Little change in the WTA ranking, Caroline Garcia rushes on Ons Jabeur now 4th in the world and just overtaken by Jessica Pegula.
The big evolution of the WTA ranking compared to last week is the descent to 4th place in the world of the Tunisian Ons Jabeur who has not played since the Australian Open in January. She was overtaken by the American Jessica Pegula finalist in Doha against Iga Swiatek Saturday February 18. The Pole with her title increased her lead, alone in the lead.
Her pursuers, on the contrary, chained the matches. This is the case of Caroline Garcia who was finalist in Lyon last week against Alycia Parks then quarter-finalist in Doha on February 16, defeat by Maria Sakkari. The Frenchwoman has moved closer to the top 4 and is only 300 points behind Ons Jabeur. Two other progressions are interesting. They are Victoria Azarenka who returned to the Top 16 and Danielle Collins who returned to the top 40.
Iga Swiatek is world number 1. The Pole is ahead of Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and American Jessica Pegula. Classification :
The breed ranking will be updated at each end of the tournaments. By winning the first Grand Slam of the year in Australia, Aryna Sabalenka is in the lead.
Unlike the “classic” WTA ranking updated each week by taking into account the points earned over the previous 52 weeks, the WTA Race ranking only takes into account the points earned during the current season and gradually accumulates the eighteen best results. .
Computerized from 1973, the WTA ranking is updated every Monday, except during Grand Slam tournaments since November 3, 1975. The WTA ranking, which follows the principles and rules decreed by the WTA, is cumulative over a period of 52 weeks. , that is to say determined by the number of tournaments played during the 52 weeks as well as the best results obtained over this period and fixed at sixteen tournaments to determine the WTA ranking of a singles player.
This ranking includes the points obtained during the four Grand Slam tournaments, the points obtained during the tournaments of the Premier Mandatory category, those of the two best results among the tournaments of the Premier 5 category for the players member of the top 20 and the points obtained at the Masters (tournament where the eight best players of the current season compete).