The woman Shnaider defeated for the title in Hong Kong, Katie Boulter, rises from No. 29 to No. 23, surpassing her previous career-high of No. 27 and coming within just a few spots of her Top 20 debut.
The winners of the other two WTA events this past week make big moves: Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic, a former Top 40 player who has one of the few one-handed backhands on the women’s tour, soars from No. 168 to No. 105 after conquering Jiujiang, China; and Turkey’s Zeynep Sonmez jumps from No. 127 to No. 91, her Top 100 debut, after winning her first WTA title in Merida, Mexico.
Sonmez is the second Turkish woman to win a WTA title and break into the Top 100, after Cagla Buyukakcay, who achieved both feats in 2016, winning Istanbul and then cracking the Top 100.
Meanwhile, there are some shifts on the ATP rankings after the last Masters 1000 event of the year in Paris: Alexander Zverev rises from No. 3 back to his career-high of No. 2 after winning the title in the French capital, switching spots with Carlos Alcaraz, who dips from No. 2 to No. 3; and French newcomer Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard makes his Top 30 debut, moving up from No. 31 to No. 30.
This week coming up, the battle for the year-end No. 1 ranking on the women’s side will play out at the WTA Finals in Riyadh between Sabalenka and Swiatek. Check out all of the scenarios here.
