Aryna Sabalenka continues to close in on the Year End Number One spot and usurping Iga Swiatek in the race in the WTA Rankings which have been updated after the Wuhan Open which the Belarusian won.
Sabalenka sits only 69 points behind Swiatek and will no doubt overtake her potentially at the WTA Finals with both players not scheduled to play again until the showpiece in a few weeks time.
It was a similar equation last year albeit the other way as Swiatek overtook Sabalenka's short reign at the top. But it has seen the emergence of the leading duo with Coco Gauff who rose this week very distant in third nearly 3,000 points back. The American at one point in New York was in danger of becoming US Number Three and was overtaken by Jessica Pegula in the end for that third spot.
But after successful runs in Beijing and now Wuhan, she sits in World Number Three again. She has bumped down Pegula to World Number 4. Albeit Jasmine Paolini is more likely to fight for that spot than Elena Rybakina ahead of her with the Kazakh not playing for some time. Beatriz Haddad Maia further down returns to World Number 10 for the first time since June 2023. She displaces Barbora Krejcikova who falls to World No.13.
Anna Kalinskaya also rises too with the Russian going up to World Number 12. After being injured most of last season, her ranking can only really rise until the Australian Open where she defends her Quarter-Final run. Magdalena Frech moves up to a new career high of World No.24.
Xinyu Wang after a great week in Wuhan also rises to World Number 39, up 12 spots. While Leylah Fernandez is one of the big losers going down to World No.34 down six spots. Laura Siegemund too is down 21 spots to World No.89.
1 | Iga Świątek | 23 | POL | 9785 | |
2 | Aryna Sabalenka | 26 | BLR | 9716 | |
3 | Coco Gauff | 20 | USA | 5973 | 1 |
4 | Jessica Pegula | 30 | USA | 5785 | -1 |
5 | Elena Rybakina | 25 | KAZ | 5373 | |
6 | Jasmine Paolini | 28 | ITA | 5323 | |
7 | Qinwen Zheng | 22 | CHN | 4430 | |
8 | Emma Navarro | 23 | USA | 3698 | |
9 | Danielle Collins | 30 | USA | 3176 | |
10 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 28 | BRA | 3146 | 2 |
11 | Daria Kasatkina | 27 | RUS | 3108 | |
12 | Anna Kalinskaya | 25 | RUS | 2880 | 1 |
13 | Barbora Krejčíková | 28 | CZE | 2866 | -3 |
14 | Paula Badosa | 26 | ESP | 2713 | 1 |
15 | Jeļena Ostapenko | 27 | LAT | 2688 | -1 |
16 | Diana Shnaider | 20 | RUS | 2641 | |
17 | Marta Kostyuk | 22 | UKR | 2471 | |
18 | Donna Vekić | 28 | CRO | 2278 | |
19 | Mirra Andreeva | 17 | RUS | 2253 | |
20 | Madison Keys | 29 | USA | 2206 | |
21 | Victoria Azarenka | 35 | BLR | 2126 | |
22 | Maria Sakkari | 29 | GRE | 2117 | |
23 | Ludmilla Samsonova | 25 | RUS | 2035 | |
24 | Magdalena Fręch | 26 | POL | 2020 | 3 |
25 | Elina Svitolina | 30 | UKR | 1941 | -1 |
26 | Linda Nosková | 19 | CZE | 1828 | -1 |
27 | Elise Mertens | 28 | BEL | 1804 | 3 |
28 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 29 | RUS | 1798 | 5 |
29 | Karolína Muchová | 28 | CZE | 1776 | 2 |
30 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 33 | RUS | 1776 | -4 |
31 | Markéta Vondroušová | 25 | CZE | 1738 | 1 |
32 | Yulia Putintseva | 29 | KAZ | 1738 | 3 |
33 | Ons Jabeur | 30 | TUN | 1726 | -4 |
34 | Leylah Fernandez | 22 | CAN | 1674 | -6 |
35 | Katie Boulter | 28 | GBR | 1625 | -1 |
36 | Dayana Yastremska | 24 | UKR | 1612 | |
37 | Anastasia Potapova | 23 | RUS | 1482 | 1 |
38 | Amanda Anisimova | 23 | USA | 1461 | 1 |
39 | Xinyu Wang | 23 | CHN | 1398 | 12 |
40 | Magda Linette | 32 | POL | 1396 | 5 |
41 | Lulu Sun | 23 | NZL | 1331 | -1 |
42 | Kateřina Siniaková | 28 | CZE | 1304 | -5 |
43 | Marie Bouzková | 26 | CZE | 1270 | -1 |
44 | Karolína Plíšková | 32 | CZE | 1263 | -1 |
45 | Caroline Garcia | 30 | FRA | 1248 | -1 |
46 | Yue Yuan | 26 | CHN | 1234 | -5 |
47 | Peyton Stearns | 23 | USA | 1208 | -1 |
48 | Elina Avanesyan | 22 | ARM | 1177 | -1 |
49 | Viktoriya Tomova | 29 | BUL | 1127 | -1 |
50 | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 23 | ITA | 1078 | 4 |
51 | Taylor Townsend | 28 | USA | 1058 | 1 |
52 | Diane Parry | 22 | FRA | 1056 | -2 |
53 | Rebecca Šramková | 27 | SVK | 1051 | |
54 | Emma Raducanu | 21 | GBR | 1025 | 3 |
55 | Camila Osorio | 22 | COL | 1022 | 4 |
56 | Clara Burel | 23 | FRA | 1020 | -1 |
57 | Naomi Osaka | 26 | JPN | 1014 | 1 |
58 | Katie Volynets | 22 | USA | 1006 | -2 |
59 | Moyuka Uchijima | 23 | JPN | 995 | 5 |
60 | Yafan Wang | 30 | CHN | 994 | |
61 | Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro | 22 | ESP | 992 | |
62 | Anhelina Kalinina | 27 | UKR | 986 | -13 |
63 | Clara Tauson | 21 | DEN | 985 | -1 |
64 | Kamilla Rakhimova | 23 | RUS | 980 | 2 |
65 | Ashlyn Krueger | 20 | USA | 969 | |
66 | Erika Andreeva | 20 | RUS | 952 | 4 |
67 | Veronika Kudermetova | 27 | RUS | 938 | -4 |
68 | Varvara Gracheva | 24 | FRA | 919 | -1 |
69 | Sorana Cîrstea | 34 | ROU | 914 | |
70 | Cristina Bucșa | 26 | ESP | 912 | 1 |
71 | Renata Zarazúa | 27 | MEX | 911 | 1 |
72 | Caroline Wozniacki | 34 | DEN | 908 | 1 |
73 | Jaqueline Cristian | 26 | ROU | 902 | 2 |
74 | Nadia Podoroska | 27 | ARG | 897 | |
75 | Sloane Stephens | 31 | USA | 882 | 1 |
76 | Mccartney Kessler | 25 | USA | 879 | 1 |
77 | Arantxa Rus | 33 | NED | 874 | 4 |
78 | Lucia Bronzetti | 25 | ITA | 849 | 7 |
79 | Bernarda Pera | 29 | USA | 843 | 16 |
80 | Hailey Baptiste | 22 | USA | 839 | 22 |
81 | Harriet Dart | 28 | GBR | 837 | -3 |
82 | Nuria Párrizas Díaz | 33 | ESP | 835 | -2 |
83 | Jule Niemeier | 25 | GER | 829 | -1 |
84 | Olivia Gadecki | 22 | AUS | 829 | -1 |
85 | Ajla Tomljanović | 31 | AUS | 811 | 1 |
86 | Olga Danilović | 23 | SRB | 805 | 17 |
87 | Anna Bondár | 27 | HUN | 800 | 5 |
88 | María Carlé | 24 | ARG | 799 | -1 |
89 | Laura Siegemund | 36 | GER | 796 | -21 |
90 | Sara Errani | 37 | ITA | 795 | -2 |
91 | Yulia Starodubtseva | 24 | UKR | 793 | -12 |
92 | Océane Dodin | 27 | FRA | 788 | 2 |
93 | Mayar Sherif | 28 | EGY | 784 | -2 |
94 | Tatjana Maria | 37 | GER | 781 | -1 |
95 | Greet Minnen | 27 | BEL | 774 | -6 |
96 | Elena-Gabriela Ruse | 26 | ROU | 763 | -6 |
97 | Irina-Camelia Begu | 34 | ROU | 728 | 3 |
98 | Xiyu Wang | 23 | CHN | 720 | 1 |
99 | Anna Blinkova | 26 | RUS | 716 | -15 |
100 | Caroline Dolehide | 26 | USA | 712 | 1 |
101 | Lesia Tsurenko | 35 | UKR | 709 | -5 |
102 | Sonay Kartal | 22 | GBR | 687 | 2 |
103 | Lin Zhu | 30 | CHN | 679 | 2 |
104 | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 28 | ESP | 673 | -6 |
105 | Chloé Paquet | 30 | FRA | 671 | 3 |
106 | Jana Fett | 27 | CRO | 669 | |
107 | Robin Montgomery | 20 | USA | 668 | |
108 | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 30 | SVK | 665 | 2 |
109 | Jessika Ponchet | 28 | FRA | 662 | |
110 | Maya Joint | 18 | AUS | 647 | 3 |
111 | Ana Bogdan | 31 | ROU | 641 | 9 |
112 | Arina Rodionova | 34 | AUS | 640 | -1 |
113 | Julia Riera | 22 | ARG | 637 | 1 |
114 | Daria Saville | 30 | AUS | 633 | 2 |
115 | Alycia Parks | 23 | USA | 624 | 4 |
116 | Rebeka Masarova | 25 | ESP | 614 | 5 |
117 | Brenda Fruhvirtová | 17 | CZE | 611 | 5 |
118 | Eva Lys | 22 | GER | 610 | -3 |
119 | Daria Snigur | 22 | UKR | 603 | 4 |
120 | Ann Li | 24 | USA | 600 | 10 |
121 | Ella Seidel | 19 | GER | 593 | 3 |
122 | Petra Martić | 33 | CRO | 592 | -4 |
123 | Sára Bejlek | 18 | CZE | 582 | 2 |
124 | Viktorija Golubic | 31 | SUI | 580 | -27 |
125 | Suzan Lamens | 25 | NED | 578 | 7 |
126 | Mai Hontama | 25 | JPN | 575 | 8 |
127 | Laura Pigossi | 30 | BRA | 574 | 1 |
128 | Talia Gibson | 20 | AUS | 568 | 12 |
129 | Tamara Korpatsch | 29 | GER | 566 | -2 |
130 | Darja Semenistaja | 22 | LAT | 566 | -1 |
131 | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 30 | BLR | 563 | |
132 | Polina Kudermetova | 21 | RUS | 561 | -6 |
133 | Martina Trevisan | 30 | ITA | 558 | -21 |
134 | Dalma Gálfi | 26 | HUN | 555 | -1 |
135 | Sijia Wei | 20 | CHN | 553 | |
136 | Rebecca Marino | 33 | CAN | 553 | |
137 | Anca Todoni | 20 | ROU | 547 | |
138 | Panna Udvardy | 26 | HUN | 543 | 1 |
139 | Ena Shibahara | 26 | JPN | 535 | 4 |
140 | Dominika Šálková | 20 | CZE | 529 | 4 |
141 | Emina Bektas | 31 | USA | 527 | -24 |
142 | Nao Hibino | 29 | JPN | 516 | |
143 | Maria Timofeeva | 20 | RUS | 515 | 10 |
144 | Jil Teichmann | 27 | SUI | 511 | 6 |
145 | Elsa Jacquemot | 21 | FRA | 507 | 2 |
146 | Anastasia Zakharova | 22 | RUS | 506 | 5 |
147 | Marina Stakusic | 19 | CAN | 503 | 2 |
148 | Alexandra Eala | 19 | PHI | 501 | |
149 | Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva | 19 | AND | 497 | 3 |
150 | Kimberly Birrell | 26 | AUS | 495 | -12 |