On March 23, Beijing time, the world tennis world ushered in a heavy news today, WTA world number one Barty announced his retirement, at the age of less than 26 years old officially bid farewell to the tennis world. Barty said in an interview that after getting last year's Wimbledon and this year's Australian Open, all her dreams in the tennis world have come true, which is the main reason why she chose to retire.
After the world's first announcement of retirement, how will the WTA's ranking change? Will her points be cleared immediately, resulting in a new world number one?
According to the WTA's points rules, if an athlete chooses to retire, her points will not be deducted immediately. Instead, a 52-week points system is followed, with points from the previous year deducted after each event until it is cleared to zero after the end of the season. After Li Na retired that year, the points waited until the end of the season before being fully deducted.
There is also a situation in which athletes voluntarily request the WTA to cancel their personal world rankings and points after retirement, in which case the player's rankings and points will be removed from the WTA ranking system, and the ST World No. 1 will be generated. After haining rapids retired in 2008, she applied to cancel her points herself, and Sharapova successfully ascended to the world number one throne in the following week.
If Barty had made the same choice as Henin, the women's tennis world would have produced a new world number one after the miami tournament next week. Judging from the current points situation, Sviatek, who is ranked No. 2 in the world, and Bardoza, who is no. 4, both have a chance to land on the back of the ball after Miami. World No. 3 Krichkova lost her chance to reach the top of the world on April 4 due to her withdrawal from the Miami race.