The Belgian number one lost last week in the first round of the WTA 250 tournament in Hobart to compatriot Maryna Zanevska. She lost a few points and ends up outside the top 30 again. In doubles she remains number five in the world.
The other Belgian women in the top 100 made a profit. Alison Van Uytvanck, who is the only Belgian to play on Monday on the opening day of the Australian Open, climbed two places and is now 68th. Maryna Zanevska jumped seven places to 80th and Ysaline Bonaventure gained two spots. She is 90th.
The Swiss Belinda Bencic climbed three places thanks to her final victory at the WTA 500 tournament in Adelaide and is now tenth. Furthermore, nothing changed at the top of the WTA ranking. The Polish Iga Swiatek leads with a big lead over the Tunisian Ons Jabeur and the American Jessica Pegula.
WTA ranking on January 15 (in brackets the ranking of January 9):
1. (1) Iga Swiatek (Pol) 11025 points
2. (2) Ounce Jabeur (Tun) 5140
3. (3) Jessica Pegula (VSt) 5000
4. (4) Caroline Garcia (Fra) 4415
5. (5) Aryna Sabalenka (WRu) 4340
6. (6) Maria Sakkari (Gri) 3921
7. (7) Coco Gauff (VSt) 3762
8. (8) Daria Kasatkina (Rus) 3500
9. (9) Veronika Kudermetova (Rus) 2800
10. (13) Belinda Bencic (Zwi) 2735
11. (14) Danielle Collins (VSt) 2388
12. (12) Simona Halep (Roe) 2381
13. (10) Madison Keys (VSt) 2318
14. (15) Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) 2255
15. (16) Petra Kvitova (Tsj) 2221
16. (11) Paula Badosa (Spa) 2102
17. (18) Jelena Ostapenko (Flight) 2040
18. (20) Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) 1910
19. (17) Anett Kontaveit (Est) 2909
20. (19) Lyudmila Samsonova (Rus) 1905
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32. (27) Elise Mertens 1449
68. (70) Alison Van Uytvanck 846
80. (87) Maryna Zanevska 762
90. (92) Ysaline Bonaventure 694
211.(210) Magali Campaign 310
223. (223) Greet Minnen 289
267.(248) Kirsten Flipkens 233
279.(322) Yanina Wickmayer 219
300.(294) Mary Benoit 207
444.(441) Sofia Costulas 102
