On January 15, Beijing time, the WTA officially announced the latest world rankings. In the last week before the Australian Open, the WTA Tour played two tournaments, Adelaide and Hobart. The world rankings have not changed much this week, with Bencic returning to the top 10 in the world, Jinhua sister Zhang Shuai setting a new career high, and Wang Xinyu soaring 10 places with her outstanding performance at Hobart.
The latest edition of the world's top 9 has not changed at all, and it is still Svyatek, Abdul-Jabbar, Pegula, Garcia, Sabalenka, Sakkari, Gauff, Kasakina and Kudmetova. Bencic rose from 13th to 10th in the world thanks to his performance in Adelaide. Collins behind her also rose three places, from 14th to 11th in the world.
The biggest increase in the TOP100 was American Lauren Davis, who improved 27 places this week from 84th to 57th in the world thanks to his Hobart victory. In addition, Cochareto, who reached the final in Hobart, rose 19 places in the ranking, and her latest ranking is 48th in the world.
Two other players have improved their top 100 in this edition, with Brinkova, who reached the semi-finals at Hobart, rising from 72nd to 60th in the world this week. Chinese flower Wang Xinyu, who reached the quarterfinals in Hobart, rose from 89th to 79th in the world in the latest edition.
Jinhua's first sister Zhang Shuai rose 2 places from 24th in the world to 22nd. Zhang Shuai, who is about to turn 34, has set a new personal ranking high. Zhang's previous best ranking was 23rd, which was created in late 2016 and early 2017.
Zheng Qinwen rose two places to 28th from 30th, Wang Xiyu slipped four places to 53rd, Zhu Lin dropped from 85th to 87th, and Yuan Yue rose from 119 to 117.