Iga Swiatek Receives Massive Ranking Boost Despite Losing Bad Homburg Final

Iga Swiatek's defeat to Jessica Pegula in the 2025 Bad Homburg Open final will not stop her from significantly jumping in the WTA rankings.

Swiatek reached the first grass court final of her career in Bad Homburg. She overcame 2024 Wimbledon runner-up Jasmine Paolini in the semifinal, but fell 4-6, 5-7 to Pegula in the final.

The five-time Grand Slam champion could not contain her sadness after the result and cried while sitting in her chair. Had she won, Swiatek would have been added to the list of players to win titles on all three surfaces.

Nonetheless, reaching the Bad Homburg final was still terrific preparation for Wimbledon. Swiatek will begin her campaign at SW19 on Tuesday. She might have a spring in her step after getting over the final loss and focusing on the positives from her achievement.

The 2022 US Open champion may also feel good ahead of Wimbledon if she looks at the live rankings. After dropping many points from not defending her 2025 Italian Open and Roland Garros titles, Swiatek slipped to No. 8.

That will have changed when the new rankings are officially released on Monday. The Pole's run in Bad Homburg has put her at No. 4 in the live rankings, overtaking four quality players in the process.

However, the difference in ranking points between the players from No. 4 to No. 8 is slight. Swiatek has 4943 points, giving her a 137-point lead over Jasmine Paolini, who has 4806 points.

Qinwen Zheng is just three points behind Paolini at No. 6 on 4,803. Mirra Andreeva sits at 4743 points at No. 7, and 2025 Australian Open champion Madison Keys is on 4484 points at No. 8 in the live rankings.

There is further good news for Swiatek: She is not defending a massive number of points from last year's Wimbledon because she lost to an inspired Yulia Putintseva in the third round of the iconic tournament.

Paolini is under much more pressure to avoid a significant points drop. If the Italian were defeated in the opening round, she would lose 1,290 points because of her outstanding run to the 2024 final.

Keys faces losing 230 points if she does not win a match at this year's Wimbledon. She retired in tears from her round of 16 match against Paolini in the third set, a moment that probably made her stunning Australian Open title run feel even better.

Andreeva and Zheng have an ideal chance to move up the rankings. Both women lost in the first round at last year's iteration of the event in London. That means they are guaranteed not to lose any ranking points.

Swiatek, Andreeva, or Zheng could mathematically overtake Pegula on 6,440 points if one of them wins Wimbledon. Their chances of doing so would have been better had the world No. 3 not won the Bad Homburg Open title.

If Swiatek won her maiden Wimbledon title, Pegula must reach the quarterfinals to ensure she keeps the No. 3 ranking. The American could mathematically overtake Coco Gauff at No. 2 on 7899 by reaching the final.