WTA ranking: Swiatek gets closer, the French tumble

Thanks to Following her victory at the Beijing tournament, Iga Swiatek is getting closer to the world number 1 spot. The French women are losing places and are now only three in the top 100.

Iga Swiatek won this weekend the masters 1000 in Beijing, returning to 590 points from Aryna Sabalenka, who took the place of world number 1 at the outcome of the US Open. No change in the top 10. Jelena Ostapenko, 13th, gains four places, and Liudmila Samsonova gains six places thanks to its finale at Beijing, moving up to 16th. They overtake Barbora Krejcikova, now 18th, who lost six places. Mirra Andreeva, Russian prodigy, joins the top 50 at just 16 years old.

Among the French, Caroline Garcia is still 10th, but there are only three left in the top 100. Indeed, Alizé Cornet  lost 25 places and moved to 121st in the world after having given up on her position. à the Asian tour. She leaves the top 100 for the first time since April 2012. Diane Parry also leaves this top 100, since she lost 7 places and drops to 106th. Varvara Gracheva is the second Frenchwomanç aise (43rd) and Clara Burel third (73rd).

Aryna Sabalenka is world number 1. The Belarusian is ahead of the Polish Iga Swiatek and the Kazakh Elena Rybakina. The ranking: 

The breed ranking will be updated. day to day each end of the tournament.

Unlike the "classic" WTA rankings, updated each week taking into account the points won over the previous 52 weeks, the WTA Race ranking only takes into account the points won during the current season and gradually accumulates the ten points eight best results.

Computerized à From 1973, the WTA ranking is updated every Monday, except during Grand Slam tournaments since November 3, 1975. The WTA ranking which follows the principles and rules decreed by the WTA, is cumulative over a period of 52 weeks, that is to say determined by the quantity number of tournaments played during the 52 weeks as well as the best results obtained over this period and fixed at à sixteen tournaments to determine the WTA ranking of a singles player.

This ranking includes the points obtained during the four Grand Slam tournaments, the points won during the tournaments of the category Premier Mandatory category, those of the two best results among the tournaments of the Premier 5 category for the players member of the top 20 and the points obtained at the Masters (tournament where the eight best players of the season in progress compete).