WTA Rankings Update: Rybakina and Paolini gain after Ningbo run as Andreeva continues to slide

The WTA season is swiftly concluding with just a handful of events remaining for players to jump up the rankings. Elena Rybakina's 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the final of the Ningbo Open has seen her clamber up a few places, capitalising on a positive vein of form she has entered.

It was a successful week in Ningbo for the 2022 Wimbledon champion who moves up to 7th in the world after her second title of 2025. She now sits on 4,505 points with her now looking for more ground to make up in the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.

Enroute to the final she defeated Jasmine Paolini who has also benefited from a deep run, staying just ahead of the Kazakhstani as she also moves up two places into sixth in the world on 4,525 points. While her Grand Slam form may have not been on point this year, the Italian has enjoyed some successful results in Masters 1000 events, winning her home event in Rome before losing in the final in Cincinnati. She was unable to reach a third final this year, but her semi-final run still sees her gain ground.

It has been a quiet week for the top three who have all make the executive decision to not compete and have a week off, preparing for the upcoming WTA Finals. Aryna Sabalenka keeps her hefty lead with 10,390 points, with Iga Swiatek her closest challenger with 8,703. The title in Wuhan put Coco Gauff on 7,863 points as they look to once again battle in Riyadh in the Tour Finals. There is also no change for Amanda Anisimova in fourth and Jessica Pegula in fifth.

It has been a dismal Asian swing for Mirra Andreeva who has dropped three places in the rankings, down to 4,319 points after yet another early exit in Ningbo. A surprise third-round exit in New York was followed by a surprise defeat to Sonay Kartal in the China Open round-of-16. She would lose in the opening round of the following 1000 event in Wuhan before being pegged back by the world number 219 Lin Zhu in Ningbo. She could only sit and watch her rivals go past her, benefitting from the Russian prodigy tripping over herself.

Despite reaching the final, fellow Russian Alexandrova has stayed put in 10th place with 3,375 points. Two final defeats in the Asian swing has bumped her up into the top 10 for the first time, as she looks t continue her positive form into Tokyo.

Over in Osaka, the Japan Open was being played out with Leylah Fernandez entering as the number four seed and leaving as the champion. Her 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 victory over teenager Tereza Valentova sees her move up five places from 27th to 22nd, now on 1,869 points. She was the biggest mover in the top 30, while a pair of Romanians also ventured up the rankings. Jaqueline Cristian and Sorana Cirstea both made the semi-finals in Osaka, seeing them go up. Cristian moves up five places to 42nd, one off her career best, while Cirstea rises six to leave herself in 45th in the world.

The biggest winner was Valentova whose final run puts her on 1,072 points and see her venture to a new high of 57th in the world after canning up 21 places, her maiden time in the top 60.

Daria Kasatkina was poised to fall down the rankings with her not competing in Ningbo. The 2024 champion has fallen 13 places, with her now sitting in 35th in the world has she continues to plummet down after a period of barren results. Similar to Kartal, who was also defending a lot of points around this time last year. She recently made it to the quarter-finals of the China Open, but has not competed since, seeing her suffer a 10-place fall in the rankings, now down in 68th.

Nr Player Age Ctry Pts +/-

1 Aryna Sabalenka 27 BLR 10390

2 Iga Swiatek 24 POL 8703

3 Coco Gauff 21 USA 7863

4 Amanda Anisimova 24 USA 5914

5 Jessica Pegula 31 USA 5183

6 Jasmine Paolini 29 ITA 4525 2

7 Elena Rybakina 26 KAZ 4505 2

8 Madison Keys 30 USA 4395 -1

9 Mirra Andreeva 18 RUS 4319 -3

10 Ekaterina Alexandrova 30 RUS 3375

11 Qinwen Zheng 23 CHN 3028

12 Clara Tauson 22 DEN 2789

13 Belinda Bencic 28 SUI 2662 1

14 Elina Svitolina 31 UKR 2605 -1

15 Emma Navarro 24 USA 2515

16 Naomi Osaka 28 JPN 2497

17 Linda Nosková 20 CZE 2376

18 Ludmilla Samsonova 26 RUS 2209

19 Diana Shnaider 21 RUS 2191

20 Elise Mertens 29 BEL 1969 1

21 Karolína Muchová 29 CZE 1888 -1

22 Leylah Fernandez 23 CAN 1869 5

23 Victoria Mboko 19 CAN 1806 1

24 Jelena Ostapenko 28 LAT 1800 1

25 Sofia Kenin 26 USA 1719 1

26 Paula Badosa 27 ESP 1676 -3

27 Marta Kostyuk 23 UKR 1659 1

28 Dayana Yastremska 25 UKR 1604 2

29 Emma Raducanu 22 GBR 1563

30 Veronika Kudermetova 28 RUS 1558 1

31 Mccartney Kessler 26 USA 1558 2

32 Maya Joint 19 AUS 1479 2

33 Iva Jovic 17 USA 1453 2

34 Markéta Vondroušová 26 CZE 1444 2

35 Daria Kasatkina 28 AUS 1441 -13

36 Barbora Krejcíková 29 CZE 1389 -4

37 Loïs Boisson 22 FRA 1352 1

38 Anna Kalinskaya 26 RUS 1319 -1

39 Laura Siegemund 37 GER 1311

40 Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 23 ESP 1309

41 Marie Bouzková 27 CZE 1304

42 Jaqueline Cristian 27 ROU 1294 5

43 Tatjana Maria 38 GER 1277

44 Ann Li 25 USA 1247 -2

45 Sorana Cîrstea 35 ROU 1243 6

46 Katerina Siniaková 29 CZE 1240 -1

47 Ashlyn Krueger 21 USA 1229 1

48 Emiliana Arango 24 COL 1229 -2

49 Olga Danilovic 24 SRB 1207

50 Eva Lys 23 GER 1190 -6

51 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 34 RUS 1185 -1

52 Anastasia Potapova 24 RUS 1131 1

53 Alexandra Eala 20 PHI 1131 1

54 Maria Sakkari 30 GRE 1116 1

55 Viktorija Golubic 33 SUI 1105 5

56 Magda Linette 33 POL 1089

57 Tereza Valentová 18 CZE 1072 21

58 Elsa Jacquemot 22 FRA 1059 3

59 Xinyu Wang 24 CHN 1056 3

60 Beatriz Haddad Maia 29 BRA 1052 -8

61 Magdalena Frech 27 POL 1051 2

62 Hailey Baptiste 23 USA 1036 2

63 Katie Boulter 29 GBR 1018 -4

64 Rebecca Šramková 29 SVK 1017 1

65 Alycia Parks 24 USA 1015 1

66 Peyton Stearns 24 USA 1013 1

67 Danielle Collins 31 USA 996 1

68 Sonay Kartal 23 GBR 985 -10

69 Zeynep Sönmez 23 TUR 972 7

70 Antonia Ružic 22 CRO 964

71 Solana Sierra 21 ARG 957

72 Cristina Buc?a 27 ESP 953

73 Renata Zarazúa 28 MEX 934 9

74 Francesca Jones 25 GBR 912

75 Polina Kudermetova 22 RUS 910

76 Yulia Putintseva 30 KAZ 894 -7

77 Ons Jabeur 31 TUN 893

78 Anna Bondár 28 HUN 885 12

79 Donna Vekic 29 CRO 882

80 Janice Tjen 23 INA 870 18

81 Moyuka Uchijima 24 JPN 867

82 Varvara Gracheva 25 FRA 862 1

83 Camila Osorio 23 COL 857 2

84 Anastasia Zakharova 23 RUS 852 -4

85 Caroline Dolehide 27 USA 850 1

86 Suzan Lamens 26 NED 849 -29

87 Anna Blinkova 27 RUS 849 -14

88 Simona Waltert 24 SUI 849 9

89 Ajla Tomljanovic 32 AUS 839 15

90 Caty McNally 23 USA 832 -2

91 Lucia Bronzetti 26 ITA 828 -7

92 Darja Semenistaja 23 LAT 825 9

93 Dalma Gálfi 27 HUN 803 3

94 Léolia Jeanjean 30 FRA 791 -1

95 Elisabetta Cocciaretto 24 ITA 783 -4

96 Ella Seidel 20 GER 774 -9

97 Priscilla Hon 27 AUS 771 -3

98 Katie Volynets 23 USA 765 -3

99 Elena-Gabriela Ruse 27 ROU 757

100 Veronika Erjavec 25 SLO 745 5

101 Sára Bejlek 19 CZE 740 -1

102 Mayar Sherif 29 EGY 737 1

103 Kamilla Rakhimova 24 RUS 731 -1

104 Kaja Juvan 24 SLO 725 2

105 Yue Yuan 27 CHN 710 3

106 Jil Teichmann 28 SUI 704 3

107 Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 20 AND 697 3

108 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 31 BLR 696 6

109 Julia Grabher 29 AUT 692 8

110 Panna Udvardy 27 HUN 684 1

111 Aoi Ito 21 JPN 677 -19

112 Yulia Starodubtseva 25 UKR 671 19

113 Oksana Selekhmeteva 22 RUS 670 -1

114 Kimberly Birrell 27 AUS 667 -25

115 Rebeka Masarova 26 SUI 659

116 Lulu Sun 24 NZL 659 8

117 Taylor Townsend 29 USA 652 4

118 Elina Avanesyan 23 ARM 649 -5

119 Anca Todoni 21 ROU 646 -1

120 Petra Marcinko 19 CRO 646 5

121 Greet Minnen 28 BEL 644 -5

122 Shuai Zhang 36 CHN 641 -3

123 Irina-Camelia Begu 35 ROU 634

124 Maja Chwalinska 24 POL 618 2

125 Diane Parry 23 FRA 615 -18

126 Viktoriya Tomova 30 BUL 615 1

127 Katarzyna Kawa 32 POL 612 -7

128 María Carlé 25 ARG 604 1

129 Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah 19 FRA 602 -1

130 Talia Gibson 21 AUS 592

131 Joanna Garland 24 TWN 585 1

132 Nikola Bartunková 19 CZE 582 1

133 Leyre Romero Gormaz 23 ESP 576 1

134 Sinja Kraus 23 AUT 566 1

135 Bernarda Pera 30 USA 565 1

136 Arantxa Rus 34 NED 565 3

137 Rebecca Marino 34 CAN 562 -15

138 Hanne Vandewinkel 21 BEL 562 25

139 Oleksandra Oliynykova 24 UKR 560 -2

140 Marina Stakusic 20 CAN 559 1

141 Victoria Azarenka 36 BLR 555 -3

142 Linda Fruhvirtová 20 CZE 553 -2

143 Whitney Osuigwe 23 USA 541 -1

144 Darja Vidmanová 22 CZE 533 -1

145 Lola Radivojevic 20 SRB 529 3

146 Maria Timofeeva 21 RUS 519 18

147 Dominika Šálková 21 CZE 505 -1

148 Linda Klimovicová 21 POL 500 20

149 Astra Sharma 30 AUS 499 -2

150 Alina Charaeva 23 RUS 491 1