Monica Niculescu, © AAP |
The Big Gainer of the week award this week goes to Monica Niculescu. She won the tournament in Luxembourg, defeating Petra Kvitova in the final as an unseeded player. This title gave Monica 55 ELO rating points, which sees her gain 21 places in my rankings to #23.
This week's Upset player of the week is Barbora Strycova. She was the 6th seed at Moscow, but lost her 1st round match to lucky loser Ana Konjuh. This loss cost Barbora 13 ELO rating points, which sees her fall 1 place in my rankings to #15.
Other strong performers relative to their rankings are Lauren Davis, Julia Gorges, Kiki Bertens, Varvara Lepchenko and Francesca Schiavone.
Now, the full rankings.
# | Name | ELO | ± # | ± ELO |
1 | Serena Williams | 1873 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Angelique Kerber | 1786 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Simona Halep | 1786 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Agnieszka Radwanska | 1770 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Petra Kvitova | 1747 | 0 | 4 |
6 | Madison Keys | 1736 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Dominika Cibulkova | 1730 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 1726 | 1 | 31 |
9 | Karolina Pliskova | 1718 | -1 | 0 |
10 | Johanna Konta | 1692 | 1 | 0 |
11 | Caroline Wozniacki | 1691 | -1 | -4 |
12 | Elina Svitolina | 1683 | 0 | 3 |
13 | Garbine Muguruza | 1674 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Venus Williams | 1651 | 2 | 0 |
15 | Barbora Strycova | 1642 | -1 | -13 |
16 | Carla Suarez Navarro | 1642 | -1 | -11 |
17 | Daria Gavrilova | 1632 | 5 | 29 |
18 | Timea Bacsinszky | 1625 | -1 | 0 |
19 | Ekaterina Makarova | 1617 | -1 | -5 |
20 | Sloane Stephens | 1616 | -1 | 0 |
21 | Monica Puig | 1616 | -1 | 0 |
22 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 1614 | -1 | 7 |
23 | Monica Niculescu | 1607 | 21 | 55 |
24 | Daria Kasatkina | 1602 | 1 | 8 |
25 | Jelena Jankovic | 1594 | -1 | -3 |
26 | Elena Vesnina | 1590 | -3 | -12 |
27 | Samantha Stosur | 1588 | 1 | 0 |
28 | Roberta Vinci | 1584 | 1 | 0 |
29 | Laura Siegemund | 1580 | -3 | -13 |
30 | Caroline Garcia | 1579 | 0 | -3 |
31 | Naomi Osaka | 1579 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Timea Babos | 1579 | 4 | 13 |
33 | Ana Konjuh | 1579 | 4 | 14 |
34 | Viktorija Golubic | 1578 | -7 | -12 |
35 | Kristina Mladenovic | 1575 | -2 | -2 |
36 | Coco Vandeweghe | 1574 | -2 | 0 |
37 | Johanna Larsson | 1570 | 1 | 10 |
38 | Irina-Camelia Begu | 1567 | -6 | -10 |
39 | Lesia Tsurenko | 1562 | -4 | -11 |
40 | Alison Riske | 1555 | 3 | 0 |
41 | Kiki Bertens | 1555 | 9 | 17 |
42 | Belinda Bencic | 1551 | -3 | -9 |
43 | Ana Ivanovic | 1551 | 2 | 0 |
44 | Christina McHale | 1550 | 2 | 0 |
45 | Yaroslava Shvedova | 1549 | 2 | 0 |
46 | Eugenie Bouchard | 1547 | -6 | -11 |
47 | Lucie Safarova | 1546 | -5 | -9 |
48 | Andrea Petkovic | 1545 | 3 | 8 |
49 | Anastasija Sevastova | 1544 | -8 | -12 |
50 | Lauren Davis | 1544 | 16 | 23 |
51 | Denisa Allertova | 1543 | 3 | 8 |
52 | Zhang Shuai | 1542 | -3 | 0 |
53 | Alize Cornet | 1538 | -1 | 2 |
54 | Kirsten Flipkens | 1535 | -6 | -10 |
55 | CiCi Bellis | 1535 | -2 | 0 |
56 | Sara Errani | 1534 | -1 | 0 |
57 | Lara Arruabarrena | 1533 | -1 | 0 |
58 | Yulia Putintseva | 1533 | -1 | 5 |
59 | Julia Gorges | 1533 | 17 | 27 |
60 | Camila Giorgi | 1527 | -2 | 0 |
61 | Peng Shuai | 1526 | -1 | 0 |
62 | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 1525 | -1 | 0 |
63 | Kristina Kucova | 1522 | 1 | 0 |
64 | Sabine Lisicki | 1521 | 5 | 7 |
65 | Nao Hibino | 1517 | 3 | 0 |
66 | Yanina Wickmayer | 1514 | -7 | -12 |
67 | Misaki Doi | 1514 | -5 | -10 |
68 | Tsvetana Pironkova | 1511 | -5 | -11 |
69 | Katerina Siniakova | 1511 | -2 | -7 |
70 | Margarita Gasparyan | 1511 | 0 | 0 |
71 | Vania King | 1509 | 0 | 0 |
72 | Jessica Pegula | 1508 | 2 | 0 |
73 | Hseih Su-Wei | 1503 | 2 | -4 |
74 | Patricia Maria Tig | 1503 | 6 | 0 |
75 | Karin Knapp | 1501 | 6 | 0 |
76 | Varvara Lepchenko | 1501 | 12 | 7 |
77 | Danka Kovinic | 1499 | -4 | -10 |
78 | Anett Kontaveit | 1498 | -1 | -8 |
79 | Annika Beck | 1497 | -1 | -9 |
80 | Duan Yingying | 1497 | 3 | 0 |
81 | Risa Ozaki | 1496 | 3 | 0 |
82 | Louisa Chirico | 1496 | 3 | 0 |
83 | Evgeniya Rodina | 1496 | 3 | 0 |
84 | Kateryna Kozlova | 1495 | 3 | 0 |
85 | Oceane Dodin | 1494 | -6 | -11 |
86 | Jelena Ostapenko | 1492 | -4 | -7 |
87 | Kateryna Bondarenko | 1491 | 2 | 0 |
88 | Mirjana Lucic-Baroni | 1489 | 2 | 0 |
89 | Magdalena Rybarikova | 1489 | 2 | 0 |
90 | Tereza Martincova | 1488 | 2 | 0 |
91 | Kurumi Nara | 1487 | 2 | 0 |
92 | Alexandra Panova | 1487 | 2 | 0 |
93 | Heather Watson | 1487 | 2 | 0 |
94 | Zhu Lin | 1485 | 3 | 0 |
95 | Madison Brengle | 1481 | 1 | -5 |
96 | Jana Cepelova | 1481 | 3 | 0 |
97 | Magda Linette | 1481 | 3 | 0 |
98 | Cagla Buyukakcay | 1480 | 3 | 0 |
99 | Mariana Duque Marino | 1479 | 4 | 0 |
100 | Casey Dellacqua | 1479 | 4 | 0 |
101 | Elizaveta Kulichkova | 1478 | 4 | 0 |
102 | Irina Falconi | 1477 | 4 | 0 |
103 | Han Xinyun | 1477 | 4 | 0 |
104 | Naomi Broady | 1476 | 4 | 0 |
105 | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 1476 | 4 | 0 |
106 | Ana Bogdan | 1475 | 4 | 0 |
107 | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 1474 | 4 | 0 |
108 | Pauline Parmentier | 1473 | -10 | -8 |
109 | Ajla Tomljanovic | 1473 | 3 | 0 |
110 | Alla Kudryavtseva | 1473 | 3 | 0 |
111 | Francesca Schiavone | 1472 | 10 | 5 |
112 | Veronica Cepede Royg | 1471 | 2 | 0 |
113 | Richel Hogenkamp | 1471 | 2 | 0 |
114 | Mona Barthel | 1471 | 5 | 3 |
115 | Rebecca Peterson | 1470 | 2 | 0 |
116 | Sorana Cirstea | 1469 | -14 | -11 |
117 | Marina Erakovic | 1469 | 1 | 0 |
118 | Wang Qiang | 1468 | 2 | 0 |
119 | Sachia Vickery | 1467 | 3 | 0 |
120 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 1466 | 4 | 0 |
121 | Kristyna Pliskova | 1465 | 6 | 3 |
122 | Bojana Jovanovski | 1464 | 4 | 0 |
123 | Zarina Diyas | 1461 | 5 | 0 |
124 | Carina Witthoft | 1460 | -8 | -10 |
125 | Samantha Crawford | 1460 | 5 | 0 |
126 | Urszula Radwanska | 1459 | 5 | 0 |
127 | Shelby Rogers | 1458 | -4 | -8 |
128 | Nicole Gibbs | 1454 | 1 | -6 |
129 | Wang Yafan | 1454 | 3 | 0 |
130 | Tamira Paszek | 1453 | 3 | 0 |
131 | Lucie Hradecka | 1450 | 3 | 0 |
132 | Anna Karolina Schmiedlova | 1449 | 6 | 5 |
133 | Maria Sakkari | 1447 | 3 | 0 |
134 | Lourdes Domingues Lino | 1445 | 3 | 0 |
135 | Elitsa Kostova | 1444 | 4 | 0 |
136 | Sesil Karatantcheva | 1443 | 4 | 0 |
137 | Paula Kania | 1442 | 4 | 0 |
138 | Mandy Minella | 1441 | -3 | -7 |
139 | Alison Van Uytvanck | 1440 | 3 | 0 |
140 | Anna Tatishvili | 1439 | 3 | 0 |
141 | Vitalia Diatchenko | 1436 | 3 | 0 |
142 | Tereza Smitkova | 1435 | 5 | 4 |
143 | Marina Melnikova | 1434 | 2 | 0 |
144 | Silvia Soler Espinosa | 1431 | 2 | 0 |
145 | Polona Hercog | 1429 | 3 | 0 |
146 | Aleksandra Krunic | 1427 | 3 | 0 |
147 | Donna Vekic | 1427 | 3 | 0 |
148 | Jarmila Wolfe | 1426 | 3 | 0 |
149 | Laura Robson | 1425 | 3 | 0 |
150 | Alexandra Dulgheru | 1425 | 3 | 0 |
151 | Daniela Hantuchova | 1419 | 3 | 0 |
152 | Teliana Pereira | 1418 | 3 | 0 |
153 | Klara Koukalova | 1417 | 3 | 0 |
154 | Stefanie Vogele | 1414 | 3 | 0 |
155 | Zheng Saisai | 1412 | 3 | 0 |
156 | Andreea Mitu | 1407 | 3 | 0 |
157 | Olga Govortsova | 1404 | 3 | 0 |
158 | Tatjana Maria | 1397 | 3 | 0 |