PARIS: Iga Swiatek continued to dominate the WTA rankings on Monday, still over 4,000 points clear of Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka in an unchanged top 20.
Swiatek, who has been No1 since April 4 last year, has not competed since losing to 10th-ranked Elena Rybakina in the last 16 of the Australian Open.
The 21-year-old Pole is due on court again in Qatar next week.
Caroline Garcia missed the chance to leapfrog Jessica Pegula into fourth spot when she lost to Alycia Parks in the final in Lyon on Sunday.
The American Parks is the one of two notable rises in the top 100, climbing 28 places to 51st.
The other is Chinese player Zhu Lin, whose victory in the final in Thailand lifts her 13 places to 41st.
WTA rankings (players representing Russia and Belarus are banned from competing under the name or flag of their countries):
Iga Swiatek (POL) 10485 pts
Aryna Sabalenka 6100
Ons Jabeur (TUN) 5210
Jessica Pegula (USA) 5000
Caroline Garcia (FRA) 4795
Coco Gauff (USA) 3992
Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3811
Daria Kasatkina 3380
Belinda Bencic (SUI) 2905
Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 2815
Veronika Kudermetova 2740
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 2340
Petra Kvitova (CZE) 2281
Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 2195
Simona Halep (ROM) 2141
Victoria Azarenka 2138
Ekaterina Alexandrova 2030
Anett Kontaveit (EST) 1909
Liudmila Samsonova 1905
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 1880