By winning the first Grand Slam of her career, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka is the new runner-up to Iga Swiatek.
A Grand Slam and a world number 2 spot. By winning the Australian Open final against the Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka is the brand new world number 2 after the update of the WTA ranking. Ons Jabeurwho was in this place before the tournament, is now in 3rd place while Elena Rybakina, an unfortunate finalist, gains 15 places to join 10th place.
Defeated in the round of 16 of the Australian Open against the Polish Linette, the French Caroline Garcia loses a place in the WTA rankings and is now in 5th place. She remains behind the American Jessica Pegula, beaten in the quarterfinals against Victoria Azarenka.
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).