WTA: Halep in the lead, Osaka has Singapore in sight

After the first WTA Premier Mandatory Event of the year, the positions within the extended world elite have been re-sorted.

In the regular WTA charts, the Kiel native finished in the top ten, but Kasatkina failed to make it into the top ten for the first time due to her final defeat. Simona Halep maintained her lead against Osaka despite her bankruptcy, especially as her first opponent, Caroline Wozniacki, retired even earlier against Kasatkina. French Open winner Elena Ostapenko has meanwhile reached a new career-high with fifth place. Indian Wells defending champion Elena Vesnina, on the other hand, rattled down 19 places, the Russian is now number 43.

Julia Görges is currently in twelfth place in the WTA world rankings, the gap to the next best German with Carina Witthöft in 57th place is considerable.

From an Austrian point of view, Barbara Haas is the world’s number 175, but Julia Grabher improved by 42 places and moved up to 198th place. into the top 200 in the world.

Here is the current WTA world rankings