If you have never heard of her, keep an eye on Elena Rybakina. The twenty-year-old Kazakhstani may just have announced her arrival in Bucharest. She never dropped a set the entire tournament and dismantled the home crowd favorite, Patricia Maria Tig, 6-2, 6-0 to claim the BRD Bucharest Open title as her first career singles title on the WTA Tour. Rybakina showed no evidence of nerves in her first final, protecting her serve nicely in the first set and being even more dominant in the second. She showed no mercy to her opponent, who had battled all tournament to get to the final. It was an impressive performance from Rybakina and now the real challenge begins, keeping this level up week in and week out.
ATP & WTA Top 100 Ranking Changes
| NAME | SPOTS MOVED | NEW RANKING |
| Nicolas Jarry (CHI) | UP 26 | 38 CAREER HIGH |
| Steve Johnson (USA) | DOWN 25 | 93 |
| Marco Cecchinato (ITA) | DOWN 23 | 63 |
| Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) | UP 15 | 56 CAREER HIGH |
| Richard Gasquet (FRA) | DOWN 15 | 65 |
| Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) | UP 14 | 85 |
| Alexander Bublik (KAZ) | UP 12 | 71 CAREER HIGH |
| Matthew Ebden (AUS) | UP 10 | 100 |
| Dusan Lajovic (SRB) | UP 10 | 26 |
| Bradley Klahn (USA) | DOWN 10 | 94 |
| Elena Rybakina (KAZ) | UP 41 | 65 CAREER HIGH |
| Fiona Ferro (FRA) | UP 23 | 75 CAREER HIGH |
| Sorana Cirstea (ROU) | DOWN 15 | 96 |
| Marie Bouzkova (CZE) | UP 12 | 92 CAREER HIGH |
| Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) | UP 12 | 100 |
| Bernarda Pera (USA) | UP 11 | 74 |
| Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) | DOWN 11 | 98 |
| Vera Zvonareva (RUS) | DOWN 10 | 88 |
ATP & WTA Top 10 Ranking Changes
ATP: the top ten members remained the same; however, Fabio Fognini and Daniil Medvedev traded places to #10 and #9 respectively. Novak Djokovic remains at #1.
WTA: there were no changes amongst the top ten members, they all remained the same and maintained their exact positions from the previous week. Ashleigh Barty remains at #1.
SOURCE OF IMAGES: Zimbio.com (main image by Abbie Parr/Getty Images North America-Elena Rybakina)
