The Mutua Madrid Open is one of the biggest tournaments on the calendar, and every year, once it’s over, there are some major storylines on the new rankings—and this year is no different.
Let’s start at the very top with the world No. 1, Aryna Sabalenka, who won her third title of the year in the Spanish capital.
She went into Madrid with 10,768 ranking points, and went from being a runner-up last year (650 points) to the champion this year (1,000 points), meaning she adds 350 points to her ranking—that bumps her up to 11,118 ranking points, which isn’t just the first time she’s surpassed 11,000 ranking points in her career, but she’s only the third woman in the last decade to achieve the feat.
WOMEN WITH 11,000+ RANKING POINTS IN THE LAST DECADE (since May 2015):
- Serena Williams: 20 weeks [2015]
- Iga Swiatek: 24 weeks [2022, 2023, 2024]
- Aryna Sabalenka: 1 week so far [2025]
Serena’s highest points total was 13,161 for three weeks in 2015, while Swiatek’s highest was 11,695 for six weeks in 2024.
And there’s more.
With No. 2-ranked Swiatek going from Madrid champion last year (1,000 points) to semifinalist this year (390 points), her ranking points drop from 7,383 to 6,773. That means Sabalenka’s lead at No. 1 now grows by almost a thousand points, from 3,385 to 4,345.
That’s the biggest lead for a woman at No. 1 since the weeks of March 6th and 13th, 2023—during Indian Wells—when Swiatek led then-No. 2 Sabalenka by 4,485 points, 10,585 to 6,100.
