Tennis

Shifts in the WTA rankings: Krejcikova at lifetime high, Vondrousova falls

With the second grand slam of the season behind us, it’s time to take a look at how the WTA rankings have changed. Of course, both singles finalists, Barbora Krejcikova and Anastasija Pavlyuchenkova, have seen a big shift. There are still 10 tennis players from the Czech Republic in the top 100.

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3 years ago

14. 6. 2021

Petr Hais

With the second Grand Slam of the season behind us, it’s time to take a look at how the WTA rankings have changed. Of course, both singles finalists, Barbora Krejcikova and Anastasija Pavlyuchenkova, have seen a big shift. There are still 10 tennis players from the Czech Republic in the top 100.

Moving forward

The biggest jump in the top 100 was made by Tamara Zidansekova of Slovenia, who jumped 38 places to the current 47th position. The 23-year-old reached the semi-finals of the Paris Grand Slam, where she eventually lost to Pavlyuchenkova in two sets.

Up to this point, Zidansekova was best ranked 56th, so not only does she have a new career high, but also a break into the top 50. The Czech Republic’s Marie Bouzkova rounds out the top 50.

French Open finalists Barbora Krejcikova and Anastasija Pavlyuchenkova moved up 18 and 13 places, respectively. Both of them made it to the top 20 in the world (15th Krejcikova, 18th Pavlyuchenkova – ed.). The 18-year-old Ukrainian Marta Kostyukova also made a big leap forward.

This player was already talked about about 3 years ago, when at that time as a 15 year old she amazed the tennis world similarly to Linda Fruhvirtova. Kostyuk has jumped up thanks to her win in the eighth round in France.

Falling down

The biggest ranking drop in the Top 100 was recorded by 19-year-old American Amanda Anisimova, who lost points mainly for the semi-finals in 2019. This year, she finished in the first round on the racket of Veronika Kudermetova. Anisimova fell from 31st to 75th ahead of Kateryna Siniakova.

To the chagrin of Czech fans, Markéta Vondroušová has the second biggest fall. She was defending the final from two years ago, and even this year’s eight-place finish did not save her drop of 20 places. Donna Vekić and Caroline Garcia also went down steeply with Vondroušová.

Kaia Kanepi of Estonia (13) and Anna Blinkova (11) also dropped more than 10 places.

Tennis players from the Czech Republic

As mentioned above, the Czech Republic has a total of 10 representatives in the TOP 100. Karolína Plíšková is still the only representative in the TOP 10, ranked 10th. Right behind her is Petra Kvitova, with Barbora Krejcikova now in the second 10.

The position of our top four, who should still be assured of advancing to the Olympic Games, is held by Karolína Muchová in 22nd place.

5. vondrousova and Bouzkova are 41st and 50th in Monday’s rankings. As the seventh player we can still find Barbora Strycova, but she will soon leave the ranking with pregnancy and her career behind her.

Kateřina Siniaková is 76th, followed by Tereza Martincová, whose 90th place is the best result of her career. The last of our representatives in the top 100 is Kristýna Plíšková at 93rd place.

Ranking:

1. Ashleigh Barty (Australia) – 8245 points

2. Naomi Osaka (Japan) – 7401 points

3. Simona Halep (Romania) – 6330 points

4. Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) – 6195 points

5. Sofia Kenin (USA) – 5865 points

6. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – 5835 points

7. Bianca Andreescu (Canada) – 5265 points

8. Serena Williams (USA) – 4931 points

9. Iga Świąteková (Poland) – 4435 points

10. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) – 4285 points

11. Petra Kvitova – 4115 points