The WTA Ranking has been updated following the events of the China Open last week, with Iga Swiatek closing in on Aryna Sabalenka at the top.

The Top 10 has remained the same this week, with Aryna Sabalenka holding the World No. 1 position while Iga Swiatek sits in second. However, the four-time Grand Slam champion looked to be returning to form after a difficult few tournaments as she won the WTA 500 title in Beijing.

In doing so, Swiatek was able to narrow the gap in points between herself and the top spot by nearly 500 points as the former's total rose to 8890. Sabalenka was eliminated in the quarter-final of the tournament, meaning her points rose from 9266 to 9480.

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Samsonova rises while Krejcikova drops

There was more movement outside of the Top 10, with Samsonova rising six places to re-enter the Top 20 at World No. 16. This comes after the 24-year-old defeated the likes of Jelena Ostapenko and Elena Rybakina to reach the China Open final where she finished as the runner-up. The Russian has a career-high ranking of No. 12, which she achieved in February of this year.

Meanwhile, Krejcikova suffered a first-round defeat to Mirra Andreeva in Beijing, which saw her drop from No. 12 to No. 18. The Czech player rose to World No. 10 just a few weeks ago after she won the San Diego Open title but has not competed between then and last week.

Also in the Top 20, Daria Kasatkina rose one place to close in on the Top 10 at No. 12 despite a second-round defeat at the China Open, while Ostapenko went up four places to No. 13 after a run to the quarter-finals in Beijing. On the other end, Victoria Azarenka and Beatriz Haddad Maia look to be in danger of dropping out of the Top 20 as they both fell one place each to No. 19 and No. 20 respectively.

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Andreeva, Fruhvirtova, and Mertens among other big movers

Elsewhere, Elise Mertens dropped twelve places and consequently fell out of the Top 40, landing at No. 41. This came after a first-round defeat to Yue Yuan at the China Open.

Teen talent Andreeva saw herself rise ten places to enter the Top 50 for the first time at No. 50 after she defeated Krejcikova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to make the Round of 16 in Beijing. Meanwhile, Linda Fruhvirtova rose ten spots to No. 88.

WTA Ranking as of 09-10-23

1 Aryna Sabalenka 25 BLR 9480

2 Iga Świątek 22 POL 8890

3 Coco Gauff 19 USA 6455

4 Jessica Pegula 29 USA 5955

5 Elena Rybakina 24 KAZ 5870

6 Maria Sakkari 28 GRE 4475

7 Ons Jabeur 29 TUN 4150

8 Markéta Vondroušová 24 CZE 3839

9 Karolína Muchová 27 CZE 3664

10 Caroline Garcia 29 FRA 3450

11 Madison Keys 28 USA 2940

12 Daria Kasatkina 26 RUS 2830 1

13 Jeļena Ostapenko 26 LAT 2665 4

14 Petra Kvitová 33 CZE 2660

15 Belinda Bencic 26 SUI 2605

16 Ludmilla Samsonova 24 RUS 2595 6

17 Veronika Kudermetova 26 RUS 2550 -1

18 Barbora Krejčíková 27 CZE 2480 -6

19 Victoria Azarenka 34 BLR 2225 -1

20 Beatriz Haddad Maia 27 BRA 2210 -1

21 Donna Vekić 27 CRO 2120

22 Ekaterina Alexandrova 28 RUS 2035 -2

23 Magda Linette 31 POL 1876 2

24 Qinwen Zheng 21 CHN 1873 -1

25 Elina Svitolina 29 UKR 1809 -1

26 Sorana Cîrstea 33 ROU 1765

27 Anastasia Potapova 22 RUS 1685

28 Anhelina Kalinina 26 UKR 1637

29 Marie Bouzková 25 CZE 1453 1

30 Sofia Kenin 24 USA 1391 1

31 Jasmine Paolini 27 ITA 1390 5

32 Xinyu Wang 22 CHN 1388 5

33 Danielle Collins 29 USA 1376 -1

34 Elisabetta Cocciaretto 22 ITA 1370 -1

35 Lin Zhu 29 CHN 1331 -1

36 Karolína Plíšková 31 CZE 1330 -1

37 Anna Blinkova 25 RUS 1298 2

38 Sloane Stephens 30 USA 1270

39 Marta Kostyuk 21 UKR 1265 5

40 Linda Nosková 18 CZE 1247 2

41 Elise Mertens 27 BEL 1244 -12

42 Martina Trevisan 29 ITA 1227 -2

43 Lesia Tsurenko 34 UKR 1216 6

44 Caroline Dolehide 25 USA 1211 -3

45 Petra Martić 32 CRO 1208 3

46 Varvara Gracheva 23 FRA 1201 1

47 Emma Navarro 22 USA 1198 -2

48 Peyton Stearns 22 USA 1166 -2

49 Mayar Sherif 27 EGY 1135 1

50 Mirra Andreeva 16 RUS 1128 10

51 Arantxa Rus 32 NED 1119

52 Katie Boulter 27 GBR 1104 4

53 Alycia Parks 22 USA 1103 -10

54 Camila Giorgi 31 ITA 1087 -2

55 Tatjana Maria 36 GER 1080 -2

56 Paula Badosa 25 ESP 1048 -2

57 Sara Sorribes Tormo 27 ESP 1036 -2

58 Xiyu Wang 22 CHN 1018 -1

59 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 29 SVK 1000 -1

60 Leylah Fernandez 21 CAN 995 -1

61 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 32 RUS 985 1

62 Greet Minnen 26 BEL 976 -1

63 Lucia Bronzetti 24 ITA 965 1

64 Lauren Davis 30 USA 953 2

65 Bernarda Pera 28 USA 952

66 Diana Shnaider 19 RUS 950 -3

67 Elina Avanesyan 21 RUS 943 1

68 Yulia Putintseva 28 KAZ 937 7

69 Rebeka Masarova 24 ESP 937 -2

70 Magdalena Fręch 25 POL 924 -1

71 Bianca Andreescu 23 CAN 922 -1

72 Ana Bogdan 30 ROU 897 -1

73 Clara Burel 22 FRA 895 -1

74 Irina-Camelia Begu 33 ROU 888 -1

75 Camila Osorio 21 COL 883 -1

76 Nadia Podoroska 26 ARG 875

77 Taylor Townsend 27 USA 854

78 Cristina Bucșa 25 ESP 852

79 Clara Tauson 20 DEN 852

80 Ashlyn Krueger 19 USA 851

81 Kamilla Rakhimova 22 RUS 836

82 Anna Kalinskaya 24 RUS 833 1

83 Yanina Wickmayer 33 BEL 826 -1

84 Kateryna Baindl 29 UKR 803 5

85 Kateřina Siniaková 27 CZE 789 -1

86 Kayla Day 24 USA 775 4

87 Julia Grabher 27 AUT 772 4

88 Linda Fruhvirtová 18 CZE 761 10

89 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 29 BLR 758 -3

90 Tamara Zidanšek 25 SLO 755 -2

91 Jodie Burrage 24 GBR 753 1

92 Nao Hibino 28 JPN 738 1

93 Rebecca Peterson 28 SWE 737 1

94 Yafan Wang 29 CHN 737 1

95 Viktoriya Tomova 28 BUL 716 2

96 Caty McNally 21 USA 709 -11

97 Dayana Yastremska 23 UKR 707 3

98 Claire Liu 23 USA 707 -11

99 Kaja Juvan 22 SLO 676 2

100 Jaqueline Cristian 25 ROU 674 2