WTA Ranking Update: Leylah Fernandez up 17 spots after Hong Kong title as Qinwen Zheng back in top 20
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Two of WTA's brightest stars feature heavy in our latest WTA Ranking Update for Monday 16 October in Qinwen Zheng and Leylah Fernandez who sealed titles this past weekend.
Zheng came from a set down to defeat Barbora Krejcikova in the final of the Zhengzhou Open to seal a second title of the year and to go alongside her US Open Quarter-Final. Days after becoming 21, she returns to the top 20.
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She has jumped five spots in the latest WTA Ranking Update to No.19 matching her career high. While Fernandez has continued her resurgence with a first title since 2022 Monterrey at the Hong Kong Open.
She plummeted down to No.96 in the WTA Rankings earlier this year and is now up 17 spots to No.43 after sealing the title. Mirra Andreeva and Jasmine Paolini also have moved up to reach new career highs.
Katerina Siniakova moved up 25 spots to Number 60 and Laura Siegemund 22 spots to No.91, with the former losing to Fernandez in the Hong Kong final.
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WTA Ranking as of 16-10-2023
Ranking Player Age Nationality Points Change
| 1 | Aryna Sabalenka | 25 | BLR | 9381 | |
| 2 | Iga Świątek | 22 | POL | 8545 | |
| 3 | Coco Gauff | 19 | USA | 6455 | |
| 4 | Jessica Pegula | 29 | USA | 6050 | |
| 5 | Elena Rybakina | 24 | KAZ | 5870 | |
| 6 | Maria Sakkari | 28 | GRE | 4475 | |
| 7 | Ons Jabeur | 29 | TUN | 4195 | |
| 8 | Markéta Vondroušová | 24 | CZE | 3839 | |
| 9 | Karolína Muchová | 27 | CZE | 3663 | |
| 10 | Caroline Garcia | 30 | FRA | 3450 | |
| 11 | Daria Kasatkina | 26 | RUS | 2915 | 1 |
| 12 | Madison Keys | 28 | USA | 2841 | -1 |
| 13 | Barbora Krejčíková | 27 | CZE | 2775 | 5 |
| 14 | Jeļena Ostapenko | 26 | LAT | 2665 | -1 |
| 15 | Petra Kvitová | 33 | CZE | 2660 | -1 |
| 16 | Belinda Bencic | 26 | SUI | 2605 | -1 |
| 17 | Ludmilla Samsonova | 24 | RUS | 2595 | -1 |
| 18 | Veronika Kudermetova | 26 | RUS | 2550 | -1 |
| 19 | Qinwen Zheng | 21 | CHN | 2275 | 5 |
| 20 | Victoria Azarenka | 34 | BLR | 2225 | -1 |
| 21 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 27 | BRA | 2210 | -1 |
| 22 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 28 | RUS | 2035 | |
| 23 | Magda Linette | 31 | POL | 1876 | |
| 24 | Donna Vekić | 27 | CRO | 1845 | -3 |
| 25 | Elina Svitolina | 29 | UKR | 1809 | |
| 26 | Sorana Cîrstea | 33 | ROU | 1765 | |
| 27 | Anhelina Kalinina | 26 | UKR | 1677 | 1 |
| 28 | Anastasia Potapova | 22 | RUS | 1588 | -1 |
| 29 | Marie Bouzková | 25 | CZE | 1495 | |
| 30 | Jasmine Paolini | 27 | ITA | 1395 | 1 |
| 31 | Sofia Kenin | 24 | USA | 1391 | -1 |
| 32 | Xinyu Wang | 22 | CHN | 1388 | |
| 33 | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 22 | ITA | 1360 | 1 |
| 34 | Lesia Tsurenko | 34 | UKR | 1340 | 9 |
| 35 | Lin Zhu | 29 | CHN | 1331 | |
| 36 | Elise Mertens | 27 | BEL | 1294 | 5 |
| 37 | Karolína Plíšková | 31 | CZE | 1285 | -1 |
| 38 | Martina Trevisan | 29 | ITA | 1282 | 4 |
| 39 | Sloane Stephens | 30 | USA | 1270 | -1 |
| 40 | Marta Kostyuk | 21 | UKR | 1265 | -1 |
| 41 | Petra Martić | 32 | CRO | 1253 | 4 |
| 42 | Linda Nosková | 18 | CZE | 1247 | -2 |
| 43 | Leylah Fernandez | 21 | CAN | 1245 | 17 |
| 44 | Caroline Dolehide | 25 | USA | 1206 | |
| 45 | Varvara Gracheva | 23 | FRA | 1201 | 1 |
| 46 | Emma Navarro | 22 | USA | 1198 | 1 |
| 47 | Danielle Collins | 29 | USA | 1192 | -14 |
| 48 | Peyton Stearns | 22 | USA | 1166 | |
| 49 | Mirra Andreeva | 16 | RUS | 1158 | 1 |
| 50 | Mayar Sherif | 27 | EGY | 1135 | -1 |
| 51 | Arantxa Rus | 32 | NED | 1124 | |
| 52 | Anna Blinkova | 25 | RUS | 1110 | -15 |
| 53 | Katie Boulter | 27 | GBR | 1104 | -1 |
| 54 | Alycia Parks | 22 | USA | 1103 | -1 |
| 55 | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 27 | ESP | 1096 | 2 |
| 56 | Camila Giorgi | 31 | ITA | 1087 | -2 |
| 57 | Tatjana Maria | 36 | GER | 1080 | -2 |
| 58 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 32 | RUS | 1044 | 3 |
| 59 | Greet Minnen | 26 | BEL | 990 | 3 |
| 60 | Kateřina Siniaková | 27 | CZE | 968 | 25 |
| 61 | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 29 | SVK | 967 | -2 |
| 62 | Lucia Bronzetti | 24 | ITA | 965 | 1 |
| 63 | Lauren Davis | 30 | USA | 953 | 1 |
| 64 | Paula Badosa | 25 | ESP | 948 | -8 |
| 65 | Bernarda Pera | 28 | USA | 941 | |
| 66 | Yulia Putintseva | 28 | KAZ | 937 | 2 |
| 67 | Rebeka Masarova | 24 | ESP | 937 | 2 |
| 68 | Elina Avanesyan | 21 | RUS | 933 | -1 |
| 69 | Magdalena Fręch | 25 | POL | 929 | 1 |
| 70 | Xiyu Wang | 22 | CHN | 926 | -12 |
| 71 | Yanina Wickmayer | 33 | BEL | 921 | 12 |
| 72 | Diana Shnaider | 19 | RUS | 915 | -6 |
| 73 | Ana Bogdan | 30 | ROU | 897 | -1 |
| 74 | Clara Burel | 22 | FRA | 895 | -1 |
| 75 | Irina-Camelia Begu | 33 | ROU | 888 | -1 |
| 76 | Camila Osorio | 21 | COL | 883 | -1 |
| 77 | Nadia Podoroska | 26 | ARG | 875 | -1 |
| 78 | Bianca Andreescu | 23 | CAN | 868 | -7 |
| 79 | Ashlyn Krueger | 19 | USA | 863 | 1 |
| 80 | Taylor Townsend | 27 | USA | 854 | -3 |
| 81 | Cristina Bucșa | 25 | ESP | 852 | -3 |
| 82 | Clara Tauson | 20 | DEN | 852 | -3 |
| 83 | Anna Kalinskaya | 24 | RUS | 821 | -1 |
| 84 | Kamilla Rakhimova | 22 | RUS | 818 | -3 |
| 85 | Linda Fruhvirtová | 18 | CZE | 808 | 3 |
| 86 | Kateryna Baindl | 29 | UKR | 803 | -2 |
| 87 | Viktorija Golubic | 31 | SUI | 789 | 18 |
| 88 | Julia Grabher | 27 | AUT | 772 | -1 |
| 89 | Jodie Burrage | 24 | GBR | 767 | 2 |
| 90 | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 29 | BLR | 758 | -1 |
| 91 | Laura Siegemund | 35 | GER | 754 | 22 |
| 92 | Claire Liu | 23 | USA | 749 | 6 |
| 93 | Nao Hibino | 28 | JPN | 748 | -1 |
| 94 | Yafan Wang | 29 | CHN | 737 | |
| 95 | Kayla Day | 24 | USA | 734 | -9 |
| 96 | Tamara Zidanšek | 25 | SLO | 725 | -6 |
| 97 | Jaqueline Cristian | 25 | ROU | 718 | 3 |
| 98 | Viktoriya Tomova | 28 | BUL | 716 | -3 |
| 99 | Rebecca Peterson | 28 | SWE | 709 | -6 |
| 100 | Caty McNally | 21 | USA | 709 | -4 |

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