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Patna : Ashleigh Barty, 25, Australia, remains World No 1 with 9,635 points in the WTA Rankings released on July 12, 2021, but she has further consolidated her position at the top of the rankings by winning Wimbledon singles title last week defeating Karolina Pliskova, 29, Czech Republic, in final, and bagging 2,000 Rankings Points.
Karolina Pliskova has jumped 7 places to be ranked World No 7 with 4,975 points. Naomi Osaka, 23, Japan, who did not play Wimbledon tbis year, remains World No 2 with 7,336 points.
Aryna Sabalenka, 23, Belarus, has jumped 1 position to be ranked World No 3 with 6,965 points after reaching the semi-finals of at Wimbledon last week. Sofia Kenin, 22, USA, has jumped 2 places to be ranked World No 4 with 5,640 points. She had lost in 2nd round at Wimbledon. Bianca Andreescue, 21, Canada, has jumped 2 places and is ranked World No 5 with 5,331 points. Elina Svitolina, 26, has slipped 1 place to be ranked World No 6 with 5,125 points. Iga Swiatek, 20, Poland, the 2020 French Open Champion, has jumped 1 place to be ranked World No 8 with 4,695 points. She had lost in Round of 16 at Wimbledon.
Simona Halep, 29, Romania, the 2019 Wimbledon champion, has slipped 6 places to be ranked World No 9 with 4,330 points. She did not play Wimbledon tournament this year. Former French Open and Wimbledon Champion Garbine Muguruza, 27, Spain, has jumped 2 place to be ranked World No 10 with 4,165 points. Muguruza had lost in 3rd round at Wimbledon this year.
Reigning French Open Champion Barbora Krejcikova, 25, Czech Republic, has jumped 4 places to be ranked World No 13 with 3,893 points. She had lost to Ashleight Barty in Round of 16 at Wimbledon.
Serena William, 39, USA, the winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles, has slipped 8 places to be ranked World No 16 with 2,641 points. She had retired in first round at Wimbledon this year due to injury. Ankita Raina, 28, India, has slipped 9 places to be ranked World No 191 with 384 points.