Women's ELO Rankings 21/08/2017

With the U.S. Open only 2 weeks away, this week saw many of the top players prepare for the last Grand Slam with a tournament in Cincinnati.

Garbine Muguruza, © Getty

This week's Big Gainer of the week award goes to Garbine Muguruza. She won the tournament as the 4th seed, defeating Sverlana Kuznetsova, Karolina Pliskova and the new ELO #1 Simona Halep in the final. This title gave Garbine 45 ELO rating points, and she moves up 3 places in my rankings to #4.

The Upset player of the week this week is Jelena Ostapenko. The 12th seed at Cincinnati, she lost her 1st round match to qualifier Aleksandra Krunic. This loss cost Jelena 16 ELO rating points, and she loses 3 places in my rankings to a new ranking of #18.

Other strong performers relative to their rankings are Julia Gorges and Sloane Stephens.

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Now, the full rankings.

#	Name	ELO	± #	± ELO
1	Simona Halep	1814	1	13
2	Elina Svitolina	1801	-1	-11
3	Karolina Pliskova	1791	0	8
4	Garbine Muguruza	1785	3	45
5	Caroline Wozniacki	1771	-1	2
6	Johanna Konta	1751	0	4
7	Petra Kvitova	1746	-2	-6
8	Venus Williams	1731	0	-9
9	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1731	0	2
10	Angelique Kerber	1701	0	-12
11	Madison Keys	1700	0	7
12	Agnieszka Radwanska	1679	0	-13
13	Sloane Stephens	1674	9	36
14	Kristina Mladenovic	1657	-1	-11
15	Barbora Strycova	1656	-1	-11
16	Ekaterina Makarova	1656	4	13
17	Timea Bacsinszky	1653	1	0
18	Jelena Ostapenko	1645	-3	-16
19	Caroline Garcia	1643	-3	-12
20	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1641	-3	-12
21	Dominika Cibulkova	1639	4	9
22	Anett Kontaveit	1638	-3	-7
23	Anastasija Sevastova	1633	3	11
24	Coco Vandeweghe	1631	-3	-8
25	Julia Gorges	1627	11	25
26	Peng Shuai	1622	-3	-10
27	Lucie Safarova	1622	-3	-10
28	Carla Suarez Navarro	1621	1	6
29	Samantha Stosur	1620	-2	0
30	Ashleigh Barty	1620	3	15
31	Daria Gavrilova	1615	-3	-1
32	Laura Siegemund	1614	-1	0
33	Daria Kasatkina	1608	-1	-1
34	Kiki Bertens	1605	0	1
35	Catherine Bellis	1602	-5	-13
36	Elena Vesnina	1601	1	6
37	Ana Konjuh	1593	-2	-9
38	Lesia Tsurenko	1591	0	8
39	Magdalena Rybarikova	1576	1	0
40	Naomi Osaka	1576	1	0
41	Camila Giorgi	1576	5	18
42	Elise Mertens	1572	0	0
43	Katerina Siniakova	1571	-4	-11
44	Alison Riske	1564	-1	-5
45	Irina-Camelia Begu	1563	0	0
46	Monica Puig	1554	-2	-13
47	Sorana Cirstea	1552	1	0
48	Carina Witthoft	1546	2	0
49	Shelby Rogers	1541	2	0
50	Lauren Davis	1540	-3	-12
51	Mirjana Lucic-Baroni	1538	-2	-8
52	Kristyna Pliskova	1537	0	0
53	Monica Niculescu	1534	0	0
54	Kirsten Flipkens	1534	0	0
55	Sabine Lisicki	1533	0	0
56	Lara Arruabarrena	1532	0	0
57	Heather Watson	1528	0	0
58	Sara Errani	1528	0	0
59	Yulia Putintseva	1528	3	4
60	Wang Qiang	1527	-1	0
61	Alize Cornet	1526	3	6
62	Mona Barthel	1525	-2	0
63	Anna-Lena Friedsam	1525	-2	0
64	Johanna Larsson	1521	-1	0
65	Roberta Vinci	1517	1	2
66	Barbora Krejcikova	1516	-1	0
67	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	1514	7	6
68	Eugenie Bouchard	1513	0	0
69	Margarita Gasparyan	1511	2	0
70	Tereza Martincova	1510	2	0
71	Tsvetana Pironkova	1508	2	0
72	Varvara Lepchenko	1507	-5	-7
73	Oceane Dodin	1505	-4	-7
74	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	1505	-4	-7
75	Zhang Shuai	1505	1	0
76	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	1502	2	0
77	Julia Boserup	1501	2	0
78	Yaroslava Shvedova	1501	2	0
79	Han Xinyun	1500	2	0
80	Yanina Wickmayer	1499	2	0
81	Viktorija Golubic	1499	2	0
82	Donna Vekic	1497	-7	-10
83	Nao Hibino	1497	1	0
84	Denisa Allertova	1497	1	0
85	Belinda Bencic	1497	1	0
86	Andrea Petkovic	1496	1	0
87	Veronica Cepede Royg	1495	-10	-9
88	Francesca Schiavone	1495	0	0
89	Madison Brengle	1495	0	0
90	Sara Sorribes Tormo	1494	0	0
91	Petra Martic	1493	0	0
92	Christina McHale	1492	0	0
93	Vania King	1492	0	0
94	Karin Knapp	1491	0	0
95	Hseih Su-Wei	1489	0	0
96	Mariana Duque Marino	1488	0	0
97	Jelena Jankovic	1486	0	0
98	Misaki Doi	1479	1	0
99	Duan Yingying	1479	1	0
100	Ons Jabeur	1479	1	0
101	Ana Bogdan	1479	1	0
102	Pauline Parmentier	1476	1	0
103	Wang Yafan	1476	1	0
104	Timea Babos	1474	-6	-9
105	Zhu Lin	1474	0	0
106	Samantha Crawford	1469	1	0
107	Ekaterina Alexandrova	1469	1	0
108	Richel Hogenkamp	1468	1	0
109	Kristina Kucova	1468	1	0
110	Ajla Tomljanovic	1467	1	0
111	Bojana Jovanovski	1464	1	0
112	Maria Sakkari	1464	1	0
113	Kateryna Bondarenko	1464	1	0
114	Lucie Hradecka	1463	1	0
115	Magda Linette	1461	-9	-10
116	Patricia Maria Tig	1461	0	0
117	Sachia Vickery	1460	0	0
118	Urszula Radwanska	1459	0	0
119	Elizaveta Kulichkova	1459	0	0
120	Kateryna Kozlova	1458	0	0
121	Zarina Diyas	1456	0	0
122	Naomi Broady	1456	0	0
123	Risa Ozaki	1455	0	0
124	Chang Kai-Chen	1455	0	0
125	Cagla Buyukakcay	1454	0	0
126	Tamira Paszek	1453	0	0
127	Jennifer Brady	1450	0	0
128	Anna Karolina Schmiedlova	1449	0	0
129	Jana Cepelova	1447	0	0
130	Evgeniya Rodina	1445	0	0
131	Annika Beck	1444	0	0
132	Alison Van Uytvanck	1443	0	0
133	Alexandra Dulgheru	1441	0	0
134	Polona Hercog	1439	0	0
135	Irina Falconi	1439	0	0
136	Kurumi Nara	1438	0	0
137	Louisa Chirico	1437	0	0
138	Nicole Gibbs	1434	0	0
139	Aleksandra Krunic	1432	5	11
140	Elitsa Kostova	1431	-1	0
141	Anna Tatishvili	1430	-1	0
142	Mandy Minella	1427	-1	0
143	Tatjana Maria	1426	-1	0
144	Tereza Smitkova	1422	-1	0
145	Danka Kovinic	1419	0	0
146	Marina Erakovic	1418	0	0
147	Stefanie Vogele	1413	0	0
148	Zheng Saisai	1410	0	0
149	Laura Robson	1410	0	0
150	Teliana Pereira	1409	0	0
151	Andreea Mitu	1407	0	0
152	Olga Govortsova	1404	0	0
153	Maryna Zanevska	1399	0	0
154	Silvia Soler Espinosa	1390	0	0