Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka climbed to second within the new WTA rankings launched on Monday after claiming her first Grand Slam title as Poland’s Iga Swiatek retained high spot. The Belarusian superior three locations to achieve her highest rating since August 2021 on the expense of Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur who slips to 3rd. Jessica Pegula of the United States fell one place to fourth and France’s Caroline Garcia dropped to fifth.

Elena Rybakina, who misplaced out to Sabalenka over three units in Saturday’s last in Melbourne, climbed 15 locations to a career-best rating of tenth.

The Kazakh acquired no rankings factors for successful Wimbledon final yr following the All England Club’s resolution to ban gamers from Russia and Belarus due to the invasion of Ukraine.

Former world primary Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic returned to the highest 20 as she leaped 11 locations to twentieth.

WTA rankings (Players representing Russia and Belarus are banned from competing below the title or flag of their nations):

1. Iga Swiatek (POL) 10485

2. Aryna Sabalenka 6100 (+3)

3. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 5210 (-1)

4. Jessica Pegula (USA) 5000 (-1)

5. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 4645 (-1)

6. Cori Gauff (USA) 3992 (+1)

7. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3811 (-1)

8. Daria Kasatkina 3380

9. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 2905 (+1)

10. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 2815 (+15)

11. Veronika Kudermetova 2740 (-2)

12. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 2340 (+5)

13. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 2281 (+2)

14. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 2195

15. Simona Halep (ROM) 2141 (-3)

16. Victoria Azarenka 2138 (+8)

17. Ekaterina Alexandrova 2030 (+1)

18. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 1909 (+1)

19. Liudmila Samsonova 1905 (+1)

20. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 1880 (+11)

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