Just six months ago, the leading places in the WTA hierarchy included such athletes as Anette Kontaveit (2), Paula Badosa (3), Garbiñe Muguruza (8) and Emma Redukana (10). In the rating published just a few days ago, four players are almost nowhere to be found, they left the first positions.

Annette Kontaveit, Paula Badosa, Garbine Muguruza and Emma Reducanu steep falls in WTA rankings

On August 8, 2022, Annette Kontaveit was ranked 2nd (4476 points), Paula Bados was 3rd (4190 points), Garbiñe Muguruza was 8th (2886 points) and Emma Reducanu was 10th ( with 2772 points).

With a difference of only six months, four athletes lost important places in the world ranking, and their development is unrecognizable.

Annette Contaveit

Annette Kontaveit is currently ranked 27th and has only 2 wins and 4 losses this year. The level of his tennis has dropped a lot in recent months, and the results he has registered show it.

He lost his aggression, inspiration and confidence, and opponents began to take advantage of his poor form.

The last best result was recorded in early October 2022, when she played in the final of the tournament in Tallinn, at the stage of the competition, where she was decisively defeated by Barbora Krejcikova.

Paula Bados

Paula Badosa did not play at the Australian Open due to injury. He has only played in the United Cup and Adelaide 2 this year, with four wins and one loss.

The fall from the Iberian hierarchy took place in the second part of last season. Starting at the WTA Rogers (Toronto), Badosa has gone six consecutive tournaments without making it past the second round.

He began to constantly lose places in the ranking, and if he does not recover quickly, he risks falling even further in the hierarchy. From 3rd place, Badosa has now reached 20th.

Garbinier Muguruza

Iberica has been the subject of several articles, the fall of the two-time Grand Slam winner has been precipitous.

From 8th place in August 2022, Garbigne is now 82nd. There is a good chance that Muguruza will leave the TOP 100 in the next period, especially since she decided to withdraw from the next tournaments for personal reasons.

Last year, the athlete from Spain had 12 wins and 17 losses, and the prize money for her level was modest: $715,469.

In 2023, the two-time winner of the Grand Slam tournaments could not defeat anyone, her performances at the tournament ended in unison in the first round.

Her last WTA win came in September 2022, and since then she has lost 6 in a row.

Emma Radukanu

As for Emma, ​​the fall from the WTA hierarchy no longer surprises anyone. The Briton of Romanian origin has not impressed after the fantastic success recorded at the US Open 2021.

After a great victory over Arthur Ashe, Emma can boast of many sponsors, photo shoots, but no tennis results.

If Emma was still in the top spots in August 2022, it was because the points won a year ago at the US Open had not yet been withdrawn. Now Reducanu seems closer to leaving the TOP-100 than to the top of the world rankings.

This season, Emma participated in two tournaments (ASB Classic and Australian Open), but could not make it to the second round (two wins and two losses).