The 27-year-old Krejčíková tried to win the third title of the season in China, but in the final she lost 6:2, 2:6 and 4:6 to the home player Cheng Chin-wen. She improved by five places in the ranking.
Even the injured Siniaková did not succeed in the final, losing 6:3, 4:6 and 4:6 to last year’s US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez from Canada in Hong Kong. Even so, she moved up significantly in the WTA ranking.
Markéta Vondroušová remained the Czech number one in eighth place, Karolína Muchová was ninth. Petra Kvitová is fifteenth, and in the first hundred there are also Marie Bouzková (29th), Karolína Plíšková (37th), Linda Nosková (42nd) and Linda Fruhvirtová (85th).
In the men’s ranking, Jiří Lehečka is the best Czech player on the 30th place, and only Tomáš Macháč is on the 81st position in the top 100. Novak Djokovic of Serbia is world number one, the women’s ranking is led by Aryna Sabalenková of Belarus.
WTA tennis rankings as of October 16 (previous position in parentheses): Singles: 1. (1.) Sabalenkova (Bel.) 93812. (2.) Šwiateková (Poland) 85453. (3.) Gauffová 64554. (4.) Pegulaová (both USA) 60505. (5.) Rybakinová (Kaz.) 58706 (6.) Sakkariová (Greece) 44757. (7.) Džábirová (Tun.) 41958. (8.) VONDROUŠOVÁ 38399. (9.) MUCHOVÁ (both Czech Republic) 366310. (10.) Garciaová (Fr.) 345013. (18.) KREJČÍKOVÁ 277515. (14.) KVITOVÁ 266029. (29.) BOUZKOVÁ 149537. (36.) KAROLÍNA PLÍŠKOVÁ 128542. (40.) NOSKOVÁ 124760. (85.) SINIAKOVÁ 96885. (88.) L FRUHVIRTOVÁ (all Czech Republic) 808 Doubles: 1. (1.) Mertensová (Belg.) 66902. (2.) Hunterová (Aust.) 62053. (5.) SINIAKOVA 58154. (3.) Pegulaová and Gauffová both 57556. (6.) KREJČÍKOVA 55857. (7.) Hsieh Shu-wei (Taiwan) 52418. (8.) Townsendová (USA) 51809. (9.) Dabrowska (Can.) 495010. (10.) Stefaniová (Bras.) 477026. (27.) BOUZKOVÁ304846. (45th) VONDROUŠOVÁ 192552. (52nd) KOLODZIEJOVÁ 167084. (82nd) SISKOVÁ 103796. (92nd) DETIUCOVÁ (all Czech Republic) 966 ATP tennis rankings as of October 16 (previous position in parentheses): Singles: 1. (1.) Djokovic (Serb.) 11.0452. (2.) Alcaraz (Sp.) 88053. (3.) Medvedev (Rus.) 73554. (4.) Sinner (It.) 50005. (7.) Rublyov (Rus.) 47656. (5.) Rune ( Dan.) 46057. (6.) Tsitsipas (Greece) 43608. (9.) Ruud (Nor.) 36859. (10.) Zverev (German) 346010. (8.) Fritz (USA) 341030. (30 .) LEHEČKA 135781. (96.) MACHÁČ (both Czech Republic) 712 Doubles: 1. (1.) Krajicek (USA) 79502. (2.) Dodig (Croatia) 75003. (4.) Koolhof (Netherlands) 71904. (3.) Skupski (Brit.) 71905. (7.) Bopanna (Ind .) 57206. (8.) Ebden (Aust.) 57207. (5.) Ram (USA) 56558. (6.) Salisbury (Brit.) 56429. (13.) Zeballos (Arg.) 512710. (14. ) Granollers (Šp.) 494760. (59.) PAVLÁSEK 146097. (99.) NOUZA (both Czech Republic) 909
