Rybakina spends a seventh week at No. 1 and starts the Tokyo event

In the WTA rankings of 26 October Elena Rybakina remains world No. 1 for a seventh straight week. She has 9,501 points; Aryna Sabalenka is second with 7,550, a gap of 1,951 points, and Mirra Andreeva is third (6,306). This week Rybakina plays the WTA 500 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, held from 26 October to 1 November. She is the top seed and has a first-round bye; in the second round she will face the winner of Yulia Putintseva (a qualifier) and Maria Sakkari. The date and time of the match will be known once the order of play is published; Tokyo is four hours ahead of Astana. Before the start Belinda Bencic (right ankle injury) and Maja Chwalinska (left thigh injury) withdrew from the event. Tokyo is Rybakina's last tournament before the WTA Finals at Indian Wells, which begin on 8 November and where she is the defending champion.