WTA Rankings Update: Aryna Sabalenka begins another week as World No.1 as Shnaider and Boulter soar to new heights
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The WTA Rankings have been updated for one of the final times this season with Aryna Sabalenka leading for the first time without any penalties being applied while Diana Shnaider and Katie Boulter have ascended to new heights.
Shnaider captured a fourth title of the season at the Hong Kong Open dismissing Katie Boulter emphatically 6-1, 6-2 in straight sets. She jumped up to World No.12 this week and unless Krejcikova wins a match at the WTA Finals, she will likely end her first full year on the tour in that spot.
Boulter's runner-up finish has also pushed her to a new peak of World No.23 which sees her continue a best season yet after much mooted injury problems. Rebecca Sramkova aside from Monastir has barely lost in the last few months albeit was defeated by Viktorija Golubic. She still rose to a new best of World No.43 in this week's rankings.
Zeynep Sonmez won her maiden WTA title at the Merida Open and also soars up 36 spots to World No.91. Sabalenka continues her reign as World No.1 and is locked in a battle with Iga Swiatek for said spot. Albeit she holds the upperhand. Jasmine Paolini could also overtake Coco Gauff as World No.3 in short order.
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WTA Rankings Update (4/11/2024)
| 1 | Aryna Sabalenka | 26 | BLR | 9016 | |
| 2 | Iga Świątek | 23 | POL | 7970 | |
| 3 | Coco Gauff | 20 | USA | 5230 | |
| 4 | Jasmine Paolini | 28 | ITA | 5144 | |
| 5 | Elena Rybakina | 25 | KAZ | 4971 | |
| 6 | Jessica Pegula | 30 | USA | 4705 | |
| 7 | Qinwen Zheng | 22 | CHN | 4540 | |
| 8 | Emma Navarro | 23 | USA | 3593 | |
| 9 | Daria Kasatkina | 27 | RUS | 3368 | |
| 10 | Danielle Collins | 30 | USA | 3176 | |
| 11 | Paula Badosa | 26 | ESP | 2908 | 1 |
| 12 | Diana Shnaider | 20 | RUS | 2875 | 2 |
| 13 | Barbora Krejčíková | 28 | CZE | 2814 | |
| 14 | Anna Kalinskaya | 25 | RUS | 2743 | -3 |
| 15 | Jeļena Ostapenko | 27 | LAT | 2588 | |
| 16 | Mirra Andreeva | 17 | RUS | 2578 | |
| 17 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 28 | BRA | 2554 | |
| 18 | Marta Kostyuk | 22 | UKR | 2493 | |
| 19 | Donna Vekić | 28 | CRO | 2258 | |
| 20 | Victoria Azarenka | 35 | BLR | 2126 | |
| 21 | Madison Keys | 29 | USA | 2126 | |
| 22 | Karolína Muchová | 28 | CZE | 1971 | 1 |
| 23 | Katie Boulter | 28 | GBR | 1931 | 6 |
| 24 | Magdalena Fręch | 26 | POL | 1890 | -2 |
| 25 | Ludmilla Samsonova | 25 | RUS | 1885 | -1 |
| 26 | Linda Nosková | 19 | CZE | 1878 | -1 |
| 27 | Elina Svitolina | 30 | UKR | 1871 | -1 |
| 28 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 29 | RUS | 1848 | -1 |
| 29 | Yulia Putintseva | 29 | KAZ | 1844 | -1 |
| 30 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 33 | RUS | 1796 | |
| 31 | Leylah Fernandez | 22 | CAN | 1755 | 1 |
| 32 | Maria Sakkari | 29 | GRE | 1742 | -1 |
| 33 | Dayana Yastremska | 24 | UKR | 1612 | |
| 34 | Elise Mertens | 28 | BEL | 1554 | |
| 35 | Anastasia Potapova | 23 | RUS | 1482 | |
| 36 | Amanda Anisimova | 23 | USA | 1461 | |
| 37 | Xinyu Wang | 23 | CHN | 1418 | |
| 38 | Magda Linette | 32 | POL | 1376 | |
| 39 | Markéta Vondroušová | 25 | CZE | 1363 | |
| 40 | Lulu Sun | 23 | NZL | 1318 | |
| 41 | Ons Jabeur | 30 | TUN | 1226 | |
| 42 | Karolína Plíšková | 32 | CZE | 1223 | |
| 43 | Rebecca Šramková | 28 | SVK | 1205 | 10 |
| 44 | Elina Avanesyan | 22 | ARM | 1182 | -1 |
| 45 | Yue Yuan | 26 | CHN | 1182 | |
| 46 | Marie Bouzková | 26 | CZE | 1178 | 3 |
| 47 | Kateřina Siniaková | 28 | CZE | 1177 | -3 |
| 48 | Peyton Stearns | 23 | USA | 1139 | -2 |
| 49 | Viktoriya Tomova | 29 | BUL | 1133 | -2 |
| 50 | Diane Parry | 22 | FRA | 1112 | -2 |
| 51 | Clara Tauson | 21 | DEN | 1097 | -1 |
| 52 | Caroline Garcia | 31 | FRA | 1088 | -1 |
| 53 | Olga Danilović | 23 | SRB | 1055 | -1 |
| 54 | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 23 | ITA | 1048 | |
| 55 | Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro | 22 | ESP | 1046 | 1 |
| 56 | Moyuka Uchijima | 23 | JPN | 1040 | -1 |
| 57 | Anhelina Kalinina | 27 | UKR | 1030 | |
| 58 | Emma Raducanu | 21 | GBR | 1025 | |
| 59 | Renata Zarazúa | 27 | MEX | 1024 | 3 |
| 60 | Naomi Osaka | 27 | JPN | 1014 | -1 |
| 61 | Katie Volynets | 22 | USA | 1001 | |
| 62 | Yafan Wang | 30 | CHN | 994 | -2 |
| 63 | Kamilla Rakhimova | 23 | RUS | 987 | |
| 64 | Camila Osorio | 22 | COL | 980 | |
| 65 | Ashlyn Krueger | 20 | USA | 969 | |
| 66 | Varvara Gracheva | 24 | FRA | 949 | |
| 67 | Erika Andreeva | 20 | RUS | 947 | |
| 68 | Mccartney Kessler | 25 | USA | 943 | 1 |
| 69 | Taylor Townsend | 28 | USA | 916 | -1 |
| 70 | Sorana Cîrstea | 34 | ROU | 914 | |
| 71 | Anna Blinkova | 26 | RUS | 913 | 4 |
| 72 | Cristina Bucșa | 26 | ESP | 912 | -1 |
| 73 | Caroline Wozniacki | 34 | DEN | 908 | -1 |
| 74 | Jaqueline Cristian | 26 | ROU | 902 | -1 |
| 75 | Clara Burel | 23 | FRA | 900 | -1 |
| 76 | Bernarda Pera | 29 | USA | 896 | 5 |
| 77 | Veronika Kudermetova | 27 | RUS | 888 | -1 |
| 78 | Lucia Bronzetti | 25 | ITA | 887 | -1 |
| 79 | Sloane Stephens | 31 | USA | 882 | |
| 80 | Nadia Podoroska | 27 | ARG | 879 | |
| 81 | Arantxa Rus | 33 | NED | 871 | 2 |
| 82 | Caroline Dolehide | 26 | USA | 864 | -4 |
| 83 | Laura Siegemund | 36 | GER | 851 | 18 |
| 84 | Ajla Tomljanović | 31 | AUS | 850 | 1 |
| 85 | Sofia Kenin | 25 | USA | 848 | 3 |
| 86 | Suzan Lamens | 25 | NED | 842 | 5 |
| 87 | Harriet Dart | 28 | GBR | 838 | -5 |
| 88 | Sonay Kartal | 23 | GBR | 836 | 7 |
| 89 | Hailey Baptiste | 23 | USA | 835 | -5 |
| 90 | Olivia Gadecki | 22 | AUS | 827 | -3 |
| 91 | Zeynep Sönmez | 22 | TUR | 818 | 36 |
| 92 | Jule Niemeier | 25 | GER | 816 | -6 |
| 93 | Ann Li | 24 | USA | 803 | 18 |
| 94 | Anna Bondár | 27 | HUN | 800 | 3 |
| 95 | María Carlé | 24 | ARG | 799 | -5 |
| 96 | Greet Minnen | 27 | BEL | 791 | -3 |
| 97 | Yulia Starodubtseva | 24 | UKR | 790 | -5 |
| 98 | Nuria Párrizas Díaz | 33 | ESP | 790 | -4 |
| 99 | Mayar Sherif | 28 | EGY | 783 | -3 |
| 100 | Tatjana Maria | 37 | GER | 781 | -2 |
| 101 | Xiyu Wang | 23 | CHN | 774 | -1 |
| 102 | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 28 | ESP | 734 | 1 |
| 103 | Irina-Camelia Begu | 34 | ROU | 728 | -1 |
| 104 | Sara Errani | 37 | ITA | 717 | -15 |
| 105 | Viktorija Golubic | 32 | SUI | 690 | 63 |
| 106 | Anastasia Zakharova | 22 | RUS | 689 | 7 |
| 107 | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 30 | SVK | 689 | -3 |
| 108 | Chloé Paquet | 30 | FRA | 686 | |
| 109 | Robin Montgomery | 20 | USA | 681 | -2 |
| 110 | Océane Dodin | 28 | FRA | 680 | -11 |
| 111 | Julia Riera | 22 | ARG | 662 | 6 |
| 112 | Kimberly Birrell | 26 | AUS | 661 | 3 |
| 113 | Ana Bogdan | 31 | ROU | 653 | -1 |
| 114 | Polina Kudermetova | 21 | RUS | 648 | 19 |
| 115 | Rebecca Marino | 33 | CAN | 647 | -1 |
| 116 | Maya Joint | 18 | AUS | 645 | -6 |
| 117 | Anca Todoni | 20 | ROU | 643 | 21 |
| 118 | Daria Saville | 30 | AUS | 633 | |
| 119 | Arina Rodionova | 34 | AUS | 620 | |
| 120 | Alycia Parks | 23 | USA | 609 | -11 |
| 121 | Darja Semenistaja | 22 | LAT | 606 | 10 |
| 122 | Lesia Tsurenko | 35 | UKR | 600 | |
| 123 | Lin Zhu | 30 | CHN | 600 | |
| 124 | Petra Martić | 33 | CRO | 597 | |
| 125 | Jessika Ponchet | 28 | FRA | 597 | -19 |
| 126 | Talia Gibson | 20 | AUS | 595 | |
| 127 | Martina Trevisan | 31 | ITA | 592 | 9 |
| 128 | Marina Stakusic | 19 | CAN | 587 | -12 |
| 129 | Elena-Gabriela Ruse | 26 | ROU | 583 | -4 |
| 130 | Laura Pigossi | 30 | BRA | 583 | -1 |
| 131 | Eva Lys | 22 | GER | 566 | -1 |
| 132 | Sijia Wei | 20 | CHN | 565 | |
| 133 | Bianca Andreescu | 24 | CAN | 563 | 2 |
| 134 | Mananchaya Sawangkaew | 22 | THA | 561 | 13 |
| 135 | Ena Shibahara | 26 | JPN | 552 | 2 |
| 136 | Ella Seidel | 19 | GER | 550 | -16 |
| 137 | Jana Fett | 28 | CRO | 545 | -32 |
| 138 | Heather Watson | 32 | GBR | 545 | 1 |
| 139 | Jil Teichmann | 27 | SUI | 537 | 14 |
| 140 | Brenda Fruhvirtová | 17 | CZE | 536 | -19 |
| 141 | Sára Bejlek | 18 | CZE | 532 | 1 |
| 142 | Varvara Lepchenko | 38 | USA | 531 | 2 |
| 143 | Maria Timofeeva | 20 | RUS | 523 | 2 |
| 144 | Dalma Gálfi | 26 | HUN | 520 | -16 |
| 145 | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 30 | BLR | 516 | -2 |
| 146 | Panna Udvardy | 26 | HUN | 516 | 11 |
| 147 | Arianne Hartono | 28 | NED | 515 | -1 |
| 148 | Mai Hontama | 25 | JPN | 511 | -8 |
| 149 | Rebeka Masarova | 25 | ESP | 506 | |
| 150 | Elsa Jacquemot | 21 | FRA | 502 | -2 |
| 151 | Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva | 19 | AND | 497 | 1 |
| 152 | Nao Hibino | 29 | JPN | 496 | 7 |
| 153 | Lucrezia Stefanini | 26 | ITA | 494 | 10 |
| 154 | Marina Bassols Ribera | 24 | ESP | 489 | -3 |
| 155 | Taylah Preston | 19 | AUS | 488 | 5 |
| 156 | Solana Sierra | 20 | ARG | 487 | -1 |
| 157 | Aoi Ito | 20 | JPN | 487 | -1 |
| 158 | Daria Snigur | 22 | UKR | 486 | -24 |
| 159 | Alexandra Eala | 19 | PHI | 483 | -9 |
| 160 | Antonia Ružić | 21 | CRO | 470 | 5 |
| 161 | Maddison Inglis | 26 | AUS | 468 | -3 |
| 162 | Sara Saito | 18 | JPN | 468 | -1 |
| 163 | Dominika Šálková | 20 | CZE | 461 | -9 |
| 164 | Maja Chwalińska | 23 | POL | 451 | 11 |
| 165 | Xinyu Gao | 26 | CHN | 449 | 5 |
| 166 | Mona Barthel | 34 | GER | 448 | 6 |
| 167 | Leyre Romero Gormaz | 22 | ESP | 443 | |
| 168 | Yuriko Miyazaki | 28 | GBR | 441 | -6 |
| 169 | Séléna Janicijevic | 22 | FRA | 441 | |
| 170 | Léolia Jeanjean | 29 | FRA | 440 | -4 |
| 171 | Francesca Jones | 24 | GBR | 438 | -7 |
| 172 | Kathinka von Deichmann | 30 | LIE | 413 | -1 |
| 173 | Simona Waltert | 23 | SUI | 409 | |
| 174 | Oksana Selekhmeteva | 21 | RUS | 406 | 2 |
| 175 | Elena Pridankina | 19 | RUS | 405 | 4 |
| 176 | Lanlana Tararudee | 20 | THA | 399 | 2 |
| 177 | Lola Radivojevic | 19 | SRB | 391 | -3 |
| 178 | Tamara Zidanšek | 26 | SLO | 390 | 14 |
| 179 | Miriam Bulgaru | 26 | ROU | 389 | 9 |
| 180 | Tamara Korpatsch | 29 | GER | 388 | 20 |
| 181 | Loïs Boisson | 21 | FRA | 384 | 5 |
| 182 | Ekaterina Makarova | 28 | RUS | 381 | 22 |
| 183 | Emiliana Arango | 23 | COL | 380 | 51 |
| 184 | Alina Korneeva | 17 | RUS | 378 | 70 |
| 185 | Lea Bošković | 25 | CRO | 378 | -5 |
| 186 | Louisa Chirico | 28 | USA | 377 | 44 |
| 187 | Guiomar Maristany | 25 | ESP | 376 | -2 |
| 188 | Anastasia Tikhonova | 23 | RUS | 374 | -5 |
| 189 | Francisca Jorge | 24 | POR | 374 | 1 |
| 190 | Anouk Koevermans | 20 | NED | 374 | 1 |
| 191 | Barbora Palicová | 20 | CZE | 372 | 17 |
| 192 | Priscilla Hon | 26 | AUS | 369 | 18 |
| 193 | Sachia Vickery | 29 | USA | 368 | 1 |
| 194 | Storm Hunter | 30 | AUS | 366 | 1 |
| 195 | Elizabeth Mandlik | 23 | USA | 364 | -18 |
| 196 | Lucija Ćirić Bagarić | 20 | CRO | 362 | 6 |
| 197 | Alina Charaeva | 22 | RUS | 361 | 2 |
| 198 | Han-na Chang | 26 | USA | 358 | |
| 199 | Veronika Erjavec | 24 | SLO | 357 | -18 |
| 200 | Kristina Mladenovic | 31 | FRA | 357 | -3 |
| 201 | Mariam Bolkvadze | 26 | GEO | 356 | |
| 202 | Aliona Falei | 20 | BLR | 355 | 5 |
| 203 | Sayaka Ishii | 19 | JPN | 354 | |
| 204 | Linda Fruhvirtová | 19 | CZE | 352 | 5 |
| 205 | Emina Bektas | 31 | USA | 352 | -64 |
| 206 | Giorgia Pedone | 20 | ITA | 352 | -1 |
| 207 | Zhuoxuan Bai | 21 | CHN | 348 | -1 |
| 208 | Celine Naef | 19 | SUI | 347 | 14 |
| 209 | Iva Jovic | 16 | USA | 346 | 3 |
| 210 | Maria Mateas | 25 | USA | 346 | 3 |
| 211 | Raluca Șerban | 27 | CYP | 345 | 15 |
| 212 | Noma Noha Akugue | 20 | GER | 343 | 2 |
| 213 | Berfu Cengiz | 25 | TUR | 342 | 2 |
| 214 | Han Shi | 19 | CHN | 340 | 31 |
| 215 | Nuria Brancaccio | 24 | ITA | 338 | -4 |
| 216 | Marie Benoît | 29 | BEL | 338 | 2 |
| 217 | Linda Klimovičová | 20 | POL | 335 | -28 |
| 218 | Irene Burillo Escorihuela | 27 | ESP | 334 | 17 |
| 219 | Shuai Zhang | 35 | CHN | 328 | 4 |
| 220 | Anastasiya Soboleva | 20 | UKR | 328 | 1 |
| 221 | Margaux Rouvroy | 23 | FRA | 327 | 4 |
| 222 | Sinja Kraus | 22 | AUT | 327 | -38 |
| 223 | Carlota Martinez Cirez | 23 | ESP | 327 | 19 |
| 224 | Hanne Vandewinkel | 20 | BEL | 326 | -4 |
| 225 | İpek Öz | 25 | TUR | 325 | 6 |
| 226 | Alice Tubello | 23 | FRA | 324 | 2 |
| 227 | Leonie Küng | 24 | SUI | 321 | 21 |
| 228 | Destanee Aiava | 24 | AUS | 317 | -46 |
| 229 | Katarina Zavatska | 24 | UKR | 315 | 4 |
| 230 | Kyōka Okamura | 29 | JPN | 315 | 7 |
| 231 | Carole Monnet | 22 | FRA | 313 | 1 |
| 232 | Manon Léonard | 23 | FRA | 313 | -39 |
| 233 | Sophie Chang | 27 | USA | 312 | 6 |
| 234 | Julia Avdeeva | 22 | RUS | 308 | 4 |
| 235 | Justina Mikulskytė | 28 | LTU | 306 | -8 |
| 236 | Valeriya Strakhova | 29 | UKR | 306 | 10 |
| 237 | Valentina Ryser | 23 | SUI | 304 | -1 |
| 238 | Lina Glushko | 24 | ISR | 304 | -19 |
| 239 | Ye-Xin Ma | 25 | CHN | 302 | -15 |
| 240 | Angela Fita Boluda | 25 | ESP | 302 | |
| 241 | Andrea Lazáro García | 30 | ESP | 302 | |
| 242 | Viktória Hrunčáková | 26 | SVK | 301 | 14 |
| 243 | Polona Hercog | 33 | SLO | 300 | |
| 244 | Kayla Day | 25 | USA | 296 | -48 |
| 245 | Su-jeong Jang | 29 | KOR | 296 | -1 |
| 246 | Gabriela Knutson | 27 | CZE | 295 | -30 |
| 247 | Hina Inoue | 21 | USA | 295 | 6 |
| 248 | Dalila Jakupović | 33 | SLO | 291 | 2 |
| 249 | Iryna Shymanovich | 27 | BLR | 288 | 3 |
| 250 | Liv Hovde | 19 | USA | 282 | 1 |

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