On Tuesday, Ana Bohdan reached the round of 16 in Dubai (WTA 1000), and her performance will give her an important jump in the world ranking.

Ana Bohdan climbed 19 steps in the WTA hierarchy

Our player beat Shelby Roger (USA – 45 WTA) in two sets with the score 7-6(3), 6-3 after a game lasting two hours and 6 minutes.

With 105 points guaranteed to stay in eighth place, Ana Bohdan will record a significant jump of 19 positions in the WTA rankings.

At the start of the competition in Dubai, our player was in 75th place, and in the WTA live rating she is now in 56th place (957 points).

Know:

• In the 1/8 finals, Ana will face a very difficult match with the third favorite from Dubai and the 3rd in the WTA ranking, Jessica Pegula. Pegula is 2-0 against Bohdan (6-3, 6-4 in Ilka in 2015 and 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 in S-Hertogenbosch also in 2015).

• Getting to the 1/8 finals will bring Ana Bohdan a check for $31,650 and 105 points in the WTA singles ranking.

• The women’s singles main draw in Romania also featured Iryna Begu (lost in the first round) and Sorana Kirstya (eliminated on Tuesday, in the second round).

The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships runs from February 19 to 25 on hard, is part of the “WTA 1000” category and has a total prize pool of $2,788,468. Simona Halep won the tournament in 2015 and 2020, and the last edition went to Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia.