WTA Rankings Update: Jabeur enters top 10 as Swiatek, Kenin drop out

As the ranking system slowly returns to the usual format we are seeing more and more changes in the rankings. Today's brings some major changes in the top 10 which usually don't happen often. On the top, it's still Ashleigh Barty in front of everybody with Sabalenka 2nd and Pliskova 3rd. Krejcikova is now 4th, Muguruza is 5th, Svitolina is 6th, Sakkari is now up to 7, Jabeur is 8th, Bencic is 9th and Osaka is back in at number 10.

Iga Swiatek fell down 7 spots to number 11, Sofia Kenin fell 6 spots to number 14, Kvitova dropped 4 to number 15. A strong showing allowed Pegula a jump to a career-high 21 with Azarenka also moving up 6 spots. The biggest drop off this week is by Nadia Podoroska who lost her 2020 French Open semifinal points falling down 46 spots to number 82.

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In total 21 WTA players have a new career-high ranking this week with several notable ones being Krejcikova at 4, Sakkari at 7, Jabeur at 8, Badosa at 13, Pegula at 21. Check out the full rankings below.

WTA Rankings as of October 18th 2021:

Rank - Prior Rank - Name - Points

1 (1) BARTY, ASHLEIGH AUS 9077

2 (2) SABALENKA, ARYNA BLR 7115

3 (3) PLISKOVA, KAROLINA CZE 5320

4 (5) KREJCIKOVA, BARBORA CZE 4748

5 (6) MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE ESP 4425

6 (7) SVITOLINA, ELINA UKR 4096

7 (9) SAKKARI, MARIA GRE 4005

8 (14) JABEUR, ONS TUN 3500

9 (10) BENCIC, BELINDA SUI 3365

10 (12) OSAKA, NAOMI JPN 3326

11 (4) SWIATEK, IGA POL 3306

12 (15) KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 3265

13 (27) BADOSA, PAULA ESP 3248

14 (8) KENIN, SOFIA USA 3130

15 (11) KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 3035

16 (13) PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA RUS 2986

17 (16) RYBAKINA, ELENA KAZ 2883

18 (18) MERTENS, ELISE BEL 2835

19 (17) HALEP, SIMONA ROU 2807

20 (20) KONTAVEIT, ANETT EST 2766

21 (24) PEGULA, JESSICA USA 2650

22 (21) ANDREESCU, BIANCA VANESSA CAN 2628

23 (19) GAUFF, CORI USA 2600

24 (22) RADUCANU, EMMA GBR 2568

25 (23) BRADY, JENNIFER USA 2526

26 (32) AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 2505

27 (28) FERNANDEZ, LEYLAH ANNIE CAN 2289

28 (30) KASATKINA, DARIA RUS 2205

29 (26) MUCHOVA, KAROLINA CZE 2159

30 (29) OSTAPENKO, JELENA LAT 2070

31 (25) COLLINS, DANIELLE USA 2026

32 (31) KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA RUS 1980

33 (33) ZIDANSEK, TAMARA SLO 1876

34 (35) SORRIBES TORMO, SARA ESP 1715

35 (37) VONDROUSOVA, MARKETA CZE 1676

36 (38) GIORGI, CAMILA ITA 1660

37 (34) ALEXANDROVA, EKATERINA RUS 1641

38 (40) CIRSTEA, SORANA ROU 1629

39 (39) TEICHMANN, JIL SUI 1620

40 (44) ROGERS, SHELBY USA 1613

41 (41) WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 1591

42 (42) SAMSONOVA, LIUDMILA RUS 1551

43 (47) TOMLJANOVIC, AJLA AUS 1455

44 (43) PUTINTSEVA, YULIA KAZ 1425

45 (46) GOLUBIC, VIKTORIJA SUI 1422

46 (50) KEYS, MADISON USA 1317

47 (45) MARTIC, PETRA CRO 1301

48 (49) TAUSON, CLARA DEN 1245

49 (51) RISKE, ALISON USA 1241

50 (53) SINIAKOVA, KATERINA CZE 1220