WTA Rankings Update: Aryna Sabalenka becomes World No.1 in bizarre circumstance as Iga Swiatek's reign ends

Tuesday, 22 October 2024 at 08:02

The WTA Rankings have been updated after another week of action and bizarrely Aryna Sabalenka is now World No.1 again after both her and Iga Swiatek were given a ranking point fine.

Neither player was in action over the past week which resulted in a penalty for both of them. Players are mandated to play `at least six WTA 500 tournaments a year with Swiatek only playing two and Sabalenka entering four. This means they are given respective fines. Albeit Sabalenka's was only marginal meaning that she becomes World No.1 without playing.

Neither player have signed up for Tokyo so will incur another ranking penalty. The week after that sees the WTA Finals with this taken off their totals and will see Sabalenka gain a big lead compared to currently. Swiatek will need to defend her title without losing a match to end her season as World No.1 and will need Sabalenka to lose in the group stage. If Sabalenka wins at least two of her group matches, she completes it no matter what.

Elsewhere, Daria Kasatkina is back into the top 10 after winning Ningbo. Mirra Andreeva despite her tears continues to rise. She is up to World No.16. Further down Karolina Muchova continues to rise too up five to World No.25.

WTA Ranking Update (21/10/2024)

1	Aryna Sabalenka	26	BLR	9706	1
2	Iga Świątek	23	POL	9665	-1
3	Coco Gauff	20	USA	5963
4	Jessica Pegula	30	USA	5785
5	Elena Rybakina	25	KAZ	5471
6	Jasmine Paolini	28	ITA	5144
7	Qinwen Zheng	22	CHN	4480
8	Emma Navarro	23	USA	3698
9	Daria Kasatkina	27	RUS	3500	2
10	Beatriz Haddad Maia	28	BRA	3194
11	Danielle Collins	30	USA	3176	-2
12	Anna Kalinskaya	25	RUS	2975
13	Barbora Krejčíková	28	CZE	2974
14	Paula Badosa	26	ESP	2898	1
15	Jeļena Ostapenko	27	LAT	2738	-1
16	Diana Shnaider	20	RUS	2585
17	Mirra Andreeva	17	RUS	2578	2
18	Marta Kostyuk	22	UKR	2493	-1
19	Donna Vekić	28	CRO	2308	-1
20	Madison Keys	29	USA	2206
21	Victoria Azarenka	35	BLR	2126
22	Maria Sakkari	29	GRE	2117
23	Ludmilla Samsonova	25	RUS	2035
24	Magdalena Fręch	26	POL	2020
25	Karolína Muchová	28	CZE	1971	5
26	Elina Svitolina	30	UKR	1931	-1
27	Linda Nosková	19	CZE	1878	-1
28	Ekaterina Alexandrova	29	RUS	1848	-1
29	Yulia Putintseva	29	KAZ	1844	3
30	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	33	RUS	1796	-1
31	Markéta Vondroušová	25	CZE	1738
32	Ons Jabeur	30	TUN	1726	1
33	Katie Boulter	28	GBR	1660	2
34	Dayana Yastremska	24	UKR	1612	2
35	Leylah Fernandez	22	CAN	1574	-1
36	Elise Mertens	28	BEL	1554	-8
37	Anastasia Potapova	23	RUS	1482
38	Amanda Anisimova	23	USA	1461
39	Xinyu Wang	23	CHN	1418
40	Magda Linette	32	POL	1396
41	Lulu Sun	23	NZL	1331	1
42	Karolína Plíšková	32	CZE	1253	2
43	Caroline Garcia	31	FRA	1248	2
44	Yue Yuan	26	CHN	1209	2
45	Elina Avanesyan	22	ARM	1182	3
46	Peyton Stearns	23	USA	1166	1
47	Marie Bouzková	26	CZE	1140	-4
48	Kateřina Siniaková	28	CZE	1139	-7
49	Viktoriya Tomova	29	BUL	1127
50	Diane Parry	22	FRA	1124	2
51	Rebecca Šramková	28	SVK	1051	2
52	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	23	ITA	1048	-2
53	Clara Tauson	21	DEN	1037	11
54	Anhelina Kalinina	27	UKR	1030	1
55	Emma Raducanu	21	GBR	1025	1
56	Naomi Osaka	27	JPN	1014	2
57	Moyuka Uchijima	23	JPN	995	3
58	Yafan Wang	30	CHN	994	3
59	Katie Volynets	22	USA	993
60	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	22	ESP	992	2
61	Kamilla Rakhimova	23	RUS	990	4
62	Veronika Kudermetova	27	RUS	988	1
63	Camila Osorio	22	COL	980	-6
64	Ashlyn Krueger	20	USA	969	2
65	Erika Andreeva	20	RUS	947	2
66	Taylor Townsend	28	USA	944	-15
67	Clara Burel	23	FRA	930	-13
68	Varvara Gracheva	24	FRA	919
69	Sorana Cîrstea	34	ROU	914
70	Cristina Bucșa	26	ESP	912
71	Renata Zarazúa	27	MEX	911
72	Caroline Wozniacki	34	DEN	908
73	Mccartney Kessler	25	USA	896	3
74	Jaqueline Cristian	26	ROU	887	-1
75	Sloane Stephens	31	USA	882
76	Nadia Podoroska	27	ARG	879	-2
77	Arantxa Rus	33	NED	874
78	Harriet Dart	28	GBR	854	3
79	Bernarda Pera	29	USA	843
80	Hailey Baptiste	22	USA	839
81	Ajla Tomljanović	31	AUS	835	4
82	Jule Niemeier	25	GER	829	1
83	Olivia Gadecki	22	AUS	829	1
84	Lucia Bronzetti	25	ITA	819	-6
85	Anna Blinkova	26	RUS	815	14
86	Olga Danilović	23	SRB	805
87	María Carlé	24	ARG	799	1
88	Suzan Lamens	25	NED	796	37
89	Yulia Starodubtseva	24	UKR	793	2
90	Greet Minnen	27	BEL	791	5
91	Sara Errani	37	ITA	790	-1
92	Sonay Kartal	22	GBR	787	10
93	Mayar Sherif	28	EGY	784
94	Anna Bondár	27	HUN	783	-7
95	Tatjana Maria	37	GER	781	-1
96	Océane Dodin	27	FRA	777	-4
97	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	33	ESP	777	-15
98	Laura Siegemund	36	GER	754	-9
99	Xiyu Wang	23	CHN	750	-1
100	Irina-Camelia Begu	34	ROU	728	-3
101	Caroline Dolehide	26	USA	712	-1
102	Lin Zhu	30	CHN	680	1
103	Chloé Paquet	30	FRA	674	2
104	Jessika Ponchet	28	FRA	672	5
105	Jana Fett	27	CRO	669	1
106	Robin Montgomery	20	USA	668	1
107	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	30	SVK	665	1
108	Ann Li	24	USA	655	12
109	Ana Bogdan	31	ROU	653	2
110	Maya Joint	18	AUS	647
111	Kimberly Birrell	26	AUS	646	39
112	Sara Sorribes Tormo	28	ESP	643	-8
113	Julia Riera	22	ARG	637
114	Daria Saville	30	AUS	633
115	Alycia Parks	23	USA	624
116	Arina Rodionova	34	AUS	623	-4
117	Ella Seidel	19	GER	618	4
118	Rebecca Marino	33	CAN	613	18
119	Brenda Fruhvirtová	17	CZE	611	-2
120	Lesia Tsurenko	35	UKR	600	-19
121	Petra Martić	33	CRO	592	1
122	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	26	ROU	583	-26
123	Laura Pigossi	30	BRA	574	4
124	Eva Lys	22	GER	566	-6
125	Darja Semenistaja	22	LAT	566	5
126	Daria Snigur	22	UKR	564	-7
127	Polina Kudermetova	21	RUS	561	5
128	Martina Trevisan	30	ITA	558	5
129	Talia Gibson	20	AUS	556	-1
130	Anastasia Zakharova	22	RUS	555	16
131	Dalma Gálfi	26	HUN	555	3
132	Ena Shibahara	26	JPN	552	7
133	Anca Todoni	20	ROU	547	4
134	Heather Watson	32	GBR	545	23
135	Sijia Wei	20	CHN	539
136	Sára Bejlek	18	CZE	532	-13
137	Mai Hontama	25	JPN	528	-11
138	Emina Bektas	31	USA	527	3
139	Maria Timofeeva	20	RUS	515	4
140	Marina Stakusic	19	CAN	507	7
141	Elsa Jacquemot	21	FRA	507	4
142	Rebeka Masarova	25	ESP	506	-26
143	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	30	BLR	505	-12
144	Arianne Hartono	28	NED	505	7
145	Marina Bassols Ribera	24	ESP	500	8
146	Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva	19	AND	497	3
147	Alexandra Eala	19	PHI	494	1
148	Zeynep Sönmez	22	TUR	493	4
149	Varvara Lepchenko	38	USA	491	12
150	Solana Sierra	20	ARG	487	6
151	Aoi Ito	20	JPN	487	37
152	Dominika Šálková	20	CZE	483	-12
153	Jil Teichmann	27	SUI	482	-9
154	Panna Udvardy	26	HUN	482	-16
155	Sofia Kenin	25	USA	480	3
156	Nao Hibino	29	JPN	468	-14
157	Yuriko Miyazaki	28	GBR	467	3
158	Sara Saito	18	JPN	456	21
159	Bianca Andreescu	24	CAN	455	4
160	Francesca Jones	24	GBR	450	2
161	Antonia Ružić	21	CRO	449	3
162	Taylah Preston	18	AUS	447	-8
163	Mananchaya Sawangkaew	22	THA	446	2
164	Leyre Romero Gormaz	22	ESP	446	2
165	Viktorija Golubic	32	SUI	441	-41
166	Lucrezia Stefanini	26	ITA	441	-7
167	Séléna Janicijevic	22	FRA	440
168	Xinyu Gao	26	CHN	436
169	Kathinka von Deichmann	30	LIE	425
170	Mona Barthel	34	GER	421
171	Maja Chwalińska	23	POL	412	4
172	Oksana Selekhmeteva	21	RUS	405	12
173	Elizabeth Mandlik	23	USA	403	5
174	Maddison Inglis	26	AUS	401	12
175	Lanlana Tararudee	20	THA	399	-3
176	Lea Bošković	25	CRO	396	-5
177	Lola Radivojevic	19	SRB	394	3
178	Veronika Erjavec	24	SLO	392	3
179	Elena Pridankina	19	RUS	391	3
180	Guiomar Maristany Zuleta De Reales	25	ESP	385	3
181	Loïs Boisson	21	FRA	384	-7
182	Astra Sharma	29	AUS	382	11
183	Miriam Bulgaru	26	ROU	381	-7
184	Linda Klimovičová	20	CZE	381	1
185	Francisca Jorge	24	POR	380	2
186	Destanee Aiava	24	AUS	378	10
187	Léolia Jeanjean	29	FRA	372	4
188	Sinja Kraus	22	AUT	372	21
189	Anastasia Tikhonova	23	RUS	371	9
190	Manon Léonard	23	FRA	369	4
191	Sachia Vickery	29	USA	368	-2
192	Storm Hunter	30	AUS	366	3
193	Kayla Day	25	USA	365	-16
194	Tamara Korpatsch	29	GER	359	-65
195	Tamara Zidanšek	26	SLO	359	4
196	Lucija Ćirić Bagarić	20	CRO	354	5
197	Han-na Chang	26	USA	353	10
198	Giorgia Pedone	20	ITA	352	4
199	Zhuoxuan Bai	21	CHN	348	-44
200	Aliona Falei	20	BLR	348	24

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