It has been a rollercoaster 2021 Miami Open for many players but in the end, it was Barty who won it retaining her number one spot in the process.
Ashleigh Barty came into this event with the possibility of losing her number one ranking to
Naomi Osaka and after her shaky start, it seemed destined for Osaka to take it over right where she grew up. But it was the world number one who played the most consistent tennis in the week culminating with another Miami Open trophy.
In the final, she faced a resurgent
Bianca Andreescu who could not perform her best due to an injury but even so the run to the final allowed the Canadian to climb three spots reaching number 6.
Karolina Pliskova was a big loser as she dropped 3 spots to number nine while Sabalenka climbed up to number 7.
Strong showings from Sevastova and Sorribes Toromo enable each jump of ten spots on today's rankings with Sorribes Tormo making her top 50 debuts at 48. In the back end of the top 10, we have Nina Stojanovic who moved up 10 spots after a solid run with Venus Williams dropping even further now being ranked as number 90.
WTA Rankings as of April 5th, 2021:
1 Ashleigh Barty 9186
2 Naomi Osaka 7985
3 Simona Halep 6965
4 Sofia Kenin 5915
5 Elina Svitolina 5750
6 Bianca Andreescu 5265
8 Serena Williams 4850
9 Karolina Pliskova 4660
10 Kiki Bertens 4490
11 Petra Kvitova 4476
12 Belinda Bencic 4315
13 Garbiñe Muguruza 4120
14 Jennifer Brady 3765
15 Victoria Azarenka 3625
16 Iga Swiatek 3615
17 Elise Mertens 3400
18 Johanna Konta 3236
19 Maria Sakkari 3020
20 Marketa Vondrousova 2862
21 Petra Martic 2790
22 Karolina Muchova 2781
23 Elena Rybakina 2718
24 Madison Keys 2606
25 Angelique Kerber 2315
26 Anett Kontaveit 2295
27 Alison Riske 2222
28 Ons Jabeur 2088
29 Donna Vekic 2000
30 Dayana Yastremska 2000
31 Yulia Putintseva 1970
32 Jessica Pegula 1968
33 Amanda Anisimova 1960
34 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1955
35 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1865
36 Cori Gauff 1796
37 Daria Kasatkina 1745
38 Veronika Kudermetova 1740
39 Barbora Krejcikova 1716
40 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1715
41 Shuai Zhang 1713
42 Jil Teichmann 1693
43 Danielle Collins 1645
44 Barbora Strycova 1640
45 Fiona Ferro 1610
46 Nadia Podoroska 1601
47 Anastasija Sevastova 1596
48 Sara Sorribes Tormo 1590
49 Saisai Zheng 1585
50 Qiang Wang 1580
51 Magda Linette 1578
52 Shelby Rogers 1558
53 Jelena Ostapenko 1545
54 Caroline Garcia 1530
55 Kristina Mladenovic 1530
56 Marie Bouzkova 1514
57 Sloane Stephens 1444
58 Laura Siegemund 1381
59 Alizé Cornet 1310
60 Polona Hercog 1300
61 Rebecca Peterson 1300
62 Su-Wei Hsieh 1290
63 Patricia Maria Tig 1254
64 Kaia Kanepi 1208
65 Sorana Cirstea 1189
66 Alison Van Uytvanck 1185
67 Heather Watson 1176
68 Katerina Siniakova 1175
69 Ann Li 1174
70 Bernarda Pera 1165
71 Paula Badosa 1129
72 Leylah Fernandez 1123
73 Anna Blinkova 1114
74 Irina-Camelia Begu 1084
75 Anastasia Potapova 1061
76 Kristyna Pliskova 1030
77 Misaki Doi 1021
78 Ajla Tomljanovic 1005
79 Lauren Davis 990
80 Camila Giorgi 990
81 Madison Brengle 974
82 Viktorija Golubic 972
83 Arantxa Rus 971
84 Marta Kostyuk 971
85 Nina Stojanovic 949
86 Nao Hibino 939
87 Margarita Gasparyan 934
88 Zarina Diyas 933
89 Christina Mchale 909
90 Venus Williams 908
91 Danka Kovinic 906
92 Kaja Juvan 896
93 Tamara Zidansek 885
94 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 878
95 Carla Suárez Navarro 872
96 Varvara Gracheva 863
97 Kirsten Flipkens 858
98 Tereza Martincova 852
99 Martina Trevisan 844
100 Ana Bogdan 832