Kazakh Elena Rybakina, who won the Abu Dhabi 500 tournament this weekend, took 4th place in the WTA rankings published on Monday, still dominated by Iga Swiatek. Rybakina easily beat Russian Daria Kasatkina (13th) on Sunday, 6-1, 6-4 and thus offered herself the seventh title of her career, the second of the year after Brisbane.
In the Top 20, Kasatkina is one place ahead of Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia. Further down the ranking, the Czech and former N.1 Karolina Pliskova, who won her 17th trophy on the circuit in Cluj-Napoca, gained 19 places (59th). On the French side, Océane Dodin has lost 10 ranks and is now 82nd. Caroline Garcia, first Frenchwoman, remains at the door of the Top 20, in 21st position. The season continues this week with the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha.
The WTA rankings as of February 12, 2024
1. Each Swiatek (POL) 9770 pts
2. Aryna Sabalenka (BIE) 8905
3. Cori Gauff (USA) 7200
4. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 6088 ( 1)
5. Jessica Pegula (USA) 5705 (-1)
6. Our Jabeur (TUN) 4183
7. Qinwen Zheng (CHI) 3766
8. Markéta Vondrousová (CZE) 3736
9. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3630
10. Karolína Muchová (CZE) 3520
11. Jelena Ostapenko (LET) 3473
12. Barbora Krejcíková (CZE) 3134
13. Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 3063 ( 1)
14. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRE) 2960 (-1)
15. Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 2590
16. Madison Keys (USA) 2478 ( 1)
17. Petra Kvitová (CZE) 2465 ( 1)
18. Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 2425 (-2)
19. Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 2410
20. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 2212
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21. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 2075
46. Clara Burel (FRA) 1224 (-2)
47. Varvara Gracheva (FRA) 1218 (-1)
61. Diane Parry (FRA) 1073 (-2)
82. Océane Dodin (FRA) 874 (-10)
