Women's ELO Rankings 30/09/2019

This week, there were 2 tournaments on the WTA Tour, a large tournament in Wuhan, and a smaller one in Tashkent.

Aryna Sabalenka, © USA TODAY Sports

This week's Player of the week is Aryna Sabalenka. She won the tournament in Wuhan as the 9th seed, beatign Kiki Bertens and Ashleigh Barty smong others. These wins earned Aryna 56 ELO rating points, and she gains 13 places in my rankings to #13.

This week's Upset player of the week is Donna Vekic. Also at Wuhan, she was the 16th seed, but lost in the 1st round to Ons Jabeur. This defeat means that Donna loses 15 ELO rating points, and she moves down 4 places in my rankings to #25.

Other strong performers relative to their rankings are Alison Riske, Alison Van Uytvanck, Veronika Kudermetova, Sorana Cirstea and Kristyna Pliskova.

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Now, the full rankings.

#	Name	ELO	± #	± ELO
1	Serena Williams	1860	0	0
2	Ashleigh Barty	1857	0	4
3	Karolina Pliskova	1826	0	-10
4	Simona Halep	1815	0	-11
5	Petra Kvitova	1783	0	3
6	Bianca Andreescu	1780	0	0
7	Naomi Osaka	1769	0	0
8	Sofia Kenin	1761	1	7
9	Elina Svitolina	1761	-1	1
10	Madison Keys	1752	0	0
11	Johanna Konta	1743	0	0
12	Petra Martic	1733	2	13
13	Aryna Sabalenka	1725	13	56
14	Kiki Bertens	1719	-1	-6
15	Belinda Bencic	1713	-3	-14
16	Maria Sharapova	1707	0	0
17	Marketa Vondrousova	1704	0	0
18	Venus Williams	1703	-3	-14
19	Anett Kontaveit	1695	0	0
20	Victoria Azarenka	1694	0	0
21	Angelique Kerber	1687	-3	-14
22	Elise Mertens	1685	1	-2
23	Garbine Muguruza	1682	1	-2
24	Caroline Wozniacki	1677	-2	-11
25	Donna Vekic	1676	-4	-15
26	Maria Sakkari	1670	-1	0
27	Wang Qiang	1663	0	-5
28	Julia Gorges	1659	1	0
29	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1657	3	12
30	Dayana Yastremska	1651	6	23
31	Alison Riske	1651	13	47
32	Hsieh Su-Wei	1650	-2	1
33	Anastasija Sevastova	1650	-5	-15
34	Sloane Stephens	1649	1	9
35	Karolina Muchova	1648	-4	0
36	Amanda Anisimova	1645	-2	2
37	Camila Giorgi	1632	-4	-11
38	Caroline Garcia	1623	1	5
39	Dominika Cibulkova	1619	-1	0
40	Barbora Strycova	1615	2	1
41	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1614	-4	-6
42	Carla Suarez Navarro	1605	1	0
43	Yulia Putintseva	1605	-2	-9
44	Elena Rybakina	1605	8	24
45	Daria Kasatkina	1605	-5	-10
46	Rebecca Peterson	1604	-1	5
47	Magda Linette	1598	-1	0
48	Lesia Tsurenko	1594	-1	0
49	Alison Van Uytvanck	1592	16	42
50	Danielle Collins	1588	1	6
51	Ekaterina Makarova	1583	-2	0
52	Kristina Mladenovic	1578	-4	-7
53	Alize Cornet	1576	1	0
54	Ekaterina Alexandrova	1572	-4	-11
55	Veronika Kudermetova	1569	13	20
56	Monica Puig	1568	1	4
57	Ajla Tomljanovic	1568	-4	-8
58	Kaia Kanepi	1565	-3	0
59	Iga Swiatek	1560	0	0
60	Zhang Shuai	1556	-4	-8
61	Ana Konjuh	1555	-1	0
62	Timea Bacsinszky	1554	0	0
63	Jelena Ostapenko	1551	-5	-12
64	Wang Yafan	1551	5	2
65	Coco Vandeweghe	1550	2	0
66	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	1547	-5	-7
67	Jil Teichmann	1546	3	0
68	Bernada Pera	1545	4	4
69	Katerina Siniakova	1544	-5	-6
70	Samantha Stosur	1544	-7	-7
71	Sorana Cirstea	1542	16	24
72	Margarita Gasparyan	1542	-6	-8
73	Mihaela Buzarnescu	1541	-2	0
74	Zheng Saisai	1540	-1	0
75	Anastasia Potapova	1539	-1	0
76	Laura Siegemund	1538	-1	0
77	Viktoria Kuzmova	1537	3	7
78	Andrea Petkovic	1536	-2	0
79	Beatriz Haddad Maia	1531	-1	0
80	Daria Gavrilova	1530	-1	0
81	Polona Hercog	1529	2	6
82	Kristie Ahn	1528	-1	0
83	Ons Jabeur	1527	1	6
84	Jennifer Brady	1523	-7	-9
85	Taylor Townsend	1521	1	0
86	Fiona Ferro	1518	2	0
87	Jessica Pegula	1517	-5	-10
88	Nina Stojanovic	1516	1	0
89	Anna-Lena Friedsam	1514	2	0
90	Kristyna Pliskova	1514	16	24
91	Lauren Davis	1512	-6	-9
92	Magdalena Rybarikova	1510	1	0
93	Vera Zvonareva	1510	1	0
94	Yanina Wickmayer	1510	1	0
95	Marie Bouzkova	1509	1	4
96	Kirsten Flipkens	1504	-6	-12
97	Tamara Zidansek	1501	-5	-10
98	Patricia Maria Tig	1499	0	0
99	Anna Blinkova	1499	0	0
100	Zarina Diyas	1498	0	0
101	Shelby Rogers	1497	0	0
102	Sabine Lisicki	1495	1	0
103	Monica Niculescu	1494	1	0
104	Kateryna Kozlova	1494	-7	-7
105	Lara Arruabarrena	1486	2	0
106	Jasmine Paolini	1486	-4	-11
107	Nao Hibino	1486	1	0
108	Viktorija Golubic	1485	2	0
109	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	1481	3	0
110	Pauline Parmentier	1479	15	12
111	Vera Lapko	1479	2	0
112	Irina-Camelia Begu	1479	-7	-12
113	Christina McHale	1477	11	9
114	Misaki Doi	1477	0	0
115	Eugenie Bouchard	1476	0	0
116	Denisa Allertova	1476	-5	-9
117	Paula Badosa	1476	-1	0
118	Arantxa Rus	1476	-1	0
119	Jana Fett	1475	-1	0
120	Sachia Vickery	1475	-1	0
121	Aleksandra Krunic	1475	-12	-10
122	Ivana Jorovic	1472	-2	0
123	Lucie Hradecka	1471	-2	0
124	Han Xinyun	1471	-2	0
125	Zhu Lin	1463	-2	-7
126	Ana Bogdan	1463	1	0
127	Mona Barthel	1463	1	0
128	Carina Witthoft	1461	1	0
129	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	1461	1	0
130	Sara Sorribes Tormo	1459	2	0
131	Tatjana Maria	1458	0	-2
132	Madison Brengle	1458	1	0
133	Johanna Larsson	1458	1	0
134	Priscilla Hon	1455	1	0
135	Harriet Dart	1455	-9	-10
136	Anna Karolina Schmiedlova	1455	0	0
137	Anna Kalinskaya	1454	5	12
138	Kateryna Bondarenko	1453	NEW	-9
139	Luksika Kumkhum	1451	-2	0
140	Nicole Gibbs	1448	-2	0
141	Ysaline Bonaventure	1448	-2	3
142	Heather Watson	1443	-2	0
143	Timea Babos	1443	0	3
144	Duan Yingying	1443	-3	0
145	Mandy Minella	1437	-1	0
146	Kristina Kucova	1437	-1	0
147	Dalila Jakupovic	1437	-1	0
148	Cagla Buyukakcay	1423	-1	0
149	Varvara Lepchenko	1422	-1	0
150	Richel Hogenkamp	1421	-1	0
151	Evgeniya Rodina	1413	-1	0
152	Tereza Martincova	1412	1	4
153	Danka Kovinic	1412	3	19
154	Risa Ozaki	1410	-2	0
155	Stefanie Vogele	1407	-4	-6
156	Jana Cepelova	1406	-2	0
157	Kurumi Nara	1405	-2	0
158	Magdalena Frech	1392	-1	0