WTA RANKINGS UPDATE after Indian Wells: Iga SWIATEK continues to build World Number One lead, new career highs for NAVARRO and KOSTYUK

Monday, 18 March 2024 at 07:38

The WTA Rankings have been updated after Indian Wells with Iga Swiatek set for yet another week on top which will continue for some time after regaining the title she last won in 2022.

It is only a week of gains for Swiatek with Aryna Sabalenka dropping points after failing to defend her final run, the same can be said for Elena Rybakina who could soon have Jessica Pegula on her tail. Qinwen Zheng is the only mover in the top ten going back to her career high of World Number Seven. While Daria Kasatkina has also benefited from another Czech not playing in Karolina Muchova to move to World Number 11.

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Further down, Madison Keys (18), Emma Navarro who reaches a new career high of 20), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (22) all benefited also from Petra Kvitova and Sorana Cirstea drifting down the ranking. Marta Kostyuk who lost in the semi-final to Iga Swiatek is also up sixth to a new career high of World No.26.

Yue Yuan is also up to a new best going up 12 to World No.37 while rises also for Diane Parry and Erika Andreeva (54 and 94) to their best yet. Also as confirmed yesterday, Angelique Kerber, Naomi Osaka and Caroline Wozniacki all made huge strides with the German in particular going up over 650 spots in one of the biggest rises of the week.

WTA Rankings as of 18-03-2024

1	Iga Świątek	22	POL	10715
2	Aryna Sabalenka	25	BLR	8195
3	Coco Gauff	20	USA	7150
4	Elena Rybakina	24	KAZ	5848
5	Jessica Pegula	30	USA	5035
6	Ons Jabeur	29	TUN	4118
7	Qinwen Zheng	21	CHN	4050	1
8	Markéta Vondroušová	24	CZE	4015	-1
9	Maria Sakkari	28	GRE	3825
10	Jeļena Ostapenko	26	LAT	3493
11	Daria Kasatkina	26	RUS	3118	1
12	Karolína Muchová	27	CZE	3060	-1
13	Beatriz Haddad Maia	27	BRA	2870
14	Jasmine Paolini	28	ITA	2810
15	Ludmilla Samsonova	25	RUS	2605
16	Ekaterina Alexandrova	29	RUS	2475
17	Elina Svitolina	29	UKR	2397
18	Madison Keys	29	USA	2342	2
19	Veronika Kudermetova	26	RUS	2305
20	Emma Navarro	22	USA	2178	3
21	Barbora Krejčíková	28	CZE	2113
22	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	32	RUS	2091	2
23	Petra Kvitová	34	CZE	2090	-5
24	Sorana Cîrstea	33	ROU	2018	-2
25	Anna Kalinskaya	25	RUS	1973
26	Marta Kostyuk	21	UKR	1946	6
27	Caroline Garcia	30	FRA	1865	-1
28	Elise Mertens	28	BEL	1756
29	Anastasia Potapova	22	RUS	1707	4
30	Katie Boulter	27	GBR	1690	-3
31	Linda Nosková	19	CZE	1613	-2
32	Victoria Azarenka	34	BLR	1591	-2
33	Dayana Yastremska	23	UKR	1552	-2
34	Donna Vekić	27	CRO	1518	2
35	Leylah Fernandez	21	CAN	1490	-1
36	Anhelina Kalinina	27	UKR	1483	-1
37	Yue Yuan	25	CHN	1436	12
38	Mirra Andreeva	16	RUS	1428
39	Marie Bouzková	25	CZE	1404	1
40	Lesia Tsurenko	34	UKR	1387	-3
41	Sloane Stephens	30	USA	1352	3
42	Kateřina Siniaková	27	CZE	1352	-1
43	Xinyu Wang	22	CHN	1316	-1
44	Anna Blinkova	25	RUS	1300	1
45	Clara Burel	22	FRA	1287	2
46	Karolína Plíšková	31	CZE	1282	-7
47	Magdalena Fręch	26	POL	1270	-4
48	Tatjana Maria	36	GER	1270	-2
49	Lucia Bronzetti	25	ITA	1247	4
50	Caroline Dolehide	25	USA	1245	1
51	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	23	ITA	1238	9
52	Sara Sorribes Tormo	27	ESP	1218	-2
53	Danielle Collins	30	USA	1205	3
54	Diane Parry	21	FRA	1200	7
55	Magda Linette	32	POL	1190	-1
56	Xiyu Wang	22	CHN	1174	-4
57	Arantxa Rus	33	NED	1174	-9
58	Sofia Kenin	25	USA	1164	-3
59	Belinda Bencic	27	SUI	1152	-2
60	Petra Martić	33	CRO	1143	-2
61	Martina Trevisan	30	ITA	1084	-2
62	Diana Shnaider	19	RUS	1076	12
63	Lin Zhu	30	CHN	1072	-1
64	Yafan Wang	29	CHN	1060	2
65	Elina Avanesyan	21	RUS	1059	-2
66	Ana Bogdan	31	ROU	1054	-1
67	Peyton Stearns	22	USA	1046	-3
68	Yulia Putintseva	29	KAZ	1008	11
69	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	29	SVK	983
70	Mayar Sherif	27	EGY	983
71	Viktorija Golubic	31	SUI	977	1
72	Taylor Townsend	27	USA	974	5
73	Viktoriya Tomova	29	BUL	969	2
74	Cristina Bucșa	26	ESP	965	-7
75	Ashlyn Krueger	19	USA	963	-4
76	Nao Hibino	29	JPN	933	4
77	Nadia Podoroska	27	ARG	927	7
78	Tamara Korpatsch	28	GER	918	-2
79	Greet Minnen	26	BEL	908	2
80	Paula Badosa	26	ESP	906	-7
81	Bernarda Pera	29	USA	906	-3
82	Jaqueline Cristian	25	ROU	884
83	Varvara Gracheva	23	FRA	876	-15
84	Océane Dodin	27	FRA	849	1
85	Jodie Burrage	24	GBR	844	1
86	Zhuoxuan Bai	21	CHN	840	-3
87	Kayla Day	24	USA	830	1
88	Yanina Wickmayer	34	BEL	815	1
89	Harriet Dart	27	GBR	798	1
90	Laura Siegemund	36	GER	795	-3
91	Clara Tauson	21	DEN	793	2
92	Camila Osorio	22	COL	784	-1
93	Rebeka Masarova	24	ESP	782	3
94	Erika Andreeva	19	RUS	767	4
95	Kamilla Rakhimova	22	RUS	760
96	Hailey Baptiste	22	USA	747	9
97	Sara Errani	36	ITA	739	3
98	Arina Rodionova	34	AUS	731	6
99	Alizé Cornet	34	FRA	728	4
100	Maria Timofeeva	20	RUS	726	2

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