Some Italian-style changes in the women’s world rankings published this morning by the WTA after the conclusion of the US Open, the last Slam of 2024. This week too, there are still five Italians in the top one hundred. Jasmine Paolini remains the leader, having settled into the fifth world ranking thanks to the final at Wimbledon (the second consecutive, and in her career, in a Major), who increases her points haul with the round of 16 in New York and reaffirms her “best ranking”: the 28-year-old from Bagni di Lucca is the third Italian ever to reach this high in the rankings after Schiavone (no. 4) and Errani (no. 5).
Behind her, thanks to a round passed at the US Open, Elisabetta Cocciaretto, number 57, gains eight positions, while the third round (where she has not landed since 2015) allows Sara Errani to recover twenty places: the Italian veteran – who at Flushing Meadows also won a historic mixed doubles trophy with Andrea Vavassori – returned this year for the umpteenth time in the top one hundred, is now number 76. Lucia Bronzetti, now number 86, slips back ten steps, and Martina Trevisan nine, who drops to number 99.
Two new entries in the top ten of the ranking. Iga Swiatek continues to lead the way: the 23-year-old from Warsaw is in command for the 120th week overall (the 45th consecutive). The Polish player, who triumphed in Paris for the fourth time (the third in a row) at the beginning of June but was out in the quarterfinals at the US Open, sees her advantage over the queen of New York, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, drop to 2,169 points, while the third step of the podium is taken by American Jessica Pegula, finalist in the home Slam, who equals the “best” but is 2,496 points behind the 26-year-old from Minsk.
Always in fourth position is Kazakh Elena Rybakina, preceding Roland Garros and Wimbledon finalist Jasmine Paolini, fifth, who reiterates her “best”, and the other American Coco Gauff, sixth, who replaces her 2023 success with this year’s round of 16, losing three positions. Seventh (personal best equaled) is confirmed for Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the second tennis player from her country to enter the world elite after Li Na.
Behind her, thanks to the New York semifinal (the first in a Slam), the other American Emma Navarro breaks into the top ten for the first time, sitting in the eighth seat (“best”). Taking a step back, however, are both the queen of Wimbledon 2024, the Czech Barbora Krejcikova, ninth, and the Greek Maria Sakkari, tenth.