WTA Ranking Update: Barty to finish as year-end no.1

It was a very successful year for Ashleigh Barty. She started the season as number 15 in the WTA Ranking and ended it as number one. On the way she won the title in Miami, French Open, Birmingham and she was also champion at the WTA Finals.

"I'm in a very unique situation, in a very unique position, that at the moment, at this moment in time, no other person on the planet is in my position," Barty said on the WTA Insider Podcast. "I think it's incredibly scary, but it's exciting. I've worked my whole life to try and get to this point to say what it feels like. Each day it brings new challenges. Each day it brings new, exciting things."

But there is still player, who can say that her season was even more successful. Her name is Bianca Vanessa Andreescu. She started the season as 152nd player of the WTA Ranking. But she won 48 of 55 matches played, triumphed in Indian Wells, Toronto and won the US Open to reach 5th place.