WTA Rankings Update: Aryna Sabalenka benefits again from Swiatek penalty as Paolini, Andreeva and Shnaider reach new heights
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With the WTA Finals upon us, the WTA Rankings have been updated one final time before that with Aryna Sabalenka now having a huge advantage as World No.1. ahead of Iga Swiatek.
Sabalenka sits at 9,016 points compared to 7,970 from Swiatek. Albeit both again were penalised for missing tournaments which has set about this change and gives Swiatek an uphill task to battle Sabalenka for that top spot in Riyadh.
Jasmine Paolini sits at World No.4 moving up to a new career high and going up two spots. It has been a supreme year for the Italian and the best of her career and she will make her WTA Finals debut this week. She could overtake Coco Gauff at the WTA Finals provided she does better. Jessica Pegula dropped down to World No.6.
Pegula was runner-up at last year's WTA Finals so the points have now dropped. While rises below included Diana Shnaider who went up to World No.14 in this week's rankings. She reached the semi-finals of the Pan Pacific Open and given her upward trajectory and year thus far is a shoe in for the top 10.
As is Mirra Andreeva who has ended her season but is still up to World No.16. Elina Avanesyan is up to World No.43 for the first time. While Olga Danilovic in winning Guangzhou flew up 34 spots to World No.52 and bettered her previous best of World No.86 by some distance.
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WTA Rankings Update (28/10/2024)
| 1 | Aryna Sabalenka | 26 | BLR | 9016 | |
| 2 | Iga Świątek | 23 | POL | 7970 | |
| 3 | Coco Gauff | 20 | USA | 5230 | |
| 4 | Jasmine Paolini | 28 | ITA | 5144 | 2 |
| 5 | Elena Rybakina | 25 | KAZ | 4971 | |
| 6 | Jessica Pegula | 30 | USA | 4705 | -2 |
| 7 | Qinwen Zheng | 22 | CHN | 4540 | |
| 8 | Emma Navarro | 23 | USA | 3698 | |
| 9 | Daria Kasatkina | 27 | RUS | 3368 | |
| 10 | Danielle Collins | 30 | USA | 3176 | 1 |
| 11 | Anna Kalinskaya | 25 | RUS | 2975 | 1 |
| 12 | Paula Badosa | 26 | ESP | 2908 | 2 |
| 13 | Barbora Krejčíková | 28 | CZE | 2814 | |
| 14 | Diana Shnaider | 20 | RUS | 2726 | 2 |
| 15 | Jeļena Ostapenko | 27 | LAT | 2588 | |
| 16 | Mirra Andreeva | 17 | RUS | 2578 | 1 |
| 17 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 28 | BRA | 2554 | -7 |
| 18 | Marta Kostyuk | 22 | UKR | 2493 | |
| 19 | Donna Vekić | 28 | CRO | 2258 | |
| 20 | Victoria Azarenka | 35 | BLR | 2126 | 1 |
| 21 | Madison Keys | 29 | USA | 2126 | -1 |
| 22 | Magdalena Fręch | 26 | POL | 2020 | 2 |
| 23 | Karolína Muchová | 28 | CZE | 1971 | 2 |
| 24 | Ludmilla Samsonova | 25 | RUS | 1885 | -1 |
| 25 | Linda Nosková | 19 | CZE | 1878 | 2 |
| 26 | Elina Svitolina | 30 | UKR | 1871 | |
| 27 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 29 | RUS | 1848 | 1 |
| 28 | Yulia Putintseva | 29 | KAZ | 1844 | 1 |
| 29 | Katie Boulter | 28 | GBR | 1828 | 4 |
| 30 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 33 | RUS | 1796 | |
| 31 | Maria Sakkari | 29 | GRE | 1742 | -9 |
| 32 | Leylah Fernandez | 22 | CAN | 1672 | 3 |
| 33 | Dayana Yastremska | 24 | UKR | 1612 | 1 |
| 34 | Elise Mertens | 28 | BEL | 1554 | 2 |
| 35 | Anastasia Potapova | 23 | RUS | 1482 | 2 |
| 36 | Amanda Anisimova | 23 | USA | 1461 | 2 |
| 37 | Xinyu Wang | 23 | CHN | 1418 | 2 |
| 38 | Magda Linette | 32 | POL | 1376 | 2 |
| 39 | Markéta Vondroušová | 25 | CZE | 1363 | -8 |
| 40 | Lulu Sun | 23 | NZL | 1331 | 1 |
| 41 | Ons Jabeur | 30 | TUN | 1226 | -9 |
| 42 | Karolína Plíšková | 32 | CZE | 1223 | |
| 43 | Elina Avanesyan | 22 | ARM | 1182 | 2 |
| 44 | Kateřina Siniaková | 28 | CZE | 1177 | 4 |
| 45 | Yue Yuan | 26 | CHN | 1149 | -1 |
| 46 | Peyton Stearns | 23 | USA | 1139 | |
| 47 | Viktoriya Tomova | 29 | BUL | 1133 | 2 |
| 48 | Diane Parry | 22 | FRA | 1124 | 2 |
| 49 | Marie Bouzková | 26 | CZE | 1110 | -2 |
| 50 | Clara Tauson | 21 | DEN | 1097 | 3 |
| 51 | Caroline Garcia | 31 | FRA | 1088 | -8 |
| 52 | Olga Danilović | 23 | SRB | 1055 | 34 |
| 53 | Rebecca Šramková | 28 | SVK | 1051 | -2 |
| 54 | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 23 | ITA | 1048 | -2 |
| 55 | Moyuka Uchijima | 23 | JPN | 1040 | 2 |
| 56 | Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro | 22 | ESP | 1031 | 4 |
| 57 | Anhelina Kalinina | 27 | UKR | 1030 | -3 |
| 58 | Emma Raducanu | 21 | GBR | 1025 | -3 |
| 59 | Naomi Osaka | 27 | JPN | 1014 | -3 |
| 60 | Yafan Wang | 30 | CHN | 994 | -2 |
| 61 | Katie Volynets | 22 | USA | 993 | -2 |
| 62 | Renata Zarazúa | 27 | MEX | 991 | 9 |
| 63 | Kamilla Rakhimova | 23 | RUS | 990 | -2 |
| 64 | Camila Osorio | 22 | COL | 980 | -1 |
| 65 | Ashlyn Krueger | 20 | USA | 969 | -1 |
| 66 | Varvara Gracheva | 24 | FRA | 949 | 2 |
| 67 | Erika Andreeva | 20 | RUS | 947 | -2 |
| 68 | Taylor Townsend | 28 | USA | 944 | -2 |
| 69 | Mccartney Kessler | 25 | USA | 943 | 4 |
| 70 | Sorana Cîrstea | 34 | ROU | 914 | -1 |
| 71 | Cristina Bucșa | 26 | ESP | 912 | -1 |
| 72 | Caroline Wozniacki | 34 | DEN | 908 | |
| 73 | Jaqueline Cristian | 26 | ROU | 902 | 1 |
| 74 | Clara Burel | 23 | FRA | 900 | -7 |
| 75 | Anna Blinkova | 26 | RUS | 893 | 10 |
| 76 | Veronika Kudermetova | 27 | RUS | 888 | -14 |
| 77 | Lucia Bronzetti | 25 | ITA | 887 | 7 |
| 78 | Caroline Dolehide | 26 | USA | 883 | 23 |
| 79 | Sloane Stephens | 31 | USA | 882 | -4 |
| 80 | Nadia Podoroska | 27 | ARG | 879 | -4 |
| 81 | Bernarda Pera | 29 | USA | 872 | -2 |
| 82 | Harriet Dart | 28 | GBR | 854 | -4 |
| 83 | Arantxa Rus | 33 | NED | 847 | -6 |
| 84 | Hailey Baptiste | 22 | USA | 839 | -4 |
| 85 | Ajla Tomljanović | 31 | AUS | 835 | -4 |
| 86 | Jule Niemeier | 25 | GER | 829 | -4 |
| 87 | Olivia Gadecki | 22 | AUS | 829 | -4 |
| 88 | Sofia Kenin | 25 | USA | 804 | 67 |
| 89 | Sara Errani | 37 | ITA | 800 | 2 |
| 90 | María Carlé | 24 | ARG | 799 | -3 |
| 91 | Suzan Lamens | 25 | NED | 796 | -3 |
| 92 | Yulia Starodubtseva | 24 | UKR | 793 | -3 |
| 93 | Greet Minnen | 27 | BEL | 791 | -3 |
| 94 | Nuria Párrizas Díaz | 33 | ESP | 790 | 3 |
| 95 | Sonay Kartal | 23 | GBR | 787 | -3 |
| 96 | Mayar Sherif | 28 | EGY | 783 | -3 |
| 97 | Anna Bondár | 27 | HUN | 783 | -3 |
| 98 | Tatjana Maria | 37 | GER | 781 | -3 |
| 99 | Océane Dodin | 28 | FRA | 777 | -3 |
| 100 | Xiyu Wang | 23 | CHN | 774 | -1 |
| 101 | Laura Siegemund | 36 | GER | 754 | -3 |
| 102 | Irina-Camelia Begu | 34 | ROU | 728 | -2 |
| 103 | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 28 | ESP | 690 | 9 |
| 104 | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 30 | SVK | 689 | 3 |
| 105 | Jana Fett | 27 | CRO | 685 | |
| 106 | Jessika Ponchet | 28 | FRA | 682 | -2 |
| 107 | Robin Montgomery | 20 | USA | 681 | -1 |
| 108 | Chloé Paquet | 30 | FRA | 674 | -5 |
| 109 | Alycia Parks | 23 | USA | 665 | 6 |
| 110 | Maya Joint | 18 | AUS | 660 | |
| 111 | Ann Li | 24 | USA | 655 | -3 |
| 112 | Ana Bogdan | 31 | ROU | 653 | -3 |
| 113 | Anastasia Zakharova | 22 | RUS | 653 | 17 |
| 114 | Rebecca Marino | 33 | CAN | 647 | 4 |
| 115 | Kimberly Birrell | 26 | AUS | 646 | -4 |
| 116 | Marina Stakusic | 19 | CAN | 637 | 24 |
| 117 | Julia Riera | 22 | ARG | 637 | -4 |
| 118 | Daria Saville | 30 | AUS | 633 | -4 |
| 119 | Arina Rodionova | 34 | AUS | 623 | -3 |
| 120 | Ella Seidel | 19 | GER | 621 | -3 |
| 121 | Brenda Fruhvirtová | 17 | CZE | 611 | -2 |
| 122 | Lesia Tsurenko | 35 | UKR | 600 | -2 |
| 123 | Lin Zhu | 30 | CHN | 600 | -21 |
| 124 | Petra Martić | 33 | CRO | 597 | -3 |
| 125 | Elena-Gabriela Ruse | 26 | ROU | 583 | -3 |
| 126 | Talia Gibson | 20 | AUS | 579 | 3 |
| 127 | Zeynep Sönmez | 22 | TUR | 576 | 21 |
| 128 | Dalma Gálfi | 26 | HUN | 575 | 3 |
| 129 | Laura Pigossi | 30 | BRA | 574 | -6 |
| 130 | Eva Lys | 22 | GER | 566 | -6 |
| 131 | Darja Semenistaja | 22 | LAT | 566 | -6 |
| 132 | Sijia Wei | 20 | CHN | 565 | 3 |
| 133 | Polina Kudermetova | 21 | RUS | 565 | -6 |
| 134 | Daria Snigur | 22 | UKR | 564 | -8 |
| 135 | Bianca Andreescu | 24 | CAN | 563 | 24 |
| 136 | Martina Trevisan | 30 | ITA | 558 | -8 |
| 137 | Ena Shibahara | 26 | JPN | 552 | -5 |
| 138 | Anca Todoni | 20 | ROU | 547 | -5 |
| 139 | Heather Watson | 32 | GBR | 545 | -5 |
| 140 | Mai Hontama | 25 | JPN | 540 | -3 |
| 141 | Emina Bektas | 31 | USA | 537 | -3 |
| 142 | Sára Bejlek | 18 | CZE | 532 | -6 |
| 143 | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 30 | BLR | 516 | |
| 144 | Varvara Lepchenko | 38 | USA | 516 | 5 |
| 145 | Maria Timofeeva | 20 | RUS | 515 | -6 |
| 146 | Arianne Hartono | 28 | NED | 515 | -2 |
| 147 | Mananchaya Sawangkaew | 22 | THA | 507 | 16 |
| 148 | Elsa Jacquemot | 21 | FRA | 507 | -7 |
| 149 | Rebeka Masarova | 25 | ESP | 506 | -7 |
| 150 | Alexandra Eala | 19 | PHI | 501 | -3 |
| 151 | Marina Bassols Ribera | 24 | ESP | 500 | -6 |
| 152 | Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva | 19 | AND | 497 | -6 |
| 153 | Jil Teichmann | 27 | SUI | 496 | |
| 154 | Dominika Šálková | 20 | CZE | 495 | -2 |
| 155 | Solana Sierra | 20 | ARG | 487 | -5 |
| 156 | Aoi Ito | 20 | JPN | 487 | -5 |
| 157 | Panna Udvardy | 26 | HUN | 482 | -3 |
| 158 | Maddison Inglis | 26 | AUS | 472 | 16 |
| 159 | Nao Hibino | 29 | JPN | 468 | -3 |
| 160 | Taylah Preston | 19 | AUS | 468 | 2 |
| 161 | Sara Saito | 18 | JPN | 468 | -3 |
| 162 | Yuriko Miyazaki | 28 | GBR | 467 | -5 |
| 163 | Lucrezia Stefanini | 26 | ITA | 466 | 3 |
| 164 | Francesca Jones | 24 | GBR | 450 | -4 |
| 165 | Antonia Ružić | 21 | CRO | 449 | -4 |
| 166 | Léolia Jeanjean | 29 | FRA | 446 | 21 |
| 167 | Leyre Romero Gormaz | 22 | ESP | 446 | -3 |
| 168 | Viktorija Golubic | 32 | SUI | 441 | -3 |
| 169 | Séléna Janicijevic | 22 | FRA | 440 | -2 |
| 170 | Xinyu Gao | 26 | CHN | 436 | -2 |
| 171 | Kathinka von Deichmann | 30 | LIE | 425 | -2 |
| 172 | Mona Barthel | 34 | GER | 421 | -2 |
| 173 | Simona Waltert | 23 | SUI | 416 | 32 |
| 174 | Lola Radivojevic | 19 | SRB | 414 | 3 |
| 175 | Maja Chwalińska | 23 | POL | 412 | -4 |
| 176 | Oksana Selekhmeteva | 21 | RUS | 406 | -4 |
| 177 | Elizabeth Mandlik | 23 | USA | 403 | -4 |
| 178 | Lanlana Tararudee | 20 | THA | 399 | -3 |
| 179 | Elena Pridankina | 19 | RUS | 397 | |
| 180 | Lea Bošković | 25 | CRO | 396 | -4 |
| 181 | Veronika Erjavec | 24 | SLO | 392 | -3 |
| 182 | Destanee Aiava | 24 | AUS | 388 | 4 |
| 183 | Anastasia Tikhonova | 23 | RUS | 385 | 6 |
| 184 | Sinja Kraus | 22 | AUT | 385 | 4 |
| 185 | Guiomar Maristany | 25 | ESP | 385 | -5 |
| 186 | Loïs Boisson | 21 | FRA | 384 | -5 |
| 187 | Astra Sharma | 29 | AUS | 382 | -5 |
| 188 | Miriam Bulgaru | 26 | ROU | 381 | -5 |
| 189 | Linda Klimovičová | 20 | POL | 381 | -5 |
| 190 | Francisca Jorge | 24 | POR | 380 | -5 |
| 191 | Anouk Koevermans | 20 | NED | 374 | 22 |
| 192 | Tamara Zidanšek | 26 | SLO | 373 | 3 |
| 193 | Manon Léonard | 23 | FRA | 369 | -3 |
| 194 | Sachia Vickery | 29 | USA | 368 | -3 |
| 195 | Storm Hunter | 30 | AUS | 366 | -3 |
| 196 | Kayla Day | 25 | USA | 365 | -3 |
| 197 | Kristina Mladenovic | 31 | FRA | 365 | 18 |
| 198 | Han-na Chang | 26 | USA | 363 | -1 |
| 199 | Alina Charaeva | 22 | RUS | 363 | 33 |
| 200 | Tamara Korpatsch | 29 | GER | 359 | -6 |

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mandoist12-11-2026 - Tell this to Andreeva!
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mandoist12-11-2026 - I predicted whenthe list was finalised that Linda Noskova would win the WTA Finals and her matches against Gauff and Kostyuk prove that. She is the best (underrated) player in the world!Rapunzel11-11-2026
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mandoist09-11-2026 - Ironically, Martina became a U.S. Citizen about the same time as the Orange Convicted Felon & Abuser was just beginning on his road to losing all Daddy's Millions!!
mandoist09-11-2026 - "Another fresh start is in the cards." Thanks for the Humor!! I'm guessing this is the minimum one can do to keep all your sponsors hanging-on in perpetuity?
mandoist09-11-2026 - Vukov is doing this to Lena... AGAIN!!!!! WTA's autonomous collective should be dismantled for allowing Vukov to re-emerge from his hand-slapping suspension. Just ask WTA employees how that's been going lately as they witness his continued verbal abuses. Women's Pro Tennis should start over.
mandoist08-11-2026 - Can't help but suspect Vukov is back to his old self again. Thank you, WTA. Perhaps you can give them a "Battling Couple of the Year Award 2026" ??
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