Victoria Azarenka of Belarus has taken over the No.1 spot in the women’s rankings with her semifinal appearance at Wimbledon. Losing finalist Agnieska Radwanska of Poland now sits at No.2. Both players leapfrogged over former No.1 and French Open winner Maria Sharapova. Wimbledon winner Serena Williams is now ranked No.4.
Rank | Prev. | Athlete | Nation | Points | Tourn. |
1 |
2 | Azarenka, Victoria | ![]() |
8800 | 19 |
2 | 3 | Radwanska, Agnieszka | ![]() |
8530 | 23 |
3 | 1 | Sharapova, Maria | ![]() |
8370 | 17 |
4 | 6 | Williams, Serena | ![]() |
7360 | 15 |
5 | 5 | Stosur, Samantha | ![]() |
6195 | 22 |
6 | 4 | Kvitova, Petra | ![]() |
5275 | 19 |
7 | 8 | Kerber, Angelique | ![]() |
5170 | 20 |
8 | 7 | Wozniacki, Caroline | ![]() |
4091 | 20 |
9 | 10 | Errani, Sara | ![]() |
3410 | 23 |
10 | 9 | Bartoli, Marion | ![]() |
3400 | 27 |
11 | 11 | Li, Na | ![]() |
3245 | 17 |
12 | 14 | Ivanovic, Ana | ![]() |
3190 | 21 |
13 | 12 | Zvonareva, Vera | ![]() |
3160 | 21 |
14 | 19 | Kirilenko, Maria | ![]() |
2635 | 24 |
15 | 13 | Cibulkova, Dominika | ![]() |
2625 | 25 |
16 | 16 | Kanepi, Kaia | ![]() |
2514 | 16 |
17 | 17 | Pennetta, Flavia | ![]() |
2305 | 23 |
18 | 15 | Lisicki, Sabine | ![]() |
2297 | 21 |
19 | 18 | Petkovic, Andrea | ![]() |
2260 | 14 |
20 | 21 | Jankovic, Jelena | ![]() |
2220 | 26 |
21 | 20 | Petrova, Nadia | ![]() |
2105 | 20 |
22 | 26 | Schiavone, Francesca | ![]() |
2050 | 24 |
23 | 22 | Safarova, Lucie | ![]() |
2040 | 22 |
24 | 24 | Goerges, Julia | ![]() |
1945 | 27 |
25 | 27 | Zheng, Jie | ![]() |
1910 | 25 |
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