Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka moved into second place in the new WTA rankings released Monday after winning her first Grand Slam singles title as Poland’s Iga Swiatek held on to top spot. The Belarusian moved three places to reach her highest position since August 2021, at the expense of Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur, who fell to third. Jessica Pegula of the United States dropped one place to fourth and France’s Caroline Garcia dropped to fifth.
Elena Rybakina, who lost to Sabalenka in Saturday’s final in Melbourne over three sets, climbed 15 places to a career best of 10th.
The Kazakh did not receive any ranking points for winning Wimbledon last year following the All England Club’s decision to ban players from Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine.
Former world number one Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic returned to the top 20 as she jumped 11 places to 20th.
WTA Ranking (Players representing Russia and Belarus are not allowed to compete under their country’s name or flag):
1. Iga Swiatek (POL) 10485
2. Aryna Sabalenka 6100 (+3)
3. Our Jabour (TUN) 5210 (-1)
4. Jessica Pegula (USA) 5000 (-1)
5. Caroline Garcia (FR) 4645 (-1)
6. Cori Gauff (USA) 3992 (+1)
7. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3811 (-1)
8. Daria Kasatkina 3380
9. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 2905 (+1)
10. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 2815 (+15)
11. Veronica Kudermetova 2740 (-2)
12. Elena Ostapenko (LAT) 2340 (+5)
13. Petra Kvitová (CZE) 2281 (+2)
14. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 2195
15. Simona Halep (ROM) 2141 (-3)
16. Victoria Azarenka 2138 (+8)
17. Ekaterina Alexandrova 2030 (+1)
18. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 1909 (+1)
19.Liudmila Samsonova 1905 (+1)
20. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 1880 (+11)
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