Winner of the Charleston tournament, the Tunisian Ons Jabeur gains a place, fourth in the world, at the expense of the French Caroline Garcia, who fell to fifth, in the WTA ranking published on Monday, still largely dominated by the Polish Iga Swiatek. Former world number two, Jabeur, 28, made his return to the fore by winning Sunday, on gray clay in South Carolina, his first tournament of the season, after his victory in the final against the Swiss Belinda Bencic 7- 6, 6-4. This is the fourth title of her career for the Wimbledon and US Open finalist last year, who had a difficult start to 2023, marked by an absence of several weeks in February for the needs of a “minor operation”. Since her return, the Tunisian had been eliminated in the second round at the WTA 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami. This victory in Charleston, a WTA 500 tournament, allows him to pass Garcia, now fifth, whose start to the season is also mixed. The Top 10 is marked by no other change: the Polish Iga Swiatek, who has just celebrated her one year on the throne, continues to largely dominate the ranking, ahead of the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and the American Jessica Pegula. By expanding to the top twenty players in the world, the best operation goes to the Russian Victoria Azarenka, who gains two places (16th).
Tunisian Ons Jabeur climbs to 4th place
