- Antalya semi-finalist David Goffin gains in this week’s ATP Top 20 rankings
- On the WTA side, Aryna Sabalenka’s continuing winning streak sees a 3-point jump in the WTA Rankings
- Jodie Burrage’s main draw debut sees her jump 9 places in the rankings
LONDON, UK – The first rankings of the new season are out while players now wait it out before the tour resumes ahead of the Australian Open.
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WTA Rankings
| Ranking | Player | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |  | Iga Swiatek | 11085 | |
| 2 | |  | Ons Jabeur | 5055 | |
| 3 | |  | Jessica Pegula | 4691 | |
| 4 | |  | Caroline Garcia | 4375 | |
| 5 | | Aryna Sabalenka | 3925 | ||
| 6 | |  | Maria Sakkari | 3871 | |
| 7 | | | Coco Gauff | 3646 | |
| 8 | | Daria Kasatkina | 3435 | ||
| 9 | | Veronika Kudermetova | 2795 | ||
| 10 | |  | Simona Halep | 2661 | |
| 11 | | | Madison Keys | 2417 | |
| 12 | |  | Belinda Bencic | 2365 | |
| 13 | |  | Paula Badosa | 2363 | |
| 14 | | | Danielle Collins | 2287 | |
| 15 | |  | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 2215 | |
| 16 | |  | Petra Kvitova | 2097 | |
| 17 | |  | Anett Kontaveit | 2093 | |
| 18 | |  | Jelena Ostapenko | 1986 | |
| 19 | | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 1910 | ||
| 20 | | Luidmila Samsonova | 1910 |
Aryna Sabalenka’s career-best winning streak see her as the only upward mover in this week’s WTA Top 20. She extended her winning streak, from her back to back wins at the end of last season n Ostrava and Linz, to claiming the inaugural Abu Dhabi title.
She was unstoppable once more, and dropped just one set on the way to the title.
ATP Rankings
| Ranking | Player | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | | Carlos Alcaraz | 6,820 | |
| 2 | | | Rafael Nadal | 6,020 | |
| 3 | |  | Casper Ruud | 5,820 | |
| 4 | | | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 5,550 | |
| 5 | |  | Novak Djokovic | 4,820 | |
| 6 | |  | Felix Auger-Aliassime | 4,195 | |
| 7 | | Daniil Medvedev | 4,065 | ||
| 8 | | Andrey Rublev | 3,930 | ||
| 9 | | | Taylor Fritz | 3,355 | |
| 10 | | | Hubert Hurkacz | 2,905 | |
| 11 | |  | Holger Rune | 2,888 | |
| 12 | |  | Alexander Zverev | 2,700 | |
| 13 | | | Pablo Carreno Busta | 2,495 | |
| 14 | |  | Cameron Norrie | 2,445 | |
| 15 | |  | Jannik Sinner | 2,410 | |
| 16 | | | Matteo Berrettini | 2,375 | |
| 17 | |  | Marin Cilic | 2,105 | |
| 18 | | | Denis Shapovalov | 2,075 | |
| 19 | | | Frances Tiafoe | 2,000 | |
| 20 | | Karen Khachanov | 1,990 |
Despite falling in the ATP Antalya semi-finals, David Goffin was the only riser in the ATP Top 20, but further down the chain Hubert Hurkacz, who lifted the ATP Delray Beach title edged back into the Top 30, just one place behind the career high of No. 28 he achieved last February.
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British ATP & WTA Top 10 Rankings
| Rank | Player | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | | Cameron Norrie | 2,445 | |
| 27 | | Daniel Evans | 1,585 | |
| 42 | | Jack Draper | 990 | |
| 49 | | Andy Murray | 920 | |
| 163 | | Liam Broady | 348 | |
| 167 | | Ryan Peniston | 340 | |
| 219 | | Paul Jubb | 253 | |
| 240 | | Jay Clarke | 226 | |
| 248 | | Jan Choinski | 218 | |
| 266 | | Alastair Gray | 198 |
| Ranking | Player | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Emma Raducanu | 755 | |
| 2 | | Harriet Dart | 635 | |
| 3 | | Jodie Burrage | 474 | |
| 4 | | Katie Boulter | 457 | |
| 5 | | Heather Watson | 450 | |
| 6 | | Katie Swan | 435 | |
| 7 | | Yuriko Mizaki | 349 | |
| 8 | | Sonay Kartal | 318 | |
| 9 | | Eden Silva | 193 | |
| 10 | | Anna Brogan | 153 |
This week’s riser was Jodie Burrage, who made it into the WTA Abu Dhabi main draw as a lucky loser, where she lost out to compatriot Heather Watson.
Francesca Jones dropped a couple of places despite lighting up the Australian Open qualifying rounds to make it to her first Slam main draw.
Cameron Norrie jumped up 7 spots with reaching the semi-finals of Delray Beach.
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Next Tournaments
The situation in Australia now sees 72 players in hard quarantine – note this means that their 5-hour practice privileges have been revoked for the 14 days.
Players have refrained from a lot of the initial complaining to show various work-outs in their hotel rooms, and just two days after their quarantine ends, the season will restart with two ATP 250 events, ATP Cup ant two WTA 500 events, but it remains to be seen how many of the players opt to play a warm-up week.
The season will recommence on 31 January.
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