The 26-year-old former No.19 earned 245 ranking points. She advanced to the second round in Doha and reached the quarterfinals in Dubai before withdrawing from the tournament with a left abdominal injury. Karolina Muchova finished the Middle East swing with a 4-1 record. Two former Top 50 players returned the the Top 100 this week. Swiatek collected a tour-leading 1,055 ranking points, followed by Krejcikova (901), Pegula (655) and Coco Gauff (450). Swiatek reached back-to-back finals during the tour’s Middle East swing, winning her second title of 2023 in Doha before finishing as runner-up in Dubai. Krejcikova upsets Swiatek in Dubai to win first title of the yearīy winning the title, Krejcikova earned 900 ranking points, enough to push her from No.30 to No.16. She became only the fifth woman to defeat the Top 3 at a single event since the inception of the tour rankings, a list that also features Graf, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Sabalenka. Krejcikova defeated No.2 Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals, No.3 Jessica Pegula in the semifinals and top-ranked No.1 Iga Swiatek in the championship match. She put together run that included wins over the Top 3 ranked women.Ĭhampions Corner: Kudermetova, Samsonova cement partnership in Dubai Memorable title run for Krejcikova in Dubaiīarbora Krejcikova captured the title at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, the first WTA 1000 tournament of the season. Graf is one of only five players to hold the No.1 ranking for 300-plus weeks throughout her career.

Her 377th and final week as a World No.1 ended on March 31, 1997, when a 16-year-old Martina Hingis made her No.1 debut.

Djokovic breaks Stefanie Graf’s previous record, which she held for 28 years on the Hologic WTA Tour. Monday marks a historic day across tennis as Novak Djokovic spends his 378th week as the top-ranked player on the ATP Tour.

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