The 2025 WTA Tour’s clay-court campaign is done and dusted and some players made big strides in terms of points in the WTA Rankings Race To Riyadh while others missed out.
The swing was made up of one Grand Slam, two WTA 1000 events, three WTA 500 tournaments and three WTA 250 competitions and nine different players won those tournaments.
Before the start of the red dirt season, Aryna Sabalenka topped the Race To Riyadh standings, which only takes into account the points accumulated during the current season while the official WTA Rankings is based on a rolling 52-week, cumulative system.
Australian Open champion Madison Keys was not too far behind Sabalenka with Mirra Andreeva, Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula were also in the top five.
WTA Race Top 10 on March 31
1. Aryna Sabalenka – 3,580 points
2. Madison Keys – 3,009
3. Mirra Andreeva – 2,565
4. Iga Swiatek – 2,315
5. Jessica Pegula – 1,810
6. Clara Tauson – 1,365
7. Elena Rybakina – 1,320
8. Amanda Anisimova – 1,265
9. Paula Badosa – 1,255
10. Emma Navarro – 1,244
11. Coco Gauff – 1,190
12. Belinda Bencic – 1,172
13. Ekaterina Alexandrova – 991
14. Jasmine Paolini – 970
15. Karolina Muchova – 948
Three-time Grand Slam winner Sabalenka remains top after the two-month swing as she added 2,840 points to her tally with the bulk of that coming from finishing runner-up at the French Open (1,300), winning the Madrid Open (1,000) and being a finalist at the Stuttgart Open (325).
But the Belarusian didn’t win the most points as the honour went to newly-crowned Roland Garros champion Coco Gauff.
The American was down in 11th place before her first clay-court event of 2025, but she has surged up to second in the WTA Rankings Race To Riyadh.
Gauff had a good swing before the French Open as she finished runner-up to Sabalenka in Madrid (650) and Jasmine Paolini (650) in Rome.
But earning 2,000 points for her Grand Slam title in Paris boosted her total to 3,408 points, the most during the swing.
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A lot has been made about former world No 1 Swiatek’s slump, but she still picked up 1,343 points with most coming from her semi-finals at the French Open (720) and Madrid (390).
Paolini was outside the top 10 before the first clay tournament of the yar, but her title run at her home event, the Italian Open, has been a big help as she earned 1,550 points and now sits at No 7.
Top 15 In Race On June 10
1. Aryna Sabalenka – 6,420 (+2,840 points)
2. Coco Gauff – 4,598 (+3,580)
3. Madison Keys – 3,780 (+771)
4. Iga Swiatek – 3,658 (1,343)
5. Mirra Andreeva – 3,485 (+920)
6. Jessica Pegula – 2,789 (+979)
7. Jasmine Paolini – 2,470 (+1,550)
8. Elena Rybakina – 2,191 (+871)
9. Elina Svitolina – 2,181 (+1,285)
10. Ekaterina Alexandrova – 1,742 (+751)
11. Amanda Anisimova – 1,721 (+456)
12. Emma Navarro – 1,661 (+417)
13. Clara Tauson – 1,627 (+262)
14. Jelena Ostapenko – 1,572 (+820)
One player who sits just outside the top 15 is Zheng Qinwen as she is at No 16 on 1,458 points after a solid clay campaign. The Chinese star was at No 36 with 520 points on March 31, but has surged up the list.
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