching the final allowed herself to extend her lead over Gauff who was seen as World No.2 elect. But the big test will be defending semi-final points for the Belarusian at the French Open otherwise she will likely be usurped. Elena Rybakina though has fallen behind in that race. She lost 1,000 points and is now 2,000 almost behind Coco Gauff.

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Jessica Pegula and Marketa Vondrousova though aren't in any form and the former isn't playing so she has a safety net of sorts for now. Further down in the top 10, Maria Sakkari jumped Qinwen Zheng into 7th. After falling out of the top 10, it is very much continued revival for the Greek.

But it is perhaps Danielle Collins who is the big winner of the week. She jumped up to 12th in the Ranking after losing in the semi-final of the Rome Open. Not a career high, but she is on the cusp of the top 10 again in her final year. Jasmine Paolini, Beatriz Haddad Maia and Karolina Muchova (the latter set to drop like a stone with Roland Garros points coming off) were the ones to make way.

DANIMAL RISING: Danielle Collins continues to head back towards her top 10 in her final year.

Elina Svitolina also continues to make strides and with Muchova losing semi-final points, she could rise higher even if she doesn't defend her haul. She is up to 17th.

Other risers include Victoria Azarenka (up three to 21st), Anna Kalinskaya, Barbora Krejcikova, K`atie Boulter, Linda Noskova and Sorana Cirstea who sit between 25th to 29th all rose with the latter going up three spots.

Osaka and Kerber rise again

Diana Shnaider after winning Trophee´ Clarins is up 15 spots into the top 50 in 47th spot. Emma Navarro ironically despite reaching the final went down a spot. Yue Yuan, Yulia Putintseva, Mirra Andreeva, Xinyu Wang and Anastasia Potapova inside the top 50 all rose too. Anna Karolina Shmiedlova on winning Parma is up to 53rd up 14 spots.

But a lot of the players going up a few spots like those just inside the top 50 was brought on by Anhelina Kalinina dropping 26 spots in one week due to not defending Rome final points, Diane Parry too fell 11 spots to 61st. So very much benefitting.

Naomi Osaka too went up nearly 40 spots in the course of one tournament as she reached the Last 16 in Rome. She sits just outside the world's top 30. Angelique Kerber too is just inside the world's top 210 after shooting up 120 spots to 211th by reaching the fourth round. So two players that won't be sitting in those spots for long.

WTA Ranking Update (20/05/2024)

1	Iga Świątek	22	POL	11695
2	Aryna Sabalenka	26	BLR	8138
3	Coco Gauff	20	USA	7638
4	Elena Rybakina	24	KAZ	5673
5	Jessica Pegula	30	USA	4655
6	Markéta Vondroušová	24	CZE	4035
7	Maria Sakkari	28	GRE	3980	1
8	Qinwen Zheng	21	CHN	3945	-1
9	Ons Jabeur	29	TUN	3748
10	Jeļena Ostapenko	26	LAT	3318
11	Daria Kasatkina	27	RUS	3293
12	Danielle Collins	30	USA	3148	3
13	Jasmine Paolini	28	ITA	2923	-1
14	Beatriz Haddad Maia	27	BRA	2885	-1
15	Karolína Muchová	27	CZE	2810	-1
16	Madison Keys	29	USA	2783
17	Elina Svitolina	29	UKR	2510	2
18	Ekaterina Alexandrova	29	RUS	2450
19	Ludmilla Samsonova	25	RUS	2440	-2
20	Marta Kostyuk	21	UKR	2180
21	Victoria Azarenka	34	BLR	2174	3
22	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	32	RUS	2166	-1
23	Emma Navarro	23	USA	2143	-1
24	Caroline Garcia	30	FRA	2068	-1
25	Anna Kalinskaya	25	RUS	1916	1
26	Barbora Krejčíková	28	CZE	1767	1
27	Katie Boulter	27	GBR	1730	1
28	Linda Nosková	19	CZE	1714	1
29	Sorana Cîrstea	34	ROU	1704	3
30	Elise Mertens	28	BEL	1689
31	Veronika Kudermetova	27	RUS	1673	-6
32	Dayana Yastremska	24	UKR	1622	1
33	Sloane Stephens	31	USA	1547	2
34	Leylah Fernandez	21	CAN	1540
35	Kateřina Siniaková	28	CZE	1535	1
36	Yue Yuan	25	CHN	1461	2
37	Yulia Putintseva	29	KAZ	1423	4
38	Mirra Andreeva	17	RUS	1407	2
39	Xinyu Wang	22	CHN	1381	3
40	Donna Vekić	27	CRO	1358	-3
41	Anastasia Potapova	23	RUS	1317	2
42	Marie Bouzková	25	CZE	1303	-3
43	Clara Burel	23	FRA	1300	2
44	Lesia Tsurenko	34	UKR	1278
45	Anna Blinkova	25	RUS	1275	1
46	Sara Sorribes Tormo	27	ESP	1246	1
47	Diana Shnaider	20	RUS	1236	15
48	Lucia Bronzetti	25	ITA	1219
49	Arantxa Rus	33	NED	1184
50	Magda Linette	32	POL	1158	1
51	Karolína Plíšková	32	CZE	1148	1
52	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	23	ITA	1124	4
53	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	29	SVK	1115	14
54	Magdalena Fręch	26	POL	1108	1
55	Lin Zhu	30	CHN	1097	2
56	Sofia Kenin	25	USA	1094	2
57	Anhelina Kalinina	27	UKR	1081	-26
58	Petra Kvitová	34	CZE	1080	2
59	Nadia Podoroska	27	ARG	1076	2
60	Caroline Dolehide	25	USA	1068	-6
61	Diane Parry	21	FRA	1046	-11
62	Xiyu Wang	23	CHN	1042	-9
63	Ana Bogdan	31	ROU	1029
64	Tatjana Maria	36	GER	1024	1
65	Ashlyn Krueger	20	USA	1004	1
66	Mayar Sherif	28	EGY	980	14
67	Jaqueline Cristian	25	ROU	965	1
68	Yafan Wang	30	CHN	962	1
69	Elina Avanesyan	21	RUS	956	3
70	Cristina Bucșa	26	ESP	944
71	Bernarda Pera	29	USA	930	6
72	Clara Tauson	21	DEN	924	6
73	Océane Dodin	27	FRA	919
74	Camila Osorio	22	COL	912	-10
75	Viktorija Golubic	31	SUI	907	-1
76	Taylor Townsend	28	USA	904	-17
77	Tamara Korpatsch	29	GER	897	-2
78	Laura Siegemund	36	GER	879	8
79	Petra Martić	33	CRO	863	2
80	Moyuka Uchijima	22	JPN	855	30
81	Peyton Stearns	22	USA	850	1
82	Varvara Gracheva	23	FRA	850	6
83	María Carlé	24	ARG	848	-12
84	Viktoriya Tomova	29	BUL	846	-5
85	Daria Saville	30	AUS	822	-1
86	Greet Minnen	26	BEL	812	-10
87	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	21	ESP	811	2
88	Martina Trevisan	30	ITA	808	-1
89	Rebecca Šramková	27	SVK	807	31
90	Brenda Fruhvirtová	17	CZE	794	12
91	Harriet Dart	27	GBR	789	-6
92	Belinda Bencic	27	SUI	782
93	Julia Riera	21	ARG	778	1
94	Rebeka Masarova	24	ESP	772	10
95	Sara Errani	37	ITA	765	-2
96	Nao Hibino	29	JPN	764	-13
97	Jule Niemeier	24	GER	761	8
98	Emina Bektas	31	USA	761	-1
99	Zhuoxuan Bai	21	CHN	757	-9
100	Renata Zarazúa	26	MEX	757	3
101	Kayla Day	24	USA	749	-5
102	Erika Andreeva	19	RUS	744	-2
103	Arina Rodionova	34	AUS	743	5
104	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	30	BLR	738	9
105	Kamilla Rakhimova	22	RUS	736	-7
106	Maria Timofeeva	20	RUS	722	-5
107	Alizé Cornet	34	FRA	720	-8
108	Hailey Baptiste	22	USA	719	-2
109	Katie Volynets	22	USA	717
110	Claire Liu	23	USA	717	7
111	Jodie Burrage	24	GBR	713	-4
112	Marina Bassols Ribera	24	ESP	695	-1
113	Anna Bondár	26	HUN	691	-18
114	Mai Hontama	24	JPN	689	1
115	Emiliana Arango	23	COL	676	3
116	Sára Bejlek	18	CZE	670	-2
117	Caroline Wozniacki	33	DEN	665	2
118	Darja Semenistaja	21	LAT	658	4
119	Laura Pigossi	29	BRA	645	6
120	Yanina Wickmayer	34	BEL	644	-29
121	Storm Hunter	29	AUS	640	3
122	Mccartney Kessler	24	USA	636	1
123	Camila Giorgi	32	ITA	616	-7
124	Daria Snigur	22	UKR	613	-3
125	Sachia Vickery	29	USA	607	2
126	Olga Danilović	23	SRB	588	-14
127	Jana Fett	27	CRO	588	1
128	Irina-Camelia Begu	33	ROU	581	33
129	Lulu Sun	23	NZL	578	3
130	Kaja Juvan	23	SLO	571	-1
131	Astra Sharma	28	AUS	569	-1
132	Tamara Zidanšek	26	SLO	556	2
133	Panna Udvardy	25	HUN	552	3
134	Yuriko Miyazaki	28	GBR	550	1
135	Naomi Osaka	26	JPN	544	38
136	Alycia Parks	23	USA	543	1
137	Arianne Hartono	28	NED	542	3
138	Taylah Preston	18	AUS	540	1
139	Elizabeth Mandlik	23	USA	535	3
140	Chloé Paquet	29	FRA	535	-7
141	Paula Badosa	26	ESP	532	-15
142	Viktória Hrunčáková	26	SVK	526	2
143	Fiona Ferro	27	FRA	526	6
144	Léolia Jeanjean	28	FRA	519	1
145	Yulia Starodubtseva	24	UKR	518	-7
146	Eva Lys	22	GER	516	1
147	Linda Fruhvirtová	19	CZE	516	3
148	Dalma Gálfi	25	HUN	509	-7
149	Suzan Lamens	24	NED	505	-18
150	Jessika Ponchet	27	FRA	502	5

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