WTA Rankings: Aryna Sabalenka to overtake Iga Swiatek milestone and she has Serena Williams’ record in her sights
Aryna Sabalenka’s first-round win at Wimbledon will see her surpass Iga Swiatek on the list of most WTA Ranking points since 2009 and she could still beat Serena Williams’ outright record by the time the grass-court Grand Slam is over.
Three-time major champion Sabalenka has been top of the WTA Tour’s rankings since October last year as she moved ahead of Swiatek, who had spent the previous 56 weeks at No 1 to move to a total of 125 weeks in the all-time list.
During that period from November 2023 until October 2024, the Pole accumulated her biggest points tally in the rankings as reached 11,695 points in May last year, which put her second for most points since the inception of the current points structure just over a decade ago.
At the time, Swiatek was only the second player to reach 11,000 points as she overtook Maria Sharapova (10,690) and Victoria Azarenka (10,955) to move up to second place behind the great Williams.
But Sabalenka made it a three-player club in May 2025 when she hit the 11,000-point milestone and now she has overtaken Swiatek’s tally in the Live Rankings after her opening win at Wimbledon.
The reigning world No 1 started Wimbledon on 11,640 points and, with her victory over Carson Branstine, she has moved to 11,710 with Swiatek dropping to third place on the list.
Sabalenka’s Points Tally
The 27-year-old’s 11,710 total includes her 2,000 points from her US Open title run, her Grand Slam runners-up finishes at this year’s Australian Open and French Open (a combined 2,600) and a total of 4,000 points from her four WTA 1000 titles since August last year.
The Belarusian has also won one WTA 500 tournament and finished runner-up at another WTA 500 event.
Her next big points drop will come at the Cincinnati Open as she is the defending champion, although she also picked up handy points at the Citi Open and Canadian Open last year.
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Williams remains the only player to break the 12,000-point tally and the 13,000-point mark as she recorded a record of 13,615 points in June 2013.
Sabalenka could break the 12,000-point mark with a couple more wins at Wimbledon 2025 while she will edge Williams’ total of 13,615 if she wins the grass-court Grand Slam as she will move to 13,640 points.
The top seed doesn’t have any points to defend at Wimbledon as she missed the 2024 tournament due to injury and she is already assured of remaining at No 1 after the tournament with Coco Gauff too far adrift in second place.
