Why Emma Raducanu is in danger of a big rankings collapse unless her form improves
Emma Raducanu has experienced a tough start to 2025 and that is reflected in his current position in the WTA Race list.
While the 2021 US Open champion is at No 55 in the WTA Rankings, she has slipped down to No 60 in the latest WTA Rankings.
After reaching the third round at the WTA 1000 tournament last year, Raducanu dropped ranking points after her 6-3 6-2 defeat to Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima.
Now she is set to get a chance to lift her ranking with some wins at the Miami Open this week, as she missed that tournament last year due to injury.
Raducanu will also have the chance to make progress up the rankings during the European clay court season after she opted against playing in qualifying for last year’s French Open to focus her attention on preparations for the grass court season.
Yet the omens are not good for the British No 2, as she has lost six of the nine matches she has played so far this year.
That poor run of form is reflected in her WTA Race ranking, which is focused on results in 2025 rather than the rolling 12-month ranking on the WTA Tour.
Raducanu’s current ranking in the WTA Race is down at No 72 and that will slide further unless she finds a winning run of form.
The bulk of the points still on her WTA Ranking were collected during last year’s grass court season in front of her British fans, as she reached the semi-finals of the Nottingham Open, enjoyed a couple of good wins in Eastbourne and then reached the fourth round at Wimbledon.
That run of form on grass saw Raducanu claim 446 ranking points and as she has just over 1,000 on her current record, she will be under pressure to find wins between now and the end of the grass court season to maintain her place in the top 100 of the WTA Rankings.
Raducanu has won just one match since the departure of former coach Nick Cavaday, who stood down for health reasons following the Australian Open in January.
Yet despite that poor run of form, she is upbeat about her prospects after working with Slovakian coach Vladimir Platenik in Indian Wells.
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“It is good that I have someone who is very experienced here, and we will see how the work goes and how we get on as well on and off the court and the methods and everything,” she said.
“I am looking forward to seeing how it goes. I think I just need to keep trying to put one foot in front of the other and not look back too much.
“I think I will need to improve starting the point, I could improve being more aggressive and having a better quality of shot going forward into the court more.
“I think I could improve every area of my game, to be honest, after today’s performance.”
Respected broadcaster Marcus Buckland spoke to Tennis365 about Raducanu’s current trajectory in tennis, as he suggested she needs to find the right coach to offer her stability.
“What Raducanu needs to do is find a coach she can have a meaningful relationship with for an extended period of time, at least a couple of years,” added Buckland.
“She needs to find that consistency on court and build some momentum. I think the key for her is to establish a strong team off the court to give her the strength to deal with everything else that comes her way.
“There is a lot of mental scarring from everything that has happened to her since she won the US Open.
“It’s been such a roller-coaster ride, but she has a wonderful game. She can mix it with the best, but does she really believe that?
“Until she starts getting some big wins against the top players, those doubts are going to persist and that’s why she might start to ask why she is putting herself through this.”
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