WTA Women's Tennis Rankings: June 9, 2014 - Sharapova, Halep gain ground

World #1 Serena Williams imposing lead over the rest of the WTA tour was trimmed down when she was unable to defend almost 2000 ranking points in the recently concluded French Open. The American who fell in the second round still remains on top of the women's tennis rankings with 9660 points, clearly ahead of world #2 Na Li of China. Meanwhile, the two finalists who battled for the French Open rose in the rankings. French Open 2014 champion Maria Sharapova climbed back to the top 5 with 4741 points, while runner-up Simona Halep rose to a career high ranking of #3. Simona Halep is the first women's tennis player from Romania to be ranked this high. 

Both French Open semi-finalists also rose in the rankings. Eugenie Bouchard of Canada continues to impress this season being the only player to have reached both Grand Slam semifinals this year. She improved her career high ranking by 4 spots going up to #12. The other losing finalist, Andrea Petkovic, is back to the top 20. The former top 10 player had numerous injuries in recent years but her clay court season this year was outstanding with her first trip to a major semi-final and her first Premier Title at Charleston in April. Former world #1 Victoria Azarenka fell down several spots into #8 as she missed the French Open this year.

In the Road to Singapore - Singles Leaderboard which measures the ranking points earned this year, Sharapova's 2nd Grand Slam win propelled her to the top ahead of Australian Open champion Na Li. Halep is currently #3 while Serena Williams holds the #4 position. Current world #4 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland holds the #5 position.

See below for the women's tennis rankings and the Road to Singapore - Singles Leaderboard.

WOMEN'S TENNIS - SINGLES RANKINGS

June 9, 2014

Rank	PLAYER	POINTS
1	WILLIAMS, SERENA	9660
2	LI, NA	7450
3	HALEP, SIMONA	6435
4	RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA	5990
5	SHARAPOVA, MARIA	4741
6	KVITOVA, PETRA	4570
7	JANKOVIC, JELENA	3995
8	AZARENKA, VICTORIA	3841
9	KERBER, ANGELIQUE	3830
10	CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA	3735
11	PENNETTA, FLAVIA	3324
12	BOUCHARD, EUGENIE	3320
13	IVANOVIC, ANA	3305
14	ERRANI, SARA	3120
15	SUAREZ NAVARRO, CARLA	2935
16	WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE	2700
17	STOSUR, SAMANTHA	2565
18	LISICKI, SABINE	2466
19	STEPHENS, SLOANE	2441
20	PETKOVIC, ANDREA	2350

ROAD TO SINGAPORE - SINGLES LEADERBOARD

June 9, 2014

RANK	PLAYER	POINTS
1	SHARAPOVA, MARIA	4640
2	LI, NA	3840
3	HALEP, SIMONA	3779
4	WILLIAMS, SERENA	3081
5	RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA	2917
6	CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA	2608
7	BOUCHARD, EUGENIE	2306
8	IVANOVIC, ANA	2290
9	JANKOVIC, JELENA	2221
10	ERRANI, SARA	2186
11	SUAREZ NAVARRO, CARLA	1965
12	KERBER, ANGELIQUE	1868
13	PENNETTA, FLAVIA	1862
14	PETKOVIC, ANDREA	1605
15	MUGURUZA, GARBINE	1465
16	KVITOVA, PETRA	1243
17	CORNET, ALIZE	1228
18	PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA	1037
19	WILLIAMS, VENUS	1025
20	MAKAROVA, EKATERINA	1016

The WTA women's tennis rankings information are courtesy of wtatour.com.