Despite the China Open still continuing, the WTA Rankings as ever have been altered for the week ahead with Iga Swiatek starting her 123rd week as World No.1.
Albeit the sharks are circling with Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula set to breathe down her neck in the coming months. Swiatek sits atop the WTA Rankings with 10,885 points. Last week she surpassed Ash Barty at No.7 in the all-time list of weeks spent at World No.1.
She now only trails Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams, Chris Evert, Martina Hingis and Monica Seles in that department. But not defending her China Open crown could prove vital. She will drop 1,000 points next Monday and if Sabalenka wins the title this week, she will end up only 200 shy of Swiatek's amount.
Jessica Pegula also could find herself in the battle albeit it is less likely even if she wins this week as she would near 7,000 points. Jasmine Paolini could reach a new career high as a legacy of Elena Rybakina not playing at the moment.
Barbora Krejcikova further down sits potentially ready to be usurped with Daria Kasatkina and Beatriz Haddad Maia on the verge of the top 10.
1 | Iga Świątek | 23 | POL | 10885 |
2 | Aryna Sabalenka | 26 | BLR | 8716 |
3 | Jessica Pegula | 30 | USA | 6220 |
4 | Elena Rybakina | 25 | KAZ | 5871 |
5 | Jasmine Paolini | 28 | ITA | 5348 |
6 | Coco Gauff | 20 | USA | 4983 |
7 | Qinwen Zheng | 21 | CHN | 3920 |
8 | Emma Navarro | 23 | USA | 3698 |
9 | Danielle Collins | 30 | USA | 3178 |
10 | Barbora Krejčíková | 28 | CZE | 3161 |
11 | Daria Kasatkina | 27 | RUS | 3020 |
12 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 28 | BRA | 2981 |
13 | Jeļena Ostapenko | 27 | LAT | 2963 |
14 | Anna Kalinskaya | 25 | RUS | 2725 |
15 | Ludmilla Samsonova | 25 | RUS | 2720 |
16 | Diana Shnaider | 20 | RUS | 2685 |
17 | Maria Sakkari | 29 | GRE | 2517 |
18 | Marta Kostyuk | 22 | UKR | 2493 |
19 | Paula Badosa | 26 | ESP | 2325 |
20 | Donna Vekić | 28 | CRO | 2243 |
21 | Ons Jabeur | 30 | TUN | 2160 |
22 | Mirra Andreeva | 17 | RUS | 2153 |
23 | Victoria Azarenka | 35 | BLR | 2137 |
24 | Madison Keys | 29 | USA | 2076 |
25 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 33 | RUS | 2021 |
26 | Linda Nosková | 19 | CZE | 1953 |
27 | Elina Svitolina | 30 | UKR | 1942 |
28 | Leylah Fernandez | 22 | CAN | 1834 |
29 | Elise Mertens | 28 | BEL | 1749 |
30 | Markéta Vondroušová | 25 | CZE | 1748 |
31 | Magdalena Fręch | 26 | POL | 1743 |
32 | Yulia Putintseva | 29 | KAZ | 1733 |
33 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 29 | RUS | 1733 |
34 | Katie Boulter | 28 | GBR | 1655 |
35 | Dayana Yastremska | 24 | UKR | 1603 |
36 | Caroline Garcia | 30 | FRA | 1563 |
37 | Kateřina Siniaková | 28 | CZE | 1474 |
38 | Anastasia Potapova | 23 | RUS | 1427 |
39 | Veronika Kudermetova | 27 | RUS | 1398 |
40 | Lulu Sun | 23 | NZL | 1375 |
41 | Yue Yuan | 26 | CHN | 1349 |
42 | Marie Bouzková | 26 | CZE | 1330 |
43 | Amanda Anisimova | 23 | USA | 1276 |
44 | Karolína Plíšková | 32 | CZE | 1265 |
45 | Magda Linette | 32 | POL | 1191 |
46 | Peyton Stearns | 22 | USA | 1173 |
47 | Elina Avanesyan | 22 | ARM | 1140 |
48 | Anhelina Kalinina | 27 | UKR | 1136 |
49 | Karolína Muchová | 28 | CZE | 1126 |
50 | Xinyu Wang | 23 | CHN | 1123 |
51 | Viktoriya Tomova | 29 | BUL | 1107 |
52 | Taylor Townsend | 28 | USA | 1103 |
53 | Diane Parry | 22 | FRA | 1067 |
54 | Emma Raducanu | 21 | GBR | 1025 |
55 | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 23 | ITA | 1023 |
56 | Clara Burel | 23 | FRA | 1015 |
57 | Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro | 22 | ESP | 995 |
58 | Yafan Wang | 30 | CHN | 991 |
59 | Camila Osorio | 22 | COL | 988 |
60 | Katie Volynets | 22 | USA | 987 |
61 | Rebecca Šramková | 27 | SVK | 958 |
62 | Varvara Gracheva | 24 | FRA | 955 |
63 | Moyuka Uchijima | 23 | JPN | 954 |
64 | Sorana Cîrstea | 34 | ROU | 953 |
65 | Mccartney Kessler | 25 | USA | 951 |
66 | Nadia Podoroska | 27 | ARG | 942 |
67 | Erika Andreeva | 20 | RUS | 928 |
68 | Ashlyn Krueger | 20 | USA | 917 |
69 | Laura Siegemund | 36 | GER | 910 |
70 | Caroline Wozniacki | 34 | DEN | 908 |
71 | Kamilla Rakhimova | 23 | RUS | 905 |
72 | Clara Tauson | 21 | DEN | 901 |
73 | Naomi Osaka | 26 | JPN | 894 |
74 | Renata Zarazúa | 27 | MEX | 893 |
75 | Sloane Stephens | 31 | USA | 883 |
76 | Harriet Dart | 28 | GBR | 881 |
77 | Lucia Bronzetti | 25 | ITA | 869 |
78 | Anna Blinkova | 26 | RUS | 861 |
79 | Cristina Bucșa | 26 | ESP | 847 |
80 | Jaqueline Cristian | 26 | ROU | 844 |
81 | Nuria Párrizas Díaz | 33 | ESP | 843 |
82 | Arantxa Rus | 33 | NED | 839 |
83 | Jule Niemeier | 25 | GER | 829 |
84 | Olivia Gadecki | 22 | AUS | 827 |
85 | Tatjana Maria | 37 | GER | 816 |
86 | María Carlé | 24 | ARG | 799 |
87 | Sara Errani | 37 | ITA | 795 |
88 | Lesia Tsurenko | 35 | UKR | 794 |
89 | Mayar Sherif | 28 | EGY | 793 |
90 | Anna Bondár | 27 | HUN | 778 |
91 | Océane Dodin | 27 | FRA | 774 |
92 | Bernarda Pera | 29 | USA | 752 |
93 | Elena-Gabriela Ruse | 26 | ROU | 743 |
94 | Greet Minnen | 27 | BEL | 738 |
95 | Xiyu Wang | 23 | CHN | 720 |
96 | Viktorija Golubic | 31 | SUI | 705 |
97 | Olga Danilović | 23 | SRB | 704 |
98 | Caroline Dolehide | 26 | USA | 703 |
99 | Daria Saville | 30 | AUS | 691 |
100 | Lin Zhu | 30 | CHN | 688 |
101 | Sonay Kartal | 22 | GBR | 686 |
102 | Petra Martić | 33 | CRO | 684 |
103 | Irina-Camelia Begu | 34 | ROU | 683 |
104 | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 27 | ESP | 677 |
105 | Eva Lys | 22 | GER | 669 |
106 | Robin Montgomery | 20 | USA | 668 |
107 | Ajla Tomljanović | 31 | AUS | 666 |
108 | Jessika Ponchet | 28 | FRA | 665 |
109 | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 30 | SVK | 665 |
110 | Chloé Paquet | 30 | FRA | 660 |
111 | Hailey Baptiste | 22 | USA | 659 |
112 | Martina Trevisan | 30 | ITA | 658 |
113 | Maya Joint | 18 | AUS | 644 |
114 | Arina Rodionova | 34 | AUS | 635 |
115 | Yulia Starodubtseva | 24 | UKR | 620 |
116 | Mai Hontama | 25 | JPN | 618 |
117 | Emina Bektas | 31 | USA | 617 |
118 | Jana Fett | 27 | CRO | 615 |
119 | Rebeka Masarova | 25 | ESP | 614 |
120 | Ana Bogdan | 31 | ROU | 613 |
121 | Julia Riera | 22 | ARG | 612 |
122 | Brenda Fruhvirtová | 17 | CZE | 611 |
123 | Ella Seidel | 19 | GER | 606 |
124 | Daria Snigur | 22 | UKR | 603 |
125 | Tamara Korpatsch | 29 | GER | 588 |
126 | Ann Li | 24 | USA | 581 |
127 | Polina Kudermetova | 21 | RUS | 571 |
128 | Alycia Parks | 23 | USA | 568 |
129 | Talia Gibson | 20 | AUS | 566 |
130 | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 30 | BLR | 563 |
131 | Zhuoxuan Bai | 21 | CHN | 559 |
132 | Dominika Šálková | 20 | CZE | 550 |
133 | Rebecca Marino | 33 | CAN | 546 |
134 | Linda Fruhvirtová | 19 | CZE | 543 |
135 | Panna Udvardy | 26 | HUN | 543 |
136 | Anca Todoni | 19 | ROU | 540 |
137 | Suzan Lamens | 25 | NED | 535 |
138 | Darja Semenistaja | 22 | LAT | 530 |
139 | Taylah Preston | 18 | AUS | 527 |
140 | Sijia Wei | 20 | CHN | 522 |
141 | Arianne Hartono | 28 | NED | 521 |
142 | Jil Teichmann | 27 | SUI | 517 |
143 | Dalma Gálfi | 26 | HUN | 515 |
144 | Laura Pigossi | 30 | BRA | 515 |
145 | Nao Hibino | 29 | JPN | 514 |
146 | Kimberly Birrell | 26 | AUS | 512 |
147 | Marina Stakusic | 19 | CAN | 508 |
148 | Sára Bejlek | 18 | CZE | 507 |
149 | Elsa Jacquemot | 21 | FRA | 506 |
150 | Alexandra Eala | 19 | PHI | 502 |