MELBOURNE, Australia –
Newly crowned Australian Open women’s singles champion Ash Barty has maintained her number one spot for more than two years after claiming her third major title with a straight-set win over Danielle Collins on Saturday.
Barty, the French Open champion in 2019 and the following year’s Wimbledon, has extended her ranking points against incumbent No. 2 incumbent Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, with French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova up one place. three after reaching the quarterfinals in Australia for the first time.
Poland’s Iga Swiatek rose five places to fourth after reaching her first major semifinal outside of clay, while Collins, 28, jumped 20 places to break into the top 10 for the first time in a year. Impressive way to win the first Grand championship. Slam Finals.
“It’s been a great fortnight for you,” American Barty said in her post-match speech following Saturday’s final. “You’re in the top 10 and that’s totally where you belong. I know you’ll fight for many more things in the future.”
Former No. 1, Garbine Muguruza of Spain dropped four places to 7th after losing in the second round at Melbourne Park.
In the men’s standings, Italy’s Matteo Berrettini was the sole driver of the top 10, climbing to new career heights of sixth after reaching the semi-finals at Melbourne Park for the first time, with Andrey Rublev of Russia dropped to Saturday.
Novak Djokovic, with 20 Grand Slam titles, will continue at No. 1 despite missing out on the Australian Open after being deported for failing to meet the country’s strict COVID-19 vaccination rules.
Russia’s Daniil Medvedev remains in second place regardless of his result against Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open men’s singles final the following Sunday.
Nadal, along with Djokovic and Roger Federer with 20 Grand Slam titles, is fifth, behind Alexander Zverev of Germany and Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece.
