WTA Rankings Update: Iga Swiatek continues as World Number One going into US Open, Kasatkina further into top ten after Granby win

US Open starts today and Iga Swiatek is number one for another week as the Polish player leads all players into the final major of the year.

Swiatek hasn't had much success in the past few weeks but her tremendous run earlier in the year ensures her as the number one player in the world. She is heavily favoured to finish that way as well because the parity in the WTA is too much.

There was only one change in the top 10 and it's Kasatkina moving up to number 9 ahead of Muguruza. The rest remained unchanged so we have Swiatek at one, Kontaveit at two, Sakkari at three, Badosa at four, Jabeur at five. Sabalenka is six, Halep is seven, Pegula is eight, Kasatkina is nine and Muguruza is tenth.

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WTA Rankings (August 29th):

Rank Prior Name Nat Points # Trn Added Off 16th 17th

1 (1) SWIATEK, IGA POL 8605 17 60 55

2 (2) KONTAVEIT, ANETT EST 4360 20 100 60

3 (3) SAKKARI, MARIA GRE 4190 21 60 55

4 (4) BADOSA, PAULA ESP 3980 24 25 15

5 (5) JABEUR, ONS TUN 3920 19 100 100

6 (6) SABALENKA, ARYNA 3470 20 55 55

7 (7) HALEP, SIMONA ROU 3255 19 100 60

8 (8) PEGULA, JESSICA USA 3201 17 1 1

9 (10) KASATKINA, DARIA 3015 21 280 55 1

10 (9) MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE ESP 2886 19 30 1

11 (11) RADUCANU, EMMA GBR 2756 22 5 3

12 (12) GAUFF, COCO USA 2687 17 1 1

13 (13) BENCIC, BELINDA SUI 2635 20 60 60

14 (14) FERNANDEZ, LEYLAH CAN 2540 17 1 1

15 (15) HADDAD MAIA, BEATRIZ BRA 2317 36 95 50

16 (16) OSTAPENKO, JELENA LAT 2316 18 1 1

17 (17) GARCIA, CAROLINE FRA 2220 22 30 29

18 (18) KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA 2206 22 60 55

19 (19) COLLINS, DANIELLE USA 2167 14

20 (20) KEYS, MADISON USA 2128 18 1 1

21 (21) KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 2077 19 1 1

22 (22) PLISKOVA, KAROLINA CZE 2007 17 1 1

23 (23) KREJCIKOVA, BARBORA CZE 2003 20 30 5 1

24 (24) ANISIMOVA, AMANDA USA 1900 17 30 1

25 (25) RYBAKINA, ELENA KAZ 1850 22 55 30

26 (26) AZARENKA, VICTORIA 1841 14

27 (27) TREVISAN, MARTINA ITA 1771 32 30 9 25 20

28 (28) ALEXANDROVA, EKATERINA 1750 21 30 55 30

29 (29) RISKE-AMRITRAJ, ALISON USA 1525 23 30 1

30 (30) TEICHMANN, JIL SUI 1517 21 1 1

31 (31) ROGERS, SHELBY USA 1516 23 30 13

32 (36) SASNOVICH, ALIAKSANDRA 1461 22 180 30 30

33 (32) MERTENS, ELISE BEL 1435 22 30 1

34 (33) KANEPI, KAIA EST 1433 23 50 30

35 (45) SAMSONOVA, LIUDMILA 1407 23 280 55 35

36 (35) ZHANG, SHUAI CHN 1360 34 60 60 30

37 (38) CIRSTEA, SORANA ROU 1330 23 30 30 30

38 (39) PUTINTSEVA, YULIA KAZ 1295 21 1 30 30

39 (40) ZHENG, QINWEN CHN 1268 27 28 25

40 (37) CORNET, ALIZÉ FRA 1260 24 110 30 1

41 (41) BOUZKOVA, MARIE CZE 1252 17 1 1

42 (34) BEGU, IRINA-CAMELIA ROU 1234 20 30 30 15

43 (42) VAN UYTVANCK, ALISON BEL 1220 23 15 12

44 (44) OSAKA, NAOMI JPN 1187 12

45 (51) PERA, BERNARDA USA 1181 21 110 1 1

46 (48) TOMLJANOVIC, AJLA AUS 1100 23 55 30

47 (49) KALININA, ANHELINA UKR 1091 31 1 30 30

48 (50) ANDREESCU, BIANCA CAN 1082 12

49 (46) SORRIBES TORMO, SARA ESP 1081 22 30 55 30

50 (52) KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 1069 13

51 (53) STEPHENS, SLOANE USA 1066 16 1

52 (54) POTAPOVA, ANASTASIA 1066 26 18 15

53 (47) VONDROUSOVA, MARKETA CZE 1052 14

54 (55) MARTIC, PETRA CRO 1049 19 1 1

55 (56) BONDAR, ANNA HUN 1042 40 30 14 57 57

56 (57) PAOLINI, JASMINE ITA 1035 28 30 43 30

57 (58) TAUSON, CLARA DEN 1018 21 30 16 13

58 (73) SAVILLE, DARIA AUS 997 18 180 1 1

59 (59) BRONZETTI, LUCIA ITA 977 34 5 15 12

60 (60) KALINSKAYA, ANNA 948 24 18 15

61 (63) BRENGLE, MADISON USA 944 28 60 29 29

62 (64) PARRIZAS DIAZ, NURIA ESP 942 34 60 3 57 30

63 (61) SHERIF, MAYAR EGY 940 33 1 30 30

64 (43) SVITOLINA, ELINA UKR 919 13

65 (72) KOSTYUK, MARTA UKR 915 26 110 1 30 30

66 (66) LI, ANN USA 909 24 25 10

67 (68) GIORGI, CAMILA ITA 894 20 1 1

68 (70) JUVAN, KAJA SLO 883 24 1 1 1

69 (65) BOGDAN, ANA ROU 877 23 15 12

70 (71) OSORIO, CAMILA COL 866 28 1 13 15 15

71 (69) MARTINCOVA, TEREZA CZE 855 26 30 30 30

72 (62) GRACHEVA, VARVARA 853 39 1 29 25

73 (67) LINETTE, MAGDA POL 850 25 60 30 29

74 (81) PARRY, DIANE FRA 849 35 110 13 10

75 (75) WANG, XIYU CHN 842 22 60 14 12

76 (74) ZHU, LIN CHN 813 26 9 8

77 (76) CRISTIAN, JAQUELINE ROU 788 18 1 1

78 (78) UDVARDY, PANNA HUN 762 43 1 22 15

79 (79) WANG, XINYU CHN 759 33 1 12 9

80 (80) KOVINIC, DANKA MNE 749 25 1 12 8

81 (82) ZIDANSEK, TAMARA SLO 744 20 1 1 1

82 (84) LIU, CLAIRE USA 730 28 20 15

83 (77) SINIAKOVA, KATERINA CZE 728 22 1 1 1

84 (85) VEKIC, DONNA CRO 715 19 1 1

85 (92) MARIA, TATJANA GER 711 37 60 13 12

86 (86) YASTREMSKA, DAYANA UKR 707 24 1 1 1

87 (89) TSURENKO, LESIA UKR 689 18 12 1

88 (93) DART, HARRIET GBR 685 28 30 9 2

89 (88) GOLUBIC, VIKTORIJA SUI 677 27 15 13

90 (90) RAKHIMOVA, KAMILLA 676 32 9 9 4

91 (91) GALFI, DALMA HUN 676 30 14 12

92 (83) PETERSON, REBECCA SWE 661 26 1 30 29

93 (94) DOI, MISAKI JPN 655 27 2 1

94 (95) TOMOVA, VIKTORIYA BUL 654 34 13 8

95 (96) RUS, ARANTXA NED 652 36 9 2 28 25

96 (97) KRUNIC, ALEKSANDRA SRB 652 25 1 2 1

97 (98) ZANEVSKA, MARYNA BEL 650 27 1 8 9 7

98 (99) DODIN, OCEANE FRA 643 43 1 2 25 22

99 (100) COCCIARETTO, ELISABETTA ITA 641 24 6 15 11

100 (101) PIGOSSI, LAURA BRA 635 34 13 9