Ashleigh Barty is proving she is a worthy number one by increasing her lead on the rankings ahead of
Aryna Sabalenka who is now officially No. 2.
Ashleigh Barty won another trophy in 2021 by capturing the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. The Australian extends her lead on the rankings ahead of No. 2 with the difference now set at an astonishing 3000 points.
Naomi Osaka is no longer No. 2 as the American dropped to number 3 being skipped over by Aryna Sabalenka.
The rest of the top 10 did not change as
Karolina Pliskova is at number 4,
Sofia Kenin is at number 5, Svitolina is 6, Andreescu is 7, Swiatek is 8, Krejcikova is 9 and Muguruza is 10. The biggest mover this week is Jil Teichmann who jumped 32 spots to number 44 after an unbelievable week in Cincinnati.
Another notable mover is Clara Tauson who 24 spots to 77 after a strong showing in Chicago. In total 11 players have a new career-high in the top 100 and they are Sabalenka at 2, Krejcikova at 9, Sakkari at 17, Badosa at 26, Sorribes at 43, Golubic at 45, Kalinina at 74, Tauson at 76, Burel at 91, Parrizas-Diaz at 94 at Liu at 100.
WTA Rankings as of August 23rd 2021:
1 Ashleigh Barty 10185
2 Aryna Sabalenka 7010
3 Naomi Osaka 6666
4 Karolína Plíšková 5530
5 Sofia Kenin 5030
8 Iga Świątek 4461
9 Barbora Krejčíková 4273
10 Garbiñe Muguruza 4210
11 Petra Kvitová 4170
12 Belinda Bencic 4170
13 Simona Halep 3881
14 Jennifer Brady 3489
15 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3420
16 Elise Mertens 3330
17 Angelique Kerber 3245
18 Maria Sakkari 3210
19 Victoria Azarenka 3160
20 Elena Rybakina 3083
21 Ons Jabeur 2975
22 Serena Williams 2891
23 Cori Gauff 2875
24 Karolína Muchová 2862
25 Jessica Pegula 2425
26 Paula Badosa Gibert 2343
27 Daria Kasatkina 2335
28 Danielle Collins 2270
29 Jeļena Ostapenko 2170
30 Anett Kontaveit 2090
31 Veronika Kudermetova 2040
32 Petra Martić 2005
33 Yulia Putintseva 1910
34 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1865
35 Alison Riske 1830
36 Camila Giorgi 1810
37 Nadia Podoroska 1787
38 Sorana Cîrstea 1774
39 Tamara Zidanšek 1760
40 Markéta Vondroušová 1717
41 Madison Keys 1676
42 Shelby Rogers 1648
43 Sara Sorribes Tormo 1638
44 Jil Teichmann 1504
45 Viktorija Golubic 1496
46 Ajla Tomljanović 1490
47 Johanna Konta 1483
48 Qiang Wang 1465
49 Shuai Zhang 1444
50 Dayana Yastremska 1427
51 Magda Linette 1396
52 Ludmilla Samsonova 1391
53 Kateřina Siniaková 1290
54 Donna Vekić 1260
55 Marta Kostyuk 1251
56 Laura Siegemund 1247
57 Kristina Mladenovic 1230
58 Alison Van Uytvanck 1230
59 Rebecca Peterson 1226
60 Tereza Martincová 1217
61 Caroline Garcia 1205
62 Heather Watson 1173
63 Anastasija Sevastova 1169
64 Sloane Stephens 1165
65 Danka Kovinić 1160
66 Andrea Petković 1137
67 Ann Li 1136
68 Alizé Cornet 1130
69 Kaia Kanepi 1055
70 Arantxa Rus 1048
71 Nao Hibino 1031
72 Leylah Fernandez 1024
73 Amanda Anisimova 1015
74 Irina-Camelia Begu 1014
75 Anhelina Kalinina 1008
76 Madison Brengle 1007
77 Clara Tauson 1005
78 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1004
79 Fiona Ferro 1000
80 María Camila Osorio Serrano 979
81 Su-wei Hsieh 963
82 Saisai Zheng 960
83 Anna Blinkova 954
84 Bernarda Pera 950
85 Polona Hercog 936
86 Marie Bouzková 928
87 Ana Konjuh 920
88 Varvara Gracheva 910
89 Anastasia Potapova 895
90 Patricia Maria Țig 890
91 Clara Burel 887
92 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 884
93 Nina Stojanović 880
94 Nuria Parrizas Diaz 876
95 Mayar Sherif 872
96 Misaki Doi 871
97 Lauren Davis 867
98 Jasmine Paolini 863
99 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 860
100 Claire Liu 850