WTA Ranking Update: Halep moves into third, Watson moves up 26 positions after Hobart run
WTAMonday, 20 January 2020 at 19:00
There have been some WTA ranking changes going into the Australian Open with some big names moving positions both up and down.
Simona Halep has moved past Naomi Osaka in third position in the rankings. She reached the Quarter-Final in Adelaide losing to Aryna Sabalenka and plays Jennifer Brady in the first round in Melbourne.
This was despite Osaka reaching the semi-final in Brisbane. This change in ranking may only be temporary though with the duo less than 100 points between them.
Heather Watson further down reached the semi-final in Hobart so the former World No.38 has moved up 26 places to 75th in the world after that run. She will face Kristyna Pliskova at the Australian Open.
There were also moves for Dayana Yastremska after her run to the final in Adelaide, Danielle Rose Collins reached the semi-finals in Adelaide and they go up a few places to 21 and 25th respectively.
Elena Rybakina defeated Heather Watson in the semi-final in Hobart before going onto claim the title and she has gone up four positions to 26th in the world.
View the rankings in full below:
| 1. | Barty Ashleigh | 8017 |
| 2. | Pliskova Karolina | 5940 |
| 3. | Halep Simona | 5561 |
| 4. | Osaka Naomi | 5496 |
| 5. | Svitolina Elina | 5075 |
| 6. | Andreescu Bianca Vanessa | 4935 |
| 7. | Bencic Belinda | 4675 |
| 8. | Kvitova Petra | 4436 |
| 9. | Williams Serena | 4215 |
| 10. | Bertens Kiki | 4165 |
| 11. | Keys Madison | 3072 |
| 12. | Sabalenka Aryna | 3025 |
| 13. | Konta Johanna | 2813 |
| 14. | Martic Petra | 2646 |
| 15. | Kenin Sofia | 2565 |
| 16. | Vondrousova Marketa | 2490 |
| 17. | Mertens Elise | 2250 |
| 18. | Kerber Angelique | 2175 |
| 19. | Riske Alison | 2130 |
| 20. | Vekic Donna | 2120 |
| 21. | Yastremska Dayana | 2070 |
| 22. | Muchova Karolina | 1847 |
| 23. | Sakkari Maria | 1845 |
| 24. | Anisimova Amanda | 1843 |
| 25. | Collins Danielle Rose | 1825 |
| 26. | Rybakina Elena | 1816 |
| 27. | Stephens Sloane A. | 1683 |
| 28. | Alexandrova Ekaterina | 1645 |
| 29. | Wang Qiang | 1593 |
| 30. | Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia | 1585 |
| 31. | Kontaveit Anett | 1575 |
| 32. | Muguruza Blanco Garbine | 1526 |
| 33. | Sevastova Anastasija | 1518 |
| 34. | Strycova Barbora | 1516 |
| 35. | Zhang Shuai | 1505 |
| 36. | Wozniacki Caroline | 1463 |
| 37. | Hsieh Su-Wei | 1450 |
| 38. | Putintseva Yulia | 1415 |
| 39. | Goerges Julia | 1415 |
| 40. | Kudermetova Veronika | 1383 |
| 41. | Mladenovic Kristina | 1360 |
| 42. | Zheng Saisai | 1350 |
| 43. | Linette Magda | 1302 |
| 44. | Peterson Rebecca | 1275 |
| 45. | Ostapenko Jelena | 1250 |
| 46. | Garcia Caroline | 1235 |
| 47. | Van Uytvanck Alison | 1175 |
| 48. | Hercog Polona | 1145 |
| 49. | Brady Jennifer | 1143 |
| 50. | Azarenka Viktoria | 1115 |
| 51. | Wang Yafan | 1105 |
| 52. | Tomljanovic Ajla | 1095 |
| 53. | Kuznetsova Svetlana | 1053 |
| 54. | Suarez-Navarro Carla | 1048 |
| 55. | Williams Venus | 1019 |
| 56. | Swiatek Iga | 997 |
| 57. | Siniakova Katerina | 996 |
| 58. | Blinkova Anna | 989 |
| 59. | Bouzkova Marie | 979 |
| 60. | Kuzmova Viktoria | 965 |
| 61. | Cornet Alize | 965 |
| 62. | Davis Lauren | 949 |
| 63. | Ferro Fiona | 944 |
| 64. | Pliskova Kristyna | 940 |
| 65. | Pera Bernarda | 925 |
| 66. | Pegula Jessica | 910 |
| 67. | Gauff Cori | 885 |
| 68. | Teichmann Jil Belen | 883 |
| 69. | Kasatkina Darya | 880 |
| 70. | Zidansek Tamara | 880 |
| 71. | Zhu Lin | 850 |
| 72. | Siegemund Laura | 845 |
| 73. | Diyas Zarina | 835 |
| 74. | Cirstea Sorana-Mihaela | 795 |
| 75. | Watson Heather | 784 |
| 76. | Golubic Viktorija | 772 |
| 77. | Petkovic Andrea | 770 |
| 78. | Jabeur Ons | 770 |
| 79. | Townsend Taylor | 761 |
| 80. | Puig Monica | 760 |
| 81. | Flipkens Kirsten | 760 |
| 82. | Doi Misaki | 754 |
| 83. | Kozlova Kateryna | 746 |
| 84. | McHale Christina | 741 |
| 85. | Stojanovic Nina | 736 |
| 86. | Kovinic Danka | 734 |
| 87. | Maria Tatiana | 729 |
| 88. | Babos Timea | 720 |
| 89. | Diatchenko Vitalia | 719 |
| 90. | Potapova Anastasia | 711 |
| 91. | Sorribes Tormo Sara | 708 |
| 92. | Ahn Kristie | 707 |
| 93. | Rus Arantxa | 701 |
| 94. | Sasnovich Aliaksandra | 697 |
| 95. | Brengle Madison | 691 |
| 96. | Paolini Jasmine | 691 |
| 97. | Badosa Gibert Paula | 687 |
| 98. | Bogdan Ana | 684 |
| 99. | Stosur Samantha | 683 |
| 100. | Gasparyan Margarita | 678 |
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