Sorana Cîrstea equaled the best ranking of her career! What place would he climb in the WTA hierarchy, if he lifts the trophy in Rome
Article by Daniel Grigore – Published Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 4:04 p.m. / Updated Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 4:08 p.m.
Sorana Cîrstea (36 years old) qualified for the semifinals of the tournament in Rome after 6-1, 7-6 (0) with Jelena Ostapenko (28 years old). Accessing the ace box at the WTA1000 category tournament brought her 390 points, with which our player equaled her best career ranking, 21st place in the world!
Sorana Cîrstea succeeds in a dream course in Rome. Today she defeated Jelena Ostapenko and qualified for the semifinals, where she will face the winner of the Coco Gauff – Mirra Andreeva duel.
Sorana Cîrstea equaled the best ranking of her career: 21st WTA
Access to the semifinals comes with 390 points in the WTA ranking. They climbed it in the real-time ranking from the position he occupied at the start of the tournament, 27, to 21.
It is the best ranking of his career, a place he occupied only in 2013, for the first time in August of that year.
The final would take her to 18th place, the trophy, to 15th WTA!
But the journey did not end here. Qualifying for the final would raise the number of points from 390 to 650. The difference of 260 points would make him climb another 3 positions, up to 18th in the world.
And winning the trophy, which comes with 1,000 WTA points, would produce a real jump, up to 15th place in the world.
Now, just after the win with Ostapenko, Sorana has reached a total of 1,887 points. No. 20 in the world, Clara Tauson, has 1,920. 14th place is unattainable, Ekaterina Alexandrova having 2,581 points.
WTA ranking in real time / source: live-tennis.eu
