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PARIS: Serena Williams has left the world’s top 50 for the first time since 2006, the great American tennis player occupying the 59th place in the WTA ranking published on Monday.
The 40-year-old has played just six tournaments in 2021 and none since her tearful first-round exit from Wimbledon with a leg injury ended the 23-time Grand Slam champion’s latest attempt to equalize Margaret Court’s all-time record.
Williams fell 12 places in the rankings led by Ashleigh Barty ahead of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Sydney winner Paula Badosa is reaching a career high after a blistering 2021 season in which she reached the French Open quarter-finals, with the 24-year-old Spaniard starting last year ranked 67th.
American Madison Keys, a former world number seven, jumped 36 places to 51st after her victory in Adelaide, claiming a WTA title more than two and a half years after her last tournament victory in Cincinnati.
WTA Top 20:
1. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 7,111 pts
2. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 5,698
3. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 5425
4. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 5,213
5. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 4,582
6. Paula Badosa (ESP) 4.264 (+3)
7. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 4,231
8. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 4,071 (-2)
9. Iga Swiatek (POL) 3,916 (-1)
10. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 3,500
11. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 2,968
12. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 2,765 (+1)
13. Sofia Kenin (USA) 2,762 (-1)
14. Naomi Osaka (JPN) 2,696
15. Simona Halep (ROM) 2,657
16. Cori Gauff (USA) 2,655 (+3)
17. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 2,641 (-1)
18. Emma Raducanu (GBR) 2,595
19. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 2,530 (+2)
20. Angelique Kerber (GER) 2,517 (-3)
Selected:
51. Madison Keys (USA) 1,153 (+36)
59. Serena Williams (USA) 1,061 (-12)
The 40-year-old has played just six tournaments in 2021 and none since her tearful first-round exit from Wimbledon with a leg injury ended the 23-time Grand Slam champion’s latest attempt to equalize Margaret Court’s all-time record.
Williams fell 12 places in the rankings led by Ashleigh Barty ahead of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Sydney winner Paula Badosa is reaching a career high after a blistering 2021 season in which she reached the French Open quarter-finals, with the 24-year-old Spaniard starting last year ranked 67th.
American Madison Keys, a former world number seven, jumped 36 places to 51st after her victory in Adelaide, claiming a WTA title more than two and a half years after her last tournament victory in Cincinnati.
WTA Top 20:
1. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 7,111 pts
2. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 5,698
3. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 5425
4. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 5,213
5. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 4,582
6. Paula Badosa (ESP) 4.264 (+3)
7. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 4,231
8. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 4,071 (-2)
9. Iga Swiatek (POL) 3,916 (-1)
10. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 3,500
11. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 2,968
12. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 2,765 (+1)
13. Sofia Kenin (USA) 2,762 (-1)
14. Naomi Osaka (JPN) 2,696
15. Simona Halep (ROM) 2,657
16. Cori Gauff (USA) 2,655 (+3)
17. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 2,641 (-1)
18. Emma Raducanu (GBR) 2,595
19. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 2,530 (+2)
20. Angelique Kerber (GER) 2,517 (-3)
Selected:
51. Madison Keys (USA) 1,153 (+36)
59. Serena Williams (USA) 1,061 (-12)
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