Sunday 1 May 2016

Women's ELO Rankings 02/05/2016

The French Open is now only 1 month away, and another week sees 2 tournaments take place, in Rabat and Prague.

Lucie Safarova, © AP Photo/Petr David Josek




The Big Gainer of the week this week is Lucie Safarova. Her ranking had fallen recently, but she went to Prague as the 2nd seed and won the tournament, with wins over Karolina Pliskova and Samantha Stosur in the semi finals and the final. This run gave Lucie 47 ELO rating points, and she climbs up 13 places in my rankings to #26.

This week's Upset player of the week award goes to Dominika Cibulkova. She was also at Prague, but as the 7th seed, she lost her 1st round match to a Lucky Loser. This loss cost Dominika 14 ELO rating points, which sees her fall 2 places in my rankings to #17.

Other strong performers relative to their rankings are Timea Babos, Marina Erakovic, Pauline Parmentier, Kiki Bertens and Aleksandra Krunic

Now, the full rankings.

#NameELO±
1Serena Williams18250
2Victoria Azarenka17810
3Agnieszka Radwanska17600
4Angelique Kerber17590
5Maria Sharapova17370
6Timea Bacsinszky16813
7Sloane Stephens1678-1
8Simona Halep1663-1
9Venus Williams1652-1
10Svetlana Kuznetsova16503
11Garbine Muguruza1649-1
12Carla Suarez Navarro1646-1
13Petra Kvitova1646-1
14Karolina Pliskova16440
15Belinda Bencic16191
16Roberta Vinci16141
17Dominika Cibulkova1613-2
18Elina Svitolina16130
19Jelena Jankovic16130
20Daria Kasatkina16120
21Samantha Stosur16096
22Sara Errani1608-1
23Madison Keys16020
24Ana Ivanovic16000
25Ekaterina Makarova1598-3
26Lucie Safarova159813
27Johanna Konta1597-2
28Barbora Strycova1596-2
29Eugenie Bouchard1580-1
30Caroline Wozniacki15780
31Laura Siegemund15780
32Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova15750
33Irina-Camelia Begu1566-4
34Camila Giorgi15587
35Elena Vesnina15570
36Coco Vandeweghe15560
37Andrea Petkovic15540
38Monica Niculescu15530
39Timea Babos155310
40Johanna Larsson15493
41Heather Watson1548-1
42Monica Puig15482
43Denisa Allertova1547-1
44Margarita Gasparyan1546-11
45Jelena Ostapenko1546-11
46Danka Kovinic15381
47Daria Gavrilova15333
48Madison Brengle15315
49Caroline Garcia15292
50Sabine Lisicki15292
51Yanina Wickmayer1528-6
52Naomi Broady1528-6
53Julia Gorges15272
54Anna-Lena Friedsam15262
55Hseih Su-Wei15265
56Alize Cornet1524-8
57Cagla Buyukakcay15220
58Yulia Putintseva15221
59Mona Barthel1519-1
60Ana Konjuh15161
61Kirsten Flipkens1515-7
62Nicole Gibbs15140
63Nao Hibino15140
64Kateryna Bondarenko15112
65Anett Kontaveit15112
66Christina McHale15094
67Lesia Tsurenko1508-2
68Elizaveta Kulichkova15073
69Kristina Mladenovic15063
70Paula Cristina Goncalves15063
71Karin Knapp15053
72Kristina Kucova15043
73Magda Linette15033
74Varvara Lepchenko15023
75Anna Karolina Schmiedlova1501-11
76Kateryna Kozlova15017
77Naomi Osaka15001
78Irina Falconi15001
79Anastasija Sevastova1499-11
80Annika Beck1499-11
81Magdalena Rybarikova1498-1
82Lara Arruabarrena1498-1
83Yaroslava Shvedova1497-1
84Zhang Shuai14900
85Maria Sakkari14880
86Samantha Crawford14870
87Alexandra Panova14870
88Kurumi Nara14851
89Mirjana Lucic-Baroni14851
90Rebecca Peterson14821
91Olga Savchuk14811
92Sorana Cirstea1480-4
93Tsvetana Pironkova14800
94Marina Erakovic148041
95Risa Ozaki14790
96Casey Dellacqua14790
97Lauren Davis14781
98Patricia Maria Tig14751
99Duan Yingying14751
100Sachia Vickery14742
101Aliaksandra Sasnovich1473-7
102Ajla Tomljanovic14731
103Bethanie Mattek-Sands14732
104Francesca Schiavone14732
105Misaki Doi14722
106Louisa Chirico14712
107Pauline Parmentier147119
108Alison Riske1470-11
109Alison Van Uytvanck14690
110Bojana Jovanovski14670
111Kiki Bertens146726
112Kristyna Pliskova1465-11
113Julia Glushko1465-2
114Zarina Diyas1465-2
115Tamira Paszek1465-2
116Lucie Hradecka1465-1
117Richel Hogenkamp1465NEW
118Vania King1464-14
119Evgeniya Rodina1464-5
120Urszula Radwanska1461-3
121Paula Kania1461-3
122Teliana Pereira14611
123Ana Bogdan1460-4
124Wang Yafan1460-4
125Lourdes Domingues Lino1460-4
126Wang Qiang1458-2
127Aleksandra Krunic14589
128Shelby Rogers1457-3
129Mandy Minella1456-1
130Vitalia Diatchenko14550
131Sesil Karatantcheva14540
132Laura Robson1454NEW
133Silvia Soler Espinosa1453-17
134Mariana Duque Marino1452-12
135Katerina Siniakova14494
136Donna Vekic1448-9
137Stefanie Vogele1448-5
138Polona Hercog1447-9
139Anna Tatishvili1445-5
140Oceane Dodin1444-7
141Petra Cetkovska1441-3
142Carina Witthoft1440-2
143Daniela Hantuchova1439-1
144Zheng Saisai14370
145Jana Cepelova14361
146Alexandra Dulgheru1433-5
147Tereza Smitkova1431-4
148Petra Martic1429-3
149Jarmila Wolfe1426-2
150Olga Govortsova1418-1
151Tatjana Maria14180
152Andreea Mitu1417-4
153Klara Koukalova1417-3