Poland’s Iga Świątek continued to dominate the WTA rankings on Monday, with the only notable change being the exit of Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit from the Top 20. A distant second behind Świątek was Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, who won the Australian Open, while Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur remained in third place.
Kontaveit, who captured the St. Petersburg title a year ago but fell in the round of 16 in Abu Dhabi last week, dropped nine spots to 27th. Swiss player Belinda Bencic, who saved three match points to win the Abu Dhabi final, held onto ninth place, and Liudmila Samsonova rose four spots to 15th.
The top 20 players in the rankings are as follows (players representing Russia and Belarus are banned from competing under the name or flag of their countries):
1. Iga Świątek (POL) – 10 485 pts
2. Aryna Sabalenka – 6 100 pts
3. Ons Jabeur (TUN) – 5 210 pts
4. Jessica Pegula (USA) – 5 000 pts
5. Caroline Garcia (FRA) – 4 795 pts
6. Coco Gauff (USA) – 3 992 pts
7. Maria Sakkari (GRE) – 3 616 pts
8. Daria Kasatkina – 3 425 pts
9. Belinda Bencic (SUI) – 3 275 pts
10. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) – 2 860 pts
11. Veronika Kudermetova – 2 740 pts
12. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) – 2 285 pts
13. Petra Kvitova (CZE) – 2 227 pts
14. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) – 2 210 pts
15. Liudmila Samsonova – 2 209 pts
16. Simona Halep (ROM) – 2 141 pts
17. Victoria Azarenka – 2 138 pts
18. Ekaterina Alexandrova – 2 005 pts
19. Karolina Plíšková (CZE) – 1 910 pts
20. Paula Badosa (ESP) – 1 862 pts.
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