Aryna Sabalenka is about to play against Liudmila Samsonova on Wednesday the 19th of October in Guadalajara. Here is an update about her live rankings.
Aryna Sabalenka is at present ranked no.4 positioned as Belarussian no.1 with 3515 points preceding Aliaksandra Sasnovich who has 1456 points and is ranked no.32.
On the other part of the net, Liudmila Samsonova is presently ranked no.22 with 1937 points placed as the Russian no.4.
Live Rankings
| 1 CH | 1 |
I.Swiatek
|
9920 |
| High 2 | New 3 |
C.Gauff
|
7203 |
| 3 | 1 |
A.Sabalenka
|
6858 |
| 4 | 3 |
E.Rybakina
|
6293 |
| 5 | 3 |
J.Pegula
|
4755 |
| 6 CH | 6 |
M.Vondrousova
|
4035 |
| 7 CH | 7 |
Q.Zheng
|
3945 |
| 8 | 3 |
M.Sakkari
|
3815 |
| 9 | 2 |
O.Jabeur
|
3543 |
| 10 | 5 |
J.Ostapenko
|
3383 |
| 11 | 8 |
D.Kasatkina
|
3203 |
| High 12 | New 13 |
J.Paolini
|
2938 |
Sabalenka is 1 place up in the live rankings to be the new world no.4. Her career-best rank was no.2.
Aryna Sabalenka will not improve her live rankings if she defeats Samsonova in the 2nd round. In fact, as of now the next player in line is Anett Kontaveit who has 3796 points. If Sabalenka wins, she will have 3566 points.
Sabalenka will have 600 points to defend in the next 4 weeks. She will drop 100 points on the 24th of October (Kremlin Cup – Moscow) and 500 points on the 14th of November (WTA Finals – Guadalajara).
In her live rankings, out of 3515 points, Aryna has gained 2440 points (69%) on Hard Court, 795 points (23%) on Clay, 180 points (5%) on Grass and 100 points (3%) on Indoor.
Year-to-date live rankings
In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Sabalenka is still ranked no.6 as the Belarussian no.1.
H2H Aryna Sabalenka vs. Liudmila Samsonova
Sabalenka and Samsonova have never played against each other so far on the main tour.
Aryna Sabalenka in 2022
Now the world no.4, Sabalenka played her last match on the 14th of October when she capitulated to world no.47 Donna Vekic 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 in the quarter in San Diego (draw).
Currently, during this season the Belarussian has a 30-19 match record. Aryna Sabalenka’s most significant result of the current year was reaching the final in Stuttgart and Hertogenbosch.
Samsonova in Guadalajara, ranking, and results in 2022
Ranked world no.22 (career-high), Ludmilla has an overall 29-16 win-loss record in 2022. The Russian is now having a run in Guadalajara where she defeated Kaia Kanepi 6-1 7-5.
Ludmilla Samsonova will come up against the world no.4 Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Akron Tennis Stadium. In the past, they have never competed against each other till now on the main tour.
Ludmilla has won 3 titles in 2022 in Washington, in Cleveland and in Tokyo.
Samsonova won 4 titles in her career: 3 on hard courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
