After a thrilling Australian Open, Victoria Azarenka managed to keep the top ranking after defeating Li Na in the final at Melbourne Park.
Serena was widely expected to overtake both Sharapova and Vika after the Australian Open, but her upset at the hands of Sloane Stephens made it impossible… at least for the time being. The American had to “stop” to the 2nd spot.
Maria Sharapova slips one place to be world no.3. Li Na overtkes Angelina Kerber to grab the 5th spot.
Sloane Stephens enters the top 20 to climb 8 place and get the 17th ranking (from 25).
Elena vesnina climbs 14 places to be wolrd no.33 fro 47 and former world no.1 Svetlana Kutzetsova becomes now world no.50 (from the 75th spot).
Here the full rankings
CURRENT |
PREVIOUS |
PLAYER |
COUNTRY |
POINTS |
1 |
1 |
AZARENKA, VICTORIA |
BELARUS |
10325 |
2 |
3 |
WILLIAMS, SERENA |
UNITED STATES |
9970 |
3 |
2 |
SHARAPOVA, MARIA |
RUSSIA |
9545 |
4 |
4 |
RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA |
POLAND |
7750 |
5 |
6 |
LI, NA |
CHINA |
6255 |
6 |
5 |
KERBER, ANGELIQUE |
GERMANY |
5695 |
7 |
7 |
ERRANI, SARA |
ITALY |
4605 |
8 |
8 |
KVITOVA, PETRA |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
4285 |
9 |
9 |
STOSUR, SAMANTHA |
AUSTRALIA |
4230 |
10 |
11 |
BARTOLI, MARION |
FRANCE |
3740 |
11 |
10 |
WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE |
DENMARK |
3545 |
12 |
12 |
PETROVA, NADIA |
RUSSIA |
2945 |
13 |
13 |
IVANOVIC, ANA |
SERBIA |
2841 |
14 |
14 |
CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA |
SLOVAKIA |
2695 |
15 |
15 |
KIRILENKO, MARIA |
RUSSIA |
2690 |
16 |
16 |
VINCI, ROBERTA |
ITALY |
2585 |
17 |
25 |
STEPHENS, SLOANE |
UNITED STATES |
2466 |
18 |
17 |
SAFAROVA, LUCIE |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
2160 |
19 |
18 |
GOERGES, JULIA |
GERMANY |
1965 |
20 |
19 |
MAKAROVA, EKATERINA |
RUSSIA |
1881 |
21 |
20 |
LEPCHENKO, VARVARA |
UNITED STATES |
1875 |
22 |
24 |
WICKMAYER, YANINA |
BELGIUM |
1835 |
23 |
26 |
WILLIAMS, VENUS |
UNITED STATES |
1810 |
24 |
22 |
ZAKOPALOVA, KLARA |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
1800 |
25 |
27 |
HSIEH, SU-WEI |
TAIWAN |
1696 |
26 |
21 |
JANKOVIC, JELENA |
SERBIA |
1631 |
27 |
30 |
PASZEK, TAMIRA |
AUSTRIA |
1618 |
28 |
23 |
PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA |
RUSSIA |
1595 |
29 |
28 |
SHVEDOVA, YAROSLAVA |
KAZAKHSTAN |
1582 |
30 |
29 |
CIRSTEA, SORANA |
ROMANIA |
1565 |
31 |
33 |
SUAREZ NAVARRO, CARLA |
SPAIN |
1510 |
32 |
43 |
FLIPKENS, KIRSTEN |
BELGIUM |
1498 |
33 |
47 |
VESNINA, ELENA |
RUSSIA |
1456 |
34 |
32 |
PENG, SHUAI |
CHINA |
1450 |
35 |
41 |
CORNET, ALIZE |
FRANCE |
1420 |
36 |
31 |
RADWANSKA, URSZULA |
POLAND |
1395 |
37 |
39 |
ARVIDSSON, SOFIA |
SWEDEN |
1380 |
38 |
56 |
JOVANOVSKI, BOJANA |
SERBIA |
1370 |
39 |
34 |
KANEPI, KAIA |
ESTONIA |
1335 |
40 |
50 |
WATSON, HEATHER |
UNITED KINGDOM |
1326 |
41 |
37 |
PIRONKOVA, TSVETANA |
BULGARIA |
1285 |
42 |
35 |
MCHALE, CHRISTINA |
UNITED STATES |
1267 |
43 |
53 |
ROBSON, LAURA |
UNITED KINGDOM |
1253 |
44 |
40 |
ZHENG, JIE |
CHINA |
1245 |
45 |
38 |
BARTHEL, MONA |
GERMANY |
1225 |
46 |
55 |
BEGU, IRINA-CAMELIA |
ROMANIA |
1225 |
47 |
42 |
WOZNIAK, ALEKSANDRA |
CANADA |
1220 |
48 |
45 |
HALEP, SIMONA |
ROMANIA |
1210 |
49 |
46 |
DOMINGUEZ LINO, LOURDES |
SPAIN |
1181 |
50 |
75 |
KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA |
RUSSIA |
1173 |