WTA Power Rankings: Wide Open Field at Wimbledon

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It does not seem like that long ago, we were discussing a new duopoly, “Big Three” or “Big Four” on the WTA Tour. Although maybe the fact that one of those terms does not stand out more than the rest is telling.

Now it feels like with each progressive big event, the WTA field just seems to get more and more open.

Mirra Andreeva just increased her stock by winning her maiden Grand Slam title at Roland-Garros, beating a qualifier in the final. The top three players in the world, Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, and Iga Swiatek, have combined to reach zero finals in the last two months (Rybakina was the most recent, getting to the Stuttgart final in mid-April). So far on grass in 2026, no Top 10 player has won a title (Linda Noskova entered the Top 10 by winning Berlin).

And then there is the added element of a certain 23-time Grand Slam singles champion reentering the fray.

So who might be lifting the Venus Rosewater dish in a couple of weeks time? The National Bank Open Power Rankings examine this wide-open Wimbledon field.

*Note: Results from the events the week of June 22 are excluded

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

1) Aryna Sabalenka (-)

Actual Ranking: 1
2026 Record: 33-5
Notable Recent Result: WTA 500 Berlin SF
Best Wimbledon Result: Semifinal (Three times)

With how dominant Aryna Sabalenka has been in recent years, it’s hard to believe that she has yet to reach a Wimbledon final. However, since 2021, the world No. 1 has only made three appearances at the All-England Club and made the semifinals on each occasion.

Sabalenka’s only stop before Wimbledon was Berlin where she overcame some adversity in the quarters, coming back from a set down against Nikola Bartunkova. The four-time major champion was also resilient in the semis, winning a tight second-set tiebreaker to force a decider against Jessica Pegula.

Despite not having won a grass-court title since 2022, Sabalenka showed that she can stay patient on the lawn and overcome her frustrations on the surface as she looks to complete her collection of Grand Slam finals.

- Francesco

2) Elena Rybakina (+2)

Actual Ranking: 2
2026 Record: 32-9
Notable Recent Result: WTA 500 Queen’s Club QF
Best Wimbledon Result: Champion (2022)

Elena Rybakina hasn’t quite hit the ground running this grass season but the world No. 2’s power, especially behind her delivery, has been the key to her Wimbledon success over the past few years. Last season was the only time that the Kazakhstani had failed to make the second week at the All-England Club, once crowned champion back in 2022 in just her second main-draw appearance at the event.

The only question mark regarding Rybakina is her fitness. The 27-year-old was originally scheduled to play in three tune-up tournaments before Wimbledon but withdrew from Bad Homburg, citing a hip injury. However, the week off should bring Rybakina back to her best on the lawn.

- Francesco

3) Jessica Pegula (+4)

Actual Ranking: 4
2026 Record: 31-8
Notable Recent Results: WTA 500 Berlin Runner-Up
Best Wimbledon Result: Quarter-Final (2023)

Pegula is the highest-ranked player on the WTA Tour to have reached a final on grass so far this season. Her run in Berlin was very impressive, as she beat Katerina Siniakova, Madison Keys, and world No. 1 Sabalenka, bageling the world’s best player in the third set, on her way to the final where she was edged out by Linda Noskova.

It really should not come as much of a surprise that, as many of the WTA’s best are struggling, it would be the hyper-consistent Pegula who delivered a solid result. That should give her some confidence heading into Wimbledon. She will need it, as the All-England Club has been the toughest major for her over the years. Pegula has just an 8-6 record in SW19, with half of those wins coming in her lone quarter-final run back in 2023.

- Pete

4) Mirra Andreeva (+2)

Actual Ranking: 5
2026 Record: 36-9
Notable Recent Result: Roland-Garros Champion
Best Wimbledon Result: Quarter-final (2025)

Will Mirra Andreeva’s Roland-Garros title open the floodgates? The question with the 19-year-old was always when not if she would win a major and now that she did so at the French Open, she will be one of the favourites to complete the WTA’s first Channel Slam since Serena Williams in 2015.

Andreeva’s game translates well to the grass, and she already showed some promise at Wimbledon last year as she reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final outside of Roland-Garros.

The world No. 5 will this time arrive at the All-England Club as a major champion, only giving Andreeva more belief that she can get her hands on back-to-back Slam titles.

- Francesco

5) Iga Swiatek (-3)

Actual Ranking: 3
2026 Record: 21-10
Notable Recent Results: Roland-Garros 4R
Best Wimbledon Result: Champion (2025)

Swiatek arrives at the All-England Club after a disappointing clay-court season (by her lofty standards) and without a title yet this season.

Sound familiar?

It’s the exact same scenario the young Pole found herself in a year ago, when she turned her season around in dramatic fashion by winning the title at Wimbledon in dominant fashion.

Swiatek is playing her first event since Roland-Garros this week in Bad Homburg so she may be a little rusty. But it’s the exact same schedule she played a year ago. As we learned last year, it does not really matter how the six-time major champion has played lately. She can turn it on at any moment.

- Pete

6) Coco Gauff (-3)

Actual Ranking: 7
2026 Record: 26-11
Notable Recent Results: WTA 500 Berlin R2
Best Wimbledon Result: Fourth Round (Three times)

It is a little odd how Wimbledon was the setting for Coco Gauff’s breakout back in 2019, when she reached the fourth round at age 15, and yet despite getting back to the stage three more times, The Championships are the only major where the American has yet to reach the quarter-finals.

Gauff is looking for a spark right now and, at No. 7, is entering a major at her lowest ranking since Wimbledon 2023. That being said, she has been very close to scoring a big trophy multiple times this season, reaching both the Miami and Rome finals.

She arrives in London on the heels of consecutive losses, but three early exits in a row is not something that happens to Gauff often. She is due for a bounce-back.

- Pete

7) Amanda Anisimova (New)

Actual Ranking: 6
2026 Record: 14-8
Notable Recent Results: WTA 500 Queen’s Club QF
Best Wimbledon Result: Runner-Up (2025)

After her spectacular back half of 2025, a lot was expected of Anisimova in 2026. While she has been solid this season, it would be fair to say her results have been a bit disappointing, given she has yet to reach a final since the calendar flipped.

Part of that was because Anisimova skipped almost the entire clay season (except Roland-Garros). Prior to that, she was consistently getting through the early rounds at every event she played. Now she returns to the All-England Club, where she scored a series of impressive wins to reach her maiden major final last year.

Wimbledon might be the perfect place for Anisimova to get her season back on track.

- Pete

8) Linda Noskova (New)

Actual Ranking: 10
2026 Record: 20-10
Notable Recent Result: Berlin Champion
Best Wimbledon Result: Fourth Round (2025)

A week out from Wimbledon and Linda Noskova sits as the highest-ranked Czech – a nation which has done well at the All-England Club in recent years, having a ladies’ singles champion twice in the last three years.

Noskova will be one of her country’s next hopes at Wimbledon glory this year, especially after her run in Berlin. The 21-year-old was breezed her way to the final, defeating a red-hot Alexandra Eala in straight sets to reach the title match. Noskova went on to raise the trophy following her three-set victory over world No. 4 Jessica Pegula, her second-career Top-10 win on the lawn.

The Czech is coming off her best result at Wimbledon, reaching the fourth round before losing to eventual finalist Amanda Anisimova in three sets, but expect Noskova to build off that and bring the momentum from her first grass-court title into the All-England Club.

- Francesco

9) Elina Svitolina (-4)

Actual Ranking: 8
2026 Record: 34-9
Notable Recent Results: WTA 500 Berlin QF
Best Wimbledon Result: Semifinal (Twice)

Svitolina has been a force to be reckoned with in 2026, reaching the quarter-finals or better at all but three events this year. She is constantly finding herself in the late rounds of tournaments and it feels like just a matter of time before she finally has her Grand Slam breakthrough.

Wimbledon is the only major where she has reached the semifinals more than once. The slick grass courts go well with her recently-developed aggressive game and every year, she is able to score at least one big win over a top player, if not more. She also does not tend to lose to surprising players. It is almost always big names who stop her. If the Ukrainian is able to bring her A-game, this might be her best chance to finally taste Grand Slam glory.

- Pete

10) Marta Kostyuk (-1)

Actual Ranking: 13
2026 Record: 22-5
Notable Recent Result: Roland-Garros Semifinal
Best Wimbledon Result: Third Round (2024)

The shift from clay to grass isn’t the easiest, but Marta Kostyuk will hope she can channel some of those results on the dirt and crack the code on the lawn. The Ukrainian went 16-1 over the clay season; however, she hasn’t won a match on the grass since the second round of Wimbledon in 2024 – her best result at the All-England Club.

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For the past two years, Kostyuk has played in at least two tune-up events prior to Wimbledon, but this year, the 23-year-old has opted to rest to nurse a slight ankle injury. Kostyuk will rely on practice in order to try to perfect her grass-court play and reach the second week of Wimbledon for the first time.

- 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
Julie Gravel - Marketing Director, Tennis Canada
Edward Lee – Content Contributor, Tennis Canada
Hugues Leger – Producer, Podcast Sur La Ligne
Patrick Steski - Content Contributor, Tennis Canada
Francesco Tosini - Content Writer, Tennis Canada
Ravi Ubha - Content Contributor, Tennis Canada

2026 wimbledon predictions

Champion:

Pete: Aryna Sabalenka
Jonathan: Elena Rybakina
Julie: Elena Rybakina
Eddie: Jessica Pegula
Pat: Elena Rybakina
Francesco: Mirra Andreeva
Ravi: Jessica Pegula

Dark Horse:

Pete: Barbora Krejcikova
Julie: Alexandra Eala
Eddie: Anastasia Potapova
Hugues: Maja Chwalinska
Pat: Emma Navarro
Francesco: Alexandra Eala
Ravi: Alexandra Eala

Bold Prediction:

Pete: Maja Chwalkinska keeps rolling and reaches at least the round of 16.
Jonathan: Aryna Sabalenka melts down again and is out in the round of 16.
Eddie: With as open of a draw as we've had in some time, for the second major in a row, a qualifier will make it to the Wimbledon finals.
Francesco: Alexandra Eala takes out two Top 10 seeds.
Pat: The semis will feature two players under the age of 21.
Ravi: Nikola Bartunkova will reach the quarter-final.

Expectations for Serena Williams:

Pete: Serena will win her first singles match but run out of gas quickly in round two
Jonathan: The rust is too much and she loses in the first round.
Julie: Serena easily reaches the second week.
Hugues: Serena only wins one match.
Pat: Serena will go out in the third round.
Francesco: Serena loses in the second round of singles BUT reaches the semifinals of doubles.
Ravi: A lot depends on the draw. Unseeded, she could face a top seed straight away. I'd think a goal would be to build towards the US Open.

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