Elena Rybakina, 23, achieved a new career-high ranking of No 6 this Monday – a ranking position she should have had 10 months ago. On this week’s updated WTA list, Rybakina gained one position as she is now the sixth-best ranked player with 4195 ranking points.
Last summer, Rybakina – who at the time was ranked at No 23 – became a Grand Slam champion at Wimbledon. But because the WTA sanctioned Wimbledon by removing ranking points from last year’s tournament, Rybakina didn’t gain much ranking-wise following her triumph at The Championships.
Had the Wimbledon points counted last year, Rybakina would have become the world No 6 after winning it all at The Championships.
When Rybakina broke into the top-10?
After finishing as runner-up at this year’s Australian Open, Rybakina broke into the top-10 for the first time in her career.
“I don’t think tomorrow I’m going to feel different just because of the ranking now. For sure, it’s going to be different in the smaller tournaments I would say. I’m going to be seeded. Maybe in some tournaments I’m not going to play in the first round.
So of course there are some benefits out of this. But for sure I don’t really look at the numbers or rankings so much,” Rybakina said after the Australian Open and entering the top-10 for the first…
