Saturday 21 May 2016

Women's ELO Rankings 23/05/2016

This week saw 2 tournaments held, in Nuremberg and Strasbourg, in the final week of preparations for the French Open.

Kiki Bertens, © AP


The Big Gainer of the week this week is Kiki Bertens. Her ranking was so low, that she had to qualify for the tournament in Nuremberg, and then once she got in to the main draw, she won the whole thing. She achieved a win over Roberta Vinci on her way to the title. This run gave Kiki 55 ELO rating points, which sees her climb 59 places in my rankings to #64.

This week's Upset player of the week award goes to Alize Cornet. After a few players pulled out of Strasbourg, she was given a seeding here, but she lost her 1st match to low rated, unranked qualifier Alla Kudryavtseva. This loss cost Alize 12 ELO rating points, and she falls 15 places in my rankings, from #59 to #74

Other strong performers relative to their rankings are Caroline Garcia, Julia Gorges, Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Mariana Duque-Marino and Kristina Mladenovic

Now, the full rankings.

#NameELO±
1Serena Williams18470
2Victoria Azarenka17560
3Agnieszka Radwanska17460
4Maria Sharapova17370
5Angelique Kerber17310
6Simona Halep16960
7Timea Bacsinszky16930
8Garbine Muguruza16591
9Svetlana Kuznetsova16571
10Sloane Stephens1656-2
11Dominika Cibulkova16490
12Madison Keys16480
13Venus Williams16460
14Carla Suarez Navarro16450
15Petra Kvitova16360
16Samantha Stosur16300
17Karolina Pliskova16240
18Irina-Camelia Begu16240
19Belinda Bencic16190
20Barbora Strycova16140
21Daria Kasatkina16050
22Elina Svitolina15970
23Ekaterina Makarova15960
24Lucie Safarova15911
25Ana Ivanovic15911
26Johanna Konta15911
27Jelena Jankovic15881
28Eugenie Bouchard15861
29Roberta Vinci1585-5
30Laura Siegemund15781
31Caroline Wozniacki15781
32Caroline Garcia157619
33Sara Errani1574-3
34Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova1574-1
35Daria Gavrilova1571-1
36Elena Vesnina15630
37Camila Giorgi1559-2
38Timea Babos1553-1
39Jelena Ostapenko1548-1
40Denisa Allertova1547-1
41Christina McHale1541-1
42Andrea Petkovic15401
43Coco Vandeweghe15401
44Monica Puig15391
45Julia Gorges153415
46Anna-Lena Friedsam153310
47Heather Watson1531-6
48Danka Kovinic1530-1
49Johanna Larsson1529-7
50Monica Niculescu1528-2
51Naomi Broady1528-2
52Margarita Gasparyan1527-2
53Hseih Su-Wei1527-1
54Sabine Lisicki1522-1
55Cagla Buyukakcay1522-1
56Yulia Putintseva1521-1
57Mirjana Lucic-Baroni152129
58Madison Brengle1520-12
59Mona Barthel1519-2
60Louisa Chirico1518-2
61Ana Konjuh15160
62Yanina Wickmayer15141
63Lesia Tsurenko15149
64Kiki Bertens151459
65Kateryna Bondarenko15132
66Nicole Gibbs1512-2
67Sorana Cirstea1512-1
68Varvara Lepchenko15128
69Anett Kontaveit1511-1
70Patricia Maria Tig1510-1
71Irina Falconi15098
72Elizaveta Kulichkova1507-2
73Paula Cristina Goncalves1506-2
74Alize Cornet1505-15
75Kirsten Flipkens1505-13
76Nao Hibino1505-11
77Kristina Mladenovic150513
78Kristina Kucova1504-5
79Karin Knapp1503-5
80Magda Linette1503-5
81Kateryna Kozlova1501-4
82Annika Beck150112
83Naomi Osaka1500-5
84Anastasija Sevastova1499-4
85Magdalena Rybarikova1498-4
86Misaki Doi1498-4
87Mariana Duque Marino149338
88Maria Sakkari1488-1
89Yaroslava Shvedova1487-6
90Samantha Crawford1487-2
91Alexandra Panova1487-2
92Pauline Parmentier148714
93Anna Karolina Schmiedlova1486-2
94Lara Arruabarrena1483-10
95Rebecca Peterson1482-2
96Olga Savchuk1481-1
97Tsvetana Pironkova1480-1
98Marina Erakovic1480-1
99Zhang Shuai1479-14
100Risa Ozaki1479-2
101Casey Dellacqua1479-2
102Kurumi Nara1475-10
103Duan Yingying1475-2
104Sachia Vickery1474-2
105Aliaksandra Sasnovich1473-2
106Ajla Tomljanovic1473-2
107Bethanie Mattek-Sands1473-2
108Lauren Davis1472-8
109Alison Van Uytvanck1469-2
110Bojana Jovanovski1467-2
111Francesca Schiavone1466-2
112Julia Glushko1465-1
113Tamira Paszek14650
114Lucie Hradecka14650
115Richel Hogenkamp14650
116Zarina Diyas1464-4
117Vania King1464-1
118Evgeniya Rodina1464-1
119Urszula Radwanska14610
120Paula Kania14610
121Alison Riske14613
122Ana Bogdan1460-1
123Wang Yafan1460-1
124Aleksandra Krunic14583
125Kristyna Pliskova1456-15
126Mandy Minella14563
127Lourdes Domingues Lino14553
128Vitalia Diatchenko14553
129Teliana Pereira1454-11
130Sesil Karatantcheva14542
131Silvia Soler Espinosa14532
132Laura Robson14512
133Polona Hercog14514
134Marina Melnikova1451NEW
135Wang Qiang1449-9
136Stefanie Vogele14480
137Shelby Rogers1447-9
138Anna Tatishvili14450
139Donna Vekic1444-4
140Oceane Dodin1444-1
141Katerina Siniakova1443-1
142Petra Cetkovska1441-1
143Daniela Hantuchova14390
144Jana Cepelova14361
145Alexandra Dulgheru14331
146Carina Witthoft1431-4
147Tereza Smitkova14310
148Zheng Saisai1430-4
149Petra Martic1429-1
150Jarmila Wolfe1426-1
151Andreea Mitu14171
152Klara Koukalova14171
153Olga Govortsova1412-3
154Tatjana Maria1409-3