Sabalenka Retains No. 1 Lead, Swiatek Rises, Raducanu Falls In WTA Rankings

Aryna Sabalenka remains far ahead of her rivals at No. 1 in the latest WTA rankings. It was also a good week for Iga Swiatek, who benefited from her positive tournament at the 2025 Bad Homburg Open.

Sabalenka has been the world No. 1 since October of last year. She overtook Swiatek before the 2024 WTA Finals, and her results in the months that followed prevented the Pole from reclaiming that mantle.

The Belarusian did not play last week at the Bad Homburg Open or the 2025 Eastbourne Open. However, Coco Gauff, her nearest challenger at No. 2, also did not compete during the week before the 2025 Wimbledon Championships.

Sabalenka is on 11,640 points, while Gauff has 7,899. Her lead of nearly 3,000 points means no player can overtake her after Wimbledon, even if Sabalenka lost in the opening round at the season's third Grand Slam.

Swiatek was the runner-up at the Bad Homburg Open to Jessica Pegula. Although reaching her first grass court final is an achievement to be proud of, the four-time Roland Garros champion cried after missing out on the title.

After being No. 1 for so long, Swiatek slipping to No. 8 in last week's rankings was shocking. Some of that damage has been repaired after what she achieved in Bad Homburg, although the points gap between her and some of her rivals is minuscule.

In the latest rankings, Swiatek jumped four spots from No. 8 to No. 4. She overtook Paolini at No. 5, Qinwen Zheng at No. 6, Mirra Andreeva at No. 7, and Madison Keys at No. 8. Those rankings could easily change after Wimbledon.

Swiatek is on 4,943, Paolini is on 4,806, Zheng is on 4,803, Andreeva is on 4,743, and Keys is on 4,484. Any of those women might become No. 4 when the season's third Grand Slam finishes.

Jessica Pegula at No. 3, Paula Badosa at No. 9, and Emma Navarro at No. 10 complete the Top 10. Her performances in Bad Homburg mean Pegula has become one of the favorites for Wimbledon.

Amanda Anisimova is at a new career-high of No. 12. The American did not compete last week, but started this year's grass-court swing by finishing as the runner-up to Tatjana Maria at the 2025 Queen's Club Championships.

Emma Raducanu lost an epic match to eventual champion Maya Joint in the round of 16 at the Eastbourne Open. The Briton dropped two spots to No. 40 and will hope to make a deeper run at Wimbledon.

Naomi Osaka's reaching the round of 16 in Bad Homburg was good enough to move the four-time Grand Slam champion from No. 56 to No. 53. She received praise for sportingly calling herself for a hindrance during her loss to Navarro.

Joint and Alexandra Eala significantly moved in the rankings after they contested the Eastbourne Open final. Runner-up Eala leaped 18 places to a new career-high of 56, while champion Joint is also at a new career-high of No. 41.

Other changes to the WTA rankings included this year's Nottingham Open champion, McCartney Kessler, and Rebecca Sramkova, reaching respective new career highs of No. 30 and No. 34.