Britain's Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "decide between my body and my ranking" as the scramble carries on for a spot in January's Australian Open main event.
While the standard WTA Tour tournament schedule is finished, there are still standing points to be gained in South American nations, Argentina, multiple sites and international tournaments.
The women's participant roster for the opening Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be calculated from the world rankings of the December cutoff, which could present a challenging situation for players close to the selection threshold.
Previous British leading competitor Boulter suffered an abductor in her final event of the year in Hong Kong last period, and is now weighing up whether to play in the WTA 125 secondary tournament in French locations, the European nation, in the initial week of December.
Boulter's ongoing health concern, and the situation she would need to achieve at least multiple victories in the European event to boost her ranking, means she may probably ultimately not participating.
In contrast, men's competitors are not experiencing the identical dilemma, as for the premier occasion the men's Australian Open participant roster will be drawn up from this week's positions, which is the ATP's official annual-final position determination.
The adjustment is aimed at discouraging competitors from pursuing standing points during what is basically the off-season.
This season has been a challenging one for Boulter.
She secured just 14 professional main-draw contests and lately separated with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a extended working relationship in which she secured multiple WTA titles.
"Biljana is an exceptional instructor, and an exceptionally good person as well, which produces circumstances particularly challenging," Boulter commented.
The search for a replacement trainer is currently ongoing, searching for a professional who has high-level expertise as Boulter still believes she can be a top-20 competitor.
"Moving ahead with a different trainer, one thing I'm completely sure on is that they are going to be someone who has extensive expertise in how to make it to the highest echelon of this sport," she stated.
"I've been ranked as elevated as twenty-three and I am confident I can return to that level. I don't believe my performance has gone anywhere, I feel the reliability should enhance.
"My goal is not to be positioned 50, 40, 30, 20 - we've been there. The aim is to be among the elite group."
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