Saturday 27 January 2018

Women's ELO Rankings 29/01/2018

The first Grand Slam tournament of the year, the Australian Open, took place in the past 2 weeks, how did that effect my ratings?

Elise Mertens, © AFP


This (2) week's Player of the week is Elise Mertens. Unseeded at Melbourne, she made it all the way to the semi finals before losing to the eventual champion and new ELO #1 Caroline Wozniacki, defeating Daria Gavrilova and Elina Svitolina on her way there. This performance gave Elise 40 ELO rating points, and she moves up 10 places in my rankings to #19.

This (2) week's Upset player of the week is Venus Williams. She was the 5th seed at the tournament, but she lost her 1st round match to Belinda Bencic. This loss meant that Venus lost 16 ELO rating points, and she falls 4 places in my rankings to #10.

Other strong performers relative to their rankings are Naomi Osaka, Hseih Su-Wei, Kateryna Bondarenko, Petra Matric and Denisa Allertova.

Now, the full rankings. As it's the end of a Grand Slam, I have removed some inactive and retired players from the ranking list.


#NameELO± #± ELO
1Caroline Wozniacki1828238
2Simona Halep1827-118
3Elina Svitolina1804-1-1
4Karolina Pliskova1776012
5Caroline Garcia174503
6Maria Sharapova17361-1
7Angelique Kerber1731529
8Julia Gorges17250-10
9Madison Keys1722216
10Venus Williams1721-4-16
11Garbine Muguruza1716-2-12
12Petra Kvitova1708-2-16
13Barbora Strycova170506
14Svetlana Kuznetsova169010
15Ashleigh Barty168510
16Johanna Konta1679-2-11
17Jelena Ostapenko16770-3
18Agnieszka Radwanska16770-3
19Elise Mertens16711040
20Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova1665-1-10
21Coco Vandeweghe1658-1-14
22Sloane Stephens1656-1-13
23Daria Gavrilova16530-7
24Timea Bacsinszky165300
25Ekaterina Makarova1651-3-13
26Anastasija Sevastova16401-1
27Daria Kasatkina1639-1-9
28Dominika Cibulkova1638-3-14
29Lucie Safarova163518
30Carla Suarez Navarro1628227
31Peng Shuai1623-3-14
32Laura Siegemund1614-10
33Magdalena Rybarikova1613017
34Alize Cornet1601013
35Ana Konjuh158800
36Camila Giorgi158800
37Anett Kontaveit1585621
38Naomi Osaka15811228
39Samantha Stosur1574-2-10
40Lesia Tsurenko1573-11
41Monica Puig1570-1-1
42Catherine Bellis1567-4-11
43Katerina Siniakova156724
44Zhang Shuai1566-21
45Aliaksandra Sasnovich1565714
46Elena Vesnina1564-5-3
47Irina-Camelia Begu1562-11
48Sorana Cirstea1560-11
49Aryna Sabalenka1557-5-7
50Kiki Bertens1556515
51Carina Witthoft1551-3-5
52Wang Qiang1550-3-6
53Shelby Rogers1542-2-10
54Kaia Kanepi1542NEW17
55Mihaela Buzarnescu1541-2-4
56Sara Errani1541-20
57Mirjana Lucic-Baroni1538-10
58Hseih Su-Wei15332736
59Timea Babos153036
60Heather Watson1523-3-11
61Alison Riske1523-3-10
62Aleksandra Krunic1523-3-9
63Kirsten Flipkens152312
64Sabine Lisicki152110
65Kristina Mladenovic1518-5-11
66Zarina Diyas1517-5-9
67Beatriz Haddad Maia151766
68Marketa Vondrousova151645
69Kateryna Bondarenko15151517
70Belinda Bencic151455
71Monica Niculescu1512-8-11
72Yanina Wickmayer1512-10
73Petra Martic15102424
74Denisa Allertova15093229
75Varvara Lepchenko1508-7-6
76Anna-Lena Friedsam1508-7-5
77Tsvetana Pironkova1508-10
78Natalia Vikhlyantseva1507-12-8
79Lauren Davis1507815
80Sachia Vickery1506-20
81Ana Bogdan15051416
82Johanna Larsson1504-15-11
83Magda Linette1504814
84Jana Fett1504NEW6
85Viktorija Golubic1503-15-10
86Kristyna Pliskova1502-9-5
87Bethanie Mattek-Sands1502-70
88Yaroslava Shvedova1501-60
89Sara Sorribes Tormo1500-60
90Oceane Dodin1498-16-11
91Maria Sakkari1497-12-8
92Lara Arruabarrena1495-34
93Han Xinyun1493-70
94Yulia Putintseva1493-61
95Christina McHale1492-14-9
96Julia Boserup1491-60
97Duan Yingying1491-15
98Roberta Vinci1490-60
99Donna Vekic148825
100Eugenie Bouchard148598
101Andrea Petkovic148476
102Mona Barthel148333
103Veronica Cepede Royg1482-5-3
104Tereza Martincova1482-20
105Jelena Jankovic1482-20
106Ekaterina Alexandrova148245
107Jennifer Brady1479-14-10
108Zhu Lin1479-14-10
109Francesca Schiavone1479-10-5
110Lucie Hradecka1478-30
111Kateryna Kozlova1476-7-5
112Pauline Parmentier1473-12-10
113Miyu Kato146900
114Wang Yafan146900
115Mariana Duque Marino1466-4-10
116Nicole Gibbs146633
117Rebecca Peterson146500
118Naomi Broady146400
119Ajla Tomljanovic1463-4-6
120Misaki Doi146310
121Nao Hibino1462-9-10
122Taylor Townsend1460-6-6
123Kristina Kucova1460NEW-8
124Madison Brengle1459-4-4
125Evgeniya Rodina145900
126Cagla Buyukakcay145420
127Alison Van Uytvanck1453-5-9
128Kurumi Nara1453-5-9
129Richel Hogenkamp1452-5-9
130Polona Hercog1449-4-9
131Ons Jabeur1447-4-7
132Anna Karolina Schmiedlova1444NEW-5
133Stefanie Vogele1443-40
134Alexandra Dulgheru1441-40
135Annika Beck1439-30
136Tatjana Maria1437-5-3
137Irina Falconi1435NEW-4
138Chang Kai-Chen1431-50
139Risa Ozaki1429-50
140Danka Kovinic1414-40
141Laura Robson1410-40
142Jana Cepelova1408-7-8
143Maryna Zanevska1391-50