PARIS, France – Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko, No. 5 in the world in 2018, won her fifth WTA title in Dubai on Saturday and returns to the top-15 of the rankings released on Monday (13th), thanks to an eight-place jump. .
Winner of the semifinals of former World No. 1 Simona Halep (Monday 27th), Ostapenko easily defeated Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova 6-0, 6-4 in the final of the only tournament held last week. At the age of 24, the Latvian had fallen behind 50th place a year ago.
There will be no change in the top three, led by Australian Ashley Barty, ahead of Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic.
Spain’s Paula Badosa (4th) wins a place and gets the best world ranking against another Czech, Karolina Pliskova (5th), when she lost in the 1st round in Dubai.
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez is still 19th.
WTA Ranking:
1. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 8330 points
2. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 5563
3. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 5003
4. Paula Badosa (ESP) 4429 (+1)
5. Carolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 4347 (-1)
6. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 4191 (+2)
7. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 4137 (-1)
8. Iga Swiatek (POL) 3936 (+1)
9. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 3350 (-2)
10. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 3065
11. Danielle Collins (USA) 2972
12. Emma Raducanu (GBR) 2664
13. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 2635 (+8)
14. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) 2528 (-1)
15. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 2526
16. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 2397 (+1)
17. Jessica Pegula (USA) 2339 (-3)
18. Angelique Kerber (GER) 2286
19. Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 2249
20. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 2205 (-4)
