 What's going on everybody welcome back to another video, and we're gonna do a new sort of video I'm gonna predict who is gonna be in the top 10 at the end of the 2021 season for both the ATP and the WTA So I'm gonna try and predict in order what the top 10 is gonna look like and then in 12 months time We can see how close I was or how bad I was I guess so that is what we're gonna go through We're gonna start with the WTA So let's go through the WTA and have a look at the current top 10 for the WTA So currently Ashley Bardi is the world number one We have Simone Halop the number two in the world three in the world is Osaka and very close behind her is number four in the World Sophia Kennan then you have the number five in the world Which is Alina Svetolina then you have Carolina Plischkova the number six in the world number seven Bianca Andrescu Very close behind her is number eight Petra Kavitova and then very close to her the number nine in the world Kiki Bertens and then rounding out the top 10 is Sabalenka who just made the top 10 at the end of the 2020 season So there you have it They are the rankings that is what we're starting with going into the 2020 season now We've got to remember for the first couple of months of the season the rankings are locked in they don't change until I think about March when the rankings go back to normal and players can start losing points So that's what I'm gonna base my predictions on so let's get on with the predictions I think the number 10 in the world for the end of the 2021 season is gonna be Alina Svetolina So I think she stays in the top 10 in 2021 But I think she will drop down five spots because she's currently ranked five in the world So I think she's gonna drop she does have the semi-finals of Indian Wells 2019 Protected so she because remember that events being cancelled or being postponed She does have some points she can gain in Madrid and Miami, which are huge events on the WTA But the problem is with Svetolina. She has to defend semi-finals of Wimbledon semi-finals of the US Open and the WTA Finals final that she made in 2019 all of those events. She had good results in 2019 So she has to defend a lot of points from about June or July onwards She might have to win a major to get any higher, but that's why I think she's gonna drop down to 10 Okay going on to the number nine player by the end of 2021 I think it's gonna be Bianca on Drescu. So she didn't play at all in 2020 We haven't seen her play since she got that knee injury back at the end of the year in 2019 at the WTA finals She's lucky because she can keep the points that she got from Indian Wells in 2019 So she's protected with those and she does have some points She can gain at the Australian Open in Madrid, Rome, Roland Garros and Wimbledon Because she didn't do very well at some of those events and others She didn't even play and gotta remember she did have some big wins over Svetolina, Kenan, Williams and Pliskovac Back in the 2019 season with only losing seven matches in that whole season as well But I just think coming off of not playing for over a year the players that have emerged players like Kenan players like Sabalenka, you know, you've still got Osaka, Halep around there as well I think she's gonna struggle to come back. Okay, let's get to the number eight person in the world The number eight spot by the end of the 2021 season will be so I've gone with Muga Ruther Who is currently ranked 15 in the world I think she is gonna go up seven spots and reach the top ten again She was a former world number one Of course, she's a couple of Grand Slam's titles under about she has the 2020 Australian Open final protected points That's why I'm picking her to really make a rise because she has those points already Protected and she has a lot of points that she can gain in tournaments like Miami, Madrid, Wimbledon, Cincinnati, Canada, Wuhan and the China Open which she didn't do too well in 2019 slash 2020 so she can get a lot of extra points and don't forget in 2020 She beat Halep, Azarenka, Svetlana and Burton's so there's some big names that she beat Alright, so let's get straight into the number seven in the world by the end of the 2021 season I think it's gonna be Serena. I think she's gonna get back into the top ten She dropped out of the top ten at the end of 2020 because Sabalenka finished strong But I think she's coming back. She's got the quarterfinals of the 2019 Australian Open under a belt that's gonna be protected and let and she can also do better if she does You know win that tournament or get to a final and she also has points up for grabs at Roland Garros, Miami Cincinnati, Rome and Madrid so a lot of the clay court season if Serena plays those tournaments She's got a lot of points she can gain to push her back into the top ten The only downside is she has to defend points at Wimbledon from 2019 and also the US Open from 2019 as well But Serena is a goat so we know that she could win any tournament at any time She also doesn't play that many tournaments So if she has a bigger schedule next year and plays a lot more matches, she's gonna get a lot more points So I put her at number seven. Let's get to number six now So number six might she might be a little bit of a surprise for you guys I put Sabalenka at number six and the reason I put her at number six is because she's coming off two titles to end 2020 she finished after the French Open she won two titles back-to-back on hard court And she always finishes strong and she has so many points if she does make a very good run at one of the majors She has so many points she can make up She has points at the US Open Wimbledon, Miami, Madrid, Australian Open, China Open, Canada and Roland Garros So they're the biggest tournaments in the world and she didn't do very well in those tournaments over the last two years So she can get a lot of points if she does well in those events And I think she is on the verge of a breakthrough. I think next year She's gonna finally Breakthrough at a Grand Slam. She hasn't played very well at the majors in the past And I think next year she might make a semi-final or a final of a major. So Sabalenka She is number six in my predictions for next year. Let's get to the number five now Number five again might be a little bit of a surprise to you guys So I've got Ash Barty at number five now. She is currently the world number one So number five that is four spots lower than what she's currently ranked at now The only reason I put her down there even though she has the semi-final of the Australian Open from 2020 Protected because it's under the revised ranking. She has to defend so many events after the Australian Open She has to defend the French Open of course. She has to defend the WTA finals at the end of the year She has to defend the Miami title. So there are a lot of points just there the China Open She made the final there Wuhan and Cincinnati. She made good runs at those tournaments, too So she has a lot of points to defend and I don't know if she can do it However, she does have a lot of points. She can defend as can make up Sorry, she can make points up in Canada She can make points up in Rome and Doha But she has a lot more points to defend than she does to gain in 2021 All right, so Ash Barty slots in at number five Let's get to the number four player in the predictions and this one might be a little bit controversial Some people might not like this one, but I put it number four Carolina Poliskova now a lot of people put a lot of confidence in Poliskova and she lets you down every time She always lets me down when I put faith in her So hopefully that she does not let me down The reason why I picked her to be number four in the world by the end of the 2021 season is because she has a new coach Sasha Bayin who is the former coach of Naomi Osaka He was also a former hitting partner with Serena Williams So he is a great get as a coach for Poliskova and I think it might just lifted to the next level She also has protected points at the Australian Open from 2019 when she made the semi-finals there So she doesn't have to worry about doing well in Australia She can warm up there and then later in the year She has points that she can make up at Madrid, the French Open, the US Open, the China Open and also Doha So there's a lot of points that she can take from those events Now in order for her to get to number four She's gonna have to probably make a semi-final or two at the Grand Slams or even win one So Poliskova at number four, let's get to the number three player by the end of the 2021 season I think the number three player is gonna be Naomi Osaka So currently Osaka is number three So I think she's gonna stay in that spot She's got the Australian Open title of 2019 protected and she has some really big tournaments that she didn't do well in Over the last two years, Wimbledon, the French Open, Miami and the WTA finals She has a lot of points up for grabs if she does well in those events Also, we can't count out the fact that the Olympics are being played in her home country And no doubt she's gonna play the Olympics because she's the biggest star in Japan Well, one of the biggest stars and you get ranking points for the Olympics So don't count Osaka out at winning maybe a silver or gold medal at the Olympics with a bunch of ranking points coming there as well So I think she will maintain her ranking. I think she'll stay solid So Naomi Osaka at number three, let's get to the number two player in the world by my predictions at the end of the 2021 season I think the number two in the world is gonna be Sophia Kennan So this is really based on the fact that she has the Australian Open title wrapped up already and under a belt She doesn't have to worry about defending her Australian Open title And she has a lot of points that she can make up because she hasn't been great over the last two seasons In a lot of big tournaments besides the Australian Open And the French Open, there's a lot of points up for grabs. She can grab points at Madrid at Rome, Miami, Wimbledon, Wuhan China Open in the WTA finals. So she has lots of points up for grabs Also, just to put a cherry on top, she won more three set matches in 2020 than anybody else. She won 10 and lost three So, you know that she likes to fight it out and she likes to go to the distance in her matches And that's why I'm putting my faith in her to get to number two. She's currently number four in the world She was the player of the year in 2020 as well. So keep that in mind. That's my prediction now. The world number one Who's it gonna be? There's not too many names left And I think the world number one by the end of the 2021 season is gonna be it's going to be Samona Halop, but it's going to be a tight race Like I said, I think Kennan might be able to get that number one ranking But I'm gonna stick with Halop. I think Halop has more experience And that's the difference between Halop and Kennan Samona Halop in the Australian Open of 2020 made the semifinals So those points are protected and also she has some points to gain in some big events Including Cincinnati, the China Open and the WTA finals Now we know she has to defend the Wimbledon title, which is a big title to defend It's going to be tough for her to defend the biggest title of her career Arguably and also a couple of those other tournaments Rome. She has to defend that as well Also, she won more titles in 2020 than anybody else. She won three titles and she only played six tournaments So 50 strike rate that is not bad But I just think and I've said this for 12 months now that Samona Halop on her day playing the best tennis She can can beat anybody in the world But the fact that she played six tournaments in 2020 and she won three of those That's what a world number one does. All right, so let's go through the full top 10 by the end of 2020 This is my predictions Svetlana at number 10 on rescue at number nine Muga Ruther at eight Serena Williams at seven Sabylanker at six Bardi at five Pliscovo number four Osaka at three Kenan at two and Samona Halop would be the world number one at the end of the 2021 season Let me know down in the comments below. Do you like the list? Do you hate the list? Let me know who you would change if you don't like one of the players Some people might think Pliscov is too high. Let me know who you would replace her with and also Let me know down in the comments below What your top 10 by the end of 2021 is going to be I want to know what you guys think But that's my predictions. We'll revisit this in 12 months time and we'll see how many I got right