I think it is worth an up to date summary of players' projected points prior to Wimbledon ( and after Wimbledon with clearly no points due off there ) now that Katie B and Harriet's points from last week have closed things up even more.
Taking ranking points at 08/05, adding Harriet's W25 title points, and deducting points due to come off.
If Katie stays in Japan for all 3 tournaments she has a very good chance of coming into contention as this is very sensible scheduling for her. Good performances there would mean she could skip RG, take a week off and go straight to the grass. The others all have to contend with the clay which could be tricky. I fancy Fran could be our best hope at RG
Just looking at points earned this year, with her QF so far in the Japan W60, Katie B now has the most GB points earned this year. So a GB 'race' leader, counting all ranking points, as distinct to the official WTA race which just counts WTA tour events and Slams.
( the WTA race figures on the OER site helpfully do actually include all points )
We have a few players that are actually close to the top 100 in this live race and Katie B could go top 100 this week.
Live points from this year : 110. Katie B 233 ( in Japan W60 QF ) 111. Emma 231 118. Heather 220 119. Jodie 216 145. Fran 184
-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 11th of May 2023 01:49:23 PM
Congratulations to Alisha Reayer on getting a WTA ranking, in at 1,325. The big climbers are Ranah up 99 to 766 (a new career high) and Lauryn JB up 179 to 874. Within in the GB top 10, Katie B consolidates her position as GB#3 with her run to the final in Kurume, up 11 to 124, but Harriet, with the points from her Nottingham title win being added only moves up 4 to 135. With 2 weeks of Nottingham from last year dropping off there are some large fallers, the most significant of which is Sonay, down 60 to 273. Dropping out of the rankings, hopefully temporarily, are Mimi and Tara.
As there is a bit of movement throughout I'll list all those in the Top 1000
329 (+9) Anna Brogan (new CH) 364 (-13) Eden Silva 371 (+15) Eliz Maloney (new CH) 413 (-2) Marni Banks 419 (+1) Emily Appleton (new CH) 441 (-11) Maia Lumsden 445 (-19) Freya Christie 529 (-10) Amanda Carreras 531 (-1) Beth Grey 568 (-5) Emilie Gallagher
578 (+17) Katy Dunne 659 (+1) Jasmine Conway 703 (+11) Talia Neilson-Gatenby 725 (-26) Matilda Mutavdzic 739 (-14) Alice Gillan 766 (+99) Ranah Stoiber (new CH) 840 (-3) Isabelle Lacy 874 (+179) Lauryn John-Baptiste 926 (-8) Danielle Daley 968 (-92) Emma Wilson 976 (-5) Tiffany William
1325 (In) Alisha Reayer
Out Mimi Xu Tara Moore
I believe these are the rankings for the Wimbledon main draw entry and next week's will be the rankings to be used for Wimbledon qualifying entry. There are no points dropping next week, 52 weeks ago being the middle Monday of last year's Roland Garros.
In the few bright spots in the final rankings before the grass season starts we have another new entrant, Aryana Bartlett, in at WR1299. Anna Brogan leapfrogs Fran and Naiktha and into the GB top 10
Congratulations to Katie Boulter on becoming the new GB #1. However, she may find it hard to stay there as she needs 2 wins this week to defend her dropping points and potentially faces the #2 seed and last year's winner in the 2nd round in Nottingham. Katie Swan misses out on becoming the GB#1 but her run in Surbiton sees her as the main climber in the GB top 10, up 28 to 131.
Lots of movement elsewhere, most notably Isabelle Lacy climbs 206 places to a career high 646. Fresh from returning from the US, Millie Rajecki enters the top 1000 at 997. It is also pleasant to see Webley-Smith back on the rankings list.
Looking ahead, Emma could return to GB#1 next week as, looking at the Nottingham draw, the 2 Katie's and Jodie potentially have to beat one of the top 3 seeds in Nottingham to be ahead of Emma next week. With Rome last month being extended 1 week causing everything to Wimbledon to be 1 week later, the points dropping in the rankings have become misaligned with the calendar such that it is points from Birmingham and Ilkley last year that are being defended this coming week.
I thought all the UK events from last year's grass court season didn't give any points
It was only Wimbledon that gave no points, I believe
yep - the ruling was that Wimbledon was stripped of points as there was no alternative equivalent event that week for the players who were banned from playing - for the other events, the players had alternative WTA/ATP or CHallenger/ITF events of a similar level that they could theoretically enter so there opportunities were not diminished