Ostapenko Slips to 26th in WTA Rankings as Zeltina Enters Top 400 for First Time

In the latest singles rankings of the WTA, the women's professional tennis tour, Latvia's leading player Jelena Ostapenko stands 26th with 1,916 points. Meanwhile, young Latvian player Beatrise Zeltina has climbed to 399th, entering the world's top 400 for the first time.

Zeltina's progress

Zeltina, described as Latvia's third racket, reached the semifinal of a W35 tournament on 16 October. W35 is a lower-tier international women's event. The points earned there lifted her in the standings; her previous career-best ranking was 423rd. She now has 139 points.

Other Latvian players

Darja Semenistaja is 175th with 439 points, Elza Tomase is 688th (57 points), and Sabine Rutlauka is 742nd (48 points).

Ostapenko has not left the world's top 100 since 21 September 2015, a streak of 579 consecutive weeks, or eleven years.

Doubles

In the season doubles standings, Ostapenko and her Taiwanese partner Su-Wei Hsieh are sixth. The duo has qualified for the WTA Finals, which run from 8 to 15 November and feature eight pairs.

Last week the Ningbo WTA 500 tournament took place in China, and was won by Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina. She leads the singles rankings with 9,501 points, followed by Aryna Sabalenka with 7,550.