Simona Halep is back in the WTA rankings

Former world leader Simona Halep returned to the world ranking of professional tennis players (WTA) published on Monday, seven months after her last appearance in the hierarchy and occupies the 1,143rd place, with the 10 points received for participating in the Miami Open.

Halep, suspended from October 2022, due to a positive anti-doping test, and returned to the circuit last month, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne reduced her sanction from four years to nine months, last appeared in the WTA ranking on 28 August 2023, when it was ranked 1,138.

Poland’s Iga Swiatek consolidated her position at the top of the rankings, now holding a lead of around 2,800 points over Belarus’ Arina Sabalenka, while she is now 840 points behind third-placed Coco Gauff.

The Greek Maria Sakkari managed to climb two places and is now in 7th place.

The American Danielle Collins, who won the title in Miami, managed to jump 31 places, being now in the 22nd position.

Sorana Cîrstea dropped five places compared to two weeks ago and is now in 29th place, Ana Bogdan is in 66th place, and Jaqueline Cristian dropped one place and is in 83rd place. Irina Begu managed to jump 11 places after played the final of the WTA 125 tournament in Antalya, climbing to 115.

In doubles, Monica Niculescu lost three positions and is on 42nd, while Gabriela Ruse dropped two steps, being on 83rd.

WTA singles rankings

1 (1). Iga Swiatek (Poland) 10,835 points
2 (2). Arina Sabalenka (Belarus) 8,045
3 (3). Coco Gauff (USA) 7,205
4 (4). Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) 5,848
5 (5). Jessica Pegula (USA) 4,860
6 (6). Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) 4,118
7 (9). Maria Sakkari (Greece) 4,030
8 (7). Qinwen Zheng (China) 3,995
9 (8). Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) 3,895
10 (10). Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 3,438
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29 (24). Sorana Cîrstea 1,748
66 (66). Ana Bogdan 1,054
83 (82). Jaqueline Cristian 844
115 (126). Irina-Camelia Begu 667
168 (170). Elena-Gabriela Ruse 446
178 (174). Irina Bara 421
185 (188). Miriam Bulgarian 400
217 (226). Anca Todoni 346
224 (214). Andrea Mitu 341
233 (227). Cristina Dinu 326
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1,143 (-). Simona Halep 10
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WTA ranking in doubles

1 (2). Su-Wei Hsieh (Taiwan) 8,565 points
2 (1). Elise Mertens (Belgium) 8,345
3 (3). Storm Hunter (Australia) 7,700
4 (5). Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) 6,495
5 (6). Erin Routliffe (New Zealand) 6,250
6 (4). Laura Siegemund (Germany) 5,670
7 (7). Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) 5,385
8 (8). Ellen Perez (Australia) 5,265
9 (9). Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 5,060
10 (15). Demi Schuurs (Netherlands) 4,680
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42 (39). Monica Niculescu 1,940
83 (81). Elena-Gabriela Ruse 1,182
156 (153). Irina Bara 562
171 (147). Andrea Mitu 529
173 (169). Oana Gavrila 522
214 (213). Jaqueline Cristian 404
269 ​​(274). Cristina Dinu 329
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