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lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina and Alex Eala                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Iga Swiatek will be looking to defend her title at the 2026 Cincinnati Open, but last year\u2019s runner-up Jasmine Paolini won\u2019t feature at this year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The Pole <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiatek-significant-rankings-breakthrough-cincinnati-usopen\">won her first title in Mason last year<\/a> when she beat Paolini in straight sets in the final and, now 12 months later, she has to defend the points she earned in 2025 or face the possibility of slipping out of the top 10 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\/wta-rankings-aryna-sabalenka-under-pressure-no-1-alex-eala-cracks-top-20-kristina-liutova-103\">WTA Rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A rolling 52-week, cumulative system is used to determine the WTA Rankings and it means players drop points from the corresponding period 12 months ago at the start of the event and points are then awarded based on a player\u2019s round-by-round progression.<\/p>\n<p>Example: If player A earned 100 points 12 months ago, they drop those points at the start of the 2026 edition. If they lose earlier this year and earn only 50 points, they are -50 for the event.<\/p>\n<h2>Cincinnati Open News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/wta-cincinnati-open-entry-list-2026-alex-eala-seeding-aryna-sabalenka\">WTA Cincinnati Open Entry List 2026: Where will Alex Eala be seeded? Aryna Sabalenka headlines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/atp-cincinnati-open-points-sinner-alcaraz-zverev-djokovic-shelton-drop\">ATP Cincinnati Open: Points Sinner, Alcaraz, Zverev, Djokovic, Shelton will drop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, the permutations are further complicated this year as the Cincinnati Open takes place a week later, so players will actually drop\/defend points from the WTA 1000 event from 2025 and their results from last year\u2019s tournaments in Monterrey and Cleveland, which took place during the week of 18 August.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, most of the star players don\u2019t play the week before the US Open so they don\u2019t have points to defend from Monterrey and Cleveland.<\/p>\n<h2>Points The Big Names Will Drop At Cincinnati Open<\/h2>\n<h2>Iga Swiatek \u2013 1,000<\/h2>\n<p>The six-time Grand Slam winner picked up the maximum 1,000 points 12 months, but her struggles this year mean she is not really comfortable in the top 10 as things stand.<\/p>\n<p>Swiatek is currently on 4,539 points in the Live Rankings, but she is still alive at the Canadian Open and could finish the event with 5,419 points if she wins the title. That would soften the blow at Cincy.<\/p>\n<p>However, if the Pole loses in the next few rounds in Toronto and also early in Cincy, then she could slip out of the top 10.<\/p>\n<h2>Jasmine Paolini \u2013 650<\/h2>\n<p>The Italian won\u2019t defend her points as she will miss the 2026 edition due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n<h2>Elena Rybakina \u2013 390<\/h2>\n<p>The world No 2 was beaten by Swiatek in the semi-final last year and earned 390 points, but to complicate things a bit further, Rybakina is keeping her sixth-best combined WTA 1000 result as it is higher than Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<h2>Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff \u2013 215<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/aryna-sabalenka\">Sabalenka<\/a> could still start the Cincinnati Open at No 2 in the rankings if she loses before the quarter-final in Canada and Rybakina wins the title. But \u2013 depending on what happens in Toronto \u2013 she will have a chance to either increase her lead at the top or regain the No 1 spot.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff sits at No 4 in the rankings and she could be right on Jessica Pegula\u2019s heels if she wins in Canada and can then potentially edge closer to the top two with another deep run in Cincy.<\/p>\n<h2>Linda Noskova \u2013 118<\/h2>\n<p>The Wimbledon champion is one of those players who is defending points from both Cincy and Monterrey last year, but she lost in the second round in Mason (10 points) and the quarter-final in Mexico (108 points) 12 months ago.<\/p>\n<h2>Karolina Muchova \u2013 65<\/h2>\n<p>The Wimbledon runner-up \u2013 who missed this week\u2019s Canadian Open \u2013 lost in the third round in 2025 so she has a chance to put pressure on Mirra Andreeva, who is fifth in the rankings.<\/p>\n<h2>Naomi Osaka and Alex Eala \u2013 0<\/h2>\n<p>Four-time Grand Slam winner Osaka and rising star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alex-eala\">Eala<\/a> didn\u2019t play at last year\u2019s Cincinnati Open so they won\u2019t drop any points.<\/p>\n<p>It gives both an opportunity to climb up the rankings with Osaka currently in 13th place and Eala No 20, although are still in action at the Canadian Open so could be higher by the time the Cincy event gets underway.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WTA Cincinnati Open: Points Sabalenka, Rybakina, Gauff, Swiatek, Paolini, Eala will drop Shahida Jacobs 08 Aug 2026 10:45 AM Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina and Alex Eala Iga Swiatek will be looking to defend her title at the 2026 Cincinnati Open, but last year\u2019s runner-up Jasmine Paolini won\u2019t feature at this year\u2019s tournament. 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