Iga Świątek doesn’t stop. Aryna Sabalenka is far behind
After Iga Świątek’s victory in WTA Doha, the WTA ranking was updated. The Raszynian crossed the 10,000 mark. points and increased her advantage over the second placed Aryna Sabalenka.
Iga Świątek recently won her first title in 2024. The Pole won the WTA Doha tournament for the third time in a row, and defeated Jelena Rybakina in the final. This year there has been an important change related to the Qatari competition. Well, from 2024, the competition in Doha will have a rank of 1000, not 500, as it was before, which means that the winner won twice as many ranking points and earned more. The prize for the triumph in this year’s edition was PLN 500,000. dollars.
The latest WTA ranking. Iga Świątek again beat Aryna Sabalenko
Thanks to her triumph in WTA Doha, Iga Świątek overtook her main rival. Thanks to the increased rank, she gained 530 points, which allowed the Pole to cross the 10,000 mark again. points. Currently, it has 10,300 of them. This turn of events also allowed the first rocket in the world to overtake her main rival – Aryna Sabalenko, who – like last year – did not start in Doha. Thanks to this, the Pole has an advantage of 1,395 points over the Belarusian.
Coco Gauff is in third place, but the gap to her was compensated by the finalist of this year’s WTA Doha edition – Jelena Rybakina. Next are Jessica Pegula, Ons Jabeur, Qinwen Zheng and Marketa Vondrousova. There was only one significant rotation in the top ten. Jelena Ostapenko moved up to ninth place, replacing Maria Sakkari. Karolina Muchova retained tenth place, and the Greek dropped to 11th place.
WTA Ranking. Magda Linette is again the second racket in Poland
The race for the title of the second rocket in Poland also looks very interesting. As of Monday, Magda Linette can boast of this title. Thanks to one triumph at the WTA Doha, she advanced from 53rd to 48th place. In turn, Magdalena Fręch dropped from 52nd to 53rd place.
Further positions are taken by Katarzyna Kawa – 195th WTA, Maja Chwalińska 289th in the ranking, Martyna Kubka 369th, and Weronika Falkowska placed 403rd.
Latest WTA ranking:
- 1. Iga Świątek (Poland) – 10,300 points
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2. Aryna Sabalenka – 8,905 points
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3. Coco Gauff (USA) – 7,110 points
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4. Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) – 6,738 points
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5. Jessica Pegula (USA) – 5,400 points
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6. Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) – 4183 points
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7. Qinwen Zheng (China) – 3,885 points
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8. Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) – 3,856 points
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9. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) – 3,533 points
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10. Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) – 3,465 points
- 48. Magda Linette (Poland) – 1220 points
- 53. Magdalena Fręch – 1190 points
- 195. Katarzyna Kawa – 398 points
- 289. Maja Chwalińska – 254 points
- 369. Martyna Kubka – 175 points
- 403. Weronika Falkowska – 152 points