WTA Rankings Update: Muguruza up to third after WTA Finals triumph, new career highs for Kontaveit and Badosa

Monday, 22 November 2021 at 09:30

The WTA Ranking have been updated after the WTA Finals took place and brought a close to the 2021 season in Guadalajara with Garbine Muguruza becoming the champion.

In the latest rankings update, Muguruza is back in the top three in the world after claiming victory and sealing 1,375 points in the process. She takes the place of Barbora Krejcikova who goes down to fifth in the world.

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There was also new career highs for two players who got to the latter stages including finalist Anett Kontaveit who is into 7th in the world to conclude another breakthrough year.

While Muguruza's compatriot, Paula Badosa continues to go from strength to strength and now sits in eighth up from 10th and also a new career high.

As a result, Ons Jabeur has fallen to 10th after being in the top seven. While further down, Elise Mertens and Coco Gauff fell down some spots in the rankings which allowed Petra Kvitova (17th), Jessica Pegula (18th) and Emma Raducanu (19th) and Simona Halep (20th) to move up one and two spots.

Pegula and Raducanu in particular now have new career highs also albeit a slender rise in part due to not playing.

While after winning in Linz, Alison Riske moves up 23 spots to 50th in the world just ahead of Marta Kostyuk.

Not her career high of 18th but still progress back towards that from the American.

WTA Rankings as of 22/11/2021

(Numbers Correspond to Ranking, Prior Rank, Ranking Points, Number of Tournaments, points added and comparison to 16th/17th tournament)

1 (1) BARTY, ASHLEIGH AUS 7582 16 1

2 (2) SABALENKA, ARYNA BLR 6380 20 500 100 30

3 (5) MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE ESP 5685 21 1375 100 100

4 (4) PLISKOVA, KAROLINA CZE 5135 19 625 55 30

5 (3) KREJCIKOVA, BARBORA CZE 5008 29 375 40 35

6 (6) SAKKARI, MARIA GRE 4385 21 625 60 55

7 (8) KONTAVEIT, ANETT EST 4351 23 955 100 100

8 (10) BADOSA, PAULA ESP 3849 32 625 29 25

9 (9) SWIATEK, IGA POL 3786 16 500 1

10 (7) JABEUR, ONS TUN 3455 21 55 55

11 (11) PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA RUS 3076 20 1 1

12 (12) KENIN, SOFIA USA 2971 16 1

13 (13) OSAKA, NAOMI JPN 2956 11

14 (14) RYBAKINA, ELENA KAZ 2855 29 100 100

15 (15) SVITOLINA, ELINA UKR 2726 23 100 60

16 (17) KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 2671 18 1 1

17 (18) KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 2660 20 60 55

18 (19) PEGULA, JESSICA USA 2650 22 55 30

19 (20) RADUCANU, EMMA GBR 2627 18 1 5 1 1

20 (22) HALEP, SIMONA ROU 2576 17 110 65 1

21 (16) MERTENS, ELISE BEL 2570 22 60 55

22 (21) GAUFF, CORI USA 2550 21 30 30

23 (23) BENCIC, BELINDA SUI 2415 23 65 60

24 (24) FERNANDEZ, LEYLAH ANNIE CAN 2284 29 25 25

25 (25) BRADY, JENNIFER USA 2278 17 1 1

26 (26) KASATKINA, DARIA RUS 2180 25 55 55

27 (27) AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 2166 15

28 (28) OSTAPENKO, JELENA LAT 2060 19 55 30

29 (29) COLLINS, DANIELLE USA 2036 21 110 100 100

30 (31) ZIDANSEK, TAMARA SLO 1876 25 30 30

31 (32) KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA RUS 1870 26 60 60 60

32 (33) MUCHOVA, KAROLINA CZE 1865 14

33 (30) ALEXANDROVA, EKATERINA RUS 1836 25 1 65 60

34 (34) GIORGI, CAMILA ITA 1740 22 12 10

35 (35) VONDROUSOVA, MARKETA CZE 1701 22 55 1

36 (36) SORRIBES TORMO, SARA ESP 1645 28 55 43

37 (38) TEICHMANN, JIL SUI 1620 28 30 30

38 (37) CIRSTEA, SORANA ROU 1617 24 18 1

39 (39) SAMSONOVA, LIUDMILA RUS 1601 34 29 25

40 (40) ROGERS, SHELBY USA 1583 32 40 35

41 (41) WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 1526 9

42 (42) PUTINTSEVA, YULIA KAZ 1425 27 55 55

43 (43) GOLUBIC, VIKTORIJA SUI 1422 30 30 25

44 (44) TAUSON, CLARA DEN 1421 38 22 18

45 (45) TOMLJANOVIC, AJLA AUS 1395 27 30 30

46 (46) ANDREESCU, BIANCA VANESSA CAN 1378 13

47 (47) LI, ANN USA 1314 36 25 25

48 (48) MARTINCOVA, TEREZA CZE 1226 32 48 30

49 (49) SINIAKOVA, KATERINA CZE 1220 22 15 10

50 (50) KOSTYUK, MARTA UKR 1215 32 30 25

51 (73) RISKE, ALISON USA 1191 21 280 30 30

52 (52) KALININA, ANHELINA UKR 1188 41 30 30 25

53 (51) PAOLINI, JASMINE ITA 1178 36 60 30 30

54 (53) MARTIC, PETRA CRO 1171 24 30 10

55 (54) OSORIO, CAMILA COL 1167 36 15 9

56 (55) KEYS, MADISON USA 1149 17 1 1

57 (56) LINETTE, MAGDA POL 1142 24 30 30

58 (57) BRENGLE, MADISON USA 1102 44 30 29

59 (59) CORNET, ALIZÉ FRA 1080 29 30 30 30

60 (60) BEGU, IRINA-CAMELIA ROU 1076 25 18 15

61 (61) SHERIF, MAYAR EGY 1049 48 20 20

62 (62) RUS, ARANTXA NED 1033 48 25 50 48

63 (58) ZHANG, SHUAI CHN 1031 30 30 30

64 (63) STEPHENS, SLOANE USA 1023 20 1 1

65 (64) PARRIZAS DIAZ, NURIA ESP 1008 49 25 20

66 (65) KONJUH, ANA CRO 998 27 25 20

67 (66) VEKIC, DONNA CRO 995 21 1 1

68 (69) VAN UYTVANCK, ALISON BEL 995 28 60 30 18

69 (67) POTAPOVA, ANASTASIA RUS 985 29 20 18

70 (68) SEVASTOVA, ANASTASIJA LAT 956 21 1 1

71 (100) CRISTIAN, JAQUELINE ROU 954 40 192 18 18

72 (70) KANEPI, KAIA EST 950 23 7 10 8

73 (71) WATSON, HEATHER GBR 949 28 13 13

74 (72) GARCIA, CAROLINE FRA 945 29 30 30

75 (74) MINNEN, GREET BEL 932 39 30 25 20

76 (75) PETKOVIC, ANDREA GER 919 22 12 2

77 (76) BUREL, CLARA FRA 902 30 1 18 18

78 (77) ANISIMOVA, AMANDA USA 890 20 30 15

79 (78) GRACHEVA, VARVARA RUS 880 54 25 20

80 (87) ZHENG, SAISAI CHN 877 23 30 30 1

81 (79) ZANEVSKA, MARYNA BEL 871 34 9 9

82 (80) HADDAD MAIA, BEATRIZ BRA 868 34 20 25 20

83 (82) PODOROSKA, NADIA ARG 867 38 30 30

84 (81) SCHMIEDLOVA, ANNA KAROLINA SVK 867 26 20 20

85 (83) RUSE, ELENA-GABRIELA ROU 859 30 9 9

86 (84) PETERSON, REBECCA SWE 853 24 30 30 29

87 (86) ZVONAREVA, VERA RUS 844 19 25 20

88 (90) DAVIS, LAUREN USA 839 27 29 25

89 (91) BOUZKOVA, MARIE CZE 838 30 25 25

90 (107) BONDAR, ANNA HUN 821 49 110 14 13

91 (85) SASNOVICH, ALIAKSANDRA BLR 820 26 30 30 30

92 (92) MLADENOVIC, KRISTINA FRA 820 30 30 30

93 (93) PERA, BERNARDA USA 815 32 30 25

94 (94) LIU, CLAIRE USA 815 37 4 25 22

95 (89) KOVINIC, DANKA MNE 808 36 25 21

96 (95) SHARMA, ASTRA AUS 806 31 11 5

97 (97) YASTREMSKA, DAYANA UKR 789 19 1 1 1

98 (96) JUVAN, KAJA SLO 788 28 13 12

99 (106) WANG, XINYU CHN 786 42 78 20 18

100 (98) DIYAS, ZARINA KAZ 783 27 30 30

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