With three WTA tournaments crowning a champion last week, the ladies dominate our rankings report for the second week in a row. Ana Ivanovic claimed the title at the WTA Premier event in Tokyo, but remained static at No. 10 in the rankings; however, the beaten finalist, Caroline Wozniacki, moves up two places from No. 9 to No. 7.
Monica Niculescu, who claimed her second career WTA title at the Guangzhou International Women's Open, is one of the biggest risers in the rankings this week. Up 19 spots from No. 60 to No. 41, the Romanian vaults past Irina-Camelia Begu to become her country's No. 2 behind Simona Halep. Niculescu's previous career-high ranking was No. 28 in 2012. Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky, who reached the semifinals before falling to eventual runner-up Alize Cornet, also benefitted from her strong run in Guangzhou, moves up 10 spots from No. 71 to No. 61.
Over in Seoul, champion Karolina Pliskova only moves up one spot in the rankings on the back of her first career title, but the Czech's breakout year continued in the Korean capital. The beaten finalist, American Varvara Lepchenko, recorded her second career win over top seed Agnieszka Radwanska en route to her first WTA final; Lepchenko moves up eight places in the rankings this week, from No. 43 to No. 35. Countrywoman Nicole Gibbs, who reached the quarterfinals before losing to Pliskova, makes her top 100 debut this week from No. 101 to No. 92.
On the ATP side of things, Belgian David Goffin continued his breakout season by claiming the Moselle Open title in Metz. He moves up 13 places to No. 32 after starting the year outside the top 100. Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff, who reached the semifinals before losing to Goffin, makes a jump of nine places up to No. 52, while beaten finalist Joao Sousa moved up three spots to No. 36.