WTA Rankings Update: Barty extends leads as Sabalenka jumpes over Osaka for 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.

1 Ashleigh Barty 10185

2 Aryna Sabalenka 7010

3 Naomi Osaka 6666

4 Karolína Plíšková 5530

5 Sofia Kenin 5030

6 Elina Svitolina 5030

7 Bianca Andreescu 4537

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