WTA RANKINGS Update: Coco Gauff returns to career high, Aryna Sabalenka gains ground on Swiatek and milestone for Zheng Qinwen

Tuesday, 30 January 2024 at 09:44

The WTA Rankings has been updated after the 2024 Australian Open and sees in the main movements, Coco Gauff returning to the top three to join Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka with battle raging for the World No.1 spot in the coming months.

Both Gauff and Jessica Pegula each slide up one spot, the former returns to her career high of World No.3, while Pegula jumps up to World No.4. This was a legacy of Elena Rybakina not defending her points total from 12 months ago, and slipping to fifth.

Sabalenka-Swiatek battle to rage, delightful Dayana's rise as Qinwen Zheng reaches top 10

The battle will also rage between Sabalenka and Swiatek as the former will be tied on points with Swiatek as per Dubai and defending 2000 points and Swiatek not getting close to gaining 1,800 sets up an interesting dynamic as Sabalenka will likely regain top spot in the coming months in a back and forth starting between the top names.

Joining that top table includes Zheng Qinwen who will be in the top ten as per this week. She went up eight spots to crack the top 10 for the first time. She rises to number eight, which sees Jelena Ostapenko down to number 12. The Chinese ace joins Li Na as one of the only two Chinese players to reach the top 10.

Other movement sees Dayana Yastremska up 64 spots and back into the top 30 after becoming the first women's singles qualifier to reach the Australian Open semi-finals since 1978. Elina Svitolina will also return to the top 20 for the first time since spring of 2022. Linda Noskova and Marta Kostyuk are also set for top 30 debuts. While Mirra Andreeva is up to World No.35 in the world after reaching the third round, another career high.

Anna Kalinskaya's run also gleamed a 37 spot rise as she went up to World No.38. Magdalena Frech also reaching the Last 16 jumped to a career high of No.51 and given Magda Linette not being at her best for some time could seal the Polish Number Two spot very soon.

WTA RANKING - 29/01/2024

1	Iga Świątek	22	POL	9770
2	Aryna Sabalenka	25	BLR	8905
3	Coco Gauff	19	USA	7200	1
4	Jessica Pegula	29	USA	5705	1
5	Elena Rybakina	24	KAZ	5688	-2
6	Ons Jabeur	29	TUN	4076
7	Qinwen Zheng	21	CHN	3950	8
8	Markéta Vondroušová	24	CZE	3846	-1
9	Maria Sakkari	28	GRE	3710	-1
10	Karolína Muchová	27	CZE	3520	-1
11	Barbora Krejčíková	28	CZE	3081
12	Jeļena Ostapenko	26	LAT	3028	-2
13	Beatriz Haddad Maia	27	BRA	2950	-1
14	Daria Kasatkina	26	RUS	2838	-1
15	Ludmilla Samsonova	25	RUS	2700	-1
16	Veronika Kudermetova	26	RUS	2495	1
17	Madison Keys	28	USA	2478	-1
18	Petra Kvitová	33	CZE	2465
19	Elina Svitolina	29	UKR	2212	4
20	Caroline Garcia	30	FRA	2160	-1
21	Ekaterina Alexandrova	29	RUS	2095	-1
22	Belinda Bencic	26	SUI	1837	-1
23	Emma Navarro	22	USA	1803	3
24	Jasmine Paolini	28	ITA	1760	7
25	Sorana Cîrstea	33	ROU	1722	2
26	Elise Mertens	28	BEL	1653	2
27	Anastasia Potapova	22	RUS	1634	2
28	Marta Kostyuk	21	UKR	1630	9
29	Dayana Yastremska	23	UKR	1587	64
30	Linda Nosková	19	CZE	1571	20
31	Lesia Tsurenko	34	UKR	1542	2
32	Anhelina Kalinina	26	UKR	1480	-2
33	Victoria Azarenka	34	BLR	1471	-11
34	Donna Vekić	27	CRO	1445	-9
35	Mirra Andreeva	16	RUS	1408	12
36	Marie Bouzková	25	CZE	1382	-2
37	Leylah Fernandez	21	CAN	1355	-2
38	Anna Kalinskaya	25	RUS	1343	37
39	Sloane Stephens	30	USA	1322	5
40	Xinyu Wang	22	CHN	1293	-4
41	Caroline Dolehide	25	USA	1263	2
42	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	32	RUS	1238	4
43	Arantxa Rus	33	NED	1238	2
44	Tatjana Maria	36	GER	1235	-2
45	Lin Zhu	30	CHN	1234	-13
46	Varvara Gracheva	23	FRA	1230	-7
47	Sofia Kenin	25	USA	1225	-6
48	Petra Martić	33	CRO	1223	-8
49	Kateřina Siniaková	27	CZE	1215
50	Anna Blinkova	25	RUS	1192	7
51	Magdalena Fręch	26	POL	1185	18
52	Clara Burel	22	FRA	1160	-1
53	Katie Boulter	27	GBR	1159	1
54	Peyton Stearns	22	USA	1148	-6
55	Sara Sorribes Tormo	27	ESP	1137	-3
56	Magda Linette	31	POL	1126	-32
57	Martina Trevisan	30	ITA	1105	2
58	Lucia Bronzetti	25	ITA	1099	-3
59	Diane Parry	21	FRA	1063	13
60	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	23	ITA	1060	6
61	Mayar Sherif	27	EGY	1053	-3
62	Elina Avanesyan	21	RUS	1049	12
63	Xiyu Wang	22	CHN	1034	-3
64	Yue Yuan	25	CHN	1028	-3
65	Viktoriya Tomova	28	BUL	1017	5
66	Ana Bogdan	31	ROU	1016	-3
67	Nadia Podoroska	26	ARG	1009	-2
68	Camila Giorgi	32	ITA	1000	-15
69	Danielle Collins	30	USA	962	-7
70	Yulia Putintseva	29	KAZ	954	-6
71	Viktorija Golubic	31	SUI	949	14
72	Alycia Parks	23	USA	948	10
73	Cristina Bucșa	26	ESP	928	-17
74	Greet Minnen	26	BEL	928	-7
75	Océane Dodin	27	FRA	925	20
76	Tamara Korpatsch	28	GER	907	4
77	Karolína Plíšková	31	CZE	902	-39
78	Yafan Wang	29	CHN	900	16
79	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	29	SVK	896	-11
80	Ashlyn Krueger	19	USA	886	-4
81	Yanina Wickmayer	34	BEL	883	-2
82	Taylor Townsend	27	USA	882	-9
83	Paula Badosa	26	ESP	868	17
84	Kamilla Rakhimova	22	RUS	853	6
85	Bernarda Pera	29	USA	836	-14
86	Rebeka Masarova	24	ESP	836	5
87	Camila Osorio	22	COL	833	-10
88	Laura Siegemund	35	GER	832	-10
89	Jaqueline Cristian	25	ROU	831	-6
90	Zhuoxuan Bai	21	CHN	829	-3
91	Clara Tauson	21	DEN	818	5
92	Kayla Day	24	USA	815	-6
93	Emina Bektas	30	USA	812	-4
94	Nao Hibino	29	JPN	788	-6
95	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	29	BLR	783	-14
96	Brenda Fruhvirtová	16	CZE	774	11
97	Tamara Zidanšek	26	SLO	745	1
98	Renata Zarazúa	26	MEX	740	-1
99	Sara Errani	36	ITA	738	2
100	Maria Timofeeva	20	RUS	730	70

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