WTA Power Rankings: Will There Be Another… National Bank Open

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Wimbledon has been the most unpredictable Grand Slam event on the women’s side for the last few years. The last time a player seeded in the Top 16 won the title was 2021. The last two editions of The Championships were won by players outside the Top 30.

With the way Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff, and other big names have largely dominated so far in 2025, it feels like this is a year where some form of normalcy will resume at the All-England Club. But as soon as you think that, something crazy will happen.

Trying to predict Wimbledon results in this day and age may be a fools errand, but the National Bank Open Power Rankings panel is going to give it a shot anyway.

(Brackets indicate change in position since the last edition of the Power Rankings from the before Roland-Garros.)

1) Aryna Sabalenka (-)

Actual Ranking: 1
2025 Record: 42-8
Notable Recent Result: WTA 500 Berlin SF
Best Wimbledon Result: Semifinal (Two times)

Falling short in two Grand Slam finals this year, Sabalenka still has a pair of opportunities to secure her first major title of 2025 with her next chance coming at Wimbledon.

However, a finals appearance would be the world No. 1’s first at the All-England Club. Sabalenka reached the semifinal twice in the last three years, having to withdraw in 2024 due to a shoulder injury.

The 27-year-old has looked sharp on grass as she prepares for her return to the All-England Club, defeating former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in the Berlin quarter-final before losing to another former champion and the eventual champion Marketa Vondrousova.

- Francesco

2) Coco Gauff (-)

Actual Ranking: 2
2025 Record: 31-9
Notable Recent Result: Berlin round of 16
Best Wimbledon Result: 4R (Three times)

Gauff hasn’t had much to show for on the lawn so far this year, losing her opening match in Berlin to eventual finalist Xinyu Wang. But, coming off her second major title at Roland-Garros, there is no doubt she is still a favourite at Wimbledon.

The American No. 1 reached the fourth round at the All-England Club in her maiden Grand Slam main draw appearance in 2019. Add on another two fourth round finishes and six more years’ experience, Gauff’s first WTA grass final could be on the biggest stage.

- Francesco

3) Iga Swiatek (+1)

Actual Ranking: 8
2025 Record: 32-10
Notable Recent Result: Bad Homburg QF*
Best Wimbledon Result: Quarter-final (2023)

The same as Gauff can really be said about Swiatek. So often referred to as the Queen of Clay, the world No. 8 has yet to be crowned a WTA champion on grass but does have a Wimbledon junior title to her name.

Swiatek’s first match on the lawn this year was in the Bad Homburg round of 16, where she breezed by two-time Wimbledon semifinalist Victoria Azarenka in straight sets.

As her junior days suggest, the Pole certainly has the potential for a run at the All-England Club, the only major where Swiatek has not reached the semifinal as a pro.

- Francesco

4) Madison Keys (+5)

Actual Ranking: 6
2025 record: 30-9
Notable Recent Results: WTA 500 London SF
Best Wimbledon Result: Quarter-Final (Twice)

Will 2025 be the year when Madison Keys takes the next step at the All-England Club? Given everything she has accomplished so far this season, there is no reason to doubt her.

Wimbledon is the only major where Keys has never reached the semifinals, but she has also been very consistent in SW19, reaching at least the fourth round in her last three appearances. Her big ball striking is well-suited to the lawns of London.

Keys has had a bit of bad luck lately, having lost to the eventual champion in her last three tournaments, including both of her warm-up events on grass (London to Tatjana Maria, Berlin to Marketa Vondrousova).

- Pete

5) Elena Rybakina (New)

Actual Ranking: 11
2025 Record: 29-12
Notable Recent Result: Berlin and London QF
Best Wimbledon Result: Champion (2022)

The only former Wimbledon champion on the list, Rybakina seems to always be in the mix at the All-England Club. The Kazakhstani has made at least the Wimbledon quarter-final three-straight years, reaching the semifinal in 2024 where she lost to eventual champion Barbora Krejcikova.

Rybakina has three wins from five matches to begin the grass season but there shouldn’t be much surprise if she triples that win tally for back-to-back Wimbledon semifinals.

- Francesco

6) Qinwen Zheng (-)

Actual Ranking: 5
2025 record: 19-10
Notable Recent Results: WTA 500 London SF
Best Wimbledon Result: Third Round (2022)

Grass has not been a favourite surface in Zheng’s career so far, but she has reason for optimism heading into the 2025 Championships, fresh off a semifinal run at the Queen’s Club where she picked up wins over Emma Raducanu and Mccartney Kessler.

The Olympic gold medalist has been dialed-in over the last few months. She has reached at least the quarter-finals in six of her last seven events, including Roland-Garros, Queen’s, and three WTA 1000 events. She also likes the fast hard courts, so if she can treat grass the same way, she should be a big threat.

- Pete

7) Jasmine Paolini (-4)

Actual Ranking: 4
2025 Record: 25-10
Notable Recent Result: Bad Homburg quarter-final*
Best Wimbledon Result: Runner-Up (2024)

Paolini certainly had a career year in 2024, which included a run to the Wimbledon final. The Italian had impressive wins over Keys and Emma Navarro en route to finishing as runner-up but this grass season hasn’t been as fruitful so far.

Paolini lost in her opening match in Berlin to two-time Wimbledon finalist Ons Jabeur, only winning four games.

The Tuscany-native responded with a tight opening-match victory against Leylah Annie Fernandez in Bad Homburg as Paolini looks to string together some wins before heading to the All-England Club.

- Francesco

8) Mirra Andreeva (-3)

Actual Ranking: 7
2025 record: 31-9
Notable Recent Results: WTA 250 Bad Homburg QF*
Best Wimbledon Result: Fourth Round (2023)

While she has cooled off a little bit after dominating the early WTA 1000 events, Andreeva has settled into being a rock-solid Top 10 player. Starting with her title run in Dubai in February, the teen reached the quarter-finals or better at five of her last six “big” (WTA 1000 or Grand Slam) events.

One of Andreeva’s early major breakthroughs came at the All-England Club, when she reached the fourth round at age 16. Still just 18, Andreeva is not a player who gets overawed by the occasion and is not someone other players will want to see in their draw.

- Pete

9) Jessica Pegula (-2)

Actual Ranking: 3
2025 Record: 31-12
Notable Recent Result: Bad Homburg quarter-final
Best Wimbledon Result: Quarter-final (2023)

Pegula’s game on the lawn may be picking up at just the right time. The American No. 2 lost in three sets in her Berlin opener but followed that up with a comfortable victory in Bad Homburg, dropping just five games to Katerina Siniakova.

Pegula’s next match is an all-American clash against world No. 10 Navarro and a win for the Buffalo-native will be Pegula’s most notable on grass since her championship run in Berlin last year, where she defeated Gauff.

- Francesco

10) Amanda Anisimova (New)

Actual Ranking: 13
2025 Record: 25-12
Notable Recent Result: London runner-up
Best Wimbledon Result: Quarter-final (2022)

Anisimova’s impressive trip to the final at the Queen’s Club is the reason the American rounds off this list. The 23-year-old earned Top 10 wins over Navarro and Zheng before losing out in the final to Tatjana Maria.

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Anisimova took a break from tennis in 2023 and was unable to make it out of qualifying at Wimbledon the following year. However, the world No. 13 is back at her best in 2025 and has the potential to add more Top 10 victories to her resumé at the All-England Club.

- Francesco

The National Bank Open Power Rankings are a group collaboration by the Power Rankings Panel which includes:

Pete Borkowski – Manager of Editorial and Player Coverage, Tennis Canada
Melissa Boyd – Content Writer, Tennis Canada
Sarah-Jade Champagne – Content Specialist, Tennis Canada
Jonathan Chan - Content Contributor, Tennis Canada
Edward Lee – Content Contributor, Tennis Canada
Hugues Leger – Producer, Podcast Sur La Ligne
Charlotte Robillard-Millette – Communications Coordinator, Tennis Canada
Abraham Santerre – Content Creator, Podcast Sur La Ligne
Patrick Steski - Content Contributor, Tennis Canada
Francesco Tosini - Content Writer, Tennis Canada
Ravi Ubha - Content Contributor, Tennis Canada

2025 Wimbledon Predictions

*Note: Predictions were made prior to the start of qualifying

Champion:

Pete: Aryna Sabalenka
Mel: Aryna Sabalenka
Jonathan: Aryna Sabalenka
Eddiel Aryna Sabalenka
Charlotte: Marketa Vondrousova
Pat: Marketa Vondrousova
Francesco: Qinwen Zheng
Ravi: Madison Keys

Dark Horse:

Pete: Diana Shnaider
Mel: Marketa Vondrousova
Jonathan: Marketa Vondrousova
Eddie: Clara Tauson
Charlotte: Elina Svitolina
Pat: Veronika Kudermetova
Francesco: Marketa Vondrousova
Ravi: Liudmila Samsonova

Bold Prediction:

Pete: A qualifier will reach the quarter-finals.
Mel: A player ranked outside the Top 10 in the world will reach the final.
Jonathan: Reigning champion Barbora Krejcikova shakes off the injury rust and reaches the round of 16.
Eddie: Home-country hopefuls will see Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter both make the quarter-finals.
Charlotte: Carson Branstine will beat Roland-Garros semifinalist Lois Boisson in qualifying.*
Pat: The final will not feature a Top 10 player.
Francesco: A Czech player will make the final.
Ravi: Iga Swiatek will make the semifinals.

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