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object-center !my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Aryna-Sabalenka-Elena-Rybakina-and-Alex-Eala1-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina and Alex Eala\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Left to right: Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina and Alex Eala                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Aryna Sabalenka has started her 74th consecutive week at No 1 in the WTA Rankings and her Indian Wells Open title win has helped her to extend her lead over new world No 2 Elena Rybakina.<\/p>\n<p>Four-time Grand Slam winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/aryna-sabalenka\">Sabalenka<\/a> has been top of the rankings since October 2024 and she is set to remain their for another couple of months with her latest title once again highlighting her dominance and consistency.<\/p>\n<p>Having finished runner-up last year, the Belarusian went one better <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/aryna-sabalenka-elena-rybakina-prize-money-ranking-points-indian-wells-open\">with an incredible 3\u20136, 6\u20133, 7\u20136 (8\u20136) win<\/a> as she saved a match point in the tie-breaker against the Australian Open champion.<\/p>\n<p>The Belarusian \u2013 who has now spent a total 82 weeks at No 1 \u2013 added 350 points (she was defending 650 points from 2025) to increase the gap to Rybakina to 3,242 with Iga Swiatek another 195 points behind in third place.<\/p>\n<p>Rybakina, who returned to No 3 on the back of her Melbourne Park title, cracked a new high as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/elena-rybakina-confirms-wta-rankings-goal-with-star-set-for-new-milestone\">she surpassed Swiatek<\/a> after the Pole lost in the quarter-finals against Elina Svitolina.<\/p>\n<p>The other changes in the top 10 see Svitolina and Victoria Mboko move up one place each with 2025 Indian Wells champion Mirra Andreeva dropping to No 10 after her early exit. Mboko\u2019s ninth place is a new career high.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/wta-miami-open-draw-sabalenka-rybakina-on-same-half-swiatek-could-face-eala\">WTA Miami Open Draw: Sabalenka &amp; Rybakina in same half, Swiatek could face Eala<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/grand-slam-champion-reveals-why-her-mum-is-crazy-about-alex-eala\">Grand Slam champion reveals why her mum is \u2018crazy\u2019 about Alex Eala<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mboko\u2019s fellow teenager Iva Jovic also reached a new milestone as she moved up one place to No 17 on the back of Madison Keys\u2019 three-place drop to No 18.<\/p>\n<p>With Zheng Qinwen and Emma Navarro dropping three spots and two spots, respectively, British No 1 Emma Raducanu moved up one place to No 23 while there is a new name top 30 as Filipina star Alex Eala is up three places to No 29.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-rankings-prediction-victoria-mboko-former-british-no-1\">Eala reached the fourth round<\/a> on her debut in Indian Wells before losing against Linda Noskova.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest climber into the top 100 was Talia Gibson as the Australian came through qualifying and stunned three seeded players \u2013 including seventh seed Jasmine Paolini \u2013 to reach the quarter-final.<\/p>\n<p>Her reward is a 44-place surge to a new best of No 68 while fellow qualifier Anastasia Zakharova climbed 12 places to No 74 after reaching the second round.<\/p>\n<p>Former world No 7 Danielle Collins is the biggest dropper as she is down 21 places as she remains sidelined due to health reasons.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Top 10 Live Rankings<\/h2>\n<p>1. Aryna Sabalenka \u2013 11,025<br \/>\n2. Elena Rybakina Kazakhstan \u2013 7,783 (+1)<br \/>\n3. Iga Swiatek Poland \u2013 7,588 (-1)<br \/>\n4. Coco Gauff United States \u2013 6,803<br \/>\n5. Jessica Pegula United States \u2013 6,583<br \/>\n6. Amanda Anisimova United States \u2013 6,070<br \/>\n7. Jasmine Paolini Italy \u2013 4,232<br \/>\n8. Elina Svitolina Ukraine \u2013 4,020 (+1)<br \/>\n9. Victoria Mboko Canada \u2013 3,351 (+1)<br \/>\n10. Mirra Andreeva \u2013 3,066 (-2)<br \/>\n11. Ekaterina Alexandrova \u2013 2,918<br \/>\n12. Belinda Bencic Switzerland \u2013 2,803<br \/>\n13. Linda Noskova Czechia \u2013 2,801<br \/>\n14. Karolina Muchova Czechi \u2013 2,668<br \/>\n15. Naomi Osaka Japan \u2013 2,434<br \/>\n16. Clara Tauson Denmark \u2013 2,095<br \/>\n17. Iva Jovic United States \u2013 2,070<br \/>\n18. Madison Keys United States \u2013 2,026<br \/>\n19. Elise Mertens Belgium \u2013 1,936<br \/>\n20. Diana Shnaider \u2013 1,898<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WTA Rankings: Sabalenka increases lead, Rybakina No 2, Swiatek drops, Raducanu top 25, Eala top 30 Shahida Jacobs 16 Mar 2026 5:59 AM Left to right: Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina and Alex Eala Aryna Sabalenka has started her 74th consecutive week at No 1 in the WTA Rankings and her Indian Wells Open title win [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1828904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1828904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1828904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1828904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1828904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}