Rankings don't lie or do they ?
World Number One
Players to avoid - cold as ice !
World Number One
Elena Rybakina jumps to #5 in the world after her great end to 2025. Coco Gauff remains #3 in the world despite her exit at the group stage in Riyadh. Aryna Sabalenka remains #1 despite her finals defeat to Rybakina. She is 2500 points ahead of Iga Swiatek. Amanda Anisimova is secure in #4 spot after her impressive season. Ekaterina Alexa
Elena Rybakina jumps to #5 in the world after her great end to 2025. Coco Gauff remains #3 in the world despite her exit at the group stage in Riyadh. Aryna Sabalenka remains #1 despite her finals defeat to Rybakina. She is 2500 points ahead of Iga Swiatek. Amanda Anisimova is secure in #4 spot after her impressive season. Ekaterina Alexandrova creeps inside the top 10 for the first time after a productive season. Mirra Andreeva who is clearly struggling at the moment has dropped to #9. Jessica Pegula is possibly the most unrewarded player at the big events despite playing very very well. Only her serve lacks the power to cope with the big returners.
Who is hot ?
Players to avoid - cold as ice !
World Number One
The last act of 2025 took place in Riyadh with the top 8 players fighting it out to with the WTA Finals. Elena Rybakina duly claimed this title and with it 1500 ranking points to return herself to #5 in the world. The top 4 didn't change with Aryna secure at #1 followed by Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Amanda Anisimova in #4 position. Of th
The last act of 2025 took place in Riyadh with the top 8 players fighting it out to with the WTA Finals. Elena Rybakina duly claimed this title and with it 1500 ranking points to return herself to #5 in the world. The top 4 didn't change with Aryna secure at #1 followed by Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Amanda Anisimova in #4 position. Of those in form by the end of the season, DTM would highlight Rybakina, Alexandrova and Pegula as the most impressive outside of the world #1 who is always a threat at the big events. Outside the top 10 it is very hard to highlight anyone who is worth highlighting as in form. Leylah Fernandez #22 is certainly worth watching in Australia as is Linda Noskova :)
Players to avoid - cold as ice !
Players to avoid - cold as ice !
Players to avoid - cold as ice !
A few players are learning very quickly that their games are becoming outdated very quickly. Players are becoming more and more aggressive with their first strikes and so second serves in particular are being dismantled very quickly. Sofia Kenin cannot buy a win at present and her defeat to Kessler in little over 60 minutes was awful. She
A few players are learning very quickly that their games are becoming outdated very quickly. Players are becoming more and more aggressive with their first strikes and so second serves in particular are being dismantled very quickly. Sofia Kenin cannot buy a win at present and her defeat to Kessler in little over 60 minutes was awful. She was not moving for balls by the end. Her relationship with the game is not in a good place at present. Magdalena Frech is down to #59 is one player who has a very weak serve and her ranking has plummeted as a result. Yulia Putintseva at #73 is another example of this. Movement is also an area which is being shown to be more and more important in defending after a second serve in particular. Donna Vekic is now down to #72 and is also struggling. Polina Kudermetova is down at #90 and is not a player to trust. Her ability to hit unforced errors and let sets go easily has caused her to drop down the rankings very quickly. As for DTM's Bulgarian friend, Viktoriya Tomova struggled to defend a lot of her 2024 points and is now down to #134 in the world having been inside the top 50 at the start of 2025. It's never the season you earn all your points that matters. It is the follow up year that really counts. Rankings are never a true indication of a player's form:)