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  WTA year-end rankings 2024 confirmed: Aryna Sabalenka finishes as No.1, Qinwen Zheng enters top 5

  Tennis | November 11, 2024 19:26 IST

  After winning the Australian and US Open titles in 2024, Aryna Sabalenka finished the season as the world's No.1 player. She lost the WTA Finals semi-final clash against the eventual champion Coco Gauff but stayed on top in the year-end rankings ahead of Iga Swiatek.

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  WTA Rankings: Badosa enters Top 5, Swiatek falls to No.8; Barty remains World No.1

  Tennis | February 08, 2022 10:18 IST

  Though there were no major events on the WTA Tour last week, the women's rankings still saw a shakeup with ranking points from last year's Adelaide 500 event dropped as it was held 12 months ago.

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  Emma Raducanu sees massive jump of 127 spots in WTA rankings

  Tennis | September 14, 2021 12:29 IST

  Following her straight set win over Leylah Fernandez in US Open final, Raducanu has moved from World No. 150 to World No. 23 in WTA Rankings.

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  Teichmann jumps 32 places in WTA rankings, Barty consolidates position at top

  Tennis | August 24, 2021 10:42 IST

  Teichmann had stunned world No.2 Naomi Osaka in the round of 16 for her biggest career win by ranking.

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  Naomi Osaka back to No. 2 in WTA rankings; Daniil Medvedev ATP No. 3; Karatsev jumps 72 spots

  Tennis | February 23, 2021 7:35 IST

  Jennifer Brady, the 25-year-old American who was the runner-up to Osaka, jumped 11 spots to No. 13, her first time inside the Top 20.

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  Naomi Osaka back in top three after US Open title win

  Tennis | September 15, 2020 9:16 IST

  Osaka on Sunday defeated Victoria Azarenka 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 to win the third Grand Slam of her career and courtesy her victory; she has climbed six spots to move to the third position in the latest WTA rankings.

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  Novak Djokovic, Ash Barty retain top spot in latest tennis rankings

  Tennis | March 03, 2020 10:39 IST

  Novak Djokovic remained on top of the ATP rankings with 10,220 points and is followed by Rafael Nadal while Ash Barty has a got 8,717 points and is followed by Simona Halep in the WTA rankings.

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  WTA Rankings: Serena Williams moves to 9th, Karolina Pliskova closes gap on top

  Tennis | January 13, 2020 18:17 IST

  Serena Williams won her first title since 2017 on Sunday after she won the ASB Classic in Auckland.

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  Bianca Andreescu rises to No.5 in WTA rankings, Daniil Medvedev moves to No.4 in ATP

  Tennis | September 10, 2019 10:01 IST

  Bianca Andreescu's 6-3, 7-5 victory over Serena Williams in the US Open final on Saturday continued the 19-year-old Canadian's rapid rise from 178th at the end of last season.

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  Simona Halep returns to top 5 in WTA rankings after Wimbledon win

  Tennis | July 16, 2019 14:09 IST

  Simona Halep achieved rank four with 5933 points in the table led by Australia's Ashleigh Barty with 6605 points.

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  Serena Williams back in top 10 after giving birth

  Tennis | February 18, 2019 21:41 IST

  Williams dropped as low as 491st upon her return to competition in March 2018 but is up to No. 10 after reaching two Grand Slam finals.

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  Australian Open: It's Petra Kvitova vs Naomi Osaka for the title and world No.1 spot

  Tennis | January 24, 2019 13:07 IST

  Petra Kvitova defeated Danielle Collins 7-6 (2), 6-0 while Naomi Osaka downed Karolina Pliskova 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the semi-finals to set up a summit clash against each other.

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  In a major shift in women's tennis, players to retain WTA ranking after giving birth

  Tennis | December 15, 2018 11:08 IST

  WTA has also decided to guarantee players that they will not have to face a seeded player in a tournament's opening round.

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  World No. 1 Simona Halep bags WTA Fan Favourite award for a second straight season

  Tennis | December 08, 2018 15:06 IST

  Apart from Halep, only four women have been named Fan Favourite in the ten-year history of the award.

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  Simona Halep remains on top of WTA rankings Kerber in second

  Tennis | November 26, 2018 18:53 IST

  Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark retained the third sport in this week's unchanged top 10, ahead of Ukraine's Elina Svitolina and Japan's Naomi Osaka.

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  WTA Rankings: Simona Halep continues her domination for straight 2 years

  Tennis | October 15, 2018 21:13 IST

  The 27-year-old Halep had her best year on tour in 2018, reaching the Australian Open final and then winning her first Grand Slam title a few months later at Roland Garros. 

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  Simona Halep remains on top of WTA rankings despite early China Open exit

  Tennis | October 01, 2018 18:25 IST

  Halep lost the first set 6-1 to Tunisia's Ons Jabeur before retiring with a back injury that she also had problems with at last week's Wuhan Open.

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  US Open champion Naomi Osaka storms into top-10 while Rafael Nadal stays No.1 in the latest rankings

  Tennis | September 10, 2018 19:25 IST

  Serbia's Novak Djokovic jumped three spots to third after he captured his third US Open title and 14th overall grand slam.

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  Simona Halep and Rafael Nadal continue to reign supreme in tennis rankings

  Tennis | August 27, 2018 17:20 IST

  The top in both the WTA and ATP rankings remain unchanged with all the players holding on to their spots.

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  Tennis sensation Karman Kaur becomes only the sixth Indian woman to break into top-200 of WTA rankings

  Tennis | July 30, 2018 19:04 IST

  The 20-year-old Delhi girl, backed by Mahesh Bhupathi, has been in good form in the past few weeks.