Barbora Krejcikova is having a rather surprising season. The Czech was a huge surprise during the French Open after she conquered the major coming absolutely from nowhere. Barbora had also a good run in Wimbledon where she reached the fourth round.
Krejcikova has now the opportunity to become the new world number 2 in the year-to-date live rankings if she wins her next match in Prague. As of now, Aryna Sabalenka has 3538 points (YTD live rankings) while Barbora has 3528 points. If she beats the world no.127 Ysaline Bonaventure in her next match, Barbora will have 3558 points.
Here the full year-to-date live rankings.
Krejcikova in Prague, ranking, and results in 2021
Krejcikova in Prague, ranking, and results in 2021
Now the world no.13 (career-high), Barbora has an overall 30-10 record in 2021. Barbora is participating in Prague where she defeated Isabella Shinikova 6-2 6-3.
Barbora Krejcikova will take on the world no.127 Ysaline Bonaventure in the 2nd round. Their head to head is 1-0 for Krejcikova.
Krejcikova conquered 2 titles in 2021 in Strasbourg and at the French Open. Krejcikova was the finalist in Dubai (Dubai Duty Free Championships).
Aryna Sabalenka in 2021
Ranked world no.3 (career-high), Sabalenka played her last match on the 8th of July when she lost to world no.7 Karolina Pliskova 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Wimbledon (draw).
At the moment, during this season Aryna has managed to achieve a compiled 34-11 record. Sabalenka conquered 2 titles in 2021 in Abu Dhabi and in Madrid. Sabalenka got to the final in Stuttgart.
Barbora Krejcikova and Aryna Sabalenka played each other just on 1 occasion. Their actual record is 1-0 for Sabalenka. When they played, Aryna Sabalenka won 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Linz (Upper Austria Ladies Linz) in November 2020.
In the video below you can watch the highlights.
