WTA Rankings Update | Shnaider and Fernandez on the march, Anisimova exits top 20 while Dart rises after breakthrough title run

Monday, 02 November 2026 at 11:30

We are coming to the end of another enthralling season with the final tournaments set to be played. However, there is still time for change in the WTA Rankings, with the players making that final push up the order.

It is quiet at the top, with Elena Rybakina confirmed to finish the year as World No.1. That role had been reserved for Aryna Sabalenka the past two years, but a changing of the guard is a welcoming one for the Kazakh who pulled out of the Pan Pacific Open to focus on the upcoming WTA Finals title defence.

Mirra Andreeva remains third with the chance of overtaking Sabalenka in Indian Wells. Coco Gauff has been reinstated as the American No.1 ahead of Jessica Pegula by three points. Iga Swiatek also loses a place as Linda Noskova ascends above her into eighth.

Shnaider threatens top 10 breakthrough as Anisimova drops

It was a terrific outing in Tokyo for Shnaider. She won her first WTA title in 2026 in a thrilling three-set triumph over an inform Leylah Fernandez. It is a joint career-high for the Russian as she finds herself back in 11th. The top 10 seems close on paper, but there is a large gap for her to bridge to Marta Kostyuk, tallying around 700 points.

As for Fernandez, that is now three finals in this year's Asian swing. While she prevailed in Singapore, defeats at the final hurdle in Ningbo and Tokyo would be painful, to say the least. The Canadian can take the positives that she is back in the top 20 after a five-place climb to 18th.

Leylah Fernandez hitting backhand at US Open.

Leylah Fernandez is back in the top 20

Alexandra Eala is in a new career-high of 17th in the world. She lost out to Shnaider in the quarter-finals at the Pan Pacific Open, but those points gained prove to be very valuable. Another reason for this rise is that Victoria Mboko relinquished the points won from her Hong Kong Open title run.

While she is on the brink of a top-20 exit, that reality has bestowed Amanda Anisimova. It has been a dreadful campaign for the American, who was not able to kick on from last year's ascent and has paid the price. Sitting in 22nd, there is much work to do in 2027 to get back among the elite.

Further down the list, there are some big winners. Kamill Rakhimova initially did not qualify for the Pan Pacific Open, but her entrance as a lucky loser was capitalised. 22 places were gained for the 25-year-old thanks to that semi-final run, and a big career-high of 44th is her ultimate reward.

Paula Badosa makes a top 60 comeback, but from a Spanish perspective it was Katilin Quevedo who performed the best at the Guangzhou Open, losing at the final four. Now 71st, she is breaking more ground. Tagger was the victor in that match, but not in the tournament.

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That went the way of Harriet Dart for a maiden WTA title. She is reaping the lavish rewards of this significant breakthrough. Qualifications for the big tournaments will be a thing of the past for the time being with more ground set to be made in the coming months. The new British No.3 overtook Emma Raducanu and Francesca Jones up to 84th, rising 31 spots.

WTA Rankings (as of 2/11/26)

(as of livetennis.eu)

Rank	Player	Points	+/-
1	Elena Rybakina	8,099	—
2	Aryna Sabalenka	6,485	—
3	Mirra Andreeva	6,306	—
4	Coco Gauff	5,763	+1
5	Jessica Pegula	5,760	-1
6	Elina Svitolina	5,121	—
7	Karolína Muchová	4,665	—
8	Linda Nosková	4,343	+1
9	Iga Świątek	4,188	-1
10	Marta Kostyuk	3,910	—
11	Diana Shnaider	3,238	+2
12	Maja Chwalińska	3,016	-1
13	Iva Jovic	2,941	-1
14	Elise Mertens	2,540	—
15	Sorana Cîrstea	2,386	+1
16	Naomi Osaka	2,315	+2
17	Alexandra Eala	2,289	+2
18	Leylah Fernandez	2,201	+5
19	Belinda Bencic	2,168	+1
20	Victoria Mboko	2,143	-5
21	Qinwen Zheng	2,017	+1
22	Amanda Anisimova	1,963	-5
23	Marie Bouzková	1,959	+1
24	Madison Keys	1,921	-3
25	Jeļena Ostapenko	1,916	+1
26	Anna Kalinskaya	1,913	-1
27	Anastasia Potapova	1,814	—
28	Emma Navarro	1,794	—
29	Nikola Bartůňková	1,711	—
30	Maria Sakkari	1,682	—
31	Ann Li	1,681	—
32	Ekaterina Alexandrova	1,641	+1
33	Sára Bejlek	1,614	-1
34	Diane Parry	1,521	—
35	Jasmine Paolini	1,512	—
36	Talia Gibson	1,341	+2
37	Peyton Stearns	1,316	—
38	Xinyu Wang	1,288	+1
39	Donna Vekić	1,281	-3
40	Ludmilla Samsonova	1,234	+3
41	Ashlyn Krueger	1,233	+3
42	Daria Snigur	1,223	-2
43	Cristina Bucșa	1,176	-1
44	Kamilla Rakhimova	1,164	+22
45	Hailey Baptiste	1,153	—
46	Kimberly Birrell	1,146	-5
47	Kateřina Siniaková	1,143	+2
48	Barbora Krejčíková	1,133	-2
49	Katie Boulter	1,115	-1
50	Magdalena Fręch	1,110	—
51	Karolína Plíšková	1,105	—
52	Sonay Kartal	1,097	—
53	Lilli Tagger	1,091	—
54	Yulia Starodubtseva	1,090	—
55	Anhelina Kalinina	1,087	—
56	Mayar Sherif	1,085	—
57	Paula Badosa	1,076	+4
58	Clara Tauson	1,074	—
59	Alycia Parks	1,064	+6
60	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	1,033	—
61	Tamara Korpatsch	1,032	-2
62	Oleksandra Oliynykova	1,022	—
63	Lanlana Tararudee	1,012	-6
64	Yulia Putintseva	1,000	+3
65	Caty McNally	999	-2
66	Tatjana Maria	996	+4
67	Zeynep Sönmez	987	-3
68	Magda Linette	956	+3
69	Camila Osorio	953	-1
70	Maria Timofeeva	952	+2
71	Kaitlin Quevedo	937	+15
72	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	931	-3
73	Daria Kasatkina	928	+2
74	Anna Bondár	913	+2
75	Janice Tjen	900	-28
76	Alina Korneeva	895	+3
77	Mananchaya Sawangkaew	886	+3
78	Katie Volynets	874	+3
79	Jaqueline Cristian	869	+4
80	Xiyu Wang	868	+2
81	Antonia Ružić	862	+3
82	Alina Charaeva	859	+18
83	Taylah Preston	858	+2
84	Harriet Dart	854	+31
85	Tereza Valentová	853	+2
86	Panna Udvardy	848	-8
87	Petra Marčinko	835	+1
88	Taylor Townsend	831	+1
89	Viktorija Golubic	831	-15
90	Maya Joint	817	+4
91	Léolia Jeanjean	816	-1
92	Sinja Kraus	814	-15
93	Polina Kudermetova	813	-2
94	Darja Viďmanová	812	-2
95	Shuai Zhang	802	-2
96	Fiona Ferro	795	+3
97	Renata Zarazúa	783	-2
98	Francesca Jones	778	—
99	Dayana Yastremska	770	-2
100	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	769	-4

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