Swiatek Secures Top Seeding At 2024 Paris Olympics After Rome Title Success

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Tuesday, 21 May 2024 at 16:15
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Iga Swiatek has qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics and will be the top seed at the event.

In what will be her second Olympic Games participation, Swiatek will attempt to make history by winning Poland's first-ever tennis medal. She is also a favorite to be her country's flag-bearer.

Swiatek has amassed 9695 points since the race was incepted in June 2023. With the addition of 1000 points from her title success at the Italian Open, her lead will be insurmountable even if she fails to win a point at the French Open.

The race will end on June 9th. So, Aryna Sabalenka (7358 points) and Coco Gauff (7208), who currently occupy the top three positions, won't overhaul Swiatek even if one of them wins the French Open, where 2000 points will be up for grabs.

Elena Rybakina's absence in Rome will surely cost her a top-three seeding. However, the Kazakh is in pole position to lock the fourth spot, with Jessica Pegula expected to miss Roland Garros.

Rybakina has also built a massive lead over Maria Sakkari (6th) and Marketa Vondrousova (7th). Qinwen Zheng has qualified for the tournament thanks to her gold medal win at the 2023 Asian Games.

Jelena Ostapenko (9th) is Latvia's top-ranked player, while Ons Jabeur (10th) will carry African hopes at the Games. Danielle Collins is making a late push to feature in her final season as a pro.

The 30-year-old has never represented her country at the Olympics, but it is turning out to be a memorable year for her. She is currently the third-best-ranked American woman in the race with 3139 points.

One of Collins, Madison Keys, and Emma Navarro will miss out. One country is allocated a maximum of four spots in the draw, provided its players are ranked in the Top 56. But if Pegula does not fully in time to play in the tournament, the trio will join Coco Gauff in the singles event.

With defending champion Belinda Bencic currently on maternity leave and 2016 Rio gold medalist Monica Puig now retired, we are guaranteed a new gold medalist in tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

2024 Olympics Women's Race as of May 20th, 2024:

RankPlayerPoints
1Iga Swiatek9695
2Aryna Sabalenka7358
3Coco Gauff7208
4Elena Rybakina5543
5Jessica Pegula4660
6Maria Sakkari4013
7Marketa Vondrousova3966
8Qinwen Zheng3878
9Jelena Ostapenko3366
10Ons Jabeur3331
11Daria Kasatkina3219
12Danielle Collins3140
13Jasmine Paolini2838
14Madison Keys2714
15Emma Navarro2555
16Liudmila Samsonova2445
17Ekaterina Alexandrova2405
18Marta Kostyuk2174
19Victoria Azarenka2166
20Beatriz Haddad Maia2121
21Caroline Garcia2083
22Anna Kalinskaya1918
23Elina Svitolina1860
24Barbora Krejcikova1758
25Veronika Kudermetova1717
26Sorana Cirstea1699
27Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova1689
28Katie Boulter1665
29Linda Noskova1642
30Katerina Siniakova1602
31Dayana Yastremska1597
32Elise Mertens1523
33Leylah Fernandez1516
34Karolina Muchova1510
35Yue Yuan1501
36Xinyu Wang1349
37Yulia Putintseva1334
38Marie Bouzkova1309
39Donna Vekic1302
40Anhelina Kalinina1291
41Clara Burel1286
42Mirra Andreeva1237
43Magda Linette1225
44Sloane Stephens1221
45Magdalena Frech1218
46Diana Shnaider1199
47Anastasia Potapova1190
48Tatjana Maria1152
49Karolina Pliskova1141
50Lin Zhu1126
51Cristina Bucsa1106
52Sofia Kenin1096
53Xiyu Wang1091
54Nadia Podoroska1074
55Petra Kvitova1070
56Arantxa Rus1062
57Ashlyn Krueger1061
58Caroline Dolehide1045
59Lesia Tsurenko1040
60Elisabetta Cocciaretto1039
61Sara Sorribes Tormo1038
62Ana Bogdan1024
63Diane Parry997
64Jaqueline Cristian975
65Anna Blinkova975
66Lucia Bronzetti970
67Oceane Dodin917
68Laura Siegemund909
69Anna Karolina Schmiedlova890
70Tamara Korpatsch888
71Viktorija Golubic882
72Yafan Wang874
73Taylor Townsend866
74Moyuka Uchijima865
75Daria Saville862
76Viktoriya Tomova858
77Camila Osorio847
78Erika Andreeva839
79Harriet Dart833
80Jessica Bouzas Maneiro832
81Renata Zarazua806
82Maria Lourdes Carle805
83Petra Martic796
84Zhuoxuan Bai792
85Greet Minnen789
86Arina Rodionova781
87Belinda Bencic772
88Emina Bektas768
89Jule Niemeier763
90Clara Tauson761
91Martina Trevisan758
92Brenda Fruhvirtova754
93Varvara Gracheva749
94Nao Hibino744
95Aliaksandra Sasnovich742
96Anna Bondar739
97Katie Volynets738
98Mayar Sherif737
99Sara Errani723
100Alize Cornet723
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