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Rybakina, options to be number 1. Photo: gettyimages

Rybakina could become number 1 in the WTA ranking without playing the 2026 US Open

Diego Jiménez - 24 Aug 2026 | 12:07

Kazakhstan is in a privileged position to take the number 1 spot from Sabalenka at the 2026 US Open, a title that Pegula and Gauff will also be vying for.

Aryna Sabalenka, WTA ranking prior to the US Open. Photo: gettyimages

Aryna Sabalenka Elena Rybakina

Substantial changes in the WTA Ranking before the 2026 US Open

Diego Jiménez - 24 Aug 2026 | 09:42

We review the major changes in the WTA rankings after the Cincinnati tournament, which indicates how the top players will arrive at the 2026 US Open.

Elena Rybakina, number 1 options in Cincinnati. Photo: gettyimages

Elena Rybakina Aryna Sabalenka

Rybakina's calculations to seize the number 1 spot from Sabalenka in the WTA rankings in Cincinnati

Diego Jiménez - 15 Aug 2026 | 14:01

We analyzed all possible scenarios in which there would be a change in the number 1 spot of the WTA ranking after the Cincinnati tournament, with Rybakina having a serious chance to take it from Sabalenka.

Iga Swiatek returns to the top 5 of the WTA rankings. Photo: gettyimages

Aryna Sabalenka Elena Rybakina

WTA Ranking: Swiatek Returns to the Top 5 and Rybakina Threatens Sabalenka's Number 1 Spot

Diego Jiménez Rubio - 14 Aug 2026

Rybakina has a chance to leave Toronto as number 1. Photo: Getty Images

Elena Rybakina Aryna Sabalenka

The miracle Rybakina needs to take the number 1 from Sabalenka in Toronto

Diego Jiménez Rubio - 3 Aug 2026

Lilli Tagger enters the top-50 of the WTA ranking. Photo: gettyimages.

Lilli Tagger Tamara Korpatsch

WTA Ranking: Tagger and Korpatsch break into the top 50 and Badosa continues to climb positions

Diego Jiménez Rubio - 26 Jul 2026

Sabalenka is now a centenarian and has Henin in her sights.

WTA Aryna Sabalenka

Sabalenka is now a centurion and has Henin in her sights

Fernando Murciego - 20 Jul 2026

Paula Badosa, finalist in Iasi 2026. Photo: gettyimages

Paula Badosa WTA

Badosa honors tennis with a titanic triumph in Iasi with brilliant consequences

Diego Jiménez - 18 Jul 2026 | 20:49

The Spanish player survived a match full of tennis and emotional ups and downs, drawing on epic performance to confirm her return to the top 100, her participation in the US Open 2026, and the opportunity to add the title in Iasi.

WTA Ranking: The Czech Republic demands entry into the top 10. Source: Getty

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WTA Ranking: The Czech Republic Requests Entry into the Top 10

Fernando Murciego - 11 Jul 2026 | 22:30

Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova are fully establishing themselves within the top ten in the world, where Sabalenka maintains her reign against the push from Rybakina and Pegula.