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!text-content\">\n                                WTA stars Emma Raducanu, Barbora Krejcikova and Alex Eala                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Barbora Krejcikova, Maria Sakkari and Paula Badosa have all climbed the WTA Rankings after their efforts last week, while Alex Eala and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/emma-raducanu\">Emma Raducanu<\/a> have also moved positions.<\/p>\n<p>None of the top 20 players in the WTA Rankings played last week, which was the week after Wimbledon, and the top 25 is unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\">WTA<\/a> 250 events were held last week: the Athens Open (played on hard courts), and the Iasi Open (a clay-court tournament in Romania).<\/p>\n<p>Krejcikova, a two-time Grand Slam singles champion and former world No 2, defeated Greek home favourite Sakkari 7-6(5), 6-3 in the final in Athens.<\/p>\n<p>The Czech\u2019s triumph has lifted her six places from 32nd to 26th in the rankings, while Sakkari has risen four spots from 37th to 33rd.<\/p>\n<p>At the Iasi Open, Mayar Sherif was leading 6-4, 4-0 in the final when Paula Badosa was forced to retire due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Sherif has jumped 24 places to 73rd after her title win, while former world No 2 Badosa\u2019s runner-up result has taken her from 115th to 93rd.<\/p>\n<h2>More WTA Tour News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\/wta-confirms-major-rule-change-women-players-undergo-one-time-genetic-sex-test\"><strong>WTA confirms major rule change as women\u2019s players will have to undergo genetic sex test<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\/wta-washington-open-entry-list-draw-prize-money-pegula-no-1-osaka-eala-feature\"><strong>WTA Washington Open Entry List, Draw, Prize Money: Pegula No 1, Osaka and Eala feature<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oleksandra Oliynykova has made a seven-place jump to a new career-high ranking of 45th after her run to the semi-finals in Iasi.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alex-eala\">Eala<\/a> did not compete last week, but she has dropped from her career-high ranking of 28th to 29th due to Krejcikova\u2019s rise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/emma-raducanu\">Raducanu<\/a> has not played since losing the Queen\u2019s Club Championships final last month, but the 2021 US Open champion and former world No 10 has risen one place from 38th to 37th.<\/p>\n<p>Tereza Valentova has suffered a 14-place slide from from 49th to 63rd, while Talia Gibson has dropped from 58th to 70th.<\/p>\n<p>Lilli Tagger is up 11 spots to a new career-high ranking of world No 74<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Rankings Top 20 (Monday 20 July)<\/h2>\n<p>1. Aryna Sabalenka \u2013 8,550<br \/>\n2. Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstan \u2013 8,143<br \/>\n3. Jessica Pegula, United States \u2013 6,301<br \/>\n4. Coco Gauff, United States \u2013 5,649<br \/>\n5. Mirra Andreeva \u2013 5,293<br \/>\n6. Karolina Muchova, Czechia \u2013 5,618<br \/>\n7. Linda Noskova, Czechia \u2013 5,119<br \/>\n8. Iga Swiatek, Poland \u2013 4,539<br \/>\n9. Amanda Anisimova, United States \u2013 4,353<br \/>\n10. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine \u2013 4,351<br \/>\n11. Marta Kostyuk, Ukraine \u2013 3,926<br \/>\n12. Victoria Mboko, Canada \u2013 3,570<br \/>\n13. Naomi Osaka, Japan \u2013 3,146<br \/>\n14. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland \u2013 2,845<br \/>\n15. Jasmine Paolini, Italy \u2013 2,783<br \/>\n16. Iva Jovic, United States \u2013 2,636<br \/>\n17. Sorana Cirstea, Romania \u2013 2,502<br \/>\n18. Diana Shnaider \u2013 2,458<br \/>\n19. Ekaterina Alexandrova \u2013 2,301<br \/>\n20. Anna Kalinskaya \u2013 2,300<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/emma-raducanu-andrew-richardson-split-made-no-sense-rick-macci-exclusive\">Emma Raducanu decision that \u2018made no sense\u2019 questioned by Serena Williams\u2019 former coach<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WTA Rankings: Barbora Krejcikova +6, Paula Badosa +22, Alex Eala drops, Emma Raducanu climbs Ewan West 20 Jul 2026 12:45 PM WTA stars Emma Raducanu, Barbora Krejcikova and Alex Eala Barbora Krejcikova, Maria Sakkari and Paula Badosa have all climbed the WTA Rankings after their efforts last week, while Alex Eala and Emma Raducanu have [&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-2052229","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\/2052229","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=2052229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2052229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2052229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2052229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}