WTA Rankings: Swiatek extends lead at No 1; Collins climbs to No 12

Iga Swiatek extended her lead atop the latest WTA rankings after winning the Italian Open in Rome on Saturday. The Pole sits at No 1 for the 104th week with 11,695 points and a lead of 3,557 points over world No 2 Aryna Sabalenka, who lost to Swiatek in the Madrid and Rome finals.

This is the highest points tally that Swiatek has had on the WTA rankings list and is also the highest points total for any player since Serena Williams had 12,271 points during the 2015 US Open.

US Open champion Coco Gauff remains at No 3, ahead of Elena Rybakina at No 4 – which locks the top four seeds for Roland-Garros, which begins on Sunday.

The only change in this week’s top 10 sees Greece’s Maria Sakkari move up one spot to No 7 while China’s Qinwen Zheng drops one spot to No 8.

WTA Top 10, as of May 20, 2024:

1 Iga Swiatek: 11,695 points
2 Aryna Sabalenka: 8,138
3 Coco Gauff: 7,638
4 Elena Rybakina: 5,673
5 Jessica Pegula: 4,550
6 Marketa Vondrousova: 4,035
7 Maria Sakkari: 3,980
8 Qinwen Zheng: 3,945
9 Ons Jabeur: 3,748
10 Jelena Ostapenko: 3,318

American Danielle Collins continued her surge in the rankings in her final season on the tour. The 30-year-old climbs three spots to No 12 after reaching the semis in Rome, having been ranked as low as No 71 as recently as February.

Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, a former world No 3, climbs two spots to No 17 while former world No 1 Victoria Azarenka is up three spots to No 21.

Big jumps for Shnaider, Schmiedlova and Uchijima after winning titles

Elsewhere, 20-year-old Diana Shnaider jumps up 15 spots to No 47, a new career-high for the left-hander, after winning the WTA 125K Clarin Trophy in Paris while 29-year-old Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova, winner of the WTA 125K in Parma, moves up 14 positions to No 53.

Egypt’s Mayar Sherif climbs 14 spots to No 66 after a run to the Parma final while 22-year-old Moyuka Uchijima shoots 30 spots to a new career-high of No 80 after winning her third title in a row (15 matches in a row) – this time at the ITF W100 in Madrid.

Slovakia’s Rebecca Sramkova moves up 31 spots to No 89 after coming through qualifying and reaching the last 16 in Rome.

And 17-year-old Brenda Fruhvirtova rises 12 spots to No 90, a new career-best for the Czech, who qualified and reached the second round in Rome.

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