Ana climbs to 18th

Ana climbs to 18th

As a result of her run to the fourth round of the Australian Open, Ana has moved up four places to No.18 in the latest WTA Singles Rankings, which are published today.

In the Race to the WTA Championships, the rankings that measure players' performances during 2012 only, Ana is positioned 21st.

Newly-crowned Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka has ascended to the No.1 spot, while formerly top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki slips to No.4.

Current WTA top 20:

1 Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 8,585pts
2 Petra Kvitova (Cze) 7,690pts
3 Maria Sharapova (Rus) 7,560pts
4 Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 7,085pts
5 Samantha Stosur (Aus) 5,430pts
6 Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) 5,330pts
7 Marion Bartoli (Fra) 4,770pts
8 Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 4,695pts
9 Na Li (Chn) 4,450pts
10 Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 4,000pts
11 Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 3,640pts
12 Serena Williams (USA) 3,580pts
13 Jelena Jankovic (Srb) 3,295pts
14 Sabine Lisicki (Ger) 3,143pts
15 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 2,735pts
16 Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 2,635pts
17 Shuai Peng (Chn) 2,580pts
18 Ana Ivanovic (Srb) 2,535pts
19 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 2,526pts
20 Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 2,450pts