Berlin – Simona Halep regained third place in the women's WTA tennis rankings released Monday, following her victory Saturday in the final of the Dubai Classic.
Halep defeated Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in the Dubai Classic Saturday to win the 10th title of her career.
Halep had dropped to fourth in the rankings but again swaps places with Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic.
Serena Williams of the United States continues to hold a big lead at the top, ahead of Russia's Maria Sharapova.
WTA top 10 as of February 23 (previous ranking in parenthesis):
1. (1) Serena Williams, United States, 9,592 points 2. (2) Maria Sharapova, Russia, 8,210 3. (4) Simona Halep, Romania, 6,571 4. (3) Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 6,395 5. (5) Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 4,730 6. (6) Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, 4,425 7. (7) Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, 4,365 8. (8) Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 4,025
9. (9) Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 3,420 10.(10) Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 3,150 – Sapa-dpa