US Open champion was ranked 957 six weeks ago
American tennis player Sloane Stephens, winner of the 2017 US Open women's singles title, was ranked 957 six weeks ago due to a long injury layoff. Stephens came into the US Open unseeded and became only the second unseeded US Open women's champion in the Open Era. With the title, Stephens will rise to 17th position in Monday's world rankings.