The previous week was very successful for tennis players from Romania, with Sorana Kirstya, Ana Bohdan and Jacqueline Christian making important jumps in the WTA singles rankings.

Sorana Kirstea, Ana Bohdan and Jacqueline Christian climbed several steps in the WTA ranking

Sorana Kirstea has achieved the quarter-finals of the tournament in Abu Dhabi (“WTA 500” category) and rose to 22nd place in the world ranking (the highest was 21st place in August 2013).

Transylvania Open finalistAna Bohdan rose by 11 positions and occupies the 54th place, and Jacqueline Christian (semi-finalist in Cluj-Napoca) jumped nine positions.

22. Sorana Cîrstea 1829 (+4 places)

54. Ana Bohdan 1164 (+11)

72. Jacqueline Christian 976 (+9)

118. Iryna Begu 632 (-1)

153. Gabriela Ruse 501 (-7)

174. Iryna Bara 436 (+3)

193. Miriam Bulgaru 405 (+2)

218. Andrea Mitu 350 (-2)

229. Anka Todoni 331 (+1)

257. Christina Dinu 295 (-2)

308 Alexander Kadantu-Ignatik 227 (-6)

317. Andrea Prisecariu 216 (+6)

319. Gabriela Lee 215 (-6)

326. Ilinca Amariei 209 (-8), etc.

Andrea Mitu and Jacqueline Christian rose in the WTA doubles hierarchy

Monica Niculescu continues to be Romania’s top-ranked doubles player at No. 39, down one spot from her last published ranking.

Andrea Mitu and Jacqueline Christian teamed up at the Transylvania Open and reached the semifinals. In this way, both rose to several positions in the WTA hierarchy.

39. Monica Niculescu 1915 (-1)

73. Gabriela Ruse 1300 (-1)

150. Andrea Mitu 639 (+20)

161. Iryna Bara 568 (-3)

188. Oana Gavrila 493 (-2)

194. Begu Iryna 470

207. Jacqueline Christian 435 (+54)

273. Christina Dinu 323 (-27), etc.

Iga Svyatek leads the WTA – Olena Rybakina rose to 4th place

Iga Svyatek, Aryna Sabalenko and Koko Gauf remain on the podium this week, and the only change in the world Top 10 was the ascent of Elena Rybakina (champion of Abu Dhabi) in 4th place.

Bianca Andreescu, who is absent from the world circuit due to an injury, dropped another three positions and occupies 147th place.

Emma Reducanu won in Abu Dhabi and jumped 34 positions.

1. Iga Sviatek (Poland) 9770

2. Aryna Sabalenko (Belarus) 8.905

3. Coco Gauff (USA) 7200

4. Olena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) 6088 (+1 place)

5. Jessica Pegula (USA) 5.705 (-1)

6. Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) 4183

7. Qinwen Zheng (China) 3766

8. Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) 3736

9. Maria Sakkari (Greece) 3630

10. Karolina Muhova (Czech Republic) 3520

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147. Bianca Andreescu (Canada) 529 (-3)

262. Emma Raducanu (Great Britain) 291 (+34).