Naomi Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam winner, will rise from 73rd to 58th after reaching the WTA 1000 last 16.
Yulia Starodubtseva will be rewarded with a 36-place jump and a new career-high of 79th in the world for her amazing run to the China Open quarter-finals as a qualifier.
Rebecca Sramkova, who made the third round in Beijing as a qualifier, will go up nine places to a new career-high of world No 52.
The Big Losers
Liudmila Samsonova is likely to slide from 15th to 23rd with her second round exit in Beijing, having been a runner-up in 2023.
Maria Sakkari will drop from 17th to 22nd after withdrawing from Beijing due to injury as she was a quarter-finalist last year.
Ons Jabeur is another talent who missed the event through injury, and the Tunisian has slid seven places to world No 28 in the live rankings. Caroline Garcia also missed the tournament and is headed for an eight place drop to 44th.
Former world No 9 Veronika Kudermetova has experienced a tumble of 27 ranks from 39th to 66th after reaching the third round.
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