Victoria Mboko climbed to No. 15 in the WTA rankings and Leylah Fernandez jumped seven places to No. 23 in the latest list, released ahead of the WTA Finals.
Mboko holds 2,393 points, and Fernandez 1,974. Elena Rybakina leads the rankings at No. 1 with 9,501 points, ahead of Aryna Sabalenka (7,550), Mirra Andreeva (6,306), Jessica Pegula (6,225) and Coco Gauff (5,973).
The eight-player field for the WTA Finals is set. Rybakina, Sabalenka, Pegula, Gauff, Andreeva, Elina Svitolina, Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova will contest the season-ending championship from Nov. 8 to 15 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in California, with the group draw on Nov. 3. Iga Swiatek, ranked eighth, is not in the field.
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