Only three matches are left at the 2024 US Open and Emma Navarro, Paula Badosa and youngster Iva Jovic have been big winners in the WTA Rankings while Coco Gauff is set for a drop.

Iga Swiatek has spent the past 44 weeks at No 1 and she was assured of remaining in top after the US Open. The Pole lost her world No 1 ranking after last year’s US Open as she was replaced by Aryna Sabalenka after the tournament.

Although the five-time Grand Slam winner suffered a quarter-final exit this year, she will be better off than in 2023 as she earned 190 points for her efforts and will move to 10,885 points.

How big the gap to Sabalenka is will be determined after the semi-finals and the final as the Belarusian remains alive at Flushing Meadows.

WTA Top 10 Before US Open

1. Iga Swiatek Poland – 10,695 points
2. Aryna Sabalenka – 8,016
3. Coco Gauff United States – 6,743
4. Elena Rybakina Kazakhstan – 5,931
5. Jasmine Paolini Italy – 5,168
6. Jessica Pegula United States – 5,160
7. Qinwen Zheng China – 3,980
8. Barbora Krejcikova Czech Republic – 3,571
9. Maria Sakkari Greece – 3,515
10. Jelena Ostapenko Latvia – 3,428

As things stand ahead of Sabalenka’s semi-final against Navarro, Swiatek leads by 3,389 points but that will drop to 2,869 if the Belarusian defeats the American. If Sabalenka goes all the way, the deficit will be 2,169 points.

The No 3 position in the rankings will change hands after the US Open following defending champion Coco Gauff’s fourth-round exit.

Gauff will drop from third to at least seventh. Elena Rybakina is currently at No 3, but she will be replaced by Jessica Pegula if the American wins her semi-final against Karolina Muchova.

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Navarro, meanwhile, will reach the top 10 for the first time after the tournament. She is currently at a career-high 12, but is assured of at least eighth position. A title run will see her move to No 6.

The other semi-finalist Muchova will only earn a big move if she reaches the final or wins the title. The Czech is at No 52, but is projected to move up to No 36 if she wins her semi-final and No 19 if she is the last player standing.

Projected WTA Top 10 After US Open

1. Iga Swiatek Poland – 10,885 points
2. Aryna Sabalenka – 7,496/8,016/8,716
3. Elena Rybakina Kazakhstan – 5,871
4. Jessica Pegula United States – 5,700/6,220/6,920
5. Jasmine Paolini Italy – 5,398
6. Coco Gauff United States – 4,983
7. Qinwen Zheng China – 3,980
8. Emma Navarro United States – 3,810/4,330/5,030
9. Barbora Krejcikova Czech Republic – 3,631
10. Maria Sakkari Greece – 3,515

The Big Winners

Outside the top 10 and semi-finalists, the biggest mover is Iva Jovic as the 16-year-old will surge an incredible 101 places to No 288 after reaching the second round in her Grand Slam debut. The American earned a wildcard and earned 70 points for her first-round win.

But higher up the rankings, Paula Badosa will return to the top 20 since January 2023 following her run to the quarter-final. The former world No 3 found herself outside the top 100 earlier in 2024 as she struggled with injury, but her US Open form will see her jump nine places to No 20

Spain’s Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro stunned 31st seed Katie Boulter in the second round before losing to Pegula, but her reward is a 14-place move up to a career-high No 60.

Xin Wang from China will rise 18 places to No 62 and Great Britain’s Harriet Dart is set for a new high of 70 with an eight-place jump after one win at Flushing Meadows.

Naomi Osaka also lost in the second round, but she earned a 13-place jump to No 75 while Caroline Wozniacki is one place behind the Japanese player after moving up 20 spots.

The Big Losers

Barbora Krejcikova, Maria Sakkari, Danielle Collins and Jelena Ostapenko all lost in the first round, but the damage has not been too great as they will all remain in the top 20.

Ons Jabeur currently sits at No 17, but she will leave the top 20 for the first time since August 2021 as she missed the US Open due to injury.

Madison Keys will also drop out of the top 20 as she will slip 10 spots to No 24 after losing in the third round while Marketa Vondrousova’s injury-enforced absence will result in an 11-place drop to No 33.

Emma Raducanu lost in the first round at Flushing Meadows, but she is projected to remain at No 72 after the tournament as she didn’t have any points to defend.