Monday 6 April 2015

Women's ELO Rankings 06/04/2015

Serena Williams, © Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

It's been another long 2 weeks without an update, as there's only been 1 WTA tournament held, at Miami this time. I've just come back from a holiday just in time as the Tennis goes back to weekly tournaments up until the French Open.

Our Big Gainer of the Week award for these 2 weeks goes to Serena Williams. Serena finally proved to the world this year why she is seen as the best women's tennis player of the past 15 years or so, winning Miami as the top seed. She gained 44 ELO points for her victory and moved from #3 to #2 on my rankings, currently 26 points behind the #1.

For these 2 weeks, our Upset player of the Week is another top quality player in Maria Sharapova. Her loss in the 2nd round is not something you would expect from a #2 seed, and this loss caused her to lose 15 ELO points, falling from #2 to #3 in my rankings.

Other strong performers relative to their rankings are Andrea Petkovic, Sloane Stephens, Sabine Lisicki, Daria Gavrilova and Tatjana Maria.

Now, the the full rankings. (± is for ranking, not rating. Some players who are new to the rankings will have artificially high ± scores as I add them to the bottom before sorting them in to their new position)

#NameELO±
1Simona Halep17410
2Serena Williams17151
3Maria Sharapova1659-1
4Carla Suarez Navarro16513
5Timea Bacsinszky1640-1
6Caroline Wozniacki16230
7Karolina Pliskova16194
8Ekaterina Makarova16161
9Venus Williams16153
10Petra Kvitova16130
11Eugenie Bouchard1611-6
12Lucie Safarova1601-4
13Victoria Azarenka15960
14Sara Errani15820
15Flavia Pennetta15813
16Agnieszka Radwanska15760
17Andrea Petkovic157610
18Garbine Muguruza1570-3
19Dominika Cibulkova1568-2
20Li Na15630
21Ana Ivanovic15581
22Sloane Stephens155815
23Jelena Jankovic1555-4
24Sabine Lisicki155510
25Caroline Garcia1549-2
26Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova1548-5
27Peng Shuai1548-2
28Zarina Diyas1539-4
29Elina Svitolina15372
30Belinda Bencic153711
31Angelique Kerber1536-1
32Daniela Hantuchova1535-6
33Heather Watson1535-1
34Madison Keys1534-6
35Varvara Lepchenko1532-6
36Madison Brengle1531-3
37Alize Cornet1530-2
38Johanna Larsson15275
39Irina-Camelia Begu1525-3
40Sesil Karatantcheva1519-1
41CiCi Bellis151815
42Daria Gavrilova151887
43Kurumi Nara151318
44Alexandra Dulgheru1511-6
45Beatriz Haddad Maia15110
46Carina Witthoft15110
47Paula Badosa Gibert1511179
48Veronica Cepede Royg1510-1
49Yaroslava Shvedova1507-9
50Tsvetana Pironkova15070
51Samantha Stosur15071
52Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova15057
53Tatjana Maria150548
54Coco Vandeweghe1504-12
55Alexandra Panova1504-2
56Hseih Su-wei1504-2
57Irina Falconi15041
58Julia Gorges1503-7
59Jarmila Gajdosova1503-4
60Michelle Larcher de Brito1503-3
61Lesia Tsurenko1503-1
62Casey Dellacqua1502-18
63Chang Kai-Chen15020
64Oceane Dodin15020
65Camila Giorgi150217
66Aliaksandra Sasnovich15010
67Urszula Radwanska150116
68Anastasia Rodionova15001
69Ayumi Morita15001
70Claire Feuerstein15001
71Galina Voskoboeva15001
72Naomi Broady15001
73Vesna Dolonc15001
74Victoria Duval15001
75Denisa Allertova15001
76Alison Riske1499-9
77Gabriela Ce14991
78Elena Bogdan14991
79Elizaveta Kulichkova14991
80Magda Linette14991
81Kaia Kanepi149959
82Mona Barthel1497-34
83Marina Erakovic1497-34
84Nicole Vaidisova149623
85Mariana Duque14950
86Lucie Hradecka14950
87Danielle Collins14933
88Wang Yafan14933
89Zhu Lin14933
90Natalia Vikhlyantseva1492-28
91Indy De Vroome1492-26
92Samantha Murray14921
93Kateryna Bondarenko14921
94Dinah Pfizenmaier14921
95Anna Schmiedlova149214
96Nicole Gibbs14911
97Cagla Buyukakcay14911
98Yvonne Meusburger14911
99Vitalia Diatchenko14911
100Alize Lim14912
101Anett Kontaveit14912
102Tamira Paszek14913
103Ana Bogdan14913
104Sachia Vickery14914
105Ajla Tomljanovic1490-37
106Aleksandra Krunic1490-29
107Anabel Medina Garrigues14903
108Andrea Hlavackova14903
109Fiona Ferro14903
110Iveta Melzer14903
111Laura Robson14903
112Mandy Minella14903
113Mathilde Johansson14903
114Sofia Shapatava14903
115Tadeja Majeric14903
116Tang Haochen14903
117Tara Moore14903
118Nicha Lertpitaksinchai14903
119Misa Eguchi14903
120Klaartje Liebens14903
121Gabriela Dabrowski14903
122Paula Cristina Goncalves14903
123Maria Irigoyen14903
124Marcela Zacarias14903
125Marie Bouzkova14903
126Ana Konjuh14894
127Stephanie Foretz14894
128Renata Voracova14894
129Tamarine Tanasugarn14894
130Sara Sorribes Tormo14894
131Montserrat Gonzalez14894
132Jawairiah Noordin14894
133Junri Namigata14894
134Kristina Mladenovic148840
135Elena Vesnina14877
136Vera Zvonareva1486-52
137Tereza Smitkova14862
138Lauren Davis1485-51
139Yanina Wickmayer1485-51
140Julia Glushko14851
141Svetlana Kuznetsova148555
142Taylor Townsend14842
143Maria Kirilenko14842
144Lourdes Domingues Lino14842
145Kateryna Kozlova1483-56
146Ksenia Pervak14832
147Evgeniya Rodina1482-51
148Paula Kania14822
149Paula Ormaechea14822
150Francoise Abanda1481-46
151Zheng Jie14811
152Alisa Kleybanova14811
153Amandine Hesse14811
154Luksika Kumkhum14811
155Xu Yifan14801
156Andreea Mitu14801
157Danka Kovinic14801
158Estrella Cabeza Candela14801
159Kristyna Pliskova14801
160Maryna Zanevska14801
161Nadiia Kichenok14801
162Louisa Chirico14792
163Ana Sofia Sanchez14792
164Arina Rodionova14792
165Johanna Konta14792
166Ons Jabeur14792
167Monica Puig1478-29
168Bojana Jovanovski14778
169Misaki Doi14763
170Richel Hogenkamp14763
171Duan Yingying14754
172Yulia Putintseva14755
173Sorana Cirstea1474-30
174Pauline Parmentier14749
175Petra Cetkovska1473-26
176Bethanie Mattek-Sands14732
177Aleksandra Wozniak14733
178Sharon Fichman14733
179Vania King14733
180Lara Arruabarrena14734
181Monica Niculescu147313
182Katerina Siniakova1472-35
183An-Sophie Mestach14722
184Ashleigh Barty14722
185Yuliya Beygelzimer14712
186Alexandra Cadantu14712
187Virgine Razzano14712
188Roberta Vinci1470-25
189Jovana Jaksic14701
190Olivia Rogowska14701
191Chan Yung-jan14701
192Storm Sanders14691
193Christina McHale14694
194Polona Hercog1468-25
195Zheng Saisai1467-24
196Alla Kudryavtseva1467-1
197Kiki Bertens1466-27
198Anna-Lena Friedsam14661
199Petra Martic14661
200Wang Qiang14651
201Olga Govortsova14651
202Grace Min14641
203Teliana Pereira14641
204Anna Tatishvili14641
205Romina Oprandi14641
206Magdalena Rybarikova1463-27
207Shahar Pe'er14630
208Katarzyna Piter14630
209Alison Van Uytvanck14621
210Mirjana Lucic-Baroni1457-12
211Francesca Schiavone14551
212Maria Teresa Torro Flor14551
213Timea Babos1453-4
214Patricia Mayr-Achleitner14510
215Stefanie Vogele14515
216Kirsten Flipkens1449-5
217Donna Vekic14480
218Karin Knapp14485
219Annika Beck14455
220Kimiko Date-Krumm14442
221Silvia Soler Espinosa1441-2
222Jana Cepelova1440-7
223Zhang Shuai1438-7
224Shelby Rogers1438-6
225Klara Koukalova1437-4
226Chanelle Scheepers1437-1