LIVE RANKINGS. Osaka goes down ahead of taking on Zhang in Cincinnati

See the the live rankings of Naomi Osaka before squaring off with Shuai Zhang in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open

Tuesday Live Ranking Naomi Osaka

Naomi Osaka is about to play against Shuai Zhang on Tuesday the 16th of August in Cincinnati. Here is an update about her live rankings.

Naomi Osaka is at present ranked no.39 placed as the Japanese no.1 with 1291 points before Misaki Doi who has 655 points and is ranked no.95.

On the other side, Shuai Zhang is at the moment ranked no.44 with 1200 points placed as the Chinese no.2 following Qinwen Zheng who is her compatriot no.1 with 1268 points ranked no.41.

Live Rankings

She is 5 places down after losing 104 points to be the new world no.44. Her career-best rank was no.1.

Depending on the other results, Naomi Osaka may gain 4 places to be the new world no.40 if she wins the upcoming match.

Osaka will have only 130 points to defend in the next 4 weeks. The point will be dropped on the 12th of September (U.S. Open – New York)

In her live rankings, out of 1187 points, Naomi has gained 1112 points (94%) on Hard Court and 75 points (6%) on Clay.

See Points Breakdown

Year-to-date live rankings

In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Osaka is still ranked no.28 occupying the position of Japanese no.1.

H2H Naomi Osaka vs. Shuai Zhang

Osaka and Zhang played each other 5 times. The head to head is 3-2 for Osaka.

The last time that they played each other it was in Beijing (China Open) when Osaka won 3-6 6-4 7-5. The prediction is Osaka to win in 2 sets.

Naomi Osaka in 2022

Naomi Osaka

7 - 6win/loss

Hard
7-6
26 year old
LWWLWWLWWL
2024 Highlights

Ranked world no.39, Osaka played her last match on the 9th of August when she had to retire when playing against world no.31 Kaia Kanepi in the 1st round and the scoreline was 7-6(4) 3-0 .

At present, during this year the Japanese achieved a compiled 13-7 match record. Naomi Osaka’s best achievement of this year was reaching the final in Miami.

Osaka
Toronto
Osaka's Record
 

Shuai Zhang in 2022

Shuai Zhang

0 - 3win/loss

Hard
0-3
35 year old
LLL
2024 Highlights

Currently the world no.44, Shuai played her last match on the 10th of August when she was defeated by world no.6 Simona Halep 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Toronto (draw).

During this season Shuai has managed to achieve a 24-20 record. Shuai has won 1 title in Lyon. Zhang was the finalist in Birmingham.

Zhang
Toronto
Zhang's Record