WTA Rankings Update: Aryna Sabalenka emulates Sharapova and Austin as Keys, Joint and Kessler make moves

Monday, 13 January 2025 at 10:00

The second week of the season saw some changes to the WTA Rankings ahead of the 2025 Australian Open with the Adelaide International and Hobart International providing moves for Madison Keys, Maya Joint and McCartney Kessler. While Aryna Sabalenka has emulated two legends.

Kessler in winning Hobart has cracked the top 50 for the first time. She jumps 20 spots to World No.47. She has gone from 948 to 231 to 68 in the past two years and now is in the top 50. She won Cleveland last year and is a player who is on a continued rapid rise.

Keys climbs to World No.14 after winning in Adelaide. She has not been as high since last August. While after runs in Hobart, Maya Joint and Emerson Jones climb. The former heads towards the top 100. Albeit she lost to Jessica Pegula this morning comfortably at the Australian Open so any form from the semi-final in Hobart is perhaps short lived.

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While Jones the current Junior No.1 lost to Daria Kasatkina in the second round but moves up 78 spots to enter the top 300 for the first time. Speaking of Pegula, she moves up to World No.6 after reaching the final in Adelaide.

Karolina Muchova moves up into the top 20 too after Ostapenko fell in the rankings as Liudmila Samsonova also closed in on the top 20 after reaching the semi-finals.

Aryna Sabalenka remains World No.1 and has now spent as many weeks as World No.1 as Maria Sharapova and Tracy Austin. She sits 18th all time for most weeks as World No.1 and will move ahead next week as there are no ranking updates during the tournament. She will have a fight to remain top with Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff fighting hard for World No.1 but currently she is knocking off other records.

WTA Rankings as of 13 Jan 2025

1	Aryna Sabalenka	26	BLR	9656
2	Iga Świątek	23	POL	8120
3	Coco Gauff	20	USA	6888
4	Jasmine Paolini	29	ITA	5399
5	Qinwen Zheng	22	CHN	5325
6	Jessica Pegula	30	USA	4801	1
7	Elena Rybakina	25	KAZ	4723	-1
8	Emma Navarro	23	USA	3409
9	Barbora Krejčíková	29	CZE	3213	1
10	Daria Kasatkina	27	RUS	3151	-1
11	Danielle Collins	31	USA	3147
12	Paula Badosa	27	ESP	2958
13	Diana Shnaider	20	RUS	2895
14	Madison Keys	29	USA	2680	6
15	Mirra Andreeva	17	RUS	2665
16	Anna Kalinskaya	26	RUS	2637	-2
17	Beatriz Haddad Maia	28	BRA	2554	-1
18	Marta Kostyuk	22	UKR	2364
19	Donna Vekić	28	CRO	2228
20	Karolína Muchová	28	CZE	2079	1
21	Ludmilla Samsonova	26	RUS	2070	5
22	Jeļena Ostapenko	27	LAT	2041	-5
23	Yulia Putintseva	30	KAZ	2017	2
24	Victoria Azarenka	35	BLR	1992	-2
25	Katie Boulter	28	GBR	1931	-2
26	Magdalena Fręch	27	POL	1910	-2
27	Elina Svitolina	30	UKR	1779	2
28	Linda Nosková	20	CZE	1778	2
29	Leylah Fernandez	22	CAN	1755	2
30	Maria Sakkari	29	GRE	1727	2
31	Ekaterina Alexandrova	30	RUS	1713	-4
32	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	33	RUS	1675	-4
33	Dayana Yastremska	24	UKR	1594
34	Elise Mertens	29	BEL	1524
35	Amanda Anisimova	23	USA	1486	1
36	Anastasia Potapova	23	RUS	1434	-1
37	Xinyu Wang	23	CHN	1413
38	Markéta Vondroušová	25	CZE	1403	1
39	Ons Jabeur	30	TUN	1394	1
40	Magda Linette	32	POL	1376	-2
41	Elina Avanesyan	22	ARM	1280	3
42	Clara Tauson	22	DEN	1271	-1
43	Marie Bouzková	26	CZE	1262	-1
44	Lulu Sun	23	NZL	1253	-1
45	Karolína Plíšková	32	CZE	1206
46	Peyton Stearns	23	USA	1198	1
47	Mccartney Kessler	25	USA	1176	20
48	Anhelina Kalinina	27	UKR	1171
49	Rebecca Šramková	28	SVK	1166
50	Kateřina Siniaková	28	CZE	1152	-4
51	Naomi Osaka	27	JPN	1145	-1
52	Ashlyn Krueger	20	USA	1141	2
53	Yue Yuan	26	CHN	1086	-2
54	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	22	ESP	1057	-2
55	Olga Danilović	23	SRB	1055	-2
56	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	23	ITA	1048	-1
57	Polina Kudermetova	21	RUS	1036
58	Viktoriya Tomova	29	BUL	1013	-2
59	Camila Osorio	23	COL	1001	2
60	Katie Volynets	23	USA	996	-1
61	Emma Raducanu	22	GBR	995	-1
62	Kamilla Rakhimova	23	RUS	987
63	Moyuka Uchijima	23	JPN	981
64	Yafan Wang	30	CHN	969
65	Mayar Sherif	28	EGY	955
66	Diane Parry	22	FRA	950
67	Caroline Garcia	31	FRA	944	-9
68	Alycia Parks	24	USA	937
69	Varvara Gracheva	24	FRA	925
70	Renata Zarazúa	27	MEX	920	6
71	Sorana Cîrstea	34	ROU	913	1
72	Caroline Wozniacki	34	DEN	907	1
73	Anna Blinkova	26	RUS	898	2
74	Sofia Kenin	26	USA	892	7
75	Veronika Kudermetova	27	RUS	888	2
76	Lucia Bronzetti	26	ITA	885	2
77	Suzan Lamens	25	NED	879	3
78	Bernarda Pera	30	USA	877	-8
79	Arantxa Rus	34	NED	874	-5
80	Irina-Camelia Begu	34	ROU	866	3
81	Sloane Stephens	31	USA	851	3
82	Jaqueline Cristian	26	ROU	847	3
83	Caroline Dolehide	26	USA	844	-1
84	Ann Li	24	USA	844	7
85	Taylor Townsend	28	USA	843	-14
86	Erika Andreeva	20	RUS	838
87	Sonay Kartal	23	GBR	836
88	Hailey Baptiste	23	USA	834
89	María Carlé	24	ARG	829	7
90	Tatjana Maria	37	GER	826	-1
91	Greet Minnen	27	BEL	823	3
92	Anna Bondár	27	HUN	821	5
93	Jule Niemeier	25	GER	817	-1
94	Zeynep Sönmez	22	TUR	807	-1
95	Viktorija Golubic	32	SUI	797	-5
96	Nadia Podoroska	27	ARG	787	-1
97	Laura Siegemund	36	GER	786	-18
98	Rebecca Marino	34	CAN	770
99	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	33	ESP	753	5
100	Yulia Starodubtseva	24	UKR	750
101	Kimberly Birrell	26	AUS	750	-2
102	Sara Sorribes Tormo	28	ESP	744
103	Clara Burel	23	FRA	740
104	Robin Montgomery	20	USA	735	1
105	Maya Joint	18	AUS	734	13
106	Olivia Gadecki	22	AUS	725
107	Sara Errani	37	ITA	717
108	Xiyu Wang	23	CHN	706
109	Aoi Ito	20	JPN	696
110	Cristina Bucșa	27	ESP	690	-9
111	Anca Todoni	20	ROU	690	-1
112	Harriet Dart	28	GBR	675	1
113	Anastasia Zakharova	22	RUS	667	2
114	Ajla Tomljanović	31	AUS	667	2
115	Océane Dodin	28	FRA	656	2
116	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	30	SVK	637	-2
117	Sijia Wei	21	CHN	630	2
118	Darja Semenistaja	22	LAT	630	2
119	Lesia Tsurenko	35	UKR	619	2
120	Ana Bogdan	32	ROU	605	-9
121	Marina Stakusic	20	CAN	600	1
122	Chloé Paquet	30	FRA	593	1
123	Martina Trevisan	31	ITA	592	1
124	Daria Saville	30	AUS	587	-12
125	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	27	ROU	581
126	Maja Chwalińska	23	POL	574
127	Varvara Lepchenko	38	USA	570	1
128	Eva Lys	23	GER	566	1
129	Bianca Andreescu	24	CAN	563	1
130	Jessika Ponchet	28	FRA	557	1
131	Petra Martić	33	CRO	556	1
132	Jil Teichmann	27	SUI	548	1
133	Jana Fett	28	CRO	545	1
134	Maria Timofeeva	21	RUS	535	2
135	Dalma Gálfi	26	HUN	534	2
136	Alexandra Eala	19	PHI	533	2
137	Mananchaya Sawangkaew	22	THA	532	-10
138	Daria Snigur	22	UKR	527	1
139	Ena Shibahara	26	JPN	523	1
140	Ella Seidel	19	GER	518	2
141	Nao Hibino	30	JPN	517	2
142	Rebeka Masarova	25	SUI	506	2
143	Lucrezia Stefanini	26	ITA	506	2
144	Xinyu Gao	27	CHN	497	2
145	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	30	BLR	495	-4
146	Julia Riera	22	ARG	495	1
147	Maddison Inglis	26	AUS	490	1
148	Lin Zhu	30	CHN	489	-13
149	Léolia Jeanjean	29	FRA	486
150	Talia Gibson	20	AUS	480
151	Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva	19	AND	480
152	Dominika Šálková	20	CZE	475
153	Francesca Jones	24	GBR	474
154	Celine Naef	19	SUI	468	1
155	Sára Bejlek	18	CZE	466	1
156	Panna Udvardy	26	HUN	466	1
157	Leyre Romero Gormaz	22	ESP	466	2
158	Elsa Jacquemot	21	FRA	462	2
159	Mai Hontama	25	JPN	458	2
160	Kathinka von Deichmann	30	LIE	454	2
161	Sara Saito	18	JPN	447	-3
162	Priscilla Hon	26	AUS	446	1
163	Arianne Hartono	28	NED	445	1
164	Laura Pigossi	30	BRA	444	1
165	Heather Watson	32	GBR	440	1
166	Solana Sierra	20	ARG	439	1
167	Simona Waltert	24	SUI	438	1
168	Oksana Selekhmeteva	22	RUS	438	1
169	Antonia Ružić	21	CRO	438	-15
170	Emiliana Arango	24	COL	433
171	Veronika Erjavec	25	SLO	432
172	Taylah Preston	19	AUS	431
173	Jodie Burrage	25	GBR	425
174	Tamara Korpatsch	29	GER	424
175	Mona Barthel	34	GER	414
176	Louisa Chirico	28	USA	413
177	Alina Korneeva	17	RUS	405
178	Lanlana Tararudee	20	THA	394
179	Barbora Palicová	20	CZE	391
180	Tamara Zidanšek	27	SLO	390
181	Kyōka Okamura	29	JPN	385
182	Yuriko Miyazaki	29	GBR	381
183	Nuria Brancaccio	24	ITA	381
184	Arina Rodionova	35	AUS	376
185	Lola Radivojevic	20	SRB	374
186	Elena Pridankina	19	RUS	368
187	Storm Hunter	30	AUS	366
188	Séléna Janicijevic	22	FRA	366
189	Anouk Koevermans	21	NED	364
190	Emina Bektas	31	USA	362
191	Iva Jovic	17	USA	361
192	Berfu Cengiz	25	TUR	360
193	Linda Fruhvirtová	19	CZE	354
194	Giorgia Pedone	20	ITA	353
195	Destanee Aiava	24	AUS	352
196	Brenda Fruhvirtová	17	CZE	350	1
197	Susan Bandecchi	26	SUI	350	1
198	Han-na Chang	26	USA	348	-2
199	Guiomar Maristany	25	ESP	348
200	Marie Benoît	29	BEL	346

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