WTA Rankings Update: Sabalenka moves up to 7th place

After the first week of tennis, we've seen some moves in the newest edition of the WTA Rankings as the Abu Dhabi champion, Aryna Sabalenka moved already to 7th place.

Although, the champion from Abu Dhabi, Aryna Sabalenka reached the highest career-high, there are more players that reached their best and improved by many places after the first tournament of the 2021 season.

The runner-up from Abu Dhabi, Veronika Kudermetova improved by 10 places to reach the 36th position in the WTA Rankings which is also her career-high. Marta Kostyuk made a biggest move of the week after reaching semifinals in Abu Dhabi. The young Ukrainian moved by 21 places to 78th position what is also the best in her career.

1 Ashleigh Barty 8717

2 Simona Halep 7255

3 Naomi Osaka 5780

4 Sofia Kenin 5760

5 Elina Svitolina 5260

6 Karolína Plíšková 5205

7 Aryna Sabalenka 4580

8 Bianca Andreescu 4555

9 Petra Kvitová 4516

10 Kiki Bertens 4505

11 Serena Williams 4080

12 Belinda Bencic 4010

13 Victoria Azarenka 3426

14 Johanna Konta 3152

15 Garbiñe Muguruza 3070

16 Madison Keys 2962

17 Iga Świątek 2960

18 Petra Martić 2850

19 Elena Rybakina 2718

20 Elise Mertens 2650

21 Markéta Vondroušová 2538

22 Maria Sakkari 2490

23 Anett Kontaveit 2330

24 Jennifer Brady 2320

25 Angelique Kerber 2271

26 Alison Riske 2256

27 Karolína Muchová 2065

28 Yulia Putintseva 2015

29 Dayana Yastremska 1925

30 Ons Jabeur 1908

31 Amanda Anisimova 1905

32 Donna Vekić 1880

33 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1775

34 Qiang Wang 1735

35 Shuai Zhang 1693

36 Veronika Kudermetova 1680

37 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1631

38 Barbora Strýcová 1630

39 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1630

40 Sloane Stephens 1573

41 Magda Linette 1573

42 Saisai Zheng 1510

43 Fiona Ferro 1497

44 Caroline Garcia 1495

45 Jeļena Ostapenko 1485

46 Danielle Collins 1475

47 Nadia Podoroska 1407

48 Cori Gauff 1394

49 Polona Hercog 1335

50 Kristina Mladenovic 1335

51 Laura Siegemund 1331

52 Marie Bouzková 1314

53 Alizé Cornet 1290

54 Anastasija Sevastova 1288

55 Rebecca Peterson 1255

56 Patricia Maria Țig 1229

57 Jil Teichmann 1206

58 Heather Watson 1176

59 Kateřina Siniaková 1135

60 Shelby Rogers 1134

61 Anna Blinkova 1114

62 Sara Sorribes Tormo 1110

63 Bernarda Pera 1105

64 Jessica Pegula 1103

65 Alison Van Uytvanck 1095

66 Barbora Krejčíková 1092

67 Paula Badosa Gibert 1044

68 Su-wei Hsieh 1035

69 Ajla Tomljanović 1035

70 Kristýna Plíšková 1020

71 Daria Kasatkina 1010

72 Sorana Cîrstea 999

73 Nao Hibino 973

74 Arantxa Rus 971

75 Lauren Davis 967

76 Camila Giorgi 958

77 Danka Kovinić 942

78 Marta Kostyuk 934

79 Irina-Camelia Begu 932

80 Venus Williams 929

81 Zarina Diyas 928

82 Christina McHale 909

83 Madison Brengle 906

84 Misaki Doi 896

85 Carla Suárez Navarro 881

86 Martina Trevisan 879

87 Kirsten Flipkens 878

88 Tamara Zidanšek 865

89 Leylah Fernandez 859

90 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 838

91 Taylor Townsend 836

92 Lin Zhu 830

93 Ana Bogdan 805

94 Kaia Kanepi 804

95 Varvara Gracheva 798

96 Yafan Wang 795

97 Jasmine Paolini 785

98 Viktória Kužmová 775

99 Ann Li 767

100 Nina Stojanović 761