WTA Ranking Update: Ostrava finalists Sabalenka and Azarenka move up while Barty retains number one spot

After a while we finally have a new WTA Ranking and while there was no changes at the top Sabalenka and Azarenka moved up.

The WTA returned last week with a strong event held in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The event featured a strong field which saw many players participate but in the end, it was Aryna Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka. The all-Belarusian final didn't end up what many thought it would be as Azarenka suffered from match-induced migraines which severely hindered her display. Even so, their good result allowed them to move up in the rankings. Both of them moved up one spot with Sabalenka now being ranked 11th while Azarenka 13th.

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The top 10 of the world stayed the same with Ashleigh Barty still ranked as number one despite not playing any event since the restart. A good result from Coco Gauff allowed her to move up 8 spots with the young American now being ranked as number 47. She won't remember this event fondly as she threw away the victory she had against Sabalenka. The biggest jumpers this week were Sara Sorribes Tormo and Babora Krejckikova who both moved up significantly this week.

Full WTA Ranking (26.10.2020):

1 Ashleigh Barty 8717

2 Simona Halep 7255

3 Naomi Osaka 5780

4 Sofia Kenin 5760

5 Elina Svitolina 5260

6 Karolína Plíšková 5205

7 Bianca Andreescu 4555

8 Petra Kvitová 4516

9 Kiki Bertens 4505

10 Serena Williams 4080

11 Aryna Sabalenka 4045

12 Belinda Bencic 4010

13 Victoria Azarenka 3426

14 Johanna Konta 3152

15 Garbiñe Muguruza 3016

16 Madison Keys 2962

17 Iga Świątek 2960

18 Petra Martić 2850

19 Elena Rybakina 2696

20 Markéta Vondroušová 2538

21 Elise Mertens 2530

22 Maria Sakkari 2405

23 Anett Kontaveit 2330

24 Jennifer Brady 2320

25 Angelique Kerber 2271

26 Alison Riske 2256

27 Karolína Muchová 2036

28 Yulia Putintseva 2015

29 Dayana Yastremska 1925

30 Amanda Anisimova 1905

31 Ons Jabeur 1883

32 Donna Vekić 1880

33 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1775

34 Qiang Wang 1706

35 Shuai Zhang 1693

36 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1631

37 Barbora Strýcová 1630

38 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1630

39 Sloane Stephens 1573

40 Magda Linette 1573

41 Saisai Zheng 1510

42 Fiona Ferro 1497

43 Caroline Garcia 1495

44 Jeļena Ostapenko 1485

45 Danielle Collins 1475

46 Veronika Kudermetova 1453

47 Cori Gauff 1364

48 Nadia Podoroska 1356

49 Kristina Mladenovic 1335

50 Laura Siegemund 1331

51 Marie Bouzková 1314

52 Polona Hercog 1310

53 Alizé Cornet 1290

54 Anastasija Sevastova 1288

55 Rebecca Peterson 1255

56 Patricia Maria Țig 1229

57 Jil Teichmann 1206

58 Shelby Rogers 1133

59 Heather Watson 1130

60 Anna Blinkova 1114

61 Bernarda Pera 1105

62 Jessica Pegula 1103

63 Alison Van Uytvanck 1095

64 Kateřina Siniaková 1075

65 Sara Sorribes Tormo 1040

66 Su-wei Hsieh 1035

67 Ajla Tomljanović 1035

68 Kristýna Plíšková 1020

69 Paula Badosa Gibert 1018

70 Daria Kasatkina 985

71 Nao Hibino 973

72 Arantxa Rus 971

73 Lauren Davis 967

74 Barbora Krejčíková 947

75 Camila Giorgi 940

76 Irina-Camelia Begu 932

77 Danka Kovinić 932

78 Venus Williams 929

79 Zarina Diyas 928

80 Christina McHale 909

81 Madison Brengle 906

82 Carla Suárez Navarro 881

83 Martina Trevisan 879

84 Kirsten Flipkens 878

85 Misaki Doi 866

86 Tamara Zidanšek 840

87 Sorana Cîrstea 839

88 Leylah Fernandez 838

89 Taylor Townsend 836

90 Lin Zhu 830

91 Ana Bogdan 805

92 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 798

93 Yafan Wang 795

94 Jasmine Paolini 785

95 Varvara Gracheva 778

96 Viktória Kužmová 775

97 Nina Stojanović 761

98 Anastasia Potapova 759

99 Andrea Petković 750

100 Kaja Juvan 733