New WTA Race after Charleston. Collins already the 4th best player of the year. 1 - Iga Swiatek 2 - Elena Rybakina 3- Aryna Sabalenka 4 - Danielle Collins (+3) 5 - Zheng Qinwen (-1) 6 - Coco Gauff (-1) 7 - Jelena Ostapenko (-1) 8 - Jasmine Paolini
Updated WTA Race to Riyadh as Danielle COLLINS moves into top four after dazzling double
WTAMonday, 08 April 2024 at 16:10
The WTA Race has been updated not only this week with the destination of Riyadh but also with a new player inside the top four after the Charleston Open in Danielle Collins.
Collins produced a dazzling double as she sealed the Miami Open and Charleston Open back-to-back in her retirement year. In what would be her final event, it could yet be the icing on the cake for the American in that she could play her final tournament with a WTA Finals debut.
Technically too, the WTA Race heralds who are the best players in the world so on current points hauls, Collins could be construed as the fourth best in the world this year outside of Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka all have won multiple titles or Grand Slams.
In the top eight, Qinwen Zheng, Coco Gauff and Jelena Ostapenko all fell due to Collins emergence. Jasmine Paolini is in the final spot after winning Dubai. Anna Kalinskaya, Maria Sakkari and Daria Kasatkina all sit just outside after reaching finals this season. With a cut off of around 8,000 points, there is still a long way to go but the current top four in particular emerge above the rest.
Current WTA Race - 08/04/2024
| 1 | Iga Świątek | 22 | POL | 3140 |
| 2 | Elena Rybakina | 24 | KAZ | 2693 |
| 3 | Aryna Sabalenka | 25 | BLR | 2520 |
| 4 | Danielle Collins | 30 | USA | 2022 |
| 5 | Qinwen Zheng | 21 | CHN | 1785 |
| 6 | Coco Gauff | 20 | USA | 1765 |
| 7 | Jeļena Ostapenko | 26 | LAT | 1553 |
| 8 | Jasmine Paolini | 28 | ITA | 1472 |
| 9 | Anna Kalinskaya | 25 | RUS | 1422 |
| 10 | Daria Kasatkina | 26 | RUS | 1358 |
| 11 | Maria Sakkari | 28 | GRE | 1351 |
| 12 | Marta Kostyuk | 21 | UKR | 1350 |
| 13 | Emma Navarro | 22 | USA | 1253 |
| 14 | Victoria Azarenka | 34 | BLR | 1223 |
| 15 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 32 | RUS | 1147 |
| 16 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 29 | RUS | 1062 |
| 17 | Dayana Yastremska | 23 | UKR | 1051 |
| 18 | Jessica Pegula | 30 | USA | 915 |
| 19 | Linda Nosková | 19 | CZE | 900 |
| 20 | Katie Boulter | 27 | GBR | 875 |
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- Who is making up these rankings btw?
AceOfBase23-11-2024 - Paolini remarkably low. Must have won tons of matches against lower ranked players. Kind of like these rankings. Seem to be more fair.MrAndreeva23-11-2024
- Why does Tennisuptodate feel like her PR Department's constant deluge of daily/weekly media submissions are 'tennis news' ?
mandoist19-11-2024 - 'Apologies', in cases like this where people are caught being their True Selves, are best shoved up their butts.mandoist19-11-2024
- Paolini playing Swiatek and then has to come back an hour later to play doubles. The BJ Cup is like the rest of tennis entrepreneurs.PalopoDave18-11-2024
