Sabalenka Tops Latest WTA Rankings With Massive Lead, Swiatek With Massive Fall

Aryna Sabalenka still leads the WTA Rankings despite losing relatively early at the 2025 Italian Open in Rome.

Sabalenka has been a dominant World No. 1 on the WTA Tour for some time. The Belarusian currently has 10,683 points, and despite losing 435 points after not defending her points from last year's Italian Open final, she still leads the WTA Rankings.

The 27-year-old has nearly a 4,000-point lead over the second Coco Gauff. The American player matched her career-best ranking after reaching the final in Rome. She now has 6,863 points.

Gauff is also the American No. 1 player, but only with a small lead over the second-highest-ranked player from the United States, Jessica Pegula. The 31-year-old is third in the WTA Rankings with 6,243 points.

One of the most surprising movers this week was Jasmine Paolini. The Italian was in a "no man's land" in the previous week, and her only chance to move up was winning the title in Rome and seeing Iga Swiatek lose early.

After Swiatek's third-round loss, Paolini's chances of moving up increased, but winning a title in Rome still looked more like wishful thinking than a possible reality. However, the 29-year-old Italian completed a flawless week of tennis in Rome, winning the title.

That means Paolini is now fourth in the WTA Rankings with 5,865 points. Due to Paolini's move up the rankings, Iga Swiatek fell to the World No. 5 position, her lowest since February 2022. The Polish player has 5,838 points to her name.

Behind the first five players is the only teenager in the Top 10. Mirra Andreeva, who moved up by one place, has 4,986 points, and with Swiatek defending 2,000 points at the upcoming Roland Garros, the Russian teenager has a chance to even reach her new career high in the upcoming weeks.

Madison Keys, on the other hand, slid down to the World No. 7 position with 4,674 points. The order behind the American remained unchanged, with Qinwen Zheng still eighth, Emma Navarro ninth, and Paula Badosa tenth.

Peyton Stearns was one of the movers of the week. The American player moved up by 14 spots to her career-high 28th position. She was previously ranked 42nd in the world.

Veterans Danielle Collins and Victoria Azarenka went the other way. Collins lost 11 positions compared to her previous position, and former World No. 1 Azarenka lost 19 spots. She is now ranked 73rd in the world.