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28 March 2024

French Open champ Sharapova back on top

Russia's Maria Sharapova holds a trophy after winning over Italy's Sara Errani during their Women's Singles final tennis match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. (AFP)

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By AFP

Russia's newly-crowned French Open champion Maria Sharapova dominated the latest WTA rankings released on Monday, while Serbia's Jelena Jankovic made her return to the top-20 after her final showing in Birmingham.

Sharapova sits atop the rankings from Belarus' Victoria Azarenka and Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska.

Former world number one Jankovic, beaten 6-4, 6-2 by American qualifier Melanie Oudin in the WTA final at Birmingham on Monday, jumped two places to 20th while Oudin went up 86 places to 122nd.

WTA rankings as of June 18
1. Maria Sharapova (RUS)               9490 pts
2. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)             8800
3. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)           7230
4. Petra Kvitova (CZE)                 6775
5. Samantha Stosur (AUS)               6100
6. Serena Williams (USA)               5640
7. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)            4366
8. Angelique Kerber (GER)              4055 (+1)
9. Marion Bartoli (FRA)                3720 (-1)
10. Sara Errani (ITA)                  3350
11. Li Na (CHN)                        3245
12. Vera Zvonareva (RUS)               3160 (+1)
13. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK            3120 (-1)
14. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)                 3070
15. Sabine Lisicki (GER)               2697
16. Kaia Kanepi (EST)                  2519
17. Flavia Pennetta (ITA)              2470
18. Andrea Petkovic (GER)              2420
19. Maria Kirilenko (RUS)              2295
20. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)              2200 (+2)