Halep stays atop of WTA rankings, Muguruza 3rd

Madrid June 25 (IANS) Romania s Simona Halep remained in the number one spot in the Women s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday with 7 970 points while Spain s Garbiñe Muguruza maintained her third spot.
American Sloane Stephens came in fifth in this week s unchanged top 10 followed by Ukraine s Elina Svitolina and France s Caroline Garcia respectively reports Efe.
Meanwhile Tatjana Maria of Germany rocketed 31 spots to the 48th after she claimed her first WTA title at Mallorca Open when she defeated Latvia s Anastasija Sevastova 6-4 7-5 on Sunday.
The current ATP rankings and point scores are as follows:
1. Simona Halep (Romania) 7 970 points
2. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 6 745
3. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 6 550
4. Sloane Stephens (US) 5 463
5. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 5 250
6. Caroline Garcia (France) 4 960
7. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 4 685
8. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 4 610
9. Venus Williams (US) 3 971
10. Madison Keys (US) 3 536.

--IANS kk/mr