Gauff Overtaken, Pegula & Kenin Rise, Sabalenka Remains At No. 1 In WTA Rankings
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Coco Gauff is no longer the American WTA No. 1 after falling in the latest rankings and Aryna Sabalenka retained her significant lead at the summit.
Gauff was not in action at last week's 2025 Charleston Open or 2025 Copa Colsanitas. She has also elected to skip the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers and will next play at next week's 2025 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart.
After an incredible few months that included winning the 2024 WTA Finals and helping Team USA to secure a second United Cup title, Gauff's form has been poor by her high standards.
The 2023 US Open champion did not win a match during the Middle Eastern swing before losing in the round of 16 at the 2025 Indian Wells Open and 2025 Miami Open. She might be happy to switch to clay after those results.
Gauff had been the world No. 3 and U.S. No. 1 since the start of the season, but her form and other results mean the 21-year-old dropped one place, being replaced at No. 3 by someone she knows very well.
Jessica Pegula now occupies that spot and the honor of being U.S. No. 1 after her outstanding run to the Charleston Open title. She miraculously recovered from 1-5 down in the second set to beat Sofia Kenin 6-3, 7-5 in the final, saving three set points in the process.
That was Pegula's second title and fourth final of 2025. Last year's US Open finalist won the 2025 ATX Open in Houston and finished as the runner-up to Aryna Sabalenka at the Miami Open and Madison Keys at the 2025 Adelaide International.
Although losing the second set against Pegula from 5-1 up was very disappointing, Kenin still had a great tournament in Charleston and was rewarded for those efforts by jumping 10 places in the rankings from No. 44 to No. 34.
There was no change in the battle to be the WTA world No. 1 between Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek. Sabalenka is on 10,541 points, extending her lead over the Pole in previous weeks by winning the Miami Open and finishing as the runner-up in Indian Wells.
Swiatek is on 7,470 points. The 23-year-old needs an excellent clay court swing to avoid slipping further behind since she is defending a massive number of points from winning last year's Madrid Open, Italian Open, and French Open.
There were no other changes to the rest of the Top 10. Madison Keys is No. 5, Jasmine Paolini is No. 6, Mirra Andreeva is No. 7, Qinwen Zheng is No. 8, Paula Badosa is No. 9, and Elena Rybakina is No. 10.
Danielle Collins slid dramatically down the rankings for a second consecutive week. The 2022 Australian Open runner-up won last year's Miami Open and Charleston Open, but her inability to defend her Charleston crown means she fell 10 spots to No. 32.
Julieta Pareja and Katarzyna Kawa rose the most after their surprise runs at the Copa Colsanitas. 16-year-old Pareja, who reached the semifinal, catapulted a huge 215 places to No. 335. Runner-up Kawa went 67 places from No. 223 to No. 156.
Camila Osorio only moving up one place to No. 53 after retaining her Copa Colsanitas title, Karolina Muchova and Diana Shnaider rising to No. 12 and No. 13, and Emma Raducanu climbing a spot to No. 47 were among the other changes in the WTA rankings.
