Svitolina climbed to a record in the history of Ukraine of the sixth row in the WTA rankings

The women’s tennis Association introduced an updated version of its rating.

Before Svitolina in Rome, clay won a representative tournament WTA Premier 5. This success has allowed the 22-year-old native of Odessa once again refresh the record of Ukraine in the WTA ranking for the week beginning Svitolina in the status of the sixth racket of Ukraine, which guaranteed her a top-5 seeding for the upcoming Roland Garros.

After the Open championship of France Svitolina could once again improve its rating position. Ukrainian loses less than a hundred points Garbinie the Wind, and a Spaniard in Paris, will protect a maximum of 2000 points.

Along the way, Svitolina became the first Ukrainian tennis player, who led the Championship race. This season Elina has scored 2845 points that made her the main favorite for the participation in the Final tournament WTA.

Next week on the status of the first racket of the world spends Angelique Kerber – the German last year failed in Roland Garros, but because its leadership is not threatened.

The WTA rankings. May 22, 2017:

1 (1). Angelique Kerber (Germany) — 7035
2 (2). Serena Williams (USA) — 6110
3 (3). Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) — 6100
4 (4). Simona Halep (Romania) — 5790
5 (7). Garbine Muguruza (Spain) — 4636
6 (11). Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) — 4575
7 (5). Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) — 4480
8 (6). Johanna Konta (Britain) — 4330
9 (8). Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) — 4310
10 (9). Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) — 4095
…
42 (41). Lesya Tsurenko (Ukraine) – 1223
92 (91). Ekaterina Bondarenko (Ukraine) – 658

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