@@marcinmm3644 Bruh. She isn't top 10 material. Top 30 to top 20 at best. She is very inconsistent, too emotional and too weak mentally. She lacks fighter's instinct to reach top 10.
@@einarsd4 kidding? Her WTA winning percentage is 76%. Who other than IGA has such high winning percentage currently. She is currently ranked 16 and you are talking about 20-30. She might seem inconsistent because she is playing one tournament and them skipping in next couple. That is because at such young age too much play can cause injury. At such young age, muscles are not build up. You have seen what happened to Raducanu. Unless you have genetically athletic body like Williams sisters. One should not play too much at this age. Even carlos inspite of working too much on building muscles has gone through injuries. And therefore he also skips many events. Going forward she gradually play and more. Women are not advised to build muscles unless you may endup like Maria sakkari which leaves body too stuff, thus let it develop naturally.
@@einarsd4 Do you know how many top 10 players she has defeated consistently? Her records at this age are better what COCO had at this age. However media is not so favorable because she is russian.
@@einarsd4 she had to play qualifier for AO and FO 2024 Grand slams and now she is 16th ranked. Her performance in GS are far better than many of top 10 predicted players here. But her ranking points are not that much because she is playing only 50% of tournaments and that is a wise decision at this stage.
I believe Iga is going to be no 1 at the end of the year. This year she would also be if she could play in the Asia swing. It’s a pity we couldn’t see her playing especially in Beijing and Seul. I Think Iga would win some titles and play better at WTA Finals 😢
It does depends on how the partnership with Wim Fissette works out. The aim is to improve the results in the non FO GS tournaments (her weak points to date). If IGa can reach the last 4 of those tournaments plus do well at the Asia swing then she could take back No. 1 in the second half the year. Cam just looks at points defending and recent form. You still need to look at form over the year, Sabalenka has never been a consistent player. Also Rybakina should be considered be a serious force next year. The hiring of Goran Ivanisevic should give her a good basis to get over the Vukov bad old good days as well rely on his experiences (both as a player and coach) to win a GS (eg Wimbledon). Again something overlooked by Cam.
Well, she won the most matches & lost the fewest, out of Top 10 players. She’s threatened to win 70 matches each of the last 3 seasons. She may have peaked, & is declining though. Losing the Olympics semi, is a bad sign for her, imo.
@@TheDeadlyKnight in my opinion she didn’t reach her peak because there are some parts of the game she could be better at (for example coming to the net, second serve) and she’s 23 years old. Of course we’ll see, maybe you’re right
It’ll be a battle for that #1 like it’s been in the last years. I’d like to see Osaka make the top 10 but it’s so hard to know where her level is at currently.
My top 5: 1. Swiatek 2. Coco 3. Sabalenka 4. Muchova 5. Zheng Still backing Iga to end as year end no.1. No one has come close to disturb* her clay season where she can get 4500 points max. Also she can gain lot of points in later part of season in North America and Asian tour. For Sabalenka, she needs to defend 2 slams, that’s bit tricky. Also rise of Muchova could be the fall of Sabalenka too. Let’s see. 🤞
Excellent list, especially if Muchova can stay healthy. Gauff and Swiatek have already shown that their coaching changes have worked, and that bodes well for 2025. Rybakina is my favorite player, but I think her coaching change, which looks perfect on paper, won't work out as well. I think she'll get off to a slow start in Australia, probably getting eliminated in early, will pick up some steam through the winter and spring, but won't quite reach the heights some expect. I see her barely cracking the Top 10.
Year end rankings 2025: 1. Swiatek 2. Sabalenka 3. Rybakina 4. Gauff 5. Muchova 6. Zheng 7. Badosa 8. Osaka 9. Shnaider 10. Andreeva Perhaps a bit nostalgic, and some picks are a stretch with a touch of wishful thinking😅
With Coco's forehand and service game now clicking; she will reach no.1. Not only that, but she'll be there for a long time.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@kacpergreczynski1320 Coco's weak serve was the only reason why Iga dominnated her for so long. Come 2025 and beyond, COCO GAUFF 2.0 is going to use her imphatical WTA tournament victory over her as a reminder. BTW: Prepare for more Sabalenka implosions, when COCO GAUFF 2.0 defeats her again and again as well 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.
@@marcusgraham5084 It wasn’t just her serve. Her game doesn’t pair well with Iga’s, making the matches one sided. It will take more to beat Iga than a good serve, unfortunately
@@kacpergreczynski1320 Under Brad and the others before him: Her serve was was weak and inconsistent. Always failing her at crucial times. Plus these guys tend to give her complicated game plans that never really suited her needs, but instead take away what she already has. Which are her superior problem solving capabilities and athletism (which no other player on tour has; not even Iga). All these elements put together, always benefit Iga, Sabalenka and others. Basically, her long term development as a player would continue to be stagnated. However under Tim Daly, those days are gone. Coco has now begun to thrive. Tim Daly has a very simple plan for Coco. Just for her to go out there and problem solve and use her athletism. That alongside her ability to fight and win; win continue to carry players like Iga, Sabalenka Quinwen and others into deeper waters. Barbora will be next. As Good Energy said: When Coco is not giving away free points, players will have no choice but to go toe to toe with her as well as try to out hustle her; which they'll continue to realize. Trust me Iga, nor any other player's game troubles Coco anymore. It's Coco game that will cause problems and massive upsets come 2025 and beyond. The old Coco is gone. Welcome COCO GAUFF 2.0🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.
1. Iga Swiatek 2. Aryna Sabalenka 3. Coco Gauff 4. Elena Rybakina 5. Zheng Qinwen 6. Emma Navarro 7. Jessica Pegula 8. Jasmine Paolini 9. Diana Shnaider 10. Paula Badosa Very similar to Cam's, like previous years, just switch Navarro for Muchova. I am quite surprised why Cam didn't put Navarro in his top 10 though, I think she has a lot of upside compared to some of the other players he put in his top 10.
Thanks for another video Cam! I start to think you're a robot- you never sleep and you never seem to need any time of rest or downtime. All the best for you in 2025! 🎉
Year end rankings 2025: 1:Sabalenka 2:Gauff 3:Swiatek 4:Zheng 5:Muchova 6:Paolini 7:Badosa 8:Pegula 9:Andreeva 10:Svitolina Furthermore I think that Raducanu will finish in top 15 if she is constantly playing tournaments without injuries. Halep will probably finish top 50( unfortunately I think the rest of her career will be like sharapovas after her ban. To be honest, there will be many surprises during 2025. I STILL HOPE THAT RADWANSKA IS MAKING A COMEBACK (probably won’t happen)
Not exactly prediction but rooting for my favourites in this order Krejcikova & Ostapenko to finish in top 10. Collins to finish in top 15 atleast and Putintseva to finish atleast top 20.
If the prediction is about the WTA rankings at the END of next year then all the calculations on the points to defend are completely useless, because they will simply be the sum of the points accumulated from January to December. During the year the system always allows to establish the strongest in the previous 12 months, in order to establish the draws of the various tournaments based on the ranking, while the race for the WTA Finals starts from zero at the beginning of the year, but then at the end of the year the ranking and race coincide. So all those who are including in their reasoning how many points Sabalenka or Paolini or anyone else have to defend are just wasting time (and unfortunately Cam is one of them too).
Defending the points does have an impact overall. Particularly for top ranked players to stay seeded in each tournaments they need to defend previous year’s tournament points. Else they would be unseeded in upcoming tournament. Unseeded player has to play extra match in 500/1000 events and also they might have to face top ranked players in early rounds itself. That’s where defending the points in each tournaments will benefit the players to keep them seeded through out the season.
@@coolyoutuber6237 Defending the points has a negligible impact on the seeding of tournaments, the seeds are a minimum of 16 up to a maximum of 32 and for the top players climbing or falling a few places in the ranking during the year does not change at all the chances of having a favorable draw, linked above all to luck in the lottery, if it is not clear to you I suggest you go and see how the draws of all the tournaments work, in addition to rereading better what I had written in my first comment. In any case, the discussion concerned the prediction of the END OF THE YEAR ranking, where considering the points to defend means having understood little or nothing of how the ranking system works.
@@francescojsb Indeed, and it is strange that so many fail to understand it. Observing the variations in the ranking during the year, going to look at the defending points of the players, is only useful to see if someone beats his best ranking or if the number 1 will increase the number of weeks in the lead or not, for the rest what matters most is to remain number 1 until the end of the year, and for that you simply need to add the points earned from January to December.
@@coolyoutuber6237 you are 100 percent right. Don’t know why these 2 guys don’t understand. Yes as per the rule year end ranking depends only on the points earned from January to end of the season. But the season is not just about final tournament of the season. I ask one question- Why unseeded players during start of the season can’t become year end no.1? If we try to find answer for this question, then we will know, why defending the points does have an impact on year end ranking.
I do believe Shnaider is a contender for big tournaments next year, her ascension to the top of the game reminds me of Simona Halep's 2013 season honestly. She's had a wonderful season and I'm quite sure she'll end up in the top 10 next year, but could as well end in the top 5! Plus, she definitely has the game to challenge the top players soo I'm interested in seeing how she'll manage big matches against the likes of Sabalenka, Swiatek and Gauff!
You've forgot Mirra Andreeva. She will be #4 at the end of the year. She has good serve, good return, is strong, has excellent fitness and condition, playes with her brain, thinks on the court and places ball intelligently, she is quick but conserves energy, her legs are like springs, she learns very quickly - in accelerated fashion.
In what dimension is winning 1 slam the same thing as winning Olympic Gold ?? Olympics is once every 4 years, in that time there would have been 16 slams, (16 opportunities instead of 1). Olympics is representing your country, slams is playing for yourself. NOVAX Olympics 2024 post match on court interview said "winning Olympic Gold supercedes everything" !!
The end of 2025 WTA rankings will look something like this 1. Coco Gauff ( The most athletic) 2. Aryna Sabalenka ( powerful) 3. Qinwen Zheng ( Hungry to win ) 4. Iga Swiatek ( On the decline) 5. Elena Rybakina ( Improved slightly) 6. Emma Navaro 7. Jessica Pegula 8. Muchova 9. Mirra Navaro 10 ???
Really hoping Muchova remains injury free and she plays often next year - her tennis is just sublime, she's my favourite. I think Shneider might reach higher, and I think Navarro might hold her place somewhere in the lower part of the top 10, with possibly Andreeva sneaking in towards year end. I don't think Rybakina will keep her place, nor Zheng, but praying Paolini remains in the top 10!!
I'm actually pretty much in agreement with these players. Wild cards are Naomi and Belinda coming back, and Mirra with her first truly full year turning 18 in the Summer.
OK , can't resist. 'Muchova's gonna play a full year , win 2 slams and 2 1000 level..... Badosa , Keys , Ostapenko and Paolina still in top 15 or so , one more time.
its unlikely but i do want to see Naomi Osaka back at least bottom top 10, or somewhere between 10-15! I also want to give a chance at like the younger players like Andreeva to be maybe top 10!!
Well... the top three🤣 - I'm surprised you didn't put Coco as number one, that would have been too obvious, lol. If Shnaider doesn't get injured or affected too much by the heat, she'll be probably be higher than ten. And then there is M.Andreeva who still hasn't arrived on Cam's radar, she'll definitely end up in the top ten. Queen Wen might just end up as number three at the end of the year. The Queen doesn't do 'sick' or 'injured'.
@@rickc661Tim Daly is at work. The scary thing about Coco is that, even when her serve is failing her at intervals; her superior problem solving capabilities and athletism, coupled with her will to fight and win; that's more than enough to take players into very deep waters. Now thanks to Daly, she has some guidance as she will now be able to put in the work on her serve during the the off season (unlike Brad). To all of the WTA, the nightmare of COCO GAUFF 2.0 has begun. Come 2025 and beyond, fasten your seatbelts; it's long and bumpy ride.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
My top 10 prediction for 2025: 1) Swiatek 2) Sabalenka 3) Rybakina (if healthy) 4) Muchova (if healthy) 5) Zheng 6) Svitolina 7) Ostapenko (if healthy and if she will not make drama and argue with umpires) 8) Krejcikova. (if healthy) 9) Paolini 10) Gauff
Your predictions are probably the most informed on YT. However, why are so many RUclips commentators not picking Iga for No 1 or even No 2? this is bizarre. I have seen her put at 4th or even lower. I think it will be a battle between Iga and Saba throughout the year. The year end No 1 will be between these two. I will put my money on Iga due to the points she can pick up towards the end of 2025.
Sabalenka wont be able to play with the pressure of being no1. Iga has done this for 2,5 years and still won a lot of titles and 4 slams. Sabalenka has won nothing while she is no1. There ia no way she is defending australia
That is one player left out of the equation. She never had a high profile but came in under the radar through consistency and sheer work ethic to reach the Top 10. I would include her in my list of Top 10 - probably around 8-10.
Sabalenka has too many points to loose. I'm a Sabalenka fan but I dont think she'll end up number one at year's end. My prediction for top 5 is Gauff Swiatek Jabeur Sabalenka Muchova I put Jabeur because I think she will win Wimbledon next year and overall she'll have a great season.
@ricklee5845 Gauff has the potential of getting to the Australian Open final, French open final, doing better at Wimbledon and US open than this year. She may not win any grandslam but she'll gain points rather than loose them. Even if Sabalenka wins both AO and USO, she'll just be defending the points she already has. I don't think she'll do any better at FO that leaves only Wimbledon for more points.
@@Emmawhoful już po raz kolejny czytam te idiotyzmy, które uzależniają miejsce na koniec roku od obrony jakiś punktów. Otóż obrona punktów a miejsce na koniec roku nie ma żadnego znaczenia. koniec roku jest to suma zdobytych punktów przez ostatnie 12 miesięcy, wiec każdy ma dokładnie takie same szanse. pozycja w trakcie roku to już zupełnie inna sprawa. ludzie ogarnijcie się, to jest prosta matematyka
Who is in your TOP 10?
Andreeva not in Top 10? She didnt play many tournaments this year. She can easily be in top 10 if plays few more.
@@marcinmm3644 Bruh. She isn't top 10 material. Top 30 to top 20 at best. She is very inconsistent, too emotional and too weak mentally. She lacks fighter's instinct to reach top 10.
@@einarsd4 kidding? Her WTA winning percentage is 76%. Who other than IGA has such high winning percentage currently. She is currently ranked 16 and you are talking about 20-30.
She might seem inconsistent because she is playing one tournament and them skipping in next couple. That is because at such young age too much play can cause injury. At such young age, muscles are not build up. You have seen what happened to Raducanu.
Unless you have genetically athletic body like Williams sisters. One should not play too much at this age.
Even carlos inspite of working too much on building muscles has gone through injuries. And therefore he also skips many events.
Going forward she gradually play and more. Women are not advised to build muscles unless you may endup like Maria sakkari which leaves body too stuff, thus let it develop naturally.
@@einarsd4 Do you know how many top 10 players she has defeated consistently? Her records at this age are better what COCO had at this age.
However media is not so favorable because she is russian.
@@einarsd4 she had to play qualifier for AO and FO 2024 Grand slams and now she is 16th ranked. Her performance in GS are far better than many of top 10 predicted players here. But her ranking points are not that much because she is playing only 50% of tournaments and that is a wise decision at this stage.
I believe Iga is going to be no 1 at the end of the year. This year she would also be if she could play in the Asia swing. It’s a pity we couldn’t see her playing especially in Beijing and Seul. I Think Iga would win some titles and play better at WTA Finals 😢
Lets see if both (Aryna and Iga) are healthy it’s gonna be interesting to see who’s performing better
Also I am excited to see Aryna play in Wimbledon / Iga in AO
It does depends on how the partnership with Wim Fissette works out. The aim is to improve the results in the non FO GS tournaments (her weak points to date). If IGa can reach the last 4 of those tournaments plus do well at the Asia swing then she could take back No. 1 in the second half the year.
Cam just looks at points defending and recent form. You still need to look at form over the year, Sabalenka has never been a consistent player. Also Rybakina should be considered be a serious force next year. The hiring of Goran Ivanisevic should give her a good basis to get over the Vukov bad old good days as well rely on his experiences (both as a player and coach) to win a GS (eg Wimbledon). Again something overlooked by Cam.
Well, she won the most matches & lost the fewest, out of Top 10 players. She’s threatened to win 70 matches each of the last 3 seasons. She may have peaked, & is declining though. Losing the Olympics semi, is a bad sign for her, imo.
@@TheDeadlyKnight in my opinion she didn’t reach her peak because there are some parts of the game she could be better at (for example coming to the net, second serve) and she’s 23 years old.
Of course we’ll see, maybe you’re right
1. Iga 2. Saba 3. Coco
Iga will dominate 2025. She's the class act.
Ouhh sb is confident
hands waving*
Enter COCO GAUFF 2.0🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.
It’ll be a battle for that #1 like it’s been in the last years. I’d like to see Osaka make the top 10 but it’s so hard to know where her level is at currently.
I am actually surprised that Cam hasn't got her in the top 5.
Would love to see Muchova winning her first slam. She deserves it
Me too although it's rather unlikely.
My top 5:
1. Swiatek
2. Coco
3. Sabalenka
4. Muchova
5. Zheng
Still backing Iga to end as year end no.1. No one has come close to disturb* her clay season where she can get 4500 points max. Also she can gain lot of points in later part of season in North America and Asian tour. For Sabalenka, she needs to defend 2 slams, that’s bit tricky. Also rise of Muchova could be the fall of Sabalenka too. Let’s see. 🤞
People are too anti-Iga if it comes for AO/USO. She will have her chances there.
They stick hardcourt to Aryna but Iga can play on HC too.
@@SmithyPL that's why she change her coach
Excellent list, especially if Muchova can stay healthy.
Gauff and Swiatek have already shown that their coaching changes have worked, and that bodes well for 2025.
Rybakina is my favorite player, but I think her coaching change, which looks perfect on paper, won't work out as well. I think she'll get off to a slow start in Australia, probably getting eliminated in early, will pick up some steam through the winter and spring, but won't quite reach the heights some expect. I see her barely cracking the Top 10.
Year end rankings 2025:
1. Swiatek
2. Sabalenka
3. Rybakina
4. Gauff
5. Muchova
6. Zheng
7. Badosa
8. Osaka
9. Shnaider
10. Andreeva
Perhaps a bit nostalgic, and some picks are a stretch with a touch of wishful thinking😅
With Coco's forehand and service game now clicking; she will reach no.1. Not only that, but she'll be there for a long time.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@ She won’t be if she can’t beat Iga consistently. Aryna is very competitive against her as well
@@kacpergreczynski1320 Coco's weak serve was the only reason why Iga dominnated her for so long. Come 2025 and beyond, COCO GAUFF 2.0 is going to use her imphatical WTA tournament victory over her as a reminder.
BTW: Prepare for more Sabalenka implosions, when COCO GAUFF 2.0 defeats her again and again as well 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.
@@marcusgraham5084 It wasn’t just her serve. Her game doesn’t pair well with Iga’s, making the matches one sided. It will take more to beat Iga than a good serve, unfortunately
@@kacpergreczynski1320 Under Brad and the others before him: Her serve was was weak and inconsistent. Always failing her at crucial times. Plus these guys tend to give her complicated game plans that never really suited her needs, but instead take away what she already has. Which are her superior problem solving capabilities and athletism (which no other player on tour has; not even Iga). All these elements put together, always benefit Iga, Sabalenka and others. Basically, her long term development as a player would continue to be stagnated.
However under Tim Daly, those days are gone. Coco has now begun to thrive. Tim Daly has a very simple plan for Coco. Just for her to go out there and problem solve and use her athletism. That alongside her ability to fight and win; win continue to carry players like Iga, Sabalenka Quinwen and others into deeper waters. Barbora will be next.
As Good Energy said: When Coco is not giving away free points, players will have no choice but to go toe to toe with her as well as try to out hustle her; which they'll continue to realize.
Trust me Iga, nor any other player's game troubles Coco anymore. It's Coco game that will cause problems and massive upsets come 2025 and beyond.
The old Coco is gone. Welcome COCO GAUFF 2.0🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.
1. Iga
2. Coco
3. Sabalenka
4. Zheng
5. Rybakina
6. Pegula
7. Paolini
8. Muchova
9. Badosa
10. Navarro
1. Iga Swiatek
2. Aryna Sabalenka
3. Coco Gauff
4. Elena Rybakina
5. Zheng Qinwen
6. Emma Navarro
7. Jessica Pegula
8. Jasmine Paolini
9. Diana Shnaider
10. Paula Badosa
Very similar to Cam's, like previous years, just switch Navarro for Muchova. I am quite surprised why Cam didn't put Navarro in his top 10 though, I think she has a lot of upside compared to some of the other players he put in his top 10.
I can see Schneider and possibly Andreeva reaching the top 10.
1. Sabalenka
2. Swiatek
3. Zheng
4. Gauff
5.Muchova
6. Badosa
7. Osaka
8. Rybakina
9. Shnaider
10. Andreeva
Thanks for another video Cam! I start to think you're a robot- you never sleep and you never seem to need any time of rest or downtime. All the best for you in 2025! 🎉
It's because of the time zone in Australia
He’s the one responsible for all those UFO sightings recently. His friends are looking for him. Cam’s from outta space
@@LdnLady 1000000% !!!
Merry Christmas Cam!!! Thanks for this
I wish this year Karo wins some tournaments.. I think that is the principal objetive for her
I think Mira Andreeva will sneak in there somehow despite limited tournaments till she turns 18
No love for navarro?! I think shes moving up, solid player
Never a high profile and came in under the radar. I would put her in my Top 10 through consistency and sheer work ethics.
@ agreed, consistency is what i find impressive
Year end rankings 2025:
1:Sabalenka
2:Gauff
3:Swiatek
4:Zheng
5:Muchova
6:Paolini
7:Badosa
8:Pegula
9:Andreeva
10:Svitolina
Furthermore I think that Raducanu will finish in top 15 if she is constantly playing tournaments without injuries. Halep will probably finish top 50( unfortunately I think the rest of her career will be like sharapovas after her ban. To be honest, there will be many surprises during 2025. I STILL HOPE THAT RADWANSKA IS MAKING A COMEBACK (probably won’t happen)
Love this analysis thanks Cam. Would be very happy to see Muchova back in the top 10.
Not exactly prediction but rooting for my favourites in this order Krejcikova & Ostapenko to finish in top 10. Collins to finish in top 15 atleast and Putintseva to finish atleast top 20.
Amazing video. Thanks Cam
My top 10 predictions for 2025:
1. Sabalenka
2. Swiatek
3. Gauff
4. Rybakina
5. Muchova
6. Pegula
7. Zheng
8. Padosa
9. Jabeur
10. Osaka? Or Andreeva
Mine
#1 - Sabalenka
#2 - Swiatek
#3 - Rybakina
#4 - Gauff
#5 - Muchova
#6 - Zheng
#7- Badosa
#8 - Mira Andreeva
#9 - Paolini
#10 - Schneider
I guess that Rybakina will be ranked higher than you predicted. If she stays healthy her future is so bright.
A very big if...
If the prediction is about the WTA rankings at the END of next year then all the calculations on the points to defend are completely useless, because they will simply be the sum of the points accumulated from January to December.
During the year the system always allows to establish the strongest in the previous 12 months, in order to establish the draws of the various tournaments based on the ranking, while the race for the WTA Finals starts from zero at the beginning of the year, but then at the end of the year the ranking and race coincide.
So all those who are including in their reasoning how many points Sabalenka or Paolini or anyone else have to defend are just wasting time (and unfortunately Cam is one of them too).
Defending the points does have an impact overall. Particularly for top ranked players to stay seeded in each tournaments they need to defend previous year’s tournament points. Else they would be unseeded in upcoming tournament. Unseeded player has to play extra match in 500/1000 events and also they might have to face top ranked players in early rounds itself. That’s where defending the points in each tournaments will benefit the players to keep them seeded through out the season.
@@coolyoutuber6237 Defending the points has a negligible impact on the seeding of tournaments, the seeds are a minimum of 16 up to a maximum of 32 and for the top players climbing or falling a few places in the ranking during the year does not change at all the chances of having a favorable draw, linked above all to luck in the lottery, if it is not clear to you I suggest you go and see how the draws of all the tournaments work, in addition to rereading better what I had written in my first comment.
In any case, the discussion concerned the prediction of the END OF THE YEAR ranking, where considering the points to defend means having understood little or nothing of how the ranking system works.
@@francescojsb Indeed, and it is strange that so many fail to understand it.
Observing the variations in the ranking during the year, going to look at the defending points of the players, is only useful to see if someone beats his best ranking or if the number 1 will increase the number of weeks in the lead or not, for the rest what matters most is to remain number 1 until the end of the year, and for that you simply need to add the points earned from January to December.
@@coolyoutuber6237 you are 100 percent right. Don’t know why these 2 guys don’t understand. Yes as per the rule year end ranking depends only on the points earned from January to end of the season. But the season is not just about final tournament of the season. I ask one question- Why unseeded players during start of the season can’t become year end no.1? If we try to find answer for this question, then we will know, why defending the points does have an impact on year end ranking.
Muchova is very good too.....love her game
Yes, Saba for #1! Swiatek 2, Gauff 3, Rybakina 4, Zheng 5, Paulini 6, Andreeva 7, Badosa 8, Pegula 9, Muchova 10
I do believe Shnaider is a contender for big tournaments next year, her ascension to the top of the game reminds me of Simona Halep's 2013 season honestly. She's had a wonderful season and I'm quite sure she'll end up in the top 10 next year, but could as well end in the top 5! Plus, she definitely has the game to challenge the top players soo I'm interested in seeing how she'll manage big matches against the likes of Sabalenka, Swiatek and Gauff!
You've forgot Mirra Andreeva.
She will be #4 at the end of the year.
She has good serve, good return, is strong, has excellent fitness and condition, playes with her brain, thinks on the court and places ball intelligently, she is quick but conserves energy, her legs are like springs, she learns very quickly - in accelerated fashion.
Andreeva and Muchova TOP 5
Yeah would have andreeva in top 10
Emma Navarro: you can see me?
No - who are you??
Krejicokova
Andreeva
Osaka
Zheng instead of winning gold medal will win first major next year. It's basically the same thing IMO.
In what dimension is winning 1 slam the same thing as winning Olympic Gold ??
Olympics is once every 4 years, in that time there would have been 16 slams,
(16 opportunities instead of 1).
Olympics is representing your country, slams is playing for yourself.
NOVAX Olympics 2024 post match on court interview said "winning Olympic Gold supercedes everything" !!
@@robertmartin7594for many olympics isnt as important as a slam.
Yes Im thinking Zheng will win RG.
My top 10:
1. Saba
2. Coco
3. Iga
4. Muchova
5. Zheng
6. Shnaider
7. Pegula
8. Rybakina
9. Andreeva
10. Badosa
The end of 2025 WTA rankings will look something like this
1. Coco Gauff ( The most athletic)
2. Aryna Sabalenka ( powerful)
3. Qinwen Zheng ( Hungry to win )
4. Iga Swiatek ( On the decline)
5. Elena Rybakina ( Improved slightly)
6. Emma Navaro
7. Jessica Pegula
8. Muchova
9. Mirra Navaro
10 ???
My top 5
1: Coco Gauff
2: Sabalenka
3:Iga swiatek
4:Zheng
5:Rybakina
iga could crumble out of top10 if she dont perform at rg
@@gonderAmh you serious? why would she?
@@gonderAmh that's more of your wish than reality
not to be that guy, but... you used ">1%" instead of "
not to be that guy but hes saying those tournaments with >1% equate to less than one percent of their total ranking points. (;
@@alexanderborg962yeah but > means greater than. I think he meant less than
... = less than
My prediction:
1. Sabalenka
2. Swiatek
3. Zheng
4. Gauff
5. Rybakina
6. Pegula
7. Badosa
8. Muchova
9. Collins
10. Andreeva/Jabeur/Collins (cant choose)
Totally agree, go Iga!!!!!!!!!
Really hoping Muchova remains injury free and she plays often next year - her tennis is just sublime, she's my favourite. I think Shneider might reach higher, and I think Navarro might hold her place somewhere in the lower part of the top 10, with possibly Andreeva sneaking in towards year end. I don't think Rybakina will keep her place, nor Zheng, but praying Paolini remains in the top 10!!
Year end rankings 2025:
1. Swiatek
2. Sabalenka
3. Rybakina
4. Zheng
5. Gauff
6. Paolini
7.Kasatkina
8. Badosa
9. Shnaider
10. Andreeva
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My top 5:
Coco
Sabalenka
Iga
Muchova
Rybakina
Top 10 WTA predictions (2025):
1. Sabalenka
2. Gauff
3. Rybakina
4. Swiatek
5. Zheng
6. Shnaider
7. Muchova
8. Badosa
9. Andreeva
10. Pegula
Rybakina top 3❤
Osaka - enters the top 10
Iga - doesn’t win a slam this year
Gauf- wins RG or a hard court slam
Sabalenka - Wins 2 slams again
My prediction in the end of 2025: 1 Świątek 2 Sabalenka 3 Rybakina.
My 2025 wta top 10 prediction list is :
1)sabalenka
2)gauf
3)swiatek
4)quinwen zheng
5)rybakina
6)pegula
7)muchova
8)badosa
9)andreeva
10)schnaider
Honourable mentions(in order) :
navarro, paolini, kostyuck, vekic, kastkina, ons, noskova, hadad maia, anisimova, ostapenko, sakkari, boulter, bencic, osaka, svitolina
I'm actually pretty much in agreement with these players. Wild cards are Naomi and Belinda coming back, and Mirra with her first truly full year turning 18 in the Summer.
I probably missed something there... did Mirra's young age actually affect how much she played in 2024?
Sabelenka
Swiatek
Rybakina
Gauff
Paolini
Zheng
Muchova
Andreeva
Badosa
Pegula/Collins
Shcnaider and mucvova could make top5 if they have hot injury free seasons not many points to lose. But cam makes a lot of sense
OK , can't resist. 'Muchova's gonna play a full year , win 2 slams and 2 1000 level..... Badosa , Keys , Ostapenko and Paolina still in top 15 or so , one more time.
its unlikely but i do want to see Naomi Osaka back at least bottom top 10, or somewhere between 10-15! I also want to give a chance at like the younger players like Andreeva to be maybe top 10!!
I can give you Mirra top ten but Osaka... best I can do for you is 11 - 15
1. Sabalenka
2. Zheng (Huge hit or huge miss)
3. Rybakina
4. Swiatek
5. Gauff
6. Pegula
7. Badosa
8. Shnaider
9. Muchova
10. Kalinskaya
Well... the top three🤣 - I'm surprised you didn't put Coco as number one, that would have been too obvious, lol.
If Shnaider doesn't get injured or affected too much by the heat, she'll be probably be higher than ten. And then there is M.Andreeva who still hasn't arrived on Cam's radar, she'll definitely end up in the top ten.
Queen Wen might just end up as number three at the end of the year. The Queen doesn't do 'sick' or 'injured'.
My dream top 10:
1. Sabalenka
2. Rybakina
3. Swiatek
4. Gauff
5. Anisimova
6. Muchova
7. Zheng
8. Badosa
9. Pegula
10. Ostapenko
Navarro and Krejcikova should not be underestimated either.
Need to look out for Krejikova as an upset alert. Then there is Jabeur potentially returning as another player who can create an upset.
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Finally! Justice for Coco!
What you mean?
@thetennistalk, I think you get Coco wrong again. Here are my top 5:
1. Coco Gauff
2. Sabalenka
3. Qinwen Zheng
4. Iga Swiatek
5. Paolini
Top 5
1- Coco
2- sabalenka
3- Swiatek
4- Zheng
5- paolini
I think Coco could overtake Iga and challenge the number one spot.
agree , IF She can control the serve , She's so young.....
I guess, dreaming isn't against the law yet🤔🤔
@@rickc661Tim Daly is at work. The scary thing about Coco is that, even when her serve is failing her at intervals; her superior problem solving capabilities and athletism, coupled with her will to fight and win; that's more than enough to take players into very deep waters.
Now thanks to Daly, she has some guidance as she will now be able to put in the work on her serve during the the off season (unlike Brad).
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Call me crazy but I think Collin’s might be a fixture in top 10 next year
1 Sabalenka
2 Gauff
3 Zheng
4 Swiatek
5 Rybakina
6 Shnaider
7 Navarro
8 Muchova
9 Badosa
10 Andreeva
My prediction:
1. Coco
2. Rybakina
3.Sabalenka
4. Iga
5. Zheng
6. Muchova
7. Pegula
8. Andreeva
9. Badosa
10. Osaka
My top 10 prediction for 2025:
1) Swiatek
2) Sabalenka
3) Rybakina (if healthy)
4) Muchova (if healthy)
5) Zheng
6) Svitolina
7) Ostapenko (if healthy and if she will not make drama and argue with umpires)
8) Krejcikova. (if healthy)
9) Paolini
10) Gauff
Damn you got Gauff dropping to 10? That's a bit extreme...
@@gggmmm7204 Gauff might drop down in rankings due to her young age and inexperience.
By this time 2025
1. Coco Gauff
2. Aryna Sabalenka
3. Mirra Andreeva
4. Iga Swiatek
5. Muchova
6. Jasmine Paolini
7. Emma Navaro
8. Jessica Pegula
9. Muchova
10. Noskova
Having Andreeva and Gauff ahead of Iga is just idiotism considering their quality level
You have not been paying attention. @@SmithyPL
@SmithyPL 2025 is just around the corner. Come back to this video 🙏
@@SmithyPLEnter COCO GAUFF 2.0🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The year end rankings for 2025 ARE NOT AFFECTED by 2024 results . So analyzing the points they will drop from 2024 is totally irrelevant.
What about Emma Navarro?
do you think ons could make a comeback to top 20
if she is healthy, i think she has the skills and grit to push back into top 20
No. Her expiry date has come and gone.
I think Paolini will drop outside top 20 and i expect Osaka and Svitolina to finish very high
Why is nobody talking about Rybakina? When healthy she's easily a top 3 player.
I hope Jasmine Paolini goes up to top 5
jessica pegula did [play the austrlian open she lost 2nd round because i was at the match she lost
Wow, Navarro is not on Cams list and from the comments, she’s not on anybody’s top ten list.
no osaka at all is a bit of a surprise
I hope Naomi is back in the top 10 next year too!
Paolini?
Nostradamus?
1. Iga
2. Aryna
3. Coco
Aryna will not stay number one she has to defend two slams I think your wrong lol
navarro tho??
Que?
Your predictions are probably the most informed on YT.
However, why are so many RUclips commentators not picking Iga for No 1 or even No 2? this is bizarre. I have seen her put at 4th or even lower.
I think it will be a battle between Iga and Saba throughout the year. The year end No 1 will be between these two. I will put my money on Iga due to the points she can pick up towards the end of 2025.
Sabalenka wont be able to play with the pressure of being no1. Iga has done this for 2,5 years and still won a lot of titles and 4 slams. Sabalenka has won nothing while she is no1. There ia no way she is defending australia
Osaka in top 20 & Raducanu in top 30.
EMMA in Top 30, that's ABBAsolutely what i'm talking about, (top 20 maybe, hopefully) !!
I just want Naomi back in the top ten.
What are you going to do about it?
ons jabeur 1
People sleeping on Krejcikova has become a norm
Top 10
1. Coco ❤🐐
2. Zheng
3. Iga
4 Sabalenka
5. Rybakina
6. Navarro
7. Muchova
8. Andreeva
9. Paolini
10. Kalinskaya
Seems like Emma Navarro playing WTA challengers in 2025 😁
That is one player left out of the equation. She never had a high profile but came in under the radar through consistency and sheer work ethic to reach the Top 10. I would include her in my list of Top 10 - probably around 8-10.
ATP
1. DJOKOVIC
2. SINNER
3. ALCARAZ
WTA
1. SABALENKA
2. RYBAKINA
3. SWIATEK
You sure have brushed up on your stats. But where in tarnation does Djokovic come from? He ain't goin' nowhere in a wheelchair🤔🤔
muchova healthy only loose to gauff, top 3 or out of top20
1ga
Coco and zheng will dominate
Sabalenka has too many points to loose. I'm a Sabalenka fan but I dont think she'll end up number one at year's end. My prediction for top 5 is
Gauff
Swiatek
Jabeur
Sabalenka
Muchova
I put Jabeur because I think she will win Wimbledon next year and overall she'll have a great season.
OK... but why did you put Gauff at number one?
@ricklee5845 Gauff has the potential of getting to the Australian Open final, French open final, doing better at Wimbledon and US open than this year. She may not win any grandslam but she'll gain points rather than loose them. Even if Sabalenka wins both AO and USO, she'll just be defending the points she already has. I don't think she'll do any better at FO that leaves only Wimbledon for more points.
@@Emmawhoful I see. I just can't see the consistency in her that your plan requires. We will see.
@@Emmawhoful już po raz kolejny czytam te idiotyzmy, które uzależniają miejsce na koniec roku od obrony jakiś punktów. Otóż obrona punktów a miejsce na koniec roku nie ma żadnego znaczenia. koniec roku jest to suma zdobytych punktów przez ostatnie 12 miesięcy, wiec każdy ma dokładnie takie same szanse. pozycja w trakcie roku to już zupełnie inna sprawa. ludzie ogarnijcie się, to jest prosta matematyka
My favourites fir 1 and 2 are Iwa and Sabalenka. Coco probably 3d
1. Zheng
2. Gauff
3. Sabalenka
4. Andreeva
5. Muchova
6. Rybakina
7. Swiatek
OR
1. Zheng
2. Gauff
3. Sabalenka
4. Andreeva
5. Rybakina
6. Muchova
7. Swiatek
The only change is between Muchova i Rybakina.
Zheng hasn't beaten Aryna or Coco before
@newhealthbreakthrough8 But she will. She made incredible progress last year. Her fitness is the best in WTA. + Her team is super competent.
1.Mirra Andreeva
Sabalenka to stay no 1
1) Sabalenka
2) Gauff
3) Swiatek
4)Rybakina
5)Zheng
6)Pegula
7)Muchova
8)Schnaider
9)Badosa
10) Andreeva
Since points expire after 12 months, points gained in 2024 CANNOT affect ranking at the end of 2025. All this talk about points to lose is bs.
Myślę, że sie mylisz rudy, iga będzie pierwsza pierwsza zobaczysz.
1. Swiatek
2. Sabalenka
3. Gauff
4. Zheng
5. Rybakina
6. Andreeva
7. Muchova
8. Pegula
9. Shnaider
10. Paolini
Top 10 WTA predictions (2025):
1. Sabalenka
2. Gauff
3. Swiatek
4. Rybakina
5. Zheng
6. Pegula
7. Badosa
8. Paolini
9. Navarro
10. Shnaider