WTA Rankings: Rybakina Fails to Close Gap, Raducanu Sees Jump, Vekic, Boulter, and Montgomery Rise

Elena Rybakina missed an opportunity to move closer to Aryna Sabalenka at the top of the WTA Rankings while Emma Raducanu, Donna Vekic, Katie Boulter, and Robin Montgomery enjoyed big jumps.

World No 2 Rybakina started last week 947 points behind Sabalenka, who has been at the top of the rankings since October 2024, and she had a chance to chip away at the lead at the Queen’s Club Championship as the world No 1 was not in action.

The reigning Australian Open champion had 108 points to defend from last year, but she once again failed to make it past the quarter-final in London, meaning the gap stays at 947 points, but she will get another shot this coming week as both will be in action at the Berlin Tennis Open.

The top two are followed by Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula, who also didn’t feature on the WTA Tour last week, while new French Open champion Mirra Andreeva moves up one place to No 5 with Amanda Anisimova down a spot after she lost in the quarter-final at Queen’s Club.

The rest of the top 10 is unchanged and you have to go down to No 17 for the next change with Iva Jovic climbing two spots after her run to the semi-final in London, while Ekaterina Alexandrova drops two places.

Raducanu rises 11 places to No 31 after she finished runner-up to Vekic at the HSBC Championship, giving her hopes of being seeded at Wimbledon a major boost.

Vekic surged 44 places to No 32 after her title run at Queen’s Club has seen her work her way back up, dropping out of the top 100 in February.

Katie Boulter was a semi-finalist in London as she is up 17 places to No 56 while quarter-finalists Kamilla Rakhimova is +13 to No 65 and Karolina Pliskova is +19 to No 87.

Ashlyn Krueger is +20 to No 93 after winning the WTA 125K title in Illkey with Ajla Tomljanovic three places behind her after rising 13 places with a run to the semi-final at ‘s-Hertogenbosch.

Robin Montgomery came through qualifying in the Netherlands and she was the last woman standing after Barbora Krejcikova withdrew from the final due to illness, with the American surging 294 places to No 194.

In terms of big droppers, Tatjana Maria won the 2025 Queen’s Club title, but she lost in the round of 16 this year and is -65 to No 116 while former world No 4 Zheng Qinwen is -32 to No 160 after a first-round exit.

1. Aryna Sabalenka – 9,090 2. Elena Rybakina Kazakhstan – 8,143 3. Iga Swiatek Poland – 6,733 4. Jessica Pegula United States – 6,056 5. Mirra Andreeva – 5,751 (+1) 6. Amanda Anisimova United States – 5,631 (-1) 7. Coco Gauff United States – 4,879 8. Elina Svitolina Ukraine – 4,315 9. Victoria Mboko Canada – 3,670 10. Karolina Muchova Czechia – 3,388 11. Belinda Bencic Switzerland – 3,385 12. Marta Kostyuk Ukraine – 3,157 13. Linda Noskova Czechia – 3,054 14. Jasmine Paolini Italy – 2,617 15. Naomi Osaka Japan – 2,571 16. Diana Shnaider – 2,548 17. Iva Jovic United States – 2,436 (+2) 18. Sorana Cirstea Romania – 2,415 (+1) 19. Ekaterina Alexandrova – 2,4411 (-2) 20. Anna Kalinskaya – 2,212

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