Rybakina guarantees to finish the season at the top of the world tennis rankings

Kazakhstan's Yelena Rybakina ensured that she finished the current season at the top of the World Women's Tennis Professionals Association (WTA) rankings with 8,099 points, as she is 1,614 points ahead of Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, who is in second place with 6,485 points, during the latest version of the rankings released today, Monday.

Rybakina achieved 54 victories against 14 defeats during the year 2026, and won 4 titles this season, in the Australian Open, US Open, Stuttgart and Ningbo tournaments.

Rybakina faced several physical problems during the recent period, which led her to withdraw from the season-ending tournament of the World Women's Tennis Association, which is currently being held in Indian Wells. Thus, she missed the last competition of the season, and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, ranked tenth in the world, took her place.

Russian Mira Andreeva came in third place with 6,306 points, followed by American Coco Gauff in fourth place with 5,763 points, only 3 points ahead of her compatriot Jessica Pegula, who ranked fifth with 5,760 points.

Ukrainian Yelena Svitolina came in sixth place with 5,121 points, followed by Czech Karolina Muchova in seventh place with 4,665 points, then her compatriot Linda Noskova in eighth place with 4,343 points.

Poland's Iga Szvyontek came in ninth place, with 4,188 points, while Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk ranked tenth, with 3,910 points.

Polish Magda Lynette returned to the list of the top 50 players in the world rankings of professional women's tennis players, after she was crowned champion of the Indian tournament in Chennai, one of the 250-point tournaments, after her victory over Indonesian Yannis Tin 5/7, 6/1, 6/4 in the final match, today, Monday.

Lynette made a big leap in the rankings, after she advanced from sixty-eighth place to forty-third place with 1,176 points, becoming the third best Polish player in the rankings, ahead of her compatriot Magdalena Frikh.

Lynette's coronation came after a period of declining results, as she achieved only 4 victories in her fifteen matches prior to the start of the Indian tournament.

The last title Lynette won in the World WTA Championships was back in July 2024, when she won the Prague Championship, so she will now return to the podium and regain her position among the top 50 players in the world.

Spaniard Carlos Alcarras narrowed the gap with Italian Jannik Sinner in second place in the World Professional Tennis Association rankings, after winning the Paris Masters Championship, while American Taylor Fritz advanced two places to return to the top ten list. Alcarras gave a strong performance in the Paris Championship, and concluded his career by defeating American Ben Shelton in the final match yesterday, Sunday, to strengthen his position in third place in the world rankings, and reduce the gap with Sinner, who is in second place, in light of the Italian player’s absence from competitions since the Wimbledon Championship. Alcarras is now close to competing with Sinner for second place, as he looks forward to continuing his good results in the season-ending tournament, which may give him an additional opportunity to close the gap with his Italian competitor before the start of the 2027 season. German Alexander Zverev came in first place with 9,550 points, followed by Sinner in second place with 9,450 points, then Alcarras third with 7,100 points. Shelton ranked fourth with 5,170 points, Russian Daniil Medvedev came in fifth place with 3,820 points, Italian Flavio Copoli sixth with 3,680 points, and Frenchman Arthur Viss came in seventh place with 3,625 points. American Frances Tiafoe ranked eighth with 3,390 points, followed by Australian Alex de Minaur in ninth place with 3,370 points, then Fritz tenth with 3,285 points, after rising two places after qualifying for the quarter-finals in the Paris Championship, surpassing Spaniard Rafael Godard and Serbian Novak Djokovic, who ranked eleventh and twelfth, respectively.