WTA Rankings Update: Barty retains no. 1 while Andreescu moves to no. 6

It has been a rollercoaster 2021 Miami Open for many players but in the end, it was Barty who won it retaining her number one spot in the process.

Ashleigh Barty came into this event with the possibility of losing her number one ranking to Naomi Osaka and after her shaky start, it seemed destined for Osaka to take it over right where she grew up. But it was the world number one who played the most consistent tennis in the week culminating with another Miami Open trophy.

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In the final, she faced a resurgent Bianca Andreescu who could not perform her best due to an injury but even so the run to the final allowed the Canadian to climb three spots reaching number 6. Karolina Pliskova was a big loser as she dropped 3 spots to number nine while Sabalenka climbed up to number 7.

Strong showings from Sevastova and Sorribes Toromo enable each jump of ten spots on today's rankings with Sorribes Tormo making her top 50 debuts at 48. In the back end of the top 10, we have Nina Stojanovic who moved up 10 spots after a solid run with Venus Williams dropping even further now being ranked as number 90.

WTA Rankings as of April 5th, 2021:

1 Ashleigh Barty 9186

2 Naomi Osaka 7985

3 Simona Halep 6965

4 Sofia Kenin 5915

5 Elina Svitolina 5750

6 Bianca Andreescu 5265

7 Aryna Sabalenka 5085

8 Serena Williams 4850

9 Karolina Pliskova 4660

10 Kiki Bertens 4490

11 Petra Kvitova 4476

12 Belinda Bencic 4315

13 Garbiñe Muguruza 4120

14 Jennifer Brady 3765

15 Victoria Azarenka 3625

16 Iga Swiatek 3615

17 Elise Mertens 3400

18 Johanna Konta 3236

19 Maria Sakkari 3020

20 Marketa Vondrousova 2862

21 Petra Martic 2790

22 Karolina Muchova 2781

23 Elena Rybakina 2718

24 Madison Keys 2606

25 Angelique Kerber 2315

26 Anett Kontaveit 2295

27 Alison Riske 2222

28 Ons Jabeur 2088

29 Donna Vekic 2000

30 Dayana Yastremska 2000

31 Yulia Putintseva 1970

32 Jessica Pegula 1968

33 Amanda Anisimova 1960

34 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1955

35 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1865

36 Cori Gauff 1796

37 Daria Kasatkina 1745

38 Veronika Kudermetova 1740

39 Barbora Krejcikova 1716

40 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1715

41 Shuai Zhang 1713

42 Jil Teichmann 1693

43 Danielle Collins 1645

44 Barbora Strycova 1640

45 Fiona Ferro 1610

46 Nadia Podoroska 1601

47 Anastasija Sevastova 1596

48 Sara Sorribes Tormo 1590

49 Saisai Zheng 1585

50 Qiang Wang 1580

51 Magda Linette 1578

52 Shelby Rogers 1558

53 Jelena Ostapenko 1545

54 Caroline Garcia 1530

55 Kristina Mladenovic 1530

56 Marie Bouzkova 1514

57 Sloane Stephens 1444

58 Laura Siegemund 1381

59 Alizé Cornet 1310

60 Polona Hercog 1300

61 Rebecca Peterson 1300

62 Su-Wei Hsieh 1290

63 Patricia Maria Tig 1254

64 Kaia Kanepi 1208

65 Sorana Cirstea 1189

66 Alison Van Uytvanck 1185

67 Heather Watson 1176

68 Katerina Siniakova 1175

69 Ann Li 1174

70 Bernarda Pera 1165

71 Paula Badosa 1129

72 Leylah Fernandez 1123

73 Anna Blinkova 1114

74 Irina-Camelia Begu 1084

75 Anastasia Potapova 1061

76 Kristyna Pliskova 1030

77 Misaki Doi 1021

78 Ajla Tomljanovic 1005

79 Lauren Davis 990

80 Camila Giorgi 990

81 Madison Brengle 974

82 Viktorija Golubic 972

83 Arantxa Rus 971

84 Marta Kostyuk 971

85 Nina Stojanovic 949

86 Nao Hibino 939

87 Margarita Gasparyan 934

88 Zarina Diyas 933

89 Christina Mchale 909

90 Venus Williams 908

91 Danka Kovinic 906

92 Kaja Juvan 896

93 Tamara Zidansek 885

94 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 878

95 Carla Suárez Navarro 872

96 Varvara Gracheva 863

97 Kirsten Flipkens 858

98 Tereza Martincova 852

99 Martina Trevisan 844

100 Ana Bogdan 832