Sunday 10 April 2016

Women's ELO Rankings 11/04/2016

This week saw 2 tournaments held in Charleston and Katowice, as some players prepare for next week's Fed Cup matches.

Elena Vesnina, © Volvo Car Open



This week's Big Gainer of the week award goes to Elena Vesnina. She successfully qualified for the tournament in Charleston, and made it to the final, performing the upset of the week (see below) in the 2nd round. She also beat Sara Errani in the semi finals before losing in the final to Sloane Stephens. This run gave Elena 45 ELO rating points, which sees her gain 29 places in my rankings to #36.

The Upset player of the week for this week is Belinda Bencic. She was the 2nd seed at Charleston and got a bye to the 2nd round, but she lost her opening match to the Big Gainer of the week (see above). This loss cost Belinda 13 ELO rating points, and she falls 4 places in my rankings to #17.

Other strong performers relative to their rankings are Dominika Cibulkova, Camila Giorgi, Laura Siegemund, Yulia Putintseva and Pauline Parmentier.

Now, the full rankings:

#NameELO±
1Serena Williams18250
2Victoria Azarenka17810
3Agnieszka Radwanska17630
4Maria Sharapova17370
5Angelique Kerber17350
6Sloane Stephens16786
7Simona Halep1677-1
8Garbine Muguruza16530
9Venus Williams1652-2
10Timea Bacsinszky1650-1
11Carla Suarez Navarro1642-1
12Svetlana Kuznetsova1642-1
13Karolina Pliskova16281
14Petra Kvitova16281
15Elina Svitolina16271
16Dominika Cibulkova162710
17Belinda Bencic1619-4
18Ekaterina Makarova1616-1
19Jelena Jankovic16130
20Daria Kasatkina16123
21Johanna Konta1610-1
22Roberta Vinci1608-1
23Sara Errani16081
24Ana Ivanovic1603-2
25Madison Keys1602-7
26Barbora Strycova1595-1
27Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova15871
28Samantha Stosur15831
29Eugenie Bouchard1580-2
30Irina-Camelia Begu15795
31Caroline Wozniacki1578-1
32Margarita Gasparyan15602
33Lucie Safarova1559-2
34Camila Giorgi155915
35Jelena Ostapenko15579
36Elena Vesnina155729
37Coco Vandeweghe1556-1
38Yanina Wickmayer15520
39Monica Niculescu15510
40Andrea Petkovic1550-8
41Heather Watson1548-8
42Alize Cornet1548-5
43Denisa Allertova1547-2
44Johanna Larsson1543-1
45Caroline Garcia1539-5
46Sabine Lisicki1539-4
47Monica Puig15393
48Naomi Broady1538-3
49Timea Babos15334
50Daria Gavrilova15335
51Kirsten Flipkens15310
52Laura Siegemund153017
53Madison Brengle1528-7
54Anna Karolina Schmiedlova1524-7
55Julia Gorges1524-1
56Lesia Tsurenko1522-8
57Anna-Lena Friedsam15200
58Mona Barthel15191
59Yulia Putintseva151821
60Hseih Su-Wei15170
61Karin Knapp1515-9
62Kristina Mladenovic1515-4
63Ana Konjuh15150
64Nicole Gibbs15140
65Kateryna Bondarenko1513-4
66Danka Kovinic15122
67Anett Kontaveit1511-1
68Christina McHale1509-12
69Elizaveta Kulichkova15072
70Nao Hibino15050
71Magda Linette15036
72Anastasija Sevastova1502-10
73Annika Beck15020
74Varvara Lepchenko15020
75Naomi Osaka1500-8
76Magdalena Rybarikova14980
77Yaroslava Shvedova14972
78Kristina Kucova1497NEW
79Kurumi Nara1495-7
80Zhang Shuai14901
81Aliaksandra Sasnovich1489-6
82Samantha Crawford14870
83Patricia Maria Tig1486-5
84Mirjana Lucic-Baroni148515
85Olga Savchuk1481-1
86Risa Ozaki1479-1
87Casey Dellacqua1479-1
88Tsvetana Pironkova14790
89Alison Riske14796
90Lauren Davis1478-1
91Lara Arruabarrena147712
92Louisa Chirico147724
93Duan Yingying1475-2
94Kateryna Kozlova1474-2
95Julia Glushko1474-2
96Kristyna Pliskova147410
97Ajla Tomljanovic14730
98Vania King14730
99Bethanie Mattek-Sands14733
100Francesca Schiavone147320
101Misaki Doi1472-18
102Alexandra Panova1472-1
103Cagla Buyukakcay1470-16
104Alison Van Uytvanck14691
105Mariana Duque Marino14682
106Teliana Pereira1467-16
107Bojana Jovanovski14671
108Zarina Diyas1465-14
109Tamira Paszek14651
110Evgeniya Rodina1464-14
111Donna Vekic1464-11
112Sachia Vickery14630
113Lucie Hradecka1462-9
114Urszula Radwanska1461-1
115Paula Kania1461NEW
116Ana Bogdan1460-2
117Wang Yafan1460-2
118Lourdes Domingues Lino145913
119Wang Qiang1458-1
120Shelby Rogers1457-11
121Pauline Parmentier145717
122Mandy Minella1456-3
123Polona Hercog1455-2
124Vitalia Diatchenko1455-2
125Sesil Karatantcheva1454-14
126Aleksandra Krunic1451-9
127Alexandra Dulgheru1448-4
128Irina Falconi1446-4
129Carina Witthoft1446-4
130Anna Tatishvili1444-3
131Marina Erakovic1444-3
132Kiki Bertens1442-2
133Petra Cetkovska1441-1
134Katerina Siniakova1441-1
135Daniela Hantuchova1439-9
136Tereza Smitkova1438-2
137Zheng Saisai1437-8
138Olga Govortsova1431-3
139Petra Martic1429-3
140Stefanie Vogele14280
141Jana Cepelova14280
142Jarmila Wolfe1426-5
143Andreea Mitu1422-1
144Klara Koukalova1417-5
145Tatjana Maria1409-2