The WTA singles rankings dated 12 Oct 2026 list Elena Rybakina at No.1 with 9,696 points, ahead of Aryna Sabalenka on 7,550, and BBC Sport coverage of 4 and 11 October matches that order.
The ranking market resolves on the PIF WTA singles rankings published on wtatennis.com on Monday 12 October 2026, four weeks after Rybakina takes the top spot. It resolves YES if she is listed at No.1 that day and NO if any other player is; if the WTA page has not updated, the rankings reports from BBC Sport and Sky Sports settle it.
Since January 2019 the women's No 1 has changed eight times. For each change we checked whether the new No 1 was still top in the rankings published four weeks later. Here are all eight, newest first.