Madrid May 7 (IANS) Romania s Simona Halep maintained the top spot in the Women s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday ahead of Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.
This week s ranking list saw no changes in the top 10 as Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza stayed third while Elina Svitolina of Ukraine followed in fourth reports Efe.
Further down the rankings Australia s Ajla Tomljanovic jumped 25 places to be ranked the 71st thanks to her second place finish at the Morocco Open where Belgian Elise Mertens prevailed 6-2 7-6(4).
The current WTA rankings and point scores are as follows:
1. Simona Halep (Romania) 8 055
2. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 6 790
3. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 6 065
4. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 5 450
5. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 5 273
6. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 5 100
7. Caroline Garcia (France) 4 700
8. Venus Williams (US) 4 276
9. Sloane Stephens (US) 3 939
10. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 3 550.
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