Final preparations for the US Open took place this week, with 2 tournaments on the WTA Tour, in Cleveland and Chicago.
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| Irina-Camelia Begu, © Joshua Gunter |
This week's Player of the week is Irina-Camelia Begu. She entered the tournament in Cleveland, and made it to the final there, where she lost to Anett Kontaveit. These results led to Irina-Camelia earning 40 ELO rating points, and she climbs 26 places in my rankings to #67.
This week's Upset player of the week is Ekaterina Alexandrova. She was the 3rd seed at Cleveland, but list in round 1 to the player who went on to be this week's player of the week. This loss cost Ekaterina 14 ELO rating points, and she moves down 3 places to #38.
Other strong performers relative to their rankings are Alize Cornet, Magda Linette, Rebecca Peterson and Varvara Gracheva.
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Now, the full rankings.
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Now, the full rankings.
| # | Name | ELO | ± # | ± ELO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashleigh Barty | 1940 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Naomi Osaka | 1834 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Aryna Sabalenka | 1818 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Serena Williams | 1805 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Simona Halep | 1802 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Barbora Krejcikova | 1775 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Karolina Pliskova | 1772 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Garbine Muguruza | 1771 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Victoria Azarenka | 1768 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Elina Svitolina | 1767 | 3 | 25 |
| 11 | Ons Jabeur | 1757 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Angelique Kerber | 1746 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Iga Swiatek | 1742 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Maria Sakkari | 1737 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Coco Gauff | 1737 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Anett Kontaveit | 1733 | 9 | 32 |
| 17 | Petra Kvitova | 1728 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Jessica Pegula | 1723 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Belinda Bencic | 1721 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Elise Mertens | 1719 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Danielle Collins | 1719 | -1 | 0 |
| 22 | Bianca Andreescu | 1705 | -1 | 0 |
| 23 | Paula Badosa | 1704 | -1 | 0 |
| 24 | Sofia Kenin | 1702 | -1 | 0 |
| 25 | Karolina Muchova | 1701 | -1 | 0 |
| 26 | Elena Rybakina | 1698 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Camila Giorgi | 1692 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Daria Kasatkina | 1689 | -1 | -3 |
| 29 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 1688 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Jelena Ostapenko | 1675 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Marketa Vondrousova | 1665 | 0 | -1 |
| 32 | Jennifer Brady | 1665 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Veronika Kudermetova | 1662 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Johanna Konta | 1652 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Madison Keys | 1645 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 1643 | 3 | 14 |
| 37 | Kiki Bertens | 1635 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 1633 | -3 | -14 |
| 39 | Katerina Siniakova | 1632 | 1 | 7 |
| 40 | Yulia Putintseva | 1632 | -2 | 0 |
| 41 | Alize Cornet | 1612 | 14 | 29 |
| 42 | Ana Konjuh | 1605 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Sorana Cirstea | 1605 | -2 | -12 |
| 44 | Amanda Anisimova | 1602 | -1 | 0 |
| 45 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 1599 | -1 | 0 |
| 46 | Magda Linette | 1599 | 11 | 17 |
| 47 | Carla Suarez Navarro | 1597 | -2 | 0 |
| 48 | Andrea Petkovic | 1597 | -2 | 0 |
| 49 | Sloane Stephens | 1596 | -2 | 0 |
| 50 | Jil Teichmann | 1595 | -2 | 0 |
| 51 | Donna Vekic | 1593 | -2 | 0 |
| 52 | Wang Qiang | 1586 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Catherine Bellis | 1585 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Anastasija Sevastova | 1584 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Shelby Rogers | 1583 | -5 | -9 |
| 56 | Kaia Kanepi | 1580 | 0 | -3 |
| 57 | Petra Martic | 1579 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | Fiona Ferro | 1575 | 3 | 2 |
| 59 | Liudmila Samsonova | 1575 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Tamara Zidansek | 1574 | -9 | -14 |
| 61 | Caroline Garcia | 1573 | 1 | 2 |
| 62 | Ann Li | 1569 | -3 | -10 |
| 63 | Viktorija Golubic | 1567 | 0 | -2 |
| 64 | Ajla Tomljanovic | 1567 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Tsvetana Pironkova | 1560 | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | Laura Siegemund | 1560 | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | Irina-Camelia Begu | 1560 | 26 | 40 |
| 68 | Hsieh Su-Wei | 1560 | -2 | -1 |
| 69 | Nadia Podoroska | 1560 | -4 | -2 |
| 70 | Anastasia Potapova | 1559 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Marta Kostyuk | 1556 | 4 | 6 |
| 72 | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 1556 | 2 | 6 |
| 73 | Rebecca Peterson | 1555 | 15 | 26 |
| 74 | Alison Riske | 1554 | -2 | 0 |
| 75 | Vera Zvonareva | 1554 | -4 | 0 |
| 76 | Zhang Shuai | 1554 | 1 | 7 |
| 77 | Venus Williams | 1550 | -8 | -9 |
| 78 | Eugenie Bouchard | 1548 | -2 | 0 |
| 79 | Margarita Gasparyan | 1547 | -1 | 0 |
| 80 | Daria Gavrilova | 1546 | -1 | 0 |
| 81 | Tereza Martincova | 1545 | 5 | 13 |
| 82 | Monica Puig | 1544 | -2 | 0 |
| 83 | Leylah Annie Fernandez | 1544 | -2 | 0 |
| 84 | Kristina Mladenovic | 1544 | 3 | 14 |
| 85 | Maria Camila Osorio Serrano | 1542 | -12 | -10 |
| 86 | Lesia Tsurenko | 1538 | -4 | 0 |
| 87 | Elena-Gabriela Ruse | 1538 | -4 | 0 |
| 88 | Alison Van Uytvanck | 1537 | -4 | 1 |
| 89 | Zheng Saisai | 1536 | -4 | 0 |
| 90 | Katie Boulter | 1525 | -1 | 0 |
| 91 | Clara Burel | 1518 | 0 | -5 |
| 92 | Clara Tauson | 1517 | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | Sara Errani | 1515 | 3 | 0 |
| 94 | Zarina Diyas | 1515 | -4 | -10 |
| 95 | Astra Sharma | 1513 | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | Patricia Maria Tig | 1512 | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | Marie Bouzkova | 1511 | -5 | -9 |
| 98 | Kaja Juvan | 1511 | -3 | -5 |
| 99 | Mihaela Buzarnescu | 1511 | 1 | 0 |
| 100 | Taylor Townsend | 1507 | 1 | 0 |
| 101 | Yanina Wickmayer | 1506 | 1 | 0 |
| 102 | Coco Vandeweghe | 1506 | 1 | 0 |
| 103 | Oceane Dodin | 1505 | 1 | 0 |
| 104 | Polona Hercog | 1503 | 2 | 0 |
| 105 | Anna Karolina Schmiedlova | 1503 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | Caty McNally | 1503 | 1 | 4 |
| 107 | Danka Kovinic | 1500 | -8 | -11 |
| 108 | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 1498 | 1 | 0 |
| 109 | Aleksandra Krunic | 1495 | 2 | 0 |
| 110 | Kateryna Kozlova | 1494 | 2 | 0 |
| 111 | Lauren Davis | 1492 | -1 | -4 |
| 112 | Heather Watson | 1487 | -4 | -11 |
| 113 | Kristina Kucova | 1486 | 1 | 0 |
| 114 | Ana Bogdan | 1484 | 1 | -1 |
| 115 | Greet Minnen | 1484 | 1 | 0 |
| 116 | Bernada Pera | 1482 | -3 | -8 |
| 117 | Nina Stojanovic | 1481 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Mayar Sherif | 1480 | 0 | 0 |
| 119 | Kristie Ahn | 1475 | 0 | 0 |
| 120 | Wang Xiyu | 1474 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | Viktoria Kuzmova | 1474 | 0 | 0 |
| 122 | Kirsten Flipkens | 1473 | 0 | 0 |
| 123 | Varvara Gracheva | 1473 | 20 | 32 |
| 124 | Sachia Vickery | 1469 | -1 | 0 |
| 125 | Kristyna Pliskova | 1469 | -1 | 0 |
| 126 | Zhu Lin | 1467 | -1 | 0 |
| 127 | Monica Niculescu | 1466 | -1 | 0 |
| 128 | Arantxa Rus | 1465 | -1 | 0 |
| 129 | Lara Arruabarrena | 1464 | -1 | 0 |
| 130 | Aliona Bolsova | 1463 | -1 | 0 |
| 131 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 1462 | 2 | 4 |
| 132 | Samantha Stosur | 1462 | -2 | 0 |
| 133 | Vera Lapko | 1461 | -2 | 0 |
| 134 | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 1460 | -2 | 0 |
| 135 | Jasmine Paolini | 1459 | 1 | 2 |
| 136 | Tatjana Maria | 1457 | -1 | 0 |
| 137 | Natalia Vikhlyantseva | 1456 | 0 | 0 |
| 138 | Madison Brengle | 1452 | 0 | 0 |
| 139 | Wang Yafan | 1452 | 0 | 0 |
| 140 | Nao Hibino | 1450 | -6 | -8 |
| 141 | Ysaline Bonaventure | 1449 | -1 | 0 |
| 142 | Irina Bara | 1448 | -1 | 0 |
| 143 | Yaroslava Shvedova | 1441 | 1 | 0 |
| 144 | Harriet Dart | 1439 | 1 | 0 |
| 145 | Anna Blinkova | 1437 | -3 | -8 |
| 146 | Kateryna Bondarenko | 1433 | 1 | 0 |
| 147 | Viktoriya Tomova | 1430 | 2 | 0 |
| 148 | Anna Kalinskaya | 1430 | 2 | 0 |
| 149 | Kurumi Nara | 1427 | 2 | 0 |
| 150 | Katarina Zavatska | 1426 | 2 | 0 |
| 151 | Misaki Doi | 1425 | -5 | -9 |
| 152 | Martina Trevisan | 1424 | -4 | -7 |
| 153 | Mona Barthel | 1412 | 0 | 0 |
| 154 | Mandy Minella | 1410 | 1 | 0 |
| 155 | Magdalena Frech | 1406 | 1 | 0 |
| 156 | Christina McHale | 1405 | -2 | -6 |
| 157 | Stefanie Vogele | 1392 | 0 | 0 |
| 158 | Cagla Buyukakcay | 1392 | 0 | 0 |
| 159 | Timea Babos | 1383 | 0 | 0 |
