{"id":2108528,"date":"2026-08-24T08:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T05:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2108528"},"modified":"2026-08-24T08:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T05:45:01","slug":"wta-rankings-sabalenka-survives-another-rybakina-fight-pegula-and-gauff-edge-closer-swiatek-3-eala-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2108528","title":{"rendered":"WTA Rankings: Sabalenka survives another Rybakina fight, Pegula and Gauff edge closer, Swiatek -3, Eala +2"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">WTA Rankings: Sabalenka survives another Rybakina fight, Pegula and Gauff edge closer, Swiatek -3, Eala +2<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a 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!my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Aryna-Sabalenka-Coco-Gauff-and-Iga-Swiatek-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek\">                <\/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                                Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/aryna-sabalenka\">Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> has once again managed to hang onto top spot in the WTA Rankings while there were big wins for Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff and Alex Eala, but Iga Swiatek and Jasmine Paolini suffered drops.<\/p>\n<p>World No 1 Sabalenka has been a woman under pressure since the French Open as Elena Rybakina has been within striking distance since June, but the Kazakh star has so far failed to make the most of her opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Her latest chance was at the Cincinnati Open as Sabalenka\u2019s fourth-round exit meant a run to the final would have secured her the No 1 position, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/elena-rybakina-cincinnati-open-exit-world-no-1-wta-rankings-aryna-sabalenka\">the two-time Grand Slam winner exited in the quarter-final<\/a> as a leg injury forced her to retire from her match against Swiatek.<\/p>\n<p>It means Sabalenka will remain top heading into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/us-open\">US Open<\/a> with the gap reduced to just 434 points, and Rybakina will get another chance at Flushing Meadows as the four-time Grand Slam winner is the defending champion in New York, so will drop 2,000 points.<\/p>\n<p>But Rybakina herself is now under pressure as Jessica Pegula is just 876 points adrift in third place following her runners-up finish at the Cincinnati Open with Coco Gauff another 561 points adrift after winning the title in Ohio.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/coco-gauff-jessica-pegula-prize-money-ranking-points-cincinnati-open-final\">Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula\u2019s prize money and ranking points from Cincinnati Open final<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/2026-us-open-favourites-sabalenka-below-par-rybakina-injured-pegula-gauff-swiatek-eala\">2026 US Open favourites: Sabalenka below par, Rybakina injured, Pegula, Gauff, Swiatek, Eala in form<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova is up two spots to a new high of No 6 while the biggest dropper in the top 10 was Swiatek as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiatek-rankings-collapse-cincinnati-open-defeat\">she is -3 and slips to No 8<\/a> as she was the defending champion in Cincinnati but lost in the semi-final against Pegula.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the top 10, there were small boosts for Iva Jovic, who is up two places to No 14, Sorana Cirstea (+2 to No 17) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-usopen-prediction-aryna-sabalenka-written-off\">Alex Eala (+2 to No 18)<\/a> with Jovic and Eala securing new career highs.<\/p>\n<p>Paolini finished runner-up to Swiatek in 2025, but the Italian was unable to play this year due to injury and, as a result, she is down five places to No 20.<\/p>\n<p>Sara Bejlek was one of the stars of the Cincinnati Open as she stunned world No 1 Sabalenka in the fourth round and Madison Keys in the quarter-final before losing against Gauff.<\/p>\n<p>The Czech youngster is rewarded with a six-place jump to a new high of No 29.<\/p>\n<p>Other players who have earned new career highs in the top 100 are Janice Tjen (No 35), Nikola Bartunkova (No 38), Alina Korneeva (No 67), Lanlana Tararudee (No 72), Hanne Vandewinkel (No 77), Mananchaya Sawangkaew (No 97) and Taylah Preston (No 100).<\/p>\n<p>In terms of big jumpers, Diane Parry is +16 to No 50, Katie Boulter is +11 to No 60, Elena-Gabriela Ruse +11 to No 63, Xiyu Wang +26 to No 82, Emiliana Arango +11 to No 84 and Anna Blinkova +17 to No 94.<\/p>\n<p>Boulter\u2019s surge plus a nine-place drop from Emma Raducanu has resulted in the former taking over as British No 1.<\/p>\n<p>Magda Linette is -16 to No 78, Antonia Ruzic is -20 to No 81 and Alicia Parks is -26 to No 89<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Top 20<\/h2>\n<p>1. Aryna Sabalenka \u2013 8,575<br \/>\n2. Elena Rybakina Kazakhstan \u2013 8,141<br \/>\n3. Jessica Pegula United States \u2013 7,265<br \/>\n4. Coco Gauff United States \u2013 6,704<br \/>\n5. Mirra Andreeva \u2013 5,433 (+1)<br \/>\n6. Linda Noskova Czechia \u2013 5,028 (+2)<br \/>\n7. Karolina Muchova Czechia \u2013 4,983<br \/>\n8. Iga Swiatek Poland \u2013 4,809 (-3)<br \/>\n9. Elina Svitolina Ukraine \u2013 4,689<br \/>\n10. Amanda Anisimova United States \u2013 4,533<br \/>\n11. Marta Kostyuk Ukraine \u2013 3,980<br \/>\n12. Belinda Bencic Switzerland \u2013 2,995<br \/>\n13. Naomi Osaka Japan \u2013 2,846<br \/>\n14. Iva Jovic United States \u2013 2,671 (+2)<br \/>\n15. Victoria Mboko Canada \u2013 2,531<br \/>\n16. Diana Shnaider \u2013 2,468 (-2)<br \/>\n17. Sorana Cirstea Romania \u2013 2,294 (+2)<br \/>\n18. Alex Eala Phillipines \u2013 2,281 (+2)<br \/>\n19. Ekaterina Alexandrova \u2013 2,186 (-1)<br \/>\n20. Jasmine Paolini Italy \u2013 2,123 (-5)<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WTA Rankings: Sabalenka survives another Rybakina fight, Pegula and Gauff edge closer, Swiatek -3, Eala +2 Shahida Jacobs 24 Aug 2026 9:45 AM Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek Aryna Sabalenka has once again managed to hang onto top spot in the WTA Rankings while there were big wins for Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff [&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-2108528","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\/2108528","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=2108528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2108528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2108528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2108528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}