Rankings Watch: Swiatek holds strong at No.1; Mirra Andreeva makes leap

For the first time in the past 263 tournaments, the World No.1 and No.2 players faced off, with No.1 Iga Swiatek
Swiatek extended her stay at No.1 for the 56th consecutive week and maintains a 2,084-point lead over Sabalenka.
Their positions did not change in this week’s rankings. As a matter of fact, there was no movement among the Top 10. In fact, you have to scroll down to No.15 before there is any change, with Karolina Pliskova
BACK-TO-BACK IN STUTTGART 🚗🏆🚙
— wta (@WTA) April 23, 2023
World No.1 @iga_swiatek defends her #PorscheTennis title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Sabalenka, clinching a 13th trophy on the Hologic WTA Tour! pic.twitter.com/elTvJdvB2h
In doubles, Katerina Siniakova
Stuttgart reaction
- Champions Corner: Swiatek celebrates World Book Day with a title
- Swiatek beats Sabalenka to win second straight Stuttgart title
Movers and shakers
This week’s biggest movers inside the Top 100 reside in the bottom half:
Rebeka Masarova
Peyton Stearns
Danka Kovinic +15 (from No.72 to No.57): The 28-year-old from Montenegro climbs 15 spots this week after capturing the Oeiras ITF W100 title last week. It was her 14th ITF Circuit title, all coming on clay. Kovinic, whose career-high of No.46 came back in February 2016, has reached three WTA finals -- Tianjin 2015, Istanbul 2016 and Charleston 2021 -- but is yet to win a tour-level title.
Bubbling under
The ITF World Tour also enabled some noteworthy moves outside the Top 100.
Emma Navarro
Former World No.88 Aliona Bolsova
Last week, 15-year-old Mirra Andreeva
Andreeva, the youngest player in the Top 300, is now 13-0 at pro level in 2023 -- a promising record to take into Madrid, where she will play her second tour-level main draw (and first at WTA 1000 level) as a wild card.
Back-to-back WTA 1000s on tap
With back-to-back WTA 1000 tournaments up next in Madrid and Rome, here is a look at the rankings points on the line:
Most combined rankings points to defend at Madrid and Rome
1,585: Ons Jabeur
900: Iga Swiatek
755: Jessica Pegula
580: Jil Teichmann
480: Ekaterina Alexandrova
Total points to defend: Players in Top 10
900: No.1 Iga Swiatek
360: No.2 Aryna Sabalenka
755: No.3 Jessica Pegula
1,585: No.4 Ons Jabeur
0: No.5 Caroline Garcia
225: No.6 Coco Gauff
225: No.7 Elena Rybakina
470: No.8 Daria Kasatkina
255: No.9 Maria Sakkari
10: No.10 Petra Kvitova