WTA Rankings: Sabalenka narrows gap with Swiatek as Pegula, Navarro make big jumps

Coco Gauff drops out of the top 5 this week after her US Open title defence ended in the fourth round

Aryna Sabalenka, US Open 2024 Image Credit: Antoine Couvercelle / Panoramic

September 9, 2024

Poland’s Iga Swiatek continued to reign atop the latest WTA rankings released on Monday September 9, but finds herself being chased by Aryna Sabalenka, who won the US Open title on Sunday.

The Pole begins her 120th week as world No 1 with 10,885 points while Sabalenka holds steady at No 2 with 8,716 points. In the Race to Riyadh (WTA Finals) standings, Swiatek has a much slimmer lead with 8,285 points as compared to Sabalenka’s 7,876 points

US Open runner-up Jessica Pegula climbs three spots to equal her career-best ranking of No 3 while US Open semi-finalist Emma Navarro jumps four spots to a new career-high of No 8. Coco Gauff, who won the title in New York last year, but fell in the fourth round to Navarro this time around, drops three spots to No 6.

Below is this week’s complete top 10 list:

Iga Swiatek – 10,885 points
Aryna Sabalenka – 8,716 points
Jessica Pegula – 6,220 points
Elena Rybakina – 5,871 points
Jasmine Polini – 5,398 points
Coco Gauff – 4.983 points
Qinwen Zheng – 3.980 points

Emma Navarro – 3,810 points
Barbora Krecjickova – 3,631 points
Maria Sakkari – 3,515 points

Outside the top 10, US Open quarter-finalist Beatriz Haddad Maia climbs five spots to No 16 while former world No 2 Paul Badosa moves up nine spots to return to the top 20 at No 20.

Vekic closes in on return to the top 20

Donna Vekic, US Open 2024 Image Credit: Zuma / Panoramic

Olympic silver medallist Donna Vekic moves up three spots to No 21, just two spots below her career-best ranking of No 19.

American Ashlyn Kureger jumps eight spots to No 51 and Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro climbs 14 spots to No 60 – both career-highs for the players.

China’s Yafan Wang shoots up 18 positions to No 62; four-time Grand Slam winner Noami Osaka moves up 13 spots to No 75 and Italy’s Sara Errani, the oldest player in the world’s top 100, jumps 20 spots to No 76.

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