Kaia Kanepi is about to play against Naomi Osaka on Tuesday the 9th of August in Toronto. Here is an update about her live rankings.
Kaia Kanepi is at present ranked no.31 with points positioned as Estonian no.2 behind Anett Kontaveit who is her compatriot no.1 with 4476 points ranked no.2.
On the opposite side, Naomi Osaka is currently ranked no.39 placed as the Japanese no.1 with 1290 points before Misaki Doi who has 655 points and is ranked no.98.
Live Rankings
1361 | 196 | K.Thandi | 4 |
1362 | 408 | A.Graham | 4 |
1363 | 60 | V.Lapko | 4 |
1364 | 67 | E.Rodina | 4 |
1365 | 35 | S.Karatantcheva | 4 |
1366 | 777 | L.Moyano | 4 |
1367 | 323 | Q.Gleason | 4 |
1368 | 94 | R.Hogenkamp | 4 |
1369 | 578 | M.Santiago | 3 |
1370 | 9 | C.Vandeweghe | 3 |
1371 | 272 | S.Samavati | 3 |
1372 | 122 | V.Flink | 3 |
Kanepi is 7 places up in the live rankings to be the new world no.30. Her career-best rank was no.15.
Kaia Kanepi will not improve her live rankings if she defeats Osaka in the 1st round. In fact, as of now the next player in line is Shelby Rogers who has 1471 points. If Kanepi wins, she will have 1463 points.
Kanepi will have only 30 points to defend in the next 4 weeks. The point will be dropped on the 29th of August (WTA Chicago Women’s Open – Chicago)
In her live rankings, out of 1432 points, Kaia has gained 945 points (66%) on Hard Court, 387 points (27%) on Clay and 100 points (7%) on Indoor.
Year-to-date live rankings
In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Kanepi is still ranked no.23 placed as the Estonian no.2.
H2H Kaia Kanepi vs. Naomi Osaka
Kanepi and Osaka played each other only once. The head to head is 1-0 for Kanepi.
The last time that they played each other it was in New York (U.S. Open) when Kanepi won 6-3 2-6 7-5. The prediction is Osaka to win in 3 sets.
Kaia Kanepi in 2022
Currently the world no.31, Kaia played her last encounter on the 7th of August when she capitulated to world no.42 Ludmilla Samsonova 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the final in Washington (draw).
This season Kaia achieved an overall 24-12 record. Kaia Kanepi’s latest run in Washington was the best achievement of her season.
Naomi Osaka in 2022
At the moment ranked no.39, Naomi played her last match on the 4th of August when she capitulated to world no.11 Cori Gauff 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in San Jose (draw).
Currently, during this season Naomi has an overall 13-6 win-loss record. Naomi Osaka’s most significant result of the current year was getting to the final in Miami.