Wimbledon exit will not stop Ash Barty from holding onto world number one ranking

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Ashleigh Barty's spectacular start to the season has come to a crashing halt after losing to American Alison Riske at Wimbledon. Her hopes of holding up the Venus Rosewater Dish as the 2019 ladies' singles champion are over, and now the young Australian must fend of those gunning for her number one ranking in the women's game.

Will Barty remain number one?

Thankfully yes. Czech world number three Karolina Pliskova could have taken the mantle from Barty if she had progressed to the semi-finals at the All England Club. A former world number one, Pliskova lost her round of 16 match against countrywoman, Karolina Muchova 6-4, 5-7, 11-13. Despite her fourth-round Wimbledon exit, Barty will still be world number when the rankings are next released by the WTA after the Championships. "She has fairly good prospects for her to stay world number one; you can see a lot of paths for her to maintain her number one position," Tennis Australia (TA) analyst Stephanie Kovalchik said.

How Barty can protect her ranking
Here is where things get complicated. The WTA rankings look back at the previous 52 weeks. They take the best 16 event results for each player and sum up those points to determine the overall rankings order. Players effectively have to defend their rankings points at some events by matching their performance at that same event from the previous year.