Women's ELO Rankings 19/08/2019

Preparations for the US Open continue with the 2nd of 2 weeks of large tournaments on the WTA Tour, held in Cincinnati.

Madison Keys, © Albert Cesare

This week's Player of the week is Madison Keys. She was the 16th seed at the tournament, and won the title, with a win over Simpona Halep among others. These results led to Madison gaining 62 ELO rating points, and she moves up 13 places in my rankings to #8.

This week's Upset player of the week is Johanna Konta. The 14th seed at Cincinnati however, lost her opening match. This loss meant that Johanna lost 15 ELO rating points, and she falls 4 places in my rankings to #13.

Other strong performers relative to their rankings are Svetlana Kuznetsova and Rebecca Peterson.

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Now, the full rankings.

#	Name	ELO	± #	± ELO
1	Ashleigh Barty	1858	0	0
2	Simona Halep	1842	0	-11
3	Serena Williams	1841	0	0
4	Karolina Pliskova	1818	0	-8
5	Petra Kvitova	1794	0	-14
6	Kiki Bertens	1758	0	-12
7	Elina Svitolina	1753	0	-4
8	Madison Keys	1748	13	62
9	Naomi Osaka	1743	-1	3
10	Sofia Kenin	1729	8	25
11	Bianca Andreescu	1728	0	0
12	Angelique Kerber	1725	-2	-12
13	Johanna Konta	1722	-4	-15
14	Venus Williams	1721	1	16
15	Maria Sharapova	1713	-2	1
16	Garbine Muguruza	1708	-4	-11
17	Victoria Azarenka	1705	-3	-2
18	Marketa Vondrousova	1704	-1	0
19	Belinda Bencic	1695	-3	-10
20	Anett Kontaveit	1694	2	13
21	Petra Martic	1689	-2	-11
22	Caroline Wozniacki	1684	-2	-12
23	Donna Vekic	1681	1	9
24	Aryna Sabalenka	1672	2	7
25	Sloane Stephens	1666	0	-3
26	Hsieh Su-Wei	1662	4	9
27	Anastasija Sevastova	1662	-4	-12
28	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1659	14	57
29	Maria Sakkari	1659	8	31
30	Elise Mertens	1654	-1	-2
31	Wang Qiang	1652	-4	-10
32	Caroline Garcia	1646	-4	-13
33	Amanda Anisimova	1643	0	0
34	Julia Gorges	1643	-3	-8
35	Barbora Strycova	1640	-3	-10
36	Dayana Yastremska	1632	0	1
37	Daria Kasatkina	1628	1	2
38	Camila Giorgi	1625	-4	-10
39	Carla Suarez Navarro	1621	-4	-12
40	Dominika Cibulkova	1619	0	0
41	Alison Riske	1617	-2	-8
42	Yulia Putintseva	1608	-1	1
43	Lesia Tsurenko	1594	1	0
44	Karolina Muchova	1590	1	0
45	Monica Puig	1587	-2	-11
46	Ekaterina Makarova	1583	0	0
47	Elena Rybakina	1583	0	0
48	Alize Cornet	1582	0	0
49	Danielle Collins	1580	1	0
50	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1580	1	0
51	Jil Teichmann	1579	1	0
52	Timea Bacsinszky	1577	1	0
53	Kaia Kanepi	1576	1	0
54	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	1571	2	3
55	Jelena Ostapenko	1571	-6	-9
56	Kristina Mladenovic	1569	-1	0
57	Ekaterina Alexandrova	1569	6	9
58	Coco Vandeweghe	1568	-1	0
59	Anastasia Potapova	1563	-1	0
60	Zhang Shuai	1563	-1	0
61	Wang Yafan	1562	8	7
62	Alison Van Uytvanck	1561	-1	0
63	Margarita Gasparyan	1560	1	0
64	Iga Swiatek	1560	6	7
65	Veronika Kudermetova	1560	-3	-1
66	Mihaela Buzarnescu	1558	0	0
67	Ajla Tomljanovic	1555	0	0
68	Ana Konjuh	1555	0	0
69	Rebecca Peterson	1551	12	22
70	Jessica Pegula	1549	-10	-12
71	Viktoria Kuzmova	1548	-6	-11
72	Polona Hercog	1548	1	0
73	Laura Siegemund	1544	1	0
74	Katerina Siniakova	1543	-2	-7
75	Jennifer Brady	1542	1	3
76	Daria Gavrilova	1541	-1	0
77	Bernada Pera	1540	-6	-10
78	Zheng Saisai	1538	0	5
79	Tamara Zidansek	1536	-2	0
80	Samantha Stosur	1533	-1	0
81	Beatriz Haddad Maia	1531	-1	0
82	Kateryna Kozlova	1522	0	0
83	Sorana Cirstea	1520	0	0
84	Lauren Davis	1515	0	-5
85	Anna-Lena Friedsam	1514	1	0
86	Andrea Petkovic	1512	1	0
87	Monica Niculescu	1511	1	0
88	Magdalena Rybarikova	1510	1	0
89	Vera Zvonareva	1510	1	0
90	Yanina Wickmayer	1510	1	0
91	Ons Jabeur	1509	-6	-9
92	Fiona Ferro	1508	0	0
93	Magda Linette	1504	0	0
94	Irina-Camelia Begu	1499	0	0
95	Aleksandra Krunic	1499	0	0
96	Shelby Rogers	1497	0	0
97	Kirsten Flipkens	1496	0	0
98	Zarina Diyas	1495	2	7
99	Sabine Lisicki	1495	-1	0
100	Tatjana Maria	1488	-1	0
101	Lara Arruabarrena	1487	0	0
102	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	1487	0	0
103	Taylor Townsend	1486	0	0
104	Kristyna Pliskova	1483	0	0
105	Eugenie Bouchard	1481	0	0
106	Ivana Jorovic	1480	0	0
107	Vera Lapko	1479	0	0
108	Han Xinyun	1477	0	0
109	Arantxa Rus	1476	0	0
110	Sachia Vickery	1475	0	0
111	Pauline Parmentier	1474	0	0
112	Jana Fett	1472	0	0
113	Lucie Hradecka	1471	0	0
114	Johanna Larsson	1466	0	0
115	Madison Brengle	1464	0	0
116	Christina McHale	1464	0	0
117	Mona Barthel	1463	0	0
118	Sara Sorribes Tormo	1462	0	0
119	Kateryna Bondarenko	1462	0	0
120	Carina Witthoft	1461	0	0
121	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	1461	0	0
122	Viktorija Golubic	1457	0	0
123	Duan Yingying	1457	0	0
124	Naomi Broady	1456	0	0
125	Anna Blinkova	1455	0	0
126	Anna Karolina Schmiedlova	1455	0	0
127	Ana Bogdan	1453	0	0
128	Luksika Kumkhum	1451	0	0
129	Ysaline Bonaventure	1447	0	0
130	Kristina Kucova	1446	0	0
131	Heather Watson	1443	0	0
132	Mandy Minella	1441	0	0
133	Nicole Gibbs	1439	0	0
134	Zhu Lin	1439	0	0
135	Nao Hibino	1436	1	0
136	Varvara Lepchenko	1436	1	0
137	Dalila Jakupovic	1435	1	0
138	Priscilla Hon	1432	2	0
139	Stefanie Vogele	1427	2	0
140	Timea Babos	1424	2	0
141	Cagla Buyukakcay	1423	2	0
142	Tereza Martincova	1421	2	0
143	Misaki Doi	1418	2	0
144	Evgeniya Rodina	1413	2	0
145	Jana Cepelova	1409	2	0
146	Magdalena Frech	1405	2	0
147	Kurumi Nara	1399	2	0