Kaia Kanepi is about to play against Aryna Sabalenka on Friday the 2nd of September at the U.S. Open. Here is an update about her live rankings.

Kaia Kanepi is presently ranked no.34 with points placed as the Estonian no.2 behind Anett Kontaveit who is her compatriot no.1 with 4360 points ranked no.2.

On the other part of the net, Aryna Sabalenka is at the moment ranked no.6 positioned as Belarussian no.1 with 3470 points preceding Victoria Azarenka who has 1841 points and is ranked no.26.

Live Rankings

Kanepi is 2 places up in the live rankings to be the new world no.31. Her career-best rank was no.15.

Depending on the other results, Kaia Kanepi may gain 2 places to be the new world no.29 if she wins the next match.

Kanepi will have 73 points to defend in the next 4 weeks. She will drop 65 points on the 26th of September (W25 Fort Worth) and 8 points on the 26th of September (W60 Caldas Da Rainha).

In her live rankings, out of 1462 points, Kaia has gained 975 points (67%) on Hard Court, 387 points (26%) on Clay and 100 points (7%) on Indoor.

See Points Breakdown

Year-to-date live rankings

In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Kanepi is still ranked no.26 positioned as Estonian no.2.

H2H Kaia Kanepi vs. Aryna Sabalenka

Kanepi and Sabalenka played each other twice. The head to head is 2-0 for Kanepi.

The last time that they played each other it was at the Australian Open (Australian Open) when Kanepi won 5-7 6-2 7-6(7). The prediction is Sabalenka to win in 3 sets.

Highlights Kaia Kanepi vs Aryna Sabalenka – Australian Open 24-January-2022

Kanepi at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2022

Kaia Kanepi

0 - 3win/loss

Hard
0-1
Clay
0-2
40 year old
LLL
2024 Highlights

Currently the world no.34, the Estonian has managed to achieve a compiled 26-14 win-loss record in 2022. Kanepi is currently having a run at the U.S. Open where she overcame Tereza Martincova 7-64 6-3.

Kaia Kanepi will play the world no.6 Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round on Thursday at 6:00 pm on Court 5. Their current record is 2-0

for Kanepi.

Kaia got to the final in Washington (Citi Open).

Kaia won 4 titles in her career: 1 on hard courts and 3 on clay courts. (See the list of her titles)

U.S. Open
Kanepi's Record
Projected
Draw

Sabalenka at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2022

Aryna Sabalenka

74 - 12win/loss

Hard
42-6
I Hard
4-1
Clay
20-3
Grass
8-2
27 year old
LWWWWLWWWW
2025 Highlights

Ranked no.6, the Belarussian has an overall 25-17 win-loss record in 2022. Aryna is currently playing at the U.S. Open where she managed to beat Catherine Harrison 6-1 6-3.

Aryna Sabalenka will compete against the world no.34 Kaia Kanepi in the 2nd round on Thursday at 6:00 pm on Court 5. Their record is 2-0 for Kanepi.

Sabalenka was the finalist in Stuttgart (Porsche Tennis Grand Prix) and in Hertogenbosch (‘s).

Sabalenka won 10 titles in her career: 7 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 2 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)

U.S. Open
Sabalenka's Record
Projected
Draw