Aryna Sabalenka remained at No. 1 in the updated WTA rankings, but there were some interesting changes in the Top 10 and Top 20.
Neither Sabalenka nor world No. 2 Iga Swiatek were in action last week at the Merida Open or the ATX Open in Austin. That was no surprise since the 2025 Indian Wells Open begins later this week.
Sabalenka has 9076 points compared to Swiatek’s 7985. The Pole has no chance of overtaking her rival at the top after the Indian Wells Open because she is defending 1000 points from last year as the defending champion.
Instead, Swiatek will hope to avoid slipping further behind Sabalenka. The four-time French Open champion could fall almost 3000 points behind the Belarusian if she does not win a match in Indian Wells and Sabalenka wins the title in California.
There are no changes to the Top 7 on the WTA rankings. Coco Gauff is No. 3, Jessica Pegula is No. 4, 2025 Australian Open champion Madison Keys is No. 5, Jasmine Paolini is No. 6, and Elena Ryabkina is No. 7.
Jessica Pegula remained at No. 4 despite her run to the title at the ATX Open. She defeated her compatriot McCartney Kessler in the final, battling through a challenging opening set before cruising to victory in the second.
By contrast, Emma Navarro received a rankings boost after winning the Merida Open. She astonishingly did not drop a set in the final against Emiliana Arango, a qualifier who reached that stage despite being outside the Top 100.
Navarro rose two spots to No. 8, the joint-highest ranking of her career. The 23-year-old reached that spot for the first time after the 2024 US Open, where she progressed to the semifinal of a Grand Slam for the first time.
Olympic gold medalist Qinwen Zheng dropped one place to No. 9. She did not win any matches during the Middle Eastern swing and is currently on a three-match losing streak. Although a slow start to 2025, Zheng has much time this season to change her fortunes.
Paula Badosa is back in the Top 10 after moving up one position. She achieved that despite retiring from the quarterfinal in Merida with lower back pain. The Spaniard gave an injury update on Monday, confirming she was already working to return to the court.
Badosa took Mirra Andreeva‘s place in the Top 10. The teenage prodigy, who won her first WTA 1000 title at the Dubai Championships earlier this month, is just 26 points behind Badosa at No. 11 in the rankings.
Two players fell outside the Top 20. Last year’s Wimbledon semifinalist Donna Vekic fell two places to No. 22 after being hammered by teenager Maya Joint in the round of 16 in Merida and Marta Kostyuk went from No. 19 to No. 24 after also losing early in Merida.
Ekaterina Alexandrova, at No. 19, and Yulia Putintseva, at No. 20, took Vekic and Kostyuk’s places in the Top 20. However, the points difference between them and the players below them is minuscule.
Other changes in the WTA rankings included Kessler entering the Top 50 at No. 48 after finishing as the runner-up to Pegula in Austin and Arango jumping a huge 53 places to No. 80 due to her surprising run in Merida.
