After the recent conclusion of the US open tournament, it’s time to look at the best women’s tennis players in the world at the moment.
Here are the current best 5 women’s tennis players based on their WTA ranking points (which are correct as of September 2023).
- Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
Aryna Sabalenka is a 25-year-old Belarusian tennis player who started playing tennis when she was 6 years old. She is currently ranked the No.1 player in the female singles tennis rankings according to the WTA with 9266 points.
The 25-year-old is nicknamed “The Tiger” due to having a tiger tattoo on her left arm.
During her career so far she has won 13 titles in total, has played in 17 tournaments, has played 526 career singles matches and has a W/L record of 355/17.
But she has only won one grand slam in total which was the Australian Open in January 2023 where she defeated Elena Rybakina. She has done well in all the other grand slam tournaments too, in this year’s recent US Open she made it to the final, and at both Wimbledon and the French Open she made it to the Semi-Final.
Some of her other career highlights include winning tournaments in Madrid this year, in 2021 – Abu Dhabi and Madrid, in 2020 – Doha, Ostrava and Linz; in 2019 – Shenzhen, Wuhan and Zhuhai and in 2018 – New Haven and Wuhan.
World No.7 seed, Ons Jabeur speaking in an open press conference recently said: “With Aryna, I saw her at the US Open and said congratulations. I believe she really deserved to be #1. She has everything. Serve, big hitter, everything that she needs to be #1.”
2. Iga Swiatek (Poland)
Iga Swiatek is a 22-year-old Polish tennis player who started playing tennis because of her older sister. Her older sister was playing before her and Swiatek wanted to beat her. According to the WTA rankings she is the world No.2 in the singles rankings with 8195 points, and she once used to be the world No.1 not so long ago.
During her short career so far the 22-year-old has played 334 singles matches and has a W/L record of 269/65. She has won 15 titles in her career. Out of the 19 grand slam tournaments she’s played in during her short career she’s won Roland Garros 3x and the US open once. Swiatek’s most recent grand slam victory came this year in June at Roland Garros, where she beat Karolina Muchova in the Final.
Some of her other singles career highlights include winning tournaments in: 2023 – Doha, Stuttgart, Warsaw; 2022 – Doha, Indian Wells, Miami, Stuttgart, Rome, San Diego; 2021 – Adelaide, Rome.
3. Coco Gauff (USA)
Coco Gauff is a 19-year-old American tennis player who started playing tennis when she was 6-years-old. Her favourite playing surface is hard as she can be more aggressive. Her idols growing up were the Williams sisters. The WTA singles rankings currently have Gauff sat in third place with a total of 6165 points, which at 19 years of age is incredible for her.
She has played in 20 grand slam tournaments, has achieved quite a few RO16 and QF stages, however she has only won one title which was the US Open just 10 days ago. Overall so far in her singles career she has played 248 matches and has a W/L record of 169/79. The fact she won her first major at just 19-years-old sets her up for a potential glorious career just like the Williams sisters had.
Not including her US Open triumph, she has won 5 singles titles, these are: 2023 – Cincinnati, Washington DC, Auckland; 2021 – Parma; 2019 – Linz.
4. Jessica Pegula (USA)
Jessica Pegula is a 29-year-old American tennis player who was introduced to the sport of tennis by her family at the age of 7. Her nickname is “JP”, her favourite tournament is the US Open and her tennis idol was Martina Hingis. The WTA singles rankings currently have her sat in fourth place (just behind her doubles partner Coco Gauff) with 5755 points.
According to the WTA, during her career she has played in 20 grand slam tournaments, she has never won a singles grand slam but has reached numerous QF’s. She is a lot more successful in her doubles career where she has won 7 titles compared to her 3 in singles.
Her singles career winning highlights: 2023 – Montreal; 2022 – Guadalajara; 2019 – Washington DC.
5. Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
Elena Rybakina is a 24-year-old Kazakhstani tennis player who started playing tennis at the age of 5 and her favourite playing surface is hard. The WTA singles rankings currently have her sat in fifth place with 5655 points.
During her career Rybakina has played in 19 tournaments, has won one grand slam which was Wimbledon back in 2022, she made the final of the Australian Open this year and in the other grand slams she has reached the QF and RO32 multiple times.
In total across her singles career she has played 413 matches and has a W/L record of 284/129. Excluding her one grand slam win, she has won 4 singles titles.
Her singles career winning highlights excluding grand slams: 2023 – Indian Wells, Rome; 2020 – Hobart; 2019 – Bucharest.
All information and data taken from the WTA website.
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