Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka rose to second in the new WTA rankings released on Monday after claiming her first Grand Slam title as Poland’s Iga Swiatek remained in the top spot.
The Belarusian advanced three places to reach his highest ranking since August 2021 at the expense of Ons Jabeur of Tunisia who dropped to third.
Jessica Pegula of the United States fell to fourth and Caroline Garcia of France dropped to fifth.
Elena Rybakina, who lost to Sabalenka in three sets in Saturday’s final in Melbourne, climbed 15 places to a career-best ranking of 10.
Kazakhs did not receive ranking points for winning Wimbledon last year after the All England Club’s decision to ban players from Russia and Belarus because of the invasion of Ukraine.
Former world number one Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic returned to the top 20 as she climbed 11 places to 20th.