I agree with your predictions. I hope the best for Maria Sakkari, she has a big chance to get back to the top 5 because she has no points to defend at the slams. She is very consistent and getting the title in Mexico helped her psychologically. Iga will be number 1, with Rybakina at number 2 and Aryna at number 3 I reckon. I hope Maria will be in the top 5 and I also think Pegula will be there.
I hope Iga goes unleashed on her best in tennis natural instincts. She is clocked at 1/10 of a second on her reactions. Innate instincts at times display preparation of the start of racket waves when only a hundred or so milliseconds are available to perform an out of this world shot. Please read the following to help everyone understand the math. Recent World Tennis League doubles match between Sabalenka/Badosa won by Garcia/Iga. Estimate: 135 km/h ball to Iga playing close to the net and her return was made just above her feet. Response time to locate the ball, move and hit the ball with the racket 100 milliseconds. This speed and time to react is the hardest thing to do in sports. A return shot forced her into a 180 degree turn to have her back against the base line, a one-hand back hand return shot made just off her right foot. Quick pivot to face forward, just behind the base line, a speedy move to her left to tackle an angle shot moving quickly to her left where she powered a two-handed backhand shot inside the double alley for a winner. Iga’s response, “Easy Peasy”.
There are always a few surprises in wta top 10. Heck, maybe Fernandez and Andreescu. Or it’s the year of Mira Andreeva. Or someone that is currently out of top 100 lol. Anything can happen except for sure Iga, Rybakina, Sabalenka will still be in there
My predictions: 1. Iga Swiatek 2. Jessica Pegula 3. Coco Gauff 4. Elena Rybakina 5. Aryna Sabalenka 6. Ons Jabeur 7. Zheng Qinwen 8. Barbora Krejcikova 9. Beatriz Haddad Maia 10. Liudmila Samsonova Some notes: - I don't think Samsonova will be able to defend both her M1000 F points, but I think she could make the top 10 if she makes a deep run at a Slam and couples it with a few deep runs elsewhere (Problem is, she can be quite erratic so this prediction could flop for all I know). - I am thinking/hoping that after Krejcikova split with her doubles partner Siniakova, she might be able to dedicate more time and effort to singles and do well there. - Predicting breakthrough season for Zheng. I also felt like she underperformed at some of the tournaments this year, especially the Slams (other than the US Open). - More of the same for Ons Jabeur, if she doesn't defend her Wimbledon F points I think she can make it up elsewhere. - Predicting a sophomore slump for Sabalenka, I just think she expended so much energy mentally and physically this year that I don't think she will be able to keep this up next year. But she has finished top 5 for the past 3 years so I think she will stay there. - If Rybakina stays healthy for the entire year, I would have her finishing at No. 3 or even No. 2. But I have her at No. 4 because I am worried injuries will continue to plague her throughout 2024. - Gauff will probably lose some points during the US swing but make up enough points during the first half of the year to stay No. 3. I am especially curious to see whether her FH gets fixed over the preseason, as Brad Gilbert said they would, since that is the biggest liability in her game right now, and will probably be a big factor in her 2024 season. - Not predicting a breakthrough season for Pegula, but am predicting more of the same plus 1 or 2 big runs at big tournaments like Slams, which should be enough to get her to No. 2 (or at least somewhere close). - Predicting more Swiatek dominance.
I think Krejcikova is a tough one to forecast. She's 28 now and lost her long-time doubles partner. She was up-and-down all year with some injuries, so we'll see if she can regain her top 10 form. I also think Jabeur is a bit high on the list, and I'll be interested to see if Andreeva can crack the top 10 (perhaps not yet).
@@westonmeyer3110 This ‘points to win/lose’ information isn’t actually relevant when you’re specifically looking at the year end rankings, since every player will defend every point they earned in 2023. By the end of the year , they’ll have replaced all their points with 2024 points. The only relevance of the ‘points to gain’ and ‘points to lose’ data here could be in determining who might drop or raise their ranking at different points throughout the year. For example, if Krejčíková did well at the French Open (one of her ‘points to gain’ tournaments shown here) but loses early in Dubai (one of her ‘points to lose’), her ranking would dip in February but rise again in June. But by the end of the year, she will have no more points from 2023, they will have all been replaced by her 2024 points. That’s why the YEO #1 ranking is a big deal, anyone can be #1 for a week, but the year end ranking says you won the most points over the course of a whole season.
@@richietaylor9870 I know that, I am talking about draws being harder if you don’t defend the points. Cam is going by how well the player did this year and assuming a slight or significant improvement and that is a safe bet for most players that improved their ranking significantly this year. For Rybakina he is assuming she plays all of the events and doesn’t have to withdraw(her injuries most likely coming from having to play more tennis because she normally loses earlier in most tournaments)and since she got number 4 despite doing terrible in most of the slams and not even really doing all that well in masters tournaments he is assuming Rybakina can easily get even more points next year based on her rate of improvement and easier draws(not having to face anyone in the top 10 until the quarterfinals or semifinals as opposed to playing Iga in the 4th round in every tournament this year).
Krejcikova is so talented and has shown the ability to beat those top players (like her Dubai run last year) but she needs to stay healthy and do better at the slams. Last year she made the fourth round in Australia, lost in the first round of French and US Opens and got injured at wimbledon. I am hoping she does well this year.
Pavlyochenkova looks as fit as never before. Ostapenko is getting back in shape. Kenin looks sharp. I can see Osaka back in the top 5. Andreeva will crack the top 20. I don’t see Andreescu and Badosa anywhere near their top rankings. Top 3 will be Swiatek, Rybakina and Sabalenka.
I feel in my gut that Leylah,Bia and Kenin will have good deep runs in major tournaments.. however for me the top 5 will remain,maybe changes in placements but the same players if fit all season should be a constant feature in the Top 5. Coco for instance can try to make up for poor 2023 first half run by picking as many points as possible early 2024 to cover for any deficit come late in the year including defending her USO title.
I agree 100% on Iga being number one and deserving to be number one. She is so good and she has the consistency that many of the others do not have. I think Naomi will definitely be in the top 10 after seeing her play and I have always been a big fan. I hope you are wrong about CoCo but unfortunately I agree :( I have more on her game but I will never put in writing lol. The same goes for Ben. But I hope both of them don't let me down because they have so much potential. I wish they were as mature as the William sisters were at their age. I don't see it yet. One thing I can say about both of them is that they were well grounded and their head was in the game. I love that about Iga. Right now she is all about tennis.. Some of these younger players are getting distracted with social media and etc. Tsitsipas and girlfriend , Fritz, Felix, Tiafoe, and others I feel have gotten distracted and let their game suffer.
Well done Cam, another great video with entertaining analysis! You're my fav analyst out there! Easy! I predict all sorts of mayhem next season on the WTA, which will make it well worth the watch and wait. Never has there been so many good players returning from injuries/pregnancies and doing well to challenge the established current players: Osaka, Kerber, Wozniacki, Svitolina, Kenin, Andreescu, Bencic, Badosa, Raducanu.. 1ga, Saba, Ryba, Gauff and Pegula have all got used to playing each other and others and have established themselves as the force de tour. Expect them all to keep their places in top 5. Then we'll have the perpetual challengers in Azarenka, Kvitova, Pliskova, Krejcikova, Muchova fending off the younger challangers in Zheng, Noskova, Potapova, Fruhvirtova, Fernandez, Tauson, Wang, Andreeva, Korneeva (watch that name, she won AO and RG and made semies of WB in juniors last year, then went on a tear in ITFs, similar to 1ga's rise, and is a prime example of Russian school of tennis, similar to Rybakina).. Then ofc, there are the evergreens in Jabeur, Ostapenko, Haddad Maia, Kudermetova, Samsonova.. and the established players who like to flirt with their luck and consistency: Vondrousova, Sakkari, Keys, Garcia, Kasatkina.. I'm very excited, especially cos a lot of these top of the top players like Saba, Ryba, Pegula, Gauff have a roadmap on how to be a successful world no.1 in this era, set out by 1ga and Serena, and I bet every one of them will be going after 1ga and the results that will help them get to no.1, producing some enthralling rivalries in the process, which is excellent for women's tennis! My top 33 predictions: 1 1ga 2 Rybakina 3 Sabalenka 4 Gauff 5 Pegula 6 Jabeur 7 Zheng 8 Krejcikova 9 Osaka 10 H.Maia 11 Samsonova 12 Kenin 13 Kudermetova 14 Garcia 15 Svitolina 16 Ostapenko 17 Sakkari 18 Keys 19 Potapova 20 Noskova 21 Andreeva 22 Vondrousova 23 Kasatkina 24 Wozniacki 25 Muchova 26 Azarenka 27 Fernandez 28 Korneeva 29 Kvitova 30 Badosa 31 Andreescu 32 Kerber 33 Pliskova + Tauson ++ Wang +++ Fruhvirtova PS. Sorry it's this long.. had a lot of fun writing this on my own lol Exciting times ahead anyway! Enjoy and happy holidays everybody 🎉
I agree with almost all your picks except I think Svitolina will be in the top ten somewhere, but I don't know where and now my crystal ball has gone dark......I do see Aunty Em clutching her heart though.......okay, NOW it's gone dark.....
My top 10: 1. Swiatek 2. Gauff 3. Pegula 4. Rybakina 5. Sabalenka 6. Osaka 7. Andreeva 8. Sakkari 9. Jabeur 10. Camila Osorio maybe some unexpected names, but I think osorio is very good if she can improve her serve, Mirra andreeva is so strong and will get to top 3 before the age of 19. I'm also excited to see raducanu back (she gets way to much hate), but also a veteran like wozniacki can go back to top 15 I guess.
Agree think Raducanu could do really well as has pretty much nothing to lose points wise from last year. Also looked good in last games (Before Australian Open)
Hopefully Rybakina getting sick at the WTL will take the place of her being sick at an actual event. I pretty much completely agree with your rankings list except Zheng. I think Haddad Maia will take Zheng’s spot. Haddad Maia won the WTA elite trophy(beating Zheng to do it), she is a beast who should start to be a threat at every event even slams. As you said, as long as Rybakina stays healthy all year then 2024 should be far and away her best year so far because 2023 was just a preview of what she can really do. I just want Rybakina to finally get a 500 title next year(hopefully Berlin so she can have a good grass season).
I think you are too optimistic regarding Rybakina. Her last good performance this year was at the end of March (Indiana Wells) since then she was pretty average. She won in Rome but in 3 games her opponent retired. There are at least 3 very hard opponents for her: Sabalenka, Samsonova, Swiatek (on clay or slower hard courts especially). 2nd place for Rybakina makes only sense is she stays injure-free throughout the next tour, but under same assumption Muchova should move up the ladder as she defeated twice Sabalenka, and played very good against Swiatek.
@@ShellLast For Rybakina it was pretty average performance as she played much better in the beginning of the season. In Italian Open she was very lucky as she had her 3 opponents retired including: 1. Kalinskaya A. at 1/16 final 2. Swiatek at quarter final 3. Kalinina A. at final Especially her win against Swiatek was very lucky as Swiatek was in great shape on clay what she confirmed 2 weeks later by winning French Open but because of awful scheduling(late games because of rain, no time for recovery) she get injury during the game and didn't want to risk before French Open. In Wimbledon she had luck in quarter final when Haddad Maia retired in the middle of the first set then Rybakina lost against Ons even though she was clear favourite in this game. You mentioned Canadian Open Montreal ? Just check her games in Montreal how she was struggling in early rounds (long matches, tie breaks) 1. 1/16 Brady vs Rybakina 1:2 in sets 7:6(7:3), 6:7(5:7), 3:6, match lasted 2:30 2. 1/2 Kasatkina Rybakina: 1:2 in sets 7:5, 5:7, 6:7(8:10), match lasted 3:30 But in the semifinal she had no chance against Samsonova who defeated her also at China Open. Its clear that her performance dropped compared to start of the season when she was very comfortable getting to finals at AO, Indiana Wells, Miami winning most of the games in straight sets.
@@westonmeyer3110 This is 1 year not 1 week prediction. You came here after Brisbane which is wasn't seriously taken by WTA top players(from TOP 10 WTA only Rybakina and Sabalenka participated). Moreover it was also expected that Rybakina best part of the season would be right know on fast hard courts and on a grass, but her serious test will be at AO definitely not at Brisbane.
I think 1.iga 2.sabelenka 3. Pegula 4. Rybakina 5.ons 6. Coco 7. Svitolina 8.Naomi 9. Krejcikova 10. Keys. Toss ups for 10th would be qinwen or muchova or kenin
Świątek fan here... 1. Rybakina 2. Świątek 3. Pegula 4. Sabalenka 5. Jabeur 6. Zheng 7. Samsonova 8. Gauff 9. Svitolina 10. Kenin 11. Haddad Maia * Muchova, (BIG IF) healthy throughout season can easily land in top5 * Krejcikova, if healthy throughout season easily top8 * Osaka, huge question mark... potential to be back in Top3... BUT... * forgotten initially about Coco... slotted her in on the 8th spot..
Mine would be 1.swiatek-very consistent and plays better on clay then most of the top 10 2.Rybakina-undefeated against swiatek this year and has made numerous deep runs at slams 3. Pegula- really consistent and I think will make a slam final probably either us open or Australian open 4. Guaff- I think she has a good chance of defending the us open title or making a deep run, will drop some points due to her incredible hard court swing 5. Maddison keys- semis of us open has a really good end of the year. Shows she can beat high ranked opponents 6. Kenin- has risen from having to qualify at Wimbledon to just around seeding for slams positions. Beat sabalenka in Madrid. Has already been as high as 4 7. Sabalenka- too many points to loose at slams. We saw at the fench open semis how on and off her game can be. 8. Elina svitolina- making her comeback to top ten after having her baby. Shown great tennis this year at Wimbledon beating swiatek and Rolland garros 9. Ostapenko- shows she can compete at slams especially on hard courts, a little inconsistent and struggles to play against top players sometimes (excluding swiatek) 10.zheng- great end of the year has little points to defend until the end of the year. Has made her breakthrough at the us open getting that first slam quarter final
you don't defend or lose points - everyone is zero now. Well, i guess everyone loses all the points they have. Anyway has zero impact on who is going to be ranked where. I could pick someone ranked 2000 in the world and say "She isn't defending many points". Why is this even a thing? If you were predicting who will qualify for the Olympics then it matters because only the points you gained in the first half of the year are being replaced. But end of year it's meaningless.
I feel like Kenin is consistently overlooked / underated. I think she'll be top 10 by end of year - she has a lot of points to gain and appears to have that competitiveness back which made her so good.
I'd have Gauff finishing better than Pegula. Pegula has never been past the QFs of any Slam and will be 29. Gauff is riding a wave and has had a breakthrough. And is 19...more physically resilient. Way more upside.
Definitely have Gauff top 5 , she rounded into shape post Wimbledon so she can carry that momentum and get early points, also with Osaka back points should be more spread out
Only Iga has the realistic chance of remaining #1 because she is hungry. If Coco fine tunes her game she should go to #2. Keep ignoring Coco while she keeps surprising you! Rybakina is too injury prone while Aryna is too erratic.
No way Osaka will be in the top ten. I believe she will be done as a top player. Sakkari seems so much up and down, so i think she will be out of top ten. She just seems unable to beat top players.
Hi Cam good see you again 🎉 top tennis stars 2024 , I Will go Iga Swiatek Aryna Rybakina the others are all dark horse my predictions Thanks Cam Happy New Year 2024 ✅❤️
1. Swiatek 2. Rybakina 3. Sabalenka 4. Gauff 5. Pegula 6. Muchova 7. Sakkari 8. Zheng 9. Jabeur 10. Kenin I guess Osaka´s expected high position next year is doubtful. Her performance at Brisbane and Australian Open, first after such a long break from any match activity could be decisive for her lust to compete in the next events. Haddad Maia, Samsonova, who are still very "hungry", and Krejcikova, if she will be free from injuries could be taken into account as well. Raducanu may still find her place again among the best 100 players, if she will work and believe more in her chances to achieve a better position in the rankings, while forgetting about what the viewers may think about her performance.
Swiatek has always place a big emphasis on winning gold at the Olympics. With the US Open swing starting straight after the Olympics, I wonder if she will sacrifice performance at the two North American 1000 events and the US Open just so she can win the two gold at the Olympics. This may mean losing the No. 1 ranking. She can always become No. 1 in 2025 (at the ripe old age of 24) but the next Olympics will be 2028 (when she is 27).
Yeh, she and her coach said that Olympics are number one prio. But I think she will sacrafice a good performance at Grass season with Wimbledon. It is between Paris courts tournaments - RG and Olympics sooo...
This year Olympic is held on her favourite clay court on clay I think she will only sacrifice grass. It might be actually easy tournament for her as few of her biggest opponents may have focus on Wimbledon.
Hard to say it , if no contusion and positive attitude ... Iga is young and getting physically stronger ... I believe she can be more successful than in last year - 1GA 😃🍀🏆
I agree about Swiatek, I disagree about (the lovely) Rybakina, I love her, but be real she has only serve and forehand, her mobility is terrible, to win the big matches she needs to serve at superhuman level and she actually did it sometimes but not easy doing it consistently and she is at high risk of injury, I also disagree about Jabeur, in my opinion she already had the peak of her career (at least of this part) and she's not returning there, on the contrary I disagree about Coco Gauff, I see her at least number 4 if Pegula has another great season and Sabalenka will cope with her personal demons, otherwise she could go even higher.
I think Gauff will stay on top because those US tournaments will help her by giving bad schedule for her opponents. Osaka, Im not sure because Swiatek style of play is actually her cryptonite
It's easier to find a shoe for an ant than predict anything in women's tennis or in women's sports in general. That said, it's time to jinx. I'm putting huge expectations on Qinwen I did the same this season but now I know I was dumb because there was no reason, her worse performance at the end of the year was better than all her previous best performances, the match against Bia in Elite Trophy was top 5 of the season without a doubt. In Bia herself I'm putting expectations but I won't to jinx 😂. Rybakina has 4k points to defend before RG, after that she's free now who knows if she's injury free, or ill free, or rage against WTA sh*t-show free? Sabalenka is effedup honestly almost 4 slam finals in a season I don't even remember when that happened last time I think Serena did it in 2013 so she'll need so much the 1000 events. Considering Iga won't fall before the QFs of any event she plays (bcos she did it only twice in 2 years) the season may be stable unless an injury comes or an early exit in RG I don't think she'll lose the n. 1 for herself eventually only if someone takes it. Pegula is the most stable player after Iga I mean throughout the season but lacking a couple of big titles to crown that stability. And Gauff is the real fully free throughout the whole season until USO month, let's see if she takes advantage of that like Sabalenka did this season. The Olympics (for what I read russians and belarusians will be playing) can be a mental fact for those who care for that as a bigger thing not only as an individual thing so it can affect the season positively or negatively for some players.
Nobody loses or gains points in the same way a prediction for 3 months out would for example. No points that count now will count this time next year, everyone starts at zero. Other than that nitpick, I'm on board with most of the predictions... except I think Gauff might be #2 or #3... and Potapova might sneak into the top 10. Let's see if this comment ages well in a year.
Cam, I was amused by your statement - little asterix. Elena actually evokes such sentiments with her appearance, as if she were a lost child. 184 cm height 😎
Looks like I have to say it: Sabalenka will be in Top 3 year end if she stays healthy and injury-free. (Maybe even end as World number 1) Ofc she has points to defend especially in the beginning of the year BUT she didn’t do well at any other events except GS. 😅 Which means she can get a lot of points from there… + She’s looking very fire 🔥 rn and promising for 2024 season. GO ARYNA 🦁🤍
I think Kenin will be back in the top ten by the end of the year. She's starting to play really well again. With Rybakina, I hope that she is not starting to get injury prone because when she's on, she can beat anyone. I'm not as optimistic as Cam is about Osaka being back in the top ten. I would love to see it because she is fantastic at the top of her game!!
Also keep in mind that non of these ladies ever defended a GS title. Its a kinda free for all when it comes to winning the GS titles. Only Iga has some credit at winning/defending titles
I don't really understand the point of the points to gain and lose system, as in a calendar year all the points will be lost anyways, and every tournament has points to gain. So what's the point
When predicting 2024 YEAR-END ranking, there is absolutely NO need to discuss what tourney/points to defend from 2023 or what to gain in 2024? People making that mistake all the time. Everyone is clean slate on 1/1/2024 (from 2024 Year-End ranking point of view) and 2023 result didn’t matter at all - Cam should know better
It does not matter when you are looking at the Number 1 or 2 as it is consistency across the year that get you those positions. It does matter at the lower ranking as the player may have got their position through good performance at one or two tournaments which you don’t think will be repeated. Example is Vondrousa who got into the top 10 through her win at Wimbledon but had average performance throughout the rest of the year. Another example is Gauff. Her position was through that fantastic run in the North American hard court season but had very ordinary performance in the first half of the year. In that case, Cam is making a call that she can’t repeat her performance and her ranks will drop after next year’s North American hard court season. The biggest unknown is the impact of the Olympics. It starts two weeks after Wimbledon finishes and the North American hard court season starts straight after the Olympics. As the Olympics is only held once every 4 years, it is hard to determine what players will sacrifice to obtain Olympics glory.
Do you not know how the points ranking system works? When you can't defend the points you won at the same tournament, you lose points and that affects your ranking. Spoken like a true, ignorant glory supporter.
If you are predicting who will end the year 2024 in the top 10, then points to defend means absolutely nothing. You can have 20,000 points to defend from 2023 or 0 points to defend in 2023. If we are talking about who will end the year 2024 where, then all those points to defend or not defend means absolutely nothing since only 2024 points count 🤷♂️
It matters because if you lose all of your points early in the year you will drop down and you will be even more dependent on the points from last year to keep yourself high ranked than players doing well in the current year.
Rookie makes such mistake all the time by talking about what points to defend or gain regarding 2024 YEAR-END ranking, but I thought Cam (the host) should know better than that. But he didn’t apparently.
@@minzhang3758 Points to defend matters because without defending your points you drop your ranking and your draws get harder and harder. For instance if Rybakina can get to the final or better in the Australian Open then she will stay at 4 or go up in ranking and then her draw for later tournaments will be much easier than her 2023 draws(which were mostly horrible)and that means she will be more likely to maintain or improve her rank from this year.
@@westonmeyer3110 You are so clueless. The discussion of this Cam’s video clip is about 2024 YEAR-END ranking, NOT someone’s ranking at some other date in 2024. Do you understand the difference of these two? When talking about 2024 Year-End ranking, NOTHING in 2023 matters, so NO need to talk about 2023 at all
??? Anybody home ??? Of course it matters, we don’t start from the zero the season, but with the current / present points. E.g. Sabalenka won AO Grand Slam last year and got 2500 points, now If she gets to semifinsal but not into final she gets only 1000 points, so 1500 points will be dedducted from her ranking points. Second example Miami, which is WTA1000 tournament and due to illness Swiatek didn’t play, so zero points, and If she wins it’s +1000 points.
@@jukkao.parviainen8669yes for the 52 week ranking it matters but for year end it doesn't because it's the points you accumulate throughout the year,so yes if Sabalenka was to make the semifinal of Australian open that would affect her ranking,but that doesn't mean she can't end the year number one,what matters is that she does well in big tournaments and by the way winning a grand slam is 2000 points not 2500
@@midfieldmaestro2439 I thought that you meant next year end ranking. Thanks for correcting me about GS points, I was only miserable Challenger level player, so never thought of winning GS 😀. I live in Warsaw and played in the same courts as Iga is training for the last eight years. Spoken to her and to her staff, even warmed up with her maybe 40 times, her staff is really phenomenal, and the improvements they develop all the time. Next year we see Iga 2.0. I am not Polish but speak it fluently. Just awesome material to coach and train physically and mentally. Off the court, always funny, making tricks to her staff, but on the court, she is serious business. Little bit like CR7, trains that extra 15 mins and HATES to lose. I think we are now on the same page about the ranking how it goes. But putting Osaka straight to top10 is a bit overstatement.
Krejcikova did not play well for half of the season, Rybakina is very weak healthwise, Ons is weak physiacally. What she presented today in Rijadh vs Sabalenka was excellent first set which she won. Byt as th match pogressed we could observe she was weaker and weaker from the muddle id the second set which she lost 6:3 and set 3 was dominated by Sabalenka which did not play great at all. She was not focused but of course it was just a show match by the invitation of the organizers. Ons still has a few weeks to work on her physical form. Everyone is praising OSAKA. let us see her in at least one match to make any predictions. Her season before dropping out for over ayear was not great either. Her thinking is purely wishfull right now. All the top 10 players had made a huge progress and Osaka may just hit the wall ...I like her very much byt ther is Kerber comming back, Wozniacki already played a little and tge red carpet star Raducanu snd sll of them claim the top 10, at least a GS and Olympic medal of course. But there are only 3 Olympic medals and 4 GS. Time will show. Last season 2023 has shown that those who come back play quite well in a few matches or even win one event but then there is evident decline in physical and mental fitness which means lack of consistency. I would not be a fortune teller today. It will be a very very difficult season. Let us take step by step and see what happens first at Australian Open. Regards
If Rybakina is number 1 it is pretty much impossible for Sabalenka to be number 2 because that would mean Rybakina is knocking Sabalenka out of tournaments that she won this year like Madrid and the AO. Pretty much any improvement for Rybakina’s rank comes at the expense of Sabalenka who did well in most tournaments last year.
@@westonmeyer3110 If Rybakina would knock down Sabalenka in couple tournaments and some other tournaments Sabalenka would knock down Rybakina and they both knock down Swiatek Rybakina can be ranked 1st and Sabalenka 2nd.
@@einarsd4 Unless Rybakina wins Roland Garros(which could happen)and Stuttgart(which would be hilarious and also could happen)then I kind of doubt something like that would happen. But personally I just think Sabalenka is not going to be able to keep up. Iga is massively improving with her added variety and improved serve and Rybakina is slowly but surely removing her weaknesses(despite her serve getting worse in some areas). Sabalenka doesn’t really have many areas she can improve other than consistency. Without Sabalenka serving lights out she can’t beat Iga(and Sabalenka is way too mentally weak to be able to do that)and once Rybakina becomes fully comfortable moving(she moved a bit against Iga and Sabalenka at the WTL and even hit some running winners so that is starting to move in the right direction finally)then Sabalenka has absolutely no chance against her(Rybakina should have wiped her off the court at the WTL but her serve went AWOL at 5-3) Even Gauff is going to be a massive problem for Sabalenka next year because Sabalenka can’t power through her, not to mention players like Samsonova who know exactly how to beat her with great returns and excellent drop shots.
Yes .. Defending points is irrelevant for the end of the year but in middle of the year it will cause lot of pressure for the players who needs to defend lot of points that might have an effect in the year end ranking. Even Swiatek lost her no.1 last year while defending US open.
You would think a “tennis expert” like Cam knows better, right? You could be wrong. Never mind those clueless tennis fans who can never distinguish year-end ranking (which has absolutely nothing to do with previous year’s result) versus one’s highest rank (at certain point) in a year which has everything to do with one’s result in last 12 months possibly results from last year. I am just amused reading comments from those clueless “tennis fans”
I think we all can disagree with Jabeur ofc, I personally believe she would not be in top 10, let alone be no.4. Rybakina being no.2 is too much to ask. Rybakina is a good player but could she have a better year than 2023 is dubious enough. My picks are - 1. Swiatek (with a healthy lead) 2 & 3. Sabalenka and Pegula (any order) 4. Gauff (you never know what she can do) 5. Zheng (wild pick but there are many surprise slam winners) In any order - Rybakina, Sakkari (just hanging around in similar fashion), Svitolina (could be tenacious), Haddad Maia (unquestionable) and Ostapenko (can win something big and then flop). Honorable mentions - Krejcikova & Muchova (depends upon how fit they are), Osaka ( 4 time GS champion but played decades ago, so can't really predict), Pliskova (can be in top 10 or close enough)
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Muchova, Vondrousova, Haddad Maia
I agree with your predictions. I hope the best for Maria Sakkari, she has a big chance to get back to the top 5 because she has no points to defend at the slams. She is very consistent and getting the title in Mexico helped her psychologically. Iga will be number 1, with Rybakina at number 2 and Aryna at number 3 I reckon. I hope Maria will be in the top 5 and I also think Pegula will be there.
If it weren't for the injury, Muchowa would have been at least in Sakkari's place
WTA is very unpredicted but I'm sure one thing... 1GA will be no.1 a long, long time
1. 1GA 2. Sabalenka 3. Rybakina 4. Gauff 5. Pegula 6. Jabeur 7. Sakkari 8. Muchova 9. Ostapenko 10. Q.Zheng
I will go with Top 5 as follows:
1. Swiatek
2.Pegula
3.Sabalenka
4. Coco
5. Haddad Maia.
I feel like Haddad Maia will have good run in 2024.
Change Pegula with Rybakina
@@askncangunfer4300i dont think soo... pegula played so well at wta finals. She beat 3 top players in a row
@@askncangunfer4300without dropping a set too
Kinda agree but i'd say
1. Swiatek
2.Pegula
3.Gauff
4.Muchova
5.Haddad Maia
1) Swiatek
2)Gauff
3)Sabalenka
4)Osaka
5)Rybakina
6)Pegula
7)Jabeur
8)Zheng
9)sakkari
10)Haddad Maia
:) Wow
I hope Iga goes unleashed on her best in tennis natural instincts. She is clocked at 1/10 of a second on her reactions. Innate instincts at times display preparation of the start of racket waves when only a hundred or so milliseconds are available to perform an out of this world shot. Please read the following to help everyone understand the math.
Recent World Tennis League doubles match between Sabalenka/Badosa won by Garcia/Iga. Estimate: 135 km/h ball to Iga playing close to the net and her return was made just above her feet. Response time to locate the ball, move and hit the ball with the racket 100 milliseconds. This speed and time to react is the hardest thing to do in sports. A return shot forced her into a 180 degree turn to have her back against the base line, a one-hand back hand return shot made just off her right foot. Quick pivot to face forward, just behind the base line, a speedy move to her left to tackle an angle shot moving quickly to her left where she powered a two-handed backhand shot inside the double alley for a winner. Iga’s response, “Easy Peasy”.
There are always a few surprises in wta top 10. Heck, maybe Fernandez and Andreescu. Or it’s the year of Mira Andreeva. Or someone that is currently out of top 100 lol. Anything can happen except for sure Iga, Rybakina, Sabalenka will still be in there
3 disagreements:
1. Sabelnka will be top 3
2. Jabuer will finish 8 at best
3. Gauff will be top 4
I think Sabalenka is way more consistent than Rybakina and that wont change anytime soon.
Sabalenka has a lot more experience at the top. Rybakina’s floor is rising though.
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Rybakina game is more like Petra. It could be a hit or flop show (soon). Sabalenka ofc better than her in terms of consistency
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Petra is just older now.
If not for the stabbing she would have cut Serena’s dominance down to size even more.
Her screams are consistent af
My predictions:
1. Iga Swiatek
2. Jessica Pegula
3. Coco Gauff
4. Elena Rybakina
5. Aryna Sabalenka
6. Ons Jabeur
7. Zheng Qinwen
8. Barbora Krejcikova
9. Beatriz Haddad Maia
10. Liudmila Samsonova
Some notes:
- I don't think Samsonova will be able to defend both her M1000 F points, but I think she could make the top 10 if she makes a deep run at a Slam and couples it with a few deep runs elsewhere (Problem is, she can be quite erratic so this prediction could flop for all I know).
- I am thinking/hoping that after Krejcikova split with her doubles partner Siniakova, she might be able to dedicate more time and effort to singles and do well there.
- Predicting breakthrough season for Zheng. I also felt like she underperformed at some of the tournaments this year, especially the Slams (other than the US Open).
- More of the same for Ons Jabeur, if she doesn't defend her Wimbledon F points I think she can make it up elsewhere.
- Predicting a sophomore slump for Sabalenka, I just think she expended so much energy mentally and physically this year that I don't think she will be able to keep this up next year. But she has finished top 5 for the past 3 years so I think she will stay there.
- If Rybakina stays healthy for the entire year, I would have her finishing at No. 3 or even No. 2. But I have her at No. 4 because I am worried injuries will continue to plague her throughout 2024.
- Gauff will probably lose some points during the US swing but make up enough points during the first half of the year to stay No. 3. I am especially curious to see whether her FH gets fixed over the preseason, as Brad Gilbert said they would, since that is the biggest liability in her game right now, and will probably be a big factor in her 2024 season.
- Not predicting a breakthrough season for Pegula, but am predicting more of the same plus 1 or 2 big runs at big tournaments like Slams, which should be enough to get her to No. 2 (or at least somewhere close).
- Predicting more Swiatek dominance.
I think Krejcikova is a tough one to forecast. She's 28 now and lost her long-time doubles partner. She was up-and-down all year with some injuries, so we'll see if she can regain her top 10 form. I also think Jabeur is a bit high on the list, and I'll be interested to see if Andreeva can crack the top 10 (perhaps not yet).
Jabeur has like no points to defend because of injuries.
Vondrousova will be too high in the rankings to knock her out early next year.
@@westonmeyer3110 This ‘points to win/lose’ information isn’t actually relevant when you’re specifically looking at the year end rankings, since every player will defend every point they earned in 2023. By the end of the year , they’ll have replaced all their points with 2024 points. The only relevance of the ‘points to gain’ and ‘points to lose’ data here could be in determining who might drop or raise their ranking at different points throughout the year. For example, if Krejčíková did well at the French Open (one of her ‘points to gain’ tournaments shown here) but loses early in Dubai (one of her ‘points to lose’), her ranking would dip in February but rise again in June. But by the end of the year, she will have no more points from 2023, they will have all been replaced by her 2024 points. That’s why the YEO #1 ranking is a big deal, anyone can be #1 for a week, but the year end ranking says you won the most points over the course of a whole season.
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I know that, I am talking about draws being harder if you don’t defend the points.
Cam is going by how well the player did this year and assuming a slight or significant improvement and that is a safe bet for most players that improved their ranking significantly this year.
For Rybakina he is assuming she plays all of the events and doesn’t have to withdraw(her injuries most likely coming from having to play more tennis because she normally loses earlier in most tournaments)and since she got number 4 despite doing terrible in most of the slams and not even really doing all that well in masters tournaments he is assuming Rybakina can easily get even more points next year based on her rate of improvement and easier draws(not having to face anyone in the top 10 until the quarterfinals or semifinals as opposed to playing Iga in the 4th round in every tournament this year).
Krejcikova is so talented and has shown the ability to beat those top players (like her Dubai run last year) but she needs to stay healthy and do better at the slams. Last year she made the fourth round in Australia, lost in the first round of French and US Opens and got injured at wimbledon. I am hoping she does well this year.
Pavlyochenkova looks as fit as never before. Ostapenko is getting back in shape. Kenin looks sharp. I can see Osaka back in the top 5. Andreeva will crack the top 20. I don’t see Andreescu and Badosa anywhere near their top rankings. Top 3 will be Swiatek, Rybakina and Sabalenka.
I feel in my gut that Leylah,Bia and Kenin will have good deep runs in major tournaments.. however for me the top 5 will remain,maybe changes in placements but the same players if fit all season should be a constant feature in the Top 5. Coco for instance can try to make up for poor 2023 first half run by picking as many points as possible early 2024 to cover for any deficit come late in the year including defending her USO title.
Leylah for sure, she's still very young though, plenty of time.
I agree 100% on Iga being number one and deserving to be number one. She is so good and she has the consistency that many of the others do not have. I think Naomi will definitely be in the top 10 after seeing her play and I have always been a big fan. I hope you are wrong about CoCo but unfortunately I agree :( I have more on her game but I will never put in writing lol. The same goes for Ben. But I hope both of them don't let me down because they have so much potential. I wish they were as mature as the William sisters were at their age. I don't see it yet. One thing I can say about both of them is that they were well grounded and their head was in the game. I love that about Iga. Right now she is all about tennis.. Some of these younger players are getting distracted with social media and etc. Tsitsipas and girlfriend , Fritz, Felix, Tiafoe, and others I feel have gotten distracted and let their game suffer.
Well done Cam, another great video with entertaining analysis! You're my fav analyst out there! Easy!
I predict all sorts of mayhem next season on the WTA, which will make it well worth the watch and wait. Never has there been so many good players returning from injuries/pregnancies and doing well to challenge the established current players: Osaka, Kerber, Wozniacki, Svitolina, Kenin, Andreescu, Bencic, Badosa, Raducanu..
1ga, Saba, Ryba, Gauff and Pegula have all got used to playing each other and others and have established themselves as the force de tour. Expect them all to keep their places in top 5.
Then we'll have the perpetual challengers in Azarenka, Kvitova, Pliskova, Krejcikova, Muchova fending off the younger challangers in Zheng, Noskova, Potapova, Fruhvirtova, Fernandez, Tauson, Wang, Andreeva, Korneeva (watch that name, she won AO and RG and made semies of WB in juniors last year, then went on a tear in ITFs, similar to 1ga's rise, and is a prime example of Russian school of tennis, similar to Rybakina)..
Then ofc, there are the evergreens in Jabeur, Ostapenko, Haddad Maia, Kudermetova, Samsonova.. and the established players who like to flirt with their luck and consistency: Vondrousova, Sakkari, Keys, Garcia, Kasatkina..
I'm very excited, especially cos a lot of these top of the top players like Saba, Ryba, Pegula, Gauff have a roadmap on how to be a successful world no.1 in this era, set out by 1ga and Serena, and I bet every one of them will be going after 1ga and the results that will help them get to no.1, producing some enthralling rivalries in the process, which is excellent for women's tennis!
My top 33 predictions:
1 1ga
2 Rybakina
3 Sabalenka
4 Gauff
5 Pegula
6 Jabeur
7 Zheng
8 Krejcikova
9 Osaka
10 H.Maia
11 Samsonova
12 Kenin
13 Kudermetova
14 Garcia
15 Svitolina
16 Ostapenko
17 Sakkari
18 Keys
19 Potapova
20 Noskova
21 Andreeva
22 Vondrousova
23 Kasatkina
24 Wozniacki
25 Muchova
26 Azarenka
27 Fernandez
28 Korneeva
29 Kvitova
30 Badosa
31 Andreescu
32 Kerber
33 Pliskova
+ Tauson
++ Wang
+++ Fruhvirtova
PS. Sorry it's this long.. had a lot of fun writing this on my own lol
Exciting times ahead anyway! Enjoy and happy holidays everybody 🎉
I agree with almost all your picks except I think Svitolina will be in the top ten somewhere, but I don't know where and now my crystal ball has gone dark......I do see Aunty Em clutching her heart though.......okay, NOW it's gone dark.....
love the early predictions! the 2024 season cant get here fast enough.
My top 10:
1. Swiatek
2. Gauff
3. Pegula
4. Rybakina
5. Sabalenka
6. Osaka
7. Andreeva
8. Sakkari
9. Jabeur
10. Camila Osorio
maybe some unexpected names, but I think osorio is very good if she can improve her serve, Mirra andreeva is so strong and will get to top 3 before the age of 19. I'm also excited to see raducanu back (she gets way to much hate), but also a veteran like wozniacki can go back to top 15 I guess.
Agree think Raducanu could do really well as has pretty much nothing to lose points wise from last year. Also looked good in last games (Before Australian Open)
Hopefully Rybakina getting sick at the WTL will take the place of her being sick at an actual event.
I pretty much completely agree with your rankings list except Zheng. I think Haddad Maia will take Zheng’s spot. Haddad Maia won the WTA elite trophy(beating Zheng to do it), she is a beast who should start to be a threat at every event even slams.
As you said, as long as Rybakina stays healthy all year then 2024 should be far and away her best year so far because 2023 was just a preview of what she can really do. I just want Rybakina to finally get a 500 title next year(hopefully Berlin so she can have a good grass season).
1. Sabalenka 2. Iga 3.rybakina 4. Pegula 5. Jabeur 6. Gauff 7. Sakkari 8. Krejickova 9.hadad Mia 10. Kenin
Interesting! 👍🏻👀
I think you are too optimistic regarding Rybakina. Her last good performance this year was at the end of March (Indiana Wells) since then she was pretty average. She won in Rome but in 3 games her opponent retired. There are at least 3 very hard opponents for her: Sabalenka, Samsonova, Swiatek (on clay or slower hard courts especially). 2nd place for Rybakina makes only sense is she stays injure-free throughout the next tour, but under same assumption Muchova should move up the ladder as she defeated twice Sabalenka, and played very good against Swiatek.
i wouldn't call being in the finals of Miami, winning the Italian Open, making QF at Wimbledon and SF at the Canadian Open being average.
@@ShellLast For Rybakina it was pretty average performance as she played much better in the beginning of the season. In Italian Open she was very lucky as she had her 3 opponents retired including:
1. Kalinskaya A. at 1/16 final
2. Swiatek at quarter final
3. Kalinina A. at final
Especially her win against Swiatek was very lucky as Swiatek was in great shape on clay what she confirmed 2 weeks later by winning French Open but because of awful scheduling(late games because of rain, no time for recovery) she get injury during the game and didn't want to risk before French Open.
In Wimbledon she had luck in quarter final when Haddad Maia retired in the middle of the first set then Rybakina lost against Ons even though she was clear favourite in this game.
You mentioned Canadian Open Montreal ? Just check her games in Montreal how she was struggling in early rounds (long matches, tie breaks)
1. 1/16 Brady vs Rybakina 1:2 in sets 7:6(7:3), 6:7(5:7), 3:6, match lasted 2:30
2. 1/2 Kasatkina Rybakina: 1:2 in sets 7:5, 5:7, 6:7(8:10), match lasted 3:30
But in the semifinal she had no chance against Samsonova who defeated her also at China Open.
Its clear that her performance dropped compared to start of the season when she was very comfortable getting to finals at AO, Indiana Wells, Miami winning most of the games in straight sets.
This didn’t age well….
@@westonmeyer3110 This is 1 year not 1 week prediction. You came here after Brisbane which is wasn't seriously taken by WTA top players(from TOP 10 WTA only Rybakina and Sabalenka participated). Moreover it was also expected that Rybakina best part of the season would be right know on fast hard courts and on a grass, but her serious test will be at AO definitely not at Brisbane.
I think 1.iga 2.sabelenka 3. Pegula 4. Rybakina 5.ons 6. Coco 7. Svitolina 8.Naomi 9. Krejcikova 10. Keys. Toss ups for 10th would be qinwen or muchova or kenin
I would back Samsonova to crack the top 10, also Maddie Keys, Sonya Kenin, Dani Collins, and Bia Haddad Maia are all people to watch
Świątek fan here...
1. Rybakina
2. Świątek
3. Pegula
4. Sabalenka
5. Jabeur
6. Zheng
7. Samsonova
8. Gauff
9. Svitolina
10. Kenin
11. Haddad Maia
* Muchova, (BIG IF) healthy throughout season can easily land in top5
* Krejcikova, if healthy throughout season easily top8
* Osaka, huge question mark... potential to be back in Top3... BUT...
* forgotten initially about Coco... slotted her in on the 8th spot..
Where’s Coco?
Rybakina won't be world no.1. The only treat of Iga for the no.1 spot will be Coco.
Isn't Barbie pregnant?
@@grahamrhodes9105 nice one.. haha completely forgotten about Coco.. slotted her in between Samsonova and Svitolina :) Haddad Maia pushed to 11th spot
Coco 4 or 5 for sure
Mine would be
1.swiatek-very consistent and plays better on clay then most of the top 10
2.Rybakina-undefeated against swiatek this year and has made numerous deep runs at slams
3. Pegula- really consistent and I think will make a slam final probably either us open or Australian open
4. Guaff- I think she has a good chance of defending the us open title or making a deep run, will drop some points due to her incredible hard court swing
5. Maddison keys- semis of us open has a really good end of the year. Shows she can beat high ranked opponents
6. Kenin- has risen from having to qualify at Wimbledon to just around seeding for slams positions. Beat sabalenka in Madrid. Has already been as high as 4
7. Sabalenka- too many points to loose at slams. We saw at the fench open semis how on and off her game can be.
8. Elina svitolina- making her comeback to top ten after having her baby. Shown great tennis this year at Wimbledon beating swiatek and Rolland garros
9. Ostapenko- shows she can compete at slams especially on hard courts, a little inconsistent and struggles to play against top players sometimes (excluding swiatek)
10.zheng- great end of the year has little points to defend until the end of the year. Has made her breakthrough at the us open getting that first slam quarter final
you don't defend or lose points - everyone is zero now. Well, i guess everyone loses all the points they have. Anyway has zero impact on who is going to be ranked where. I could pick someone ranked 2000 in the world and say "She isn't defending many points". Why is this even a thing? If you were predicting who will qualify for the Olympics then it matters because only the points you gained in the first half of the year are being replaced. But end of year it's meaningless.
I feel like Kenin is consistently overlooked / underated. I think she'll be top 10 by end of year - she has a lot of points to gain and appears to have that competitiveness back which made her so good.
Kenin has exactly the same number of points to gain as the others 😊
Dissagree about Kenin, she is finished already
I'd have Gauff finishing better than Pegula. Pegula has never been past the QFs of any Slam and will be 29. Gauff is riding a wave and has had a breakthrough. And is 19...more physically resilient. Way more upside.
my top 10 as follows:
1. Swiatek
2. Coco
3. Haddad Maia
4. Jabeur
5. Sakkari
6. Sabalenka
7. Osaka
8. Pegula
9. Rybakina
10. Vondrousova or Raducanu
Definitely have Gauff top 5 , she rounded into shape post Wimbledon so she can carry that momentum and get early points, also with Osaka back points should be more spread out
Only Iga has the realistic chance of remaining #1 because she is hungry.
If Coco fine tunes her game she should go to #2. Keep ignoring Coco while she keeps surprising you!
Rybakina is too injury prone while Aryna is too erratic.
I think Muchova will be in the Top 10 at seasons end. Outside chance for Kenin and Haddad Maia.
I think Samsonova will crack the top 10 next year.
she's another player who needs to do better at the slams to have a chance of doing that
1. Swiatek
2. Sabalenka
3. Rybakina
4. Gauff
5. Pegula
6. Jabeur
7. Osaka
8. Sakkari
9. Haddad-Maia
10. Zheng
I really hope muchova stays healthy this year, she’s the only wta player I enjoy watching
She is the only wta player I don't enjoy watching
I also would like to see Muchova in the top 10.
Yes I like her - fierce, and like her all court game! I hope she stays injury free.
she withdrew from the australian open so sadly still injured.
1) Swiatek
2)Rybakina
3) Sabalenka
4) Pegula
5)Gauff
6) Svitolina
7) Vondrusova
8) Muchova
9) Osaka
10) Kvitova or Jabeour
I also think that Wozniaki, Kerber and Raducanu will be in the top 70 and Wozniacki could be in the top 20 at the end of the year
I would put Pegula higher than Jabeur but otherwise love your picks 🎉
My predictions:
1. Swiatek
2. Osaka
3. Gauff
4. Sabalenka
5. Rybakina
6. Haddad Maia
7. Pegula
8. Samsonova
9. Jabeur
10. Krejcikova
AO: Haddad Maia, RG: Swiatek, WB: Sabalenka, US: Osaka, Olympics: Swiatek.
I’m expecting a big year from Kenin
She could take Osaka’s spot.
Was just about to comment this
Ewry soviets get out@@scribblyart7956
No way Osaka will be in the top ten.
I believe she will be done as a top player.
Sakkari seems so much up and down, so i think she will be out of top ten. She just seems unable to beat top players.
People keep underestimating Coco. Not wise, when she is using haters as motivation.
This Video is timely and super helpful. Good job Cam.
Swiatek rybakina Sabalenka gauff pegula😊
For me it wld be...Iga,Saba,Gauff,Rybakina,Zheng,Pegula,Jabeur, Haddad Maia,Garcia,Krejikova in that order!
Let's do this
1. Iga
2. Sabalenko
3. Rybakina
4. Gauff
5. Muchova
6. Pegula
7. Jabeur
8. Kreichikova
9. Zheng
10. Samsonova
Iga will remain no. 1, that’s my only prediction and hope.
2024 is going to be an exciting year for WTA and ATP!
Lets hit that Like 👍 - Cam is already working hard for us preparing 2024!
Hi Cam good see you again 🎉 top tennis stars 2024 , I Will go Iga Swiatek Aryna Rybakina the others are all dark horse my predictions Thanks Cam Happy New Year 2024 ✅❤️
Ons will be out of top 10. Wishful thinking for Naomi.
This will be close to a last chance for Haddid Mia but I think she can break in.
She has little points to defend
Sabalenka definitely will be #1 or #2
1. Swiatek
2. Rybakina
3. Sabalenka
4. Gauff
5. Pegula
6. Muchova
7. Sakkari
8. Zheng
9. Jabeur
10. Kenin
I guess Osaka´s expected high position next year is doubtful. Her performance at Brisbane and Australian Open, first after such a long break from any match activity could be decisive for her lust to compete in the next events. Haddad Maia, Samsonova, who are still very "hungry", and Krejcikova, if she will be free from injuries could be taken into account as well. Raducanu may still find her place again among the best 100 players, if she will work and believe more in her chances to achieve a better position in the rankings, while forgetting about what the viewers may think about her performance.
I love the stats and breakdown of the predicted rankings
Can i make a prediction that Osaka won't finish next season because she will tired of tennis/pressure/funs/work/life or whatever?
Greet Minnen (as Venus predicted)
Sakkari
Erin Routlife
Alycia Parks
Despina Papamichail
Sapfo Sakellaridi
Katie Volynets
Katherine Sebov
Eva Lys
Bianca Andreescu
😂😂😂
Didn’t you forget Haddad Maia from Brazil? She beat Zheng on the Wta finals, it doesn’t make sense not to include her
Swiatek has always place a big emphasis on winning gold at the Olympics. With the US Open swing starting straight after the Olympics, I wonder if she will sacrifice performance at the two North American 1000 events and the US Open just so she can win the two gold at the Olympics. This may mean losing the No. 1 ranking. She can always become No. 1 in 2025 (at the ripe old age of 24) but the next Olympics will be 2028 (when she is 27).
Yeh, she and her coach said that Olympics are number one prio. But I think she will sacrafice a good performance at Grass season with Wimbledon. It is between Paris courts tournaments - RG and Olympics sooo...
This year Olympic is held on her favourite clay court on clay I think she will only sacrifice grass. It might be actually easy tournament for her as few of her biggest opponents may have focus on Wimbledon.
Hard to say it , if no contusion and positive attitude ... Iga is young and getting physically stronger ... I believe she can be more successful than in last year - 1GA 😃🍀🏆
I agree about Swiatek, I disagree about (the lovely) Rybakina, I love her, but be real she has only serve and forehand, her mobility is terrible, to win the big matches she needs to serve at superhuman level and she actually did it sometimes but not easy doing it consistently and she is at high risk of injury, I also disagree about Jabeur, in my opinion she already had the peak of her career (at least of this part) and she's not returning there, on the contrary I disagree about Coco Gauff, I see her at least number 4 if Pegula has another great season and Sabalenka will cope with her personal demons, otherwise she could go even higher.
I think Rybakina will be number 1 next year
She’ll need to win another Slam to do it, I’m guessing. She has the ability, but bad luck & bad bounces are always factors
I think Gauff will stay on top because those US tournaments will help her by giving bad schedule for her opponents.
Osaka, Im not sure because Swiatek style of play is actually her cryptonite
It's easier to find a shoe for an ant than predict anything in women's tennis or in women's sports in general. That said, it's time to jinx. I'm putting huge expectations on Qinwen I did the same this season but now I know I was dumb because there was no reason, her worse performance at the end of the year was better than all her previous best performances, the match against Bia in Elite Trophy was top 5 of the season without a doubt. In Bia herself I'm putting expectations but I won't to jinx 😂. Rybakina has 4k points to defend before RG, after that she's free now who knows if she's injury free, or ill free, or rage against WTA sh*t-show free? Sabalenka is effedup honestly almost 4 slam finals in a season I don't even remember when that happened last time I think Serena did it in 2013 so she'll need so much the 1000 events. Considering Iga won't fall before the QFs of any event she plays (bcos she did it only twice in 2 years) the season may be stable unless an injury comes or an early exit in RG I don't think she'll lose the n. 1 for herself eventually only if someone takes it. Pegula is the most stable player after Iga I mean throughout the season but lacking a couple of big titles to crown that stability. And Gauff is the real fully free throughout the whole season until USO month, let's see if she takes advantage of that like Sabalenka did this season. The Olympics (for what I read russians and belarusians will be playing) can be a mental fact for those who care for that as a bigger thing not only as an individual thing so it can affect the season positively or negatively for some players.
Nobody loses or gains points in the same way a prediction for 3 months out would for example. No points that count now will count this time next year, everyone starts at zero. Other than that nitpick, I'm on board with most of the predictions... except I think Gauff might be #2 or #3... and Potapova might sneak into the top 10. Let's see if this comment ages well in a year.
Ons is turning 30 next August and I hope she wins one grand slam before she retires. I am also rooting for Naomi Osaka.
Hopefully this is her year for Wimbledon this time. She made it to finals twice in a row.
Only thing you missed is Ostapenko as number one and winner of the golden slam
I think Kenin will make it in!
rashists out
Cam, I was amused by your statement - little asterix. Elena actually evokes such sentiments with her appearance, as if she were a lost child. 184 cm height 😎
Looks like I have to say it: Sabalenka will be in Top 3 year end if she stays healthy and injury-free. (Maybe even end as World number 1) Ofc she has points to defend especially in the beginning of the year BUT she didn’t do well at any other events except GS. 😅 Which means she can get a lot of points from there… + She’s looking very fire 🔥 rn and promising for 2024 season. GO ARYNA 🦁🤍
I think Kenin will be back in the top ten by the end of the year. She's starting to play really well again. With Rybakina, I hope that she is not starting to get injury prone because when she's on, she can beat anyone. I'm not as optimistic as Cam is about Osaka being back in the top ten. I would love to see it because she is fantastic at the top of her game!!
Kenin is a good shout, back in the top 40, under the radar and able to beat top players (like Sabalenka in Rome).
Definitely Osaka will be in top ten list. And if so she will upset alot of current top ten. And it will affect their rank alot
Also keep in mind that non of these ladies ever defended a GS title. Its a kinda free for all when it comes to winning the GS titles. Only Iga has some credit at winning/defending titles
That’s why Iga will stay at #1! She’s something else
I don't really understand the point of the points to gain and lose system, as in a calendar year all the points will be lost anyways, and every tournament has points to gain. So what's the point
Svitolina
No fear Cam Let's Go!!!!!
My Top 5:
1. Rybakina
2. Gauff
3. Swiatek
4. Sabalenka
5. Pegula
Je pense que Rybakina sortira du top 10 rybakina out top 10
Discount leylah fernandez at your peril
... you kept Maria (no shade to her) and left out Karo Muchova?! 😒😒😒
Cam curse starting early
I will put Andreeva on top 10
Hoping Leylah Kenin in top ten ❤
I don't believe Osaka be on top 10. Sakkari will be out top 10 and Jabeur 7 or 8 let's see in Dec 2024
When predicting 2024 YEAR-END ranking, there is absolutely NO need to discuss what tourney/points to defend from 2023 or what to gain in 2024? People making that mistake all the time. Everyone is clean slate on 1/1/2024 (from 2024 Year-End ranking point of view) and 2023 result didn’t matter at all - Cam should know better
There is added pressure and more drive to win those events again so while it is a clean slate, it is still relevant
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It's called context. How else would you do it. He's not predicting every tournament separately. Get off your high horse and think.
It does not matter when you are looking at the Number 1 or 2 as it is consistency across the year that get you those positions. It does matter at the lower ranking as the player may have got their position through good performance at one or two tournaments which you don’t think will be repeated. Example is Vondrousa who got into the top 10 through her win at Wimbledon but had average performance throughout the rest of the year. Another example is Gauff. Her position was through that fantastic run in the North American hard court season but had very ordinary performance in the first half of the year. In that case, Cam is making a call that she can’t repeat her performance and her ranks will drop after next year’s North American hard court season.
The biggest unknown is the impact of the Olympics. It starts two weeks after Wimbledon finishes and the North American hard court season starts straight after the Olympics. As the Olympics is only held once every 4 years, it is hard to determine what players will sacrifice to obtain Olympics glory.
Do you not know how the points ranking system works? When you can't defend the points you won at the same tournament, you lose points and that affects your ranking. Spoken like a true, ignorant glory supporter.
I think ostapenko will be back in the top 10
If you are predicting who will end the year 2024 in the top 10, then points to defend means absolutely nothing. You can have 20,000 points to defend from 2023 or 0 points to defend in 2023. If we are talking about who will end the year 2024 where, then all those points to defend or not defend means absolutely nothing since only 2024 points count 🤷♂️
It matters because if you lose all of your points early in the year you will drop down and you will be even more dependent on the points from last year to keep yourself high ranked than players doing well in the current year.
Rookie makes such mistake all the time by talking about what points to defend or gain regarding 2024 YEAR-END ranking, but I thought Cam (the host) should know better than that. But he didn’t apparently.
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Points to defend matters because without defending your points you drop your ranking and your draws get harder and harder.
For instance if Rybakina can get to the final or better in the Australian Open then she will stay at 4 or go up in ranking and then her draw for later tournaments will be much easier than her 2023 draws(which were mostly horrible)and that means she will be more likely to maintain or improve her rank from this year.
@@westonmeyer3110 You are so clueless. The discussion of this Cam’s video clip is about 2024 YEAR-END ranking, NOT someone’s ranking at some other date in 2024. Do you understand the difference of these two? When talking about 2024 Year-End ranking, NOTHING in 2023 matters, so NO need to talk about 2023 at all
@@minzhang3758 It's Okay,these people don't understand it
Pegula is no spring chicken. She drops out of the top 10. Osaka is the wild card. If she's fit and motivated, She could make it all the way back.
Pegula consistently makes atleast quarter finals
Samsonova?
Defending points doesn't matter for year end ranking
??? Anybody home ??? Of course it matters, we don’t start from the zero the season, but with the current / present points. E.g. Sabalenka won AO Grand Slam last year and got 2500 points, now If she gets to semifinsal but not into final she gets only 1000 points, so 1500 points will be dedducted from her ranking points. Second example Miami, which is WTA1000 tournament and due to illness Swiatek didn’t play, so zero points, and If she wins it’s +1000 points.
@@jukkao.parviainen8669yes for the 52 week ranking it matters but for year end it doesn't because it's the points you accumulate throughout the year,so yes if Sabalenka was to make the semifinal of Australian open that would affect her ranking,but that doesn't mean she can't end the year number one,what matters is that she does well in big tournaments and by the way winning a grand slam is 2000 points not 2500
@@midfieldmaestro2439 I thought that you meant next year end ranking. Thanks for correcting me about GS points, I was only miserable Challenger level player, so never thought of winning GS 😀. I live in Warsaw and played in the same courts as Iga is training for the last eight years. Spoken to her and to her staff, even warmed up with her maybe 40 times, her staff is really phenomenal, and the improvements they develop all the time. Next year we see Iga 2.0. I am not Polish but speak it fluently. Just awesome material to coach and train physically and mentally. Off the court, always funny, making tricks to her staff, but on the court, she is serious business. Little bit like CR7, trains that extra 15 mins and HATES to lose. I think we are now on the same page about the ranking how it goes. But putting Osaka straight to top10 is a bit overstatement.
@@jukkao.parviainen8669 Nice man,I really like Iga as well,I think she'll have a great year,take care of yourself man,I wish you nothing but the best!
Sabalenka no.4 ?! She will be no.1 back!
I like Sakkari but her 2023 season was horrendous and she won Guadalajara by beating weak players .....
Your totally forgetting Petra kvitova, Paula Badosa and Donna Vekic. Ahem...
Kvitova is pregnant 🙂
I think ostapanko.beninic wozinacki
Belinda is pregnant.
OH NO YOU DIDN'T!
#teampenko
Krejcikova did not play well for half of the season, Rybakina is very weak healthwise, Ons is weak physiacally. What she presented today in Rijadh vs Sabalenka was excellent first set which she won. Byt as th match pogressed we could observe she was weaker and weaker from the muddle id the second set which she lost 6:3 and set 3 was dominated by Sabalenka which did not play great at all. She was not focused but of course it was just a show match by the invitation of the organizers. Ons still has a few weeks to work on her physical form. Everyone is praising OSAKA. let us see her in at least one match to make any predictions. Her season before dropping out for over ayear was not great either. Her thinking is purely wishfull right now. All the top 10 players had made a huge progress and Osaka may just hit the wall ...I like her very much byt ther is Kerber comming back, Wozniacki already played a little and tge red carpet star Raducanu snd sll of them claim the top 10, at least a GS and Olympic medal of course. But there are only 3 Olympic medals and 4 GS. Time will show. Last season 2023 has shown that those who come back play quite well in a few matches or even win one event but then there is evident decline in physical and mental fitness which means lack of consistency. I would not be a fortune teller today. It will be a very very difficult season. Let us take step by step and see what happens first at Australian Open. Regards
1) Rybakina
2) Sabalenka
3) Swiatek
4) Pegula
5) Ostapenko
6) Kvitova
7) Muchova (If healthy)
8) Krejcikova
9) Samsonova
10)Vondrousova
If Rybakina is number 1 it is pretty much impossible for Sabalenka to be number 2 because that would mean Rybakina is knocking Sabalenka out of tournaments that she won this year like Madrid and the AO.
Pretty much any improvement for Rybakina’s rank comes at the expense of Sabalenka who did well in most tournaments last year.
@@westonmeyer3110 If Rybakina would knock down Sabalenka in couple tournaments and some other tournaments Sabalenka would knock down Rybakina and they both knock down Swiatek Rybakina can be ranked 1st and Sabalenka 2nd.
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Unless Rybakina wins Roland Garros(which could happen)and Stuttgart(which would be hilarious and also could happen)then I kind of doubt something like that would happen.
But personally I just think Sabalenka is not going to be able to keep up. Iga is massively improving with her added variety and improved serve and Rybakina is slowly but surely removing her weaknesses(despite her serve getting worse in some areas). Sabalenka doesn’t really have many areas she can improve other than consistency.
Without Sabalenka serving lights out she can’t beat Iga(and Sabalenka is way too mentally weak to be able to do that)and once Rybakina becomes fully comfortable moving(she moved a bit against Iga and Sabalenka at the WTL and even hit some running winners so that is starting to move in the right direction finally)then Sabalenka has absolutely no chance against her(Rybakina should have wiped her off the court at the WTL but her serve went AWOL at 5-3)
Even Gauff is going to be a massive problem for Sabalenka next year because Sabalenka can’t power through her, not to mention players like Samsonova who know exactly how to beat her with great returns and excellent drop shots.
Not easy to predict 😅
10 - Potapova
9 - Zheng
8 - Osaka
7- Gauff
6 - Jabeur
5 - Rybakina
4 - Svitolina 🤔
3 - Pegula
2 - Swiatek
1 - Sabalenka
Defending points is irrelevant for end of the year rankings.
Yes .. Defending points is irrelevant for the end of the year but in middle of the year it will cause lot of pressure for the players who needs to defend lot of points that might have an effect in the year end ranking. Even Swiatek lost her no.1 last year while defending US open.
You would think a “tennis expert” like Cam knows better, right? You could be wrong. Never mind those clueless tennis fans who can never distinguish year-end ranking (which has absolutely nothing to do with previous year’s result) versus one’s highest rank (at certain point) in a year which has everything to do with one’s result in last 12 months possibly results from last year. I am just amused reading comments from those clueless “tennis fans”
I think we all can disagree with Jabeur ofc, I personally believe she would not be in top 10, let alone be no.4. Rybakina being no.2 is too much to ask. Rybakina is a good player but could she have a better year than 2023 is dubious enough. My picks are -
1. Swiatek (with a healthy lead)
2 & 3. Sabalenka and Pegula (any order)
4. Gauff (you never know what she can do)
5. Zheng (wild pick but there are many surprise slam winners)
In any order - Rybakina, Sakkari (just hanging around in similar fashion), Svitolina (could be tenacious), Haddad Maia (unquestionable) and Ostapenko (can win something big and then flop).
Honorable mentions - Krejcikova & Muchova (depends upon how fit they are), Osaka ( 4 time GS champion but played decades ago, so can't really predict), Pliskova (can be in top 10 or close enough)
Gauff will fall out of top 8
Based on what formula?
Only in your dream world.
my prediction: Rybakina, Swiatek, Sabalenka
Coco will end the year as number 1. I predict she will win at least 2 slams and finish at least in the QFs in the others.😂