Sunday 8 May 2016

Women's ELO Rankings 09/05/2016

Most of the top Women's tennis players played in the only WTA tournament held this week in Madrid, as they prepare for the French Open later this month.

Simona Halep, © Julian Finney/Getty Images


The Big Gainer of the week this week is the tournament winner, Simona Halep. In a good week for Romanians, Simona did the best of them all, winning the title in Madrid as the 6th seed. Her wins over Timea Bacsinszky and Dominika Cibulkova, among others, led to Simona gaining 47 ELO rating points this week, which sees her climb 2 places in my ranking to #6.

This week's Upset player of the week award goes to Agnieszka Radwanska. She entered Madrid as the top seed, but she lost her 1st match to eventual finalist Dominika Cibulkova. There were a few similar upsets this week (Kerber, Jankovic, Kasaktina), but Agniezksa gets the award as the highest ranked player. This loss cost her 14 ELO rating points, but she stays as the ELO #3 in my rankings.

Other strong performers relative to their rankings are Daria Gavrilova, Christina McHale, Louisa Chirico (who was 1 point off winning the Big Gainer award), Sorana Cirstea and Patricia Maria Tig.

Now, the full rankings.

#NameELO±
1Serena Williams18250
2Victoria Azarenka17710
3Agnieszka Radwanska17460
4Angelique Kerber17450
5Maria Sharapova17370
6Simona Halep17102
7Timea Bacsinszky1684-1
8Sloane Stephens1667-1
9Venus Williams16520
10Carla Suarez Navarro16492
11Dominika Cibulkova16496
12Petra Kvitova16471
13Garbine Muguruza1643-2
14Svetlana Kuznetsova1638-4
15Karolina Pliskova1635-1
16Samantha Stosur16355
17Belinda Bencic1619-2
18Elina Svitolina16090
19Madison Keys16054
20Roberta Vinci1602-4
21Barbora Strycova16007
22Jelena Jankovic1599-3
23Daria Kasatkina1598-3
24Sara Errani1597-2
25Ekaterina Makarova15970
26Lucie Safarova15970
27Ana Ivanovic1593-3
28Irina-Camelia Begu15895
29Johanna Konta1585-2
30Laura Siegemund15841
31Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova15841
32Caroline Wozniacki1578-2
33Eugenie Bouchard1570-4
34Camila Giorgi15590
35Elena Vesnina15590
36Daria Gavrilova155611
37Johanna Larsson15493
38Andrea Petkovic1548-1
39Coco Vandeweghe1547-3
40Denisa Allertova15473
41Timea Babos1546-2
42Monica Niculescu1541-4
43Heather Watson1538-2
44Danka Kovinic15382
45Monica Puig1537-3
46Jelena Ostapenko1536-1
47Margarita Gasparyan1535-3
48Caroline Garcia15331
49Sabine Lisicki15331
50Madison Brengle1531-2
51Alize Cornet15295
52Naomi Broady15280
53Julia Gorges15270
54Hseih Su-Wei15261
55Christina McHale152511
56Cagla Buyukakcay15221
57Yulia Putintseva15221
58Yanina Wickmayer1520-7
59Mona Barthel15190
60Louisa Chirico151846
61Anna-Lena Friedsam1516-7
62Ana Konjuh1516-2
63Kirsten Flipkens1515-2
64Nicole Gibbs1514-2
65Nao Hibino1514-2
66Sorana Cirstea151226
67Kateryna Bondarenko1511-3
68Anett Kontaveit1511-3
69Karin Knapp15102
70Patricia Maria Tig151028
71Elizaveta Kulichkova1507-3
72Paula Cristina Goncalves1506-2
73Kristina Kucova1504-1
74Magda Linette1503-1
75Varvara Lepchenko1502-1
76Kateryna Kozlova15010
77Lesia Tsurenko1500-10
78Naomi Osaka1500-1
79Irina Falconi1500-1
80Anastasija Sevastova1499-1
81Magdalena Rybarikova14980
82Yaroslava Shvedova14971
83Kristina Mladenovic1495-14
84Anna Karolina Schmiedlova1495-9
85Annika Beck1492-5
86Lara Arruabarrena1492-4
87Zhang Shuai1490-3
88Mirjana Lucic-Baroni14891
89Maria Sakkari1488-4
90Samantha Crawford1487-4
91Alexandra Panova1487-4
92Kurumi Nara1485-4
93Rebecca Peterson1482-3
94Olga Savchuk1481-3
95Tsvetana Pironkova1480-2
96Marina Erakovic1480-2
97Risa Ozaki1479-2
98Casey Dellacqua1479-2
99Lauren Davis1478-2
100Duan Yingying1475-1
101Sachia Vickery1474-1
102Aliaksandra Sasnovich1473-1
103Ajla Tomljanovic1473-1
104Bethanie Mattek-Sands1473-1
105Francesca Schiavone1473-1
106Pauline Parmentier14711
107Alison Van Uytvanck14692
108Misaki Doi1467-3
109Bojana Jovanovski14671
110Kiki Bertens14671
111Kristyna Pliskova14651
112Julia Glushko14651
113Zarina Diyas14651
114Tamira Paszek14651
115Lucie Hradecka14651
116Richel Hogenkamp14651
117Alison Riske1464-9
118Vania King14640
119Evgeniya Rodina14640
120Urszula Radwanska14610
121Paula Kania14610
122Ana Bogdan14601
123Wang Yafan14601
124Wang Qiang14582
125Aleksandra Krunic14582
126Teliana Pereira1457-4
127Shelby Rogers14571
128Mandy Minella14561
129Lourdes Domingues Lino1455-4
130Vitalia Diatchenko14550
131Sesil Karatantcheva14540
132Silvia Soler Espinosa14531
133Mariana Duque Marino14521
134Laura Robson1451-2
135Donna Vekic14481
136Stefanie Vogele14481
137Polona Hercog14471
138Anna Tatishvili14451
139Oceane Dodin14441
140Katerina Siniakova1443-5
141Petra Cetkovska14410
142Carina Witthoft14400
143Daniela Hantuchova14390
144Zheng Saisai14370
145Jana Cepelova14360
146Alexandra Dulgheru14330
147Tereza Smitkova14310
148Petra Martic14290
149Jarmila Wolfe14260
150Olga Govortsova14180
151Tatjana Maria14180
152Andreea Mitu14170
153Klara Koukalova14170