Tennis

Changes in the WTA rankings: six Czechs in the Top 50 and a meteoric rise of American women

Now that we’ve brought you the movements in the men’s tennis rankings, it’s time for the women’s rankings. And the current edition of the rankings confirms that women’s tennis is a very fluid discipline. The only thing that hasn’t changed for quite some time is the world number one position, which is defended by Australian Ashleigh Barty. By winning the Australian Open, she increased her lead to more than 2,500 points.

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3 years ago

1. 2. 2022

Petr Hais

Moving forward

In the top 50 alone, there are four players who have moved up a good number of positions. The new member of the top 10 is the Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins of the USA. Her compatriots Madison Keys and Amanda Anisimova also aim high. Frenchwoman Cornet, who played her first Grand Slam quarterfinal in Melbourne, climbed up twenty-four places.

Estonian veteran Kaia Kanepi returned to the world top 100. With her historic trip to the AO quarter-finals, she not only completed her resume by missing the last Grand Slam quarter-final, but is now ranked 63rd on the rankings. 52 places higher than before the tournament.

The ranking also reflects the historic campaign of Montenegro’s Danka Kovinic, who became the first tennis player from her country to reach the third round of a Grand Slam. She is now ranked 74th after moving up 24 places. China’s Zheng Qinwen also made a move, peeking into the top 100 at the age of 19.

Falling down

The last two winners of the Australian Open, Sofia Kenin and Naomi Osaka, have faced a fall off the ranking cliff. The Japanese dropped from 14th to 85th thanks to her third round loss in the opening Grand Slam of the year and will have her work cut out for her to get back to the top again.

American Kenin faced an even worse scenario. The 2020 winner was no match for compatriot Keys in the first round and now finds herself ranked 95th, while she was 13th before the tournament. Jennifer Brady dropped the same number of places, eighty-two. Last year’s finalist from the USA is now 110th in the world.

But one Czech has also fallen. Due to an injury, last year’s semi-finalist Karolína Muchová did not start and is now 66th, 35 places lower than before the start of the Australian Open.

Czech women

The Czech Republic is still one of the absolute world leaders in women’s tennis. Thanks to Barbora Krejcikova and Karolina Pliskova, the Czech Republic still has two representatives in the Top 5. Despite Petra Kvitova’s search for lost form, she still holds a comfortable 24th place.

There are three other Czech tennis players in the top 50, 39. Vondroušová, 43. Martinsova and 45. Siniakova. The aforementioned Muchová and also Marie Bouzková fit into the top 100.

The position of world number one Kateřina Siniaková in doubles is definitely worth mentioning. Siniakova has already won her fourth Grand Slam title alongside Krejcikova. Both now occupy the top two positions in the doubles ranking.