WTA Rankings Update: Aryna Sabalenka extends hold over Coco Gauff as Vondrousova, Kessler surge after title success

The WTA Rankings have been updated for another week as the run towards Wimbledon continues with titles for Marketa Vondrousova and McCartney Kessler in particular as well as Aryna Sabalenka continuing to add to her lead over Coco Gauff.

Sabalenka leads this week with 11,650 points followed by Gauff at World No.2 with 7,899 points. The Belarusian has barely been a feature in recent years on grass and so in reality, she can mainly just add point while Gauff lost a few which means that Sabalenka further surges ahead.

Pegula lost her Berlin points and also opens a firm gap as she lost over 400 points meaning she sits way back from Gauff having just been American No.1 a mere month ago. Zheng Qinwen not playing Berlin meant that that she won't be top four seeded at Wimbledon, this in turn has benefited Jasmine Paolini.

Paolini moved up to World No.4 assuring herself of a good run-in albeit she needs to defend a final next time around at Wimbledon. Further down Paula Badosa and Emma Navarro have swapped places to be ranked World No.9 and 10 respectively.

But the week does belong to a glut of Americans as well as Marketa Vondrousova. The latter winning her first title since 2023 at Wimbledon has seen her ascend to World No.73 up 91 spots after seeing off Wang Xinyu in the Berlin Ladies Open final.

She saw off Madison Keys and Aryna Sabalenka as well as defending champion Diana Shnaider to reach the final before seeing off the Chinese ace. She could be a real unseeded danger in London.

While some dangers could also come from a trio of Americans. McCartney Kessler won her third title of her career defeating Dayana Yastremska at the Nottingham Open jumping 10 spots to World No.32. She also has the last seeded spot now at Wimbledon thanks to this run. Ashlyn Krueger and Hailey Baptiste in World No.31 and 54 continue also to make strides and are up to career highs. While Sonay Kartal has also cracked the top 50 for the first time.