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Patna : Ashleigh Barty (9,186 points), 24, Australia, Naomi Osaka (7,985 points), 23, Japan, and Simona Halep (6,965 points), 29, Romania, remain World No 1, 2 % 3 respectively in the WTA Rankings released on April 5, 2021, Bianca Andreescu, 20, Canada, has jumped 3 places to be ranked World No 6 with 5,265 points after freaching the final at Miami Open last week.
The 2020 Australian Open Champion Sofia Kenin, 22, and Elina Svitolina, 26, Ukraine, remain World No 5 and World No 6 respectively. Serena Williams, 39, USA, the winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles, has slipped 1 place and ranked World No 8 with 4,850 points. Karolina Pliskova, 29, Czech Republic, has dropped 3 places to be ranked World No 9 with 4,660 points.
Maria Sakkari, 25, Greece, has jumped 6 places to be ranked World No 17 with 3,020 points after reaching the semi-finals at Miami Open last week. Anastasija Sevastova, 30, Latvia, has jumped 10 places to be ranked World No 47 with 1,598 points after reaching the quarter-finals at Miami Open last week., Sara Sorribes Tormo, 24, Spain, has also jumped 10 places to be ranked World No 48 with 1,590 points after reaching the quarter-finals at Miami Open.
But, Venus Williams, 40, USA, the winner of 7 Grand Slam singles titles including 5 Wimbledon titles, has dropped 11 places to be ranked World No 90 with 908 points.
Ankita Raina, 28, India, has jumped 4 places to be ranked World No 165 with 439 points. Ana Konjuh, 23, Croatia, has jumped 38 places and is ranked World No 240 with 285 points after reaching Round of 16 at Miami Open..