WTA Rankings Update: Barty retains no. 1. while Bertens replaces Kvitova in top 10

The first Monday in May brings us the first WTA rankings in May with Petra Kvitova out of the top 10 while Bertens moves in.

There was no change at the top of the WTA rankings as Barty still retains the number one spot followed by Osaka at 2 and Halep at 3. There was one notable change in the top 10 with Petra Kvitova dropping out of the top 10 while Kiki Bertens moved back in.

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Kvitova actually suffered a two spot dip to number 12 with Bencic also overtaking her. Karolina Muchova moved up two spots to become the world number 20 while several other players moved up a few spots as well. Swiatek slipped down to 17 while Donna Vekic continued her slide dropping down to 34.

After a solid week in Turkey Cirstea moved up 9 spots to become world number 58 while Sloane Stephens moved up two spots coming close to a return to the top 50. The American has picked up some form and with the clay season on the schedule, she might be looking at a good run. Check out the full rankings below:

1 Ashleigh Barty 9655

2 Naomi Osaka 7800

3 Simona Halep 7050

4 Sofia Kenin 5915

5 Elina Svitolina 5835

6 Bianca Andreescu 5265

7 Aryna Sabalenka 5205

8 Serena Williams 4850

9 Karolína Plíšková 4660

10 Kiki Bertens 4405

11 Belinda Bencic 4315

12 Petra Kvitová 4160

13 Garbiñe Muguruza 4120

14 Jennifer Brady 3765

15 Victoria Azarenka 3526

16 Elise Mertens 3480

17 Iga Świątek 3453

18 Johanna Konta 3236

19 Maria Sakkari 3020

20 Karolína Muchová 2781

21 Markéta Vondroušová 2737

22 Elena Rybakina 2718

23 Madison Keys 2606

24 Petra Martić 2540

25 Ons Jabeur 2350

26 Angelique Kerber 2270

27 Alison Riske 2222

28 Veronika Kudermetova 2140

29 Anett Kontaveit 2090

30 Yulia Putintseva 2015

31 Dayana Yastremska 2000

32 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1990

33 Jessica Pegula 1968

34 Donna Vekić 1930

35 Cori Gauff 1886

36 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1786

37 Daria Kasatkina 1745

38 Amanda Anisimova 1715

39 Barbora Krejčíková 1701

40 Jil Teichmann 1693

41 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1690

42 Danielle Collins 1645

43 Shelby Rogers 1638

44 Shuai Zhang 1631

45 Nadia Podoroska 1601

46 Sara Sorribes Tormo 1590

47 Qiang Wang 1580

48 Magda Linette 1578

49 Fiona Ferro 1560

50 Jeļena Ostapenko 1545

51 Sloane Stephens 1543

52 Barbora Strýcová 1531

53 Caroline Garcia 1530

54 Anastasija Sevastova 1526

55 Kristina Mladenovic 1525

56 Marie Bouzková 1515

57 Saisai Zheng 1455

58 Sorana Cîrstea 1429

59 Laura Siegemund 1381

60 Alizé Cornet 1335

61 Rebecca Peterson 1300

62 Paula Badosa Gibert 1284

63 Danka Kovinić 1275

64 Patricia Maria Țig 1254

65 Su-wei Hsieh 1253

66 Kaia Kanepi 1228

67 Kateřina Siniaková 1205

68 Alison Van Uytvanck 1185

69 Heather Watson 1176

70 Bernarda Pera 1165

71 Ann Li 1159

72 Leylah Fernandez 1144

73 Polona Hercog 1116

74 Anna Blinkova 1114

75 Irina-Camelia Begu 1084

76 Anastasia Potapova 1071

77 Marta Kostyuk 1063

78 Ajla Tomljanović 1025

79 Misaki Doi 1021

80 Tamara Zidanšek 1005

81 Camila Giorgi 990

82 Nao Hibino 986

83 Lauren Davis 980

84 Viktorija Golubic 972

85 Arantxa Rus 969

86 Madison Brengle 956

87 Kristýna Plíšková 950

88 Nina Stojanović 949

89 Zarina Diyas 933

90 Christina McHale 919

91 Venus Williams 908

92 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 878

93 Carla Suárez Navarro 872

94 Clara Tauson 870

95 Tereza Martincová 864

96 Varvara Gracheva 863

97 Kirsten Flipkens 858

98 Margarita Gasparyan 854

99 Kaja Juvan 850

100 Martina Trevisan 844