With only two small WTA tournaments last week, the rankings haven’t really changed.
Two WTA tournaments were on the program last week, in Lyon and Hua Hin, therefore offering no change to the WTA ranking updated on Monday February 6. And for good reason, almost no top 10 player was present with the exception of the Frenchwoman Caroline Garciaambassador of the Lyon tournament who qualified for the final.
Beaten by the American Alycia Parks in two sets, Caroline Garcia still gets 150 points and gets closer to another American, Jessica Pegula, in 4th place in the WTA rankings. The latter has “only” 805 points ahead a few days before the next major events in Doha and Dubai.
Iga Swiatek is number 1 in the world. The Pole is ahead of Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and Tunisian Ons Jabeur. 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).