PARIS, Feb 6 — Iga Swiatek continued to dominate the WTA rankings today, still over 4,000 points clear of Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka in an unchanged top 20.
Swiatek, who has been No1 since April 4 last year, has not competed since losing to 10th-ranked Elena Rybakina in the last 16 of the Australian Open.
The 21-year-old Pole is due on court again in Qatar next week.
Caroline Garcia missed the chance to leapfrog Jessica Pegula into fourth spot when she lost to Alycia Parks in the final in Lyon yesterday.
The American Parks is the one of two notable rises in the top 100, climbing 28 places to 51st.
The other is Chinese player Zhu Lin, whose victory in the final in Thailand lifts her 13 places to 41st.
WTA rankings (players representing Russia and Belarus are banned from competing under the name or flag of their countries):
1. Iga Swiatek (POL) 10485 pts
2. Aryna Sabalenka 6100
3. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 5210
4. Jessica Pegula (USA) 5000
5. Caroline Garcia (FRA) 4795
6. Coco Gauff (USA) 3992
7. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3811
8. Daria Kasatkina 3380
9. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 2905
10. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 2815
11. Veronika Kudermetova 2740
12. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 2340
13. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 2281
14. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 2195
15. Simona Halep (ROM) 2141
16. Victoria Azarenka 2138
17. Ekaterina Alexandrova 2030
18. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 1909
19. Liudmila Samsonova 1905
20. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 1880 — AFP