WTA Ranking Update: Iga Swiatek re-claims World No. 1 from Aryna Sabalenka as Beatriz Haddad Maia closes in on Top 10

The WTA Ranking has been updated following the conclusion of the 2023 WTA Finals in Cancun and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai, with Iga Swiatek re-claiming World No. 1 from Aryna Sabalenka as Beatriz Haddad Maia closes in on the Top 10.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek was No. 1 for 75 weeks (the tenth-longest amount of time in WTA Ranking history) before she was overtaken by Sabalenka in September. This came after the 22-year-old suffered a shock exit in the fourth round of the US Open, thus failing to defend her title while Sabalenka succeeded in making it to the final.

However, Swiatek has seemed to be back on form recently, winning the China Open last month before soaring to success at the WTA Finals. As Sabalenka's record in the Group Stage was 2-1, Swiatek had to win the tournament with a 3-0 or 2-1 record herself in order to re-gain No. 1.

In the end, Swiatek won the tournament without even dropping a set, winning all of her round-robin clashes and eliminating Sabalenka in the semi-final 6-3, 6-2, before defeating Jessica Pegula in the final 6-1, 6-0. Therefore, she now begins her 76th week as World No. 1 and has ensured her place as year-end No. 1 for the second consecutive year.

The only other change in the Top 10 was a switch between Ons Jabeur and Marketa Vondrousova, as the former rose one place to No. 6 and the latter dropped one spot to No. 7.

Meanwhile, Haddad Maia rose eight places to No. 11 after winning the WTA Elite Trophy last week. The Brazilian player defeated Qinwen Zheng in a close-knit final to lift the trophy and increase her points total to 2855. Meanwhile, Zheng moved up three places to break into the Top 15, earning a career-high ranking of No. 15.

Elsewhere, Alycia Parks re-entered the Top 50 by moving up seven spots to No. 46, while Elisabetta Cocciaretto fell fourteen places to No. 52.

The biggest mover in the Top 100 was Anna Kalinskaya, who rose 38 places to land at No. 77 after she won the WTA 125 Dow Tennis Classic this week.

1 Iga Świątek 22 POL 9295 1

2 Aryna Sabalenka 25 BLR 9050 -1

3 Coco Gauff 19 USA 6580

4 Elena Rybakina 24 KAZ 6365

5 Jessica Pegula 29 USA 5975

6 Ons Jabeur 29 TUN 4195 1

7 Marketa Vondrousova 24 CZE 4075 -1

8 Karolína Muchová 27 CZE 3651

9 Maria Sakkari 28 GRE 3620

10 Barbora Krejčíková 27 CZE 2880

11 Beatriz Haddad Maia 27 BRA 2855 8

12 Madison Keys 28 USA 2816 -1

13 Jeļena Ostapenko 26 LAT 2720

14 Petra Kvitová 33 CZE 2660 -2

15 Qinwen Zheng 21 CHN 2660 3

16 Ludmilla Samsonova 24 RUS 2650 -1

17 Belinda Bencic 26 SUI 2570 -3

18 Daria Kasatkina 26 RUS 2550 -1

19 Veronika Kudermetova 26 RUS 2520 -3

20 Caroline Garcia 30 FRA 2095

21 Ekaterina Alexandrova 28 RUS 2035

22 Victoria Azarenka 34 BLR 1905

23 Donna Vekić 27 CRO 1865 1

24 Magda Linette 31 POL 1861 -1

25 Elina Svitolina 29 UKR 1809

26 Sorana Cîrstea 33 ROU 1765

27 Anhelina Kalinina 26 UKR 1677

28 Anastasia Potapova 22 RUS 1588

29 Elise Mertens 27 BEL 1495 1

30 Jasmine Paolini 27 ITA 1435 -1

31 Lesia Tsurenko 34 UKR 1432

32 Xinyu Wang 22 CHN 1370 1

33 Sofia Kenin 24 USA 1345 -1

34 Marie Bouzkova 25 CZE 1325

35 Leylah Fernandez 21 CAN 1325

36 Lin Zhu 29 CHN 1292 1

37 Karolina Pliskova 31 CZE 1285 -1

38 Emma Navarro 22 USA 1272 4

39 Marta Kostyuk 21 UKR 1260

40 Petra Martić 32 CRO 1253

41 Linda Nosková 18 CZE 1247

42 Caroline Dolehide 25 USA 1205 1

43 Martina Trevisan 30 ITA 1187 1

44 Varvara Gracheva 23 FRA 1186 1

45 Kateřina Siniaková 27 CZE 1160 1

46 Mirra Andreeva 16 RUS 1149 1

47 Alycia Parks 22 USA 1140 7

48 Sloane Stephens 30 USA 1135 1

49 Mayar Sherif 27 EGY 1135 1

50 Sara Sorribes Tomo 27 ESP 1126 1

51 Arantxa Rus 32 NED 1124 1

52 Elisabetta Cocciaretto 22 ITA 1121 -15

53 Peyton Stearns 22 USA 1119 -5

54 Anna Blinkova 25 RUS 1110 -1

55 Danielle Collins 29 USA 1088 1

56 Camila Giorgi 31 ITA 1087 1

57 Tatjana Maria 36 GER 1080 1

58 Katie Boulter 27 GBR 1073 -3

59 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 32 RUS 1044

60 Diana Shnaider 19 RUS 1021

61 Clara Burel 22 FRA 990

62 Greet Minnen 26 BEL 990

63 Magdalena Fręch 25 POL 979 16

64 Lucia Bronzetti 24 ITA 968 -1

65 Rebeka Masarova 24 ESP 962

66 Paula Badosa 25 ESP 947 1

67 Ana Bogdan 30 ROU 942 1

68 Bernarda Pera 28 USA 941 1

69 Yulia Putintseva 28 KAZ 937 1

70 Lauren Davis 30 USA 933 2

71 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 29 SVK 930 -7

72 Xiyu Wang 22 CHN 926 1

73 Tamara Korpatsch 28 GER 923 -2

74 Yanina Wickmayer 34 BEL 917

75 Elina Avanesyan 21 RUS 915

76 Irina-Camelia Begu 33 ROU 888

77 Anna Kalinskaya 24 RUS 885 38

78 Nadia Podoroska 26 ARG 880 -1

79 Camila Osorio 21 COL 874 -1

80 Taylor Townsend 27 USA 868 -14

81 Ashlyn Krueger 19 USA 863 -1

82 Emina Bektas 30 USA 846 22

83 Cristina Bucșa 25 ESP 843 -1

84 Viktorija Golubic 31 SUI 834 -1

85 Clara Tauson 20 DEN 823 -4

86 Laura Siegemund 35 GER 814 -2

87 Kayla Day 24 USA 807 7

88 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 29 BLR 803 -3

89 Linda Fruhvirtova 18 CZE 800 -2

90 Nao Hibino 28 JPN 774 -2

91 Julia Grabher 27 AUT 772 -1

92 Bianca Andreescu 23 CAN 764

93 Jodie Burrage 24 GBR 762 -2

94 Claire Liu 23 USA 759 -1

95 Kamilla Rakhimova 22 RUS 758 -6

96 Viktoriya Tomova 28 BUL 751 3

97 Yafan Wang 29 CHN 737 -1

98 Jaqueline Cristian 25 ROU 735 -1

99 Kateryna Baindl 29 UKR 733 -13

100 Tamara Zidanšek 25 SLO 725 -2