Michael D wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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18/02/19

Jumps of note are:

Maia +19 to 325
Jodie +24 to 345
Fran +8 to 469
Em W-S +10 to 494

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 And Nell Miller drops off the listings as she loses one of her three counters. So now down to 23 women with WTA rankings.

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Those are last weeks moves CD

The only significant upward movement is
Tara +18 to 474

Significant downward movements
Gabi -5 to 222
Katy D -24 to 286
Laura -114 to 649

I like Emily Arbs significant upwards move without playing a match! Jodie is the largest 'real' gainer so far. For many though, especially with the changes brought about by the new double tiered circuits it's still all in transition.

I'm posting this week's women's rankings as they provide a more interesting read than they have for a while. First of all we are back up to 25 WTA ranked players, welcome Vic Allen, and following Naiktha Bain's return nationality switch. 

Second, thanks to Naiktha's arrival and Jodie's rise of 31 places ahead of Maia and back into the GB top 10, our top ten average is now also back to marginally under 200 (total points 1996). In the coming week Jodie should also make the top 300 for the first time.

Then for the first time in a while too, we also have some upward movement amongst our lower WTA ranked players. Eden moves up 36 places to a new CH and becomes GB #12, albeit still 115 places behind Maia. Behind her Emma also rises to a CH, just short of the top 500, whilst so does Victoria with her new ranking. Eden did play in Obidos, but in general shows you what happens when occasionally the LTA can find a way to hold a still relatively small local tournament. There will be more moves next week, though not so pronounced, with Harriet being the major GB points winner. Still, it's been a while since we've had a chart with more green than red!

 

 

 

Yes, small steps in the right direction and a very welcome addition in Naiktha. 

With Fed Cup this weekend, we only really have Naiktha in point scoring action (let's hope Pula isn't as affected this week), so by the time the rest of the contingent are back in action, it'll be almost May, so the 'Race' rankings are at a stage now where you can take much more from them and assess who are the most in form and playing well above their current ranking and who are well below and likely to have a lot of points to defend and work to do in the coming months, pretty much just to stand still:

1) 65 Konta 298 (points) (6 tournaments)
2) 116 Dart 182 (6)
3) 138 Boulter 141 (6)
4) 166 Bains 111 (10)
5) 183 Burrage 100 (8)
6) 196 Lumsden 93 (8)
7) 232 Watson 75 (10)
8) 252 Swan 63 (7)
9) 280 G Taylor 54 (8)
10) 311 Raducanu 41 (3)
11) 318 Silva 40 (8)
12) 356 Dunne 29 (9)
13) 371 Moore 26 (4)
14) 387 Broady 24 (10)
15) 422 Jones 18 (7)
16) 464 Allen 13 (3)
17) 481 Christie 11 (6)
18) 503 EWS 10 (5)
19) 518 SBG 8 (4)
20) 533 E Taylor 7 (3)

Laura is now on 9 points so would move above Beth, but OER haven't accounted for that yet, they have her 9 points on show, but don't have her new race ranking. Tournaments played don't take into account failed non point scoring qualifying attempts as the likes of Tara would have far more tournaments than just the 4. The race is effective from after the WTA Finals / Zhuhai, so tournaments in November and December last year count.

A bit of a mixed bag there with some doing a lot better and some doing far worse. Raducanu and Allen positively stand out with both being in the top 500 and only having played 3 point scoring event apiece. Bains, Burrage and Maia are all around 100 places above their current ranking, so they'll have ample opportunity to push their current rankings (which are largely CHs) a lot further on - Naiktha and Jodie have absolutely nothing to defend until the grass season.

It still can change quickly though as Eden and Tara's situation both look a lot healthier after their surprise 25k semi final runs, so let's hope there's a few more of those out of the blue successes, as well as our more established players to pretty much get their season going.

Fantastic to see Jodie at a career high and in to the 300's. She was outside the top 500 in August, so it just shows what great form she has been in with her numerous top 200 wins and a couple of 25k finals - hopefully that first (relatively) big title isn't too far away. Back in action next week after a couple of well earned weeks off and should be a high seed in Spain 60k quals where there is a fairly large Brit contingent.

Just to note, in advance of the proper acceptance lists which are still being finalised - Laura Robson is entered for five W25 events for w/c 20th May, and is certainly into qualifying in three of them, and close in the other two. Thati s before the automatic withdrawals take place. SO hopefully she'll be out there playing somewhere.