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WTA Rankings Update: Aryna Sabalenka extends World No.1 lead as Naomi Osaka and Polina Kudermetova star

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WTA Rankings Update: Aryna Sabalenka extends World No.1 lead as Naomi Osaka and Polina Kudermetova star

The WTA Rankings have been updated for the first time this season on Monday 6 January with a common theme continuing and a welcome rise for some other familiar faces despite final losses.

Aryna Sabalenka heads into this season finally as the undisputed World No.1. Iga Swiatek is way back from even clipping her heels and she has now spent 20 weeks as World No.1. She sealed a comeback win over Polina Kudermetova to finally conquer Brisbane and after turning a final to a win, it further extends Sabalenka’s lead.

But while Kudermetova didn’t win the title, she did in fact propel herself to new heights. She is now at a career high ranking of World No.57 moving up 50 places and ironically has usurped her sister Veronika in the process who up to now has been the leading light in their family as such.

While Naomi Osaka has also ascended back up the rankings further despite a teary final retirement against Clara Tauson. She led 4-6 but decided to quit after an MTO and cited abdomen pain. But she is back in the top 50 for the first time since January 2023 so certainly progress.

There were no other movers inside the top 10 with many not playing yet or only being involved in United Cup with no massive ranking bearing. But Tauson for instance in winning that title in Auckland moves up nine spots to World No.41.

Ons Jabeur after a successful week and looking good again will likely be a regular feature in these WTA Rankings. She moves up two spots to World No.40. While there are slips for Victoria Azarenka, Elina Svitolina and Caroline Garcia moving down two, six and 10 spots respectively down to World No.22, 29 and 58.

WTA Rankings Update (06/01/2025)

1 Aryna Sabalenka 26 BLR 9656
2 Iga Świątek 23 POL 8120
3 Coco Gauff 20 USA 6888
4 Jasmine Paolini 29 ITA 5399
5 Qinwen Zheng 22 CHN 5325
6 Elena Rybakina 25 KAZ 4821
7 Jessica Pegula 30 USA 4671
8 Emma Navarro 23 USA 3551
9 Daria Kasatkina 27 RUS 3368
10 Barbora Krejčíková 29 CZE 3214
11 Danielle Collins 31 USA 3147
12 Paula Badosa 27 ESP 2908
13 Diana Shnaider 20 RUS 2895
14 Anna Kalinskaya 26 RUS 2721
15 Mirra Andreeva 17 RUS 2665 1
16 Beatriz Haddad Maia 28 BRA 2554 1
17 Jeļena Ostapenko 27 LAT 2481 -2
18 Marta Kostyuk 22 UKR 2471
19 Donna Vekić 28 CRO 2228
20 Madison Keys 29 USA 2180 1
21 Karolína Muchová 28 CZE 2079 1
22 Victoria Azarenka 35 BLR 1992 -2
23 Katie Boulter 28 GBR 1931 1
24 Magdalena Fręch 27 POL 1928 1
25 Yulia Putintseva 29 KAZ 1894 4
26 Ludmilla Samsonova 26 RUS 1885 1
27 Ekaterina Alexandrova 30 RUS 1848 1
28 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 33 RUS 1807 2
29 Elina Svitolina 30 UKR 1779 -6
30 Linda Nosková 20 CZE 1778 -4
31 Leylah Fernandez 22 CAN 1755
32 Maria Sakkari 29 GRE 1654
33 Dayana Yastremska 24 UKR 1541
34 Elise Mertens 29 BEL 1524
35 Anastasia Potapova 23 RUS 1434
36 Amanda Anisimova 23 USA 1432
37 Xinyu Wang 23 CHN 1418
38 Magda Linette 32 POL 1376
39 Markéta Vondroušová 25 CZE 1343
40 Ons Jabeur 30 TUN 1334 2
41 Clara Tauson 22 DEN 1271 9
42 Marie Bouzková 26 CZE 1262 2
43 Lulu Sun 23 NZL 1253 -3
44 Elina Avanesyan 22 ARM 1212 -1
45 Karolína Plíšková 32 CZE 1206 -4
46 Kateřina Siniaková 28 CZE 1177 -1
47 Peyton Stearns 23 USA 1171
48 Anhelina Kalinina 27 UKR 1171 7
49 Rebecca Šramková 28 SVK 1166 -3
50 Naomi Osaka 27 JPN 1145 7
51 Yue Yuan 26 CHN 1142 -2
52 Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 22 ESP 1057 2
53 Olga Danilović 23 SRB 1055 -2
54 Ashlyn Krueger 20 USA 1050 10
55 Elisabetta Cocciaretto 23 ITA 1048 -3
56 Viktoriya Tomova 29 BUL 1047 -3
57 Polina Kudermetova 21 RUS 1036 50
58 Caroline Garcia 31 FRA 1004 -10
59 Katie Volynets 23 USA 996 -1
60 Emma Raducanu 22 GBR 995 -4
61 Camila Osorio 23 COL 989 -2
62 Kamilla Rakhimova 23 RUS 987 -2
63 Moyuka Uchijima 23 JPN 981 -1
64 Yafan Wang 30 CHN 969 -3
65 Mayar Sherif 28 EGY 955
66 Diane Parry 22 FRA 950 -3
67 Mccartney Kessler 25 USA 938
68 Alycia Parks 24 USA 937 14
69 Varvara Gracheva 24 FRA 925 -3
70 Bernarda Pera 30 USA 920 1
71 Taylor Townsend 28 USA 916 -3
72 Sorana Cîrstea 34 ROU 913 -3
73 Caroline Wozniacki 34 DEN 907 -3
74 Arantxa Rus 34 NED 901 2
75 Anna Blinkova 26 RUS 898 2
76 Renata Zarazúa 27 MEX 898 -1
77 Veronika Kudermetova 27 RUS 888 -5
78 Lucia Bronzetti 26 ITA 885 -5
79 Laura Siegemund 36 GER 881 1
80 Suzan Lamens 25 NED 869 7
81 Sofia Kenin 26 USA 868
82 Caroline Dolehide 26 USA 864 -4
83 Irina-Camelia Begu 34 ROU 853 -4
84 Sloane Stephens 31 USA 851 -10
85 Jaqueline Cristian 26 ROU 847
86 Erika Andreeva 20 RUS 838 -3
87 Sonay Kartal 23 GBR 836 -3
88 Hailey Baptiste 23 USA 834 4
89 Tatjana Maria 37 GER 826 -3
90 Viktorija Golubic 32 SUI 814
91 Ann Li 24 USA 808 5
92 Jule Niemeier 25 GER 806 -3
93 Zeynep Sönmez 22 TUR 806 -5
94 Greet Minnen 27 BEL 800 1
95 Nadia Podoroska 27 ARG 798 5
96 María Carlé 24 ARG 797 -2
97 Anna Bondár 27 HUN 786 -4
98 Rebecca Marino 34 CAN 770 4
99 Kimberly Birrell 26 AUS 756 14
100 Yulia Starodubtseva 24 UKR 750 1
101 Cristina Bucșa 27 ESP 748 2
102 Sara Sorribes Tormo 28 ESP 744 4
103 Clara Burel 23 FRA 740 -4
104 Nuria Párrizas Díaz 33 ESP 737 -13
105 Robin Montgomery 20 USA 735 12
106 Olivia Gadecki 22 AUS 725 -9
107 Sara Errani 37 ITA 717 -2
108 Xiyu Wang 23 CHN 706 -10
109 Aoi Ito 20 JPN 696 17
110 Anca Todoni 20 ROU 690 8
111 Ana Bogdan 32 ROU 677 3
112 Daria Saville 30 AUS 676 -4
113 Harriet Dart 28 GBR 675 -9
114 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 30 SVK 672 -4
115 Anastasia Zakharova 22 RUS 667 -3
116 Ajla Tomljanović 31 AUS 666 -7
117 Océane Dodin 28 FRA 656 -6
118 Maya Joint 18 AUS 650 -2
119 Sijia Wei 21 CHN 630 15
120 Darja Semenistaja 22 LAT 630 -1
121 Lesia Tsurenko 35 UKR 619 -6
122 Marina Stakusic 20 CAN 600 3
123 Chloé Paquet 30 FRA 593
124 Martina Trevisan 31 ITA 592
125 Elena-Gabriela Ruse 27 ROU 581 -4
126 Maja Chwalińska 23 POL 576 2
127 Mananchaya Sawangkaew 22 THA 571 3
128 Varvara Lepchenko 38 USA 570 1
129 Eva Lys 22 GER 566 2
130 Bianca Andreescu 24 CAN 563 2
131 Jessika Ponchet 28 FRA 557 2
132 Petra Martić 33 CRO 556 -10
133 Jil Teichmann 27 SUI 548 2
134 Jana Fett 28 CRO 545 2
135 Lin Zhu 30 CHN 542 -15
136 Maria Timofeeva 21 RUS 535 2
137 Dalma Gálfi 26 HUN 534 4
138 Alexandra Eala 19 PHI 533 9
139 Daria Snigur 22 UKR 527
140 Ena Shibahara 26 JPN 523 -3
141 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 30 BLR 518 2
142 Ella Seidel 19 GER 518 -2
143 Nao Hibino 30 JPN 517 2
144 Rebeka Masarova 25 SUI 506
145 Lucrezia Stefanini 26 ITA 506 1
146 Xinyu Gao 27 CHN 497 29
147 Julia Riera 22 ARG 495 -20
148 Maddison Inglis 26 AUS 490 6
149 Léolia Jeanjean 29 FRA 486
150 Talia Gibson 20 AUS 480 -2
151 Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 19 AND 480 5
152 Dominika Šálková 20 CZE 475 -1
153 Francesca Jones 24 GBR 474 -1
154 Antonia Ružić 21 CRO 470 -12
155 Celine Naef 19 SUI 468 -2
156 Sára Bejlek 18 CZE 466 5
157 Panna Udvardy 26 HUN 466 -2
158 Sara Saito 18 JPN 466 -8
159 Leyre Romero Gormaz 22 ESP 466 -1
160 Elsa Jacquemot 21 FRA 462 -1
161 Mai Hontama 25 JPN 458 -4
162 Kathinka von Deichmann 30 LIE 454 11
163 Priscilla Hon 26 AUS 446 4
164 Arianne Hartono 28 NED 445 1
165 Laura Pigossi 30 BRA 444 -5
166 Heather Watson 32 GBR 440 -4
167 Solana Sierra 20 ARG 439 -4
168 Simona Waltert 24 SUI 438 6
169 Oksana Selekhmeteva 21 RUS 438 7
170 Emiliana Arango 24 COL 433 -1
171 Veronika Erjavec 25 SLO 432 -5
172 Taylah Preston 19 AUS 431 -2
173 Jodie Burrage 25 GBR 425 6
174 Tamara Korpatsch 29 GER 424 -6
175 Mona Barthel 34 GER 414 -4
176 Louisa Chirico 28 USA 413 -4
177 Alina Korneeva 17 RUS 405
178 Lanlana Tararudee 20 THA 394 6
179 Barbora Palicová 20 CZE 391 1
180 Tamara Zidanšek 27 SLO 390 1
181 Kyōka Okamura 29 JPN 385 43
182 Yuriko Miyazaki 29 GBR 381
183 Nuria Brancaccio 24 ITA 381
184 Arina Rodionova 35 AUS 376 -20
185 Lola Radivojevic 20 SRB 374
186 Elena Pridankina 19 RUS 368
187 Storm Hunter 30 AUS 366
188 Séléna Janicijevic 22 FRA 366 3
189 Anouk Koevermans 21 NED 364 -1
190 Emina Bektas 31 USA 362 5
191 Iva Jovic 17 USA 361 -2
192 Berfu Cengiz 25 TUR 360 -2
193 Linda Fruhvirtová 19 CZE 354 -1
194 Giorgia Pedone 20 ITA 353 -1
195 Destanee Aiava 24 AUS 352 -1
196 Han-na Chang 26 USA 351 1
197 Brenda Fruhvirtová 17 CZE 350 -19
198 Susan Bandecchi 26 SUI 350
199 Guiomar Maristany 25 ESP 348
200 Marie Benoît 29 BEL 346
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