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Britain's Katie Boulter states she believes she has to "decide between my physical health and my ranking" as the competition carries on for a place in next January's Australian Open main event.

While the typical WTA Tour competitive period is finished, there are still ranking points to be earned in Latin American countries, neighboring countries, Ecuador and European destinations.

The women's entry list for the initial Grand Slam of the upcoming season will be calculated from the world rankings of the December cutoff, which could create a challenging situation for players close to the selection threshold.

Health Challenges

Previous British top-ranked player Boulter tore an abductor in her final event of the year in Hong Kong last month, and is now weighing up whether to compete in the WTA 125 development competition in European venues, the continental destination, in the first week of December.

The athlete's ongoing health concern, and the situation she would need to secure at least several wins in the French tournament to enhance her ranking, means she may probably eventually not playing.

Varying Approaches

In opposition, male players are not facing the identical predicament, as for the premier occasion the male Australian Open competitor lineup will be established from current week's rankings, which is the ATP's formal annual-final position determination.

The modification is designed to preventing athletes from chasing ranking points during what is essentially the off-season.

Professional Adjustments

This period has been a demanding one for Boulter.

She achieved merely 14 Tour-level main-draw contests and lately parted ways with coach Biljana Veselinovic after a extended partnership in which she won several WTA victories.

"Biljana is an incredible coach, and an extremely quality individual as well, which creates situations particularly challenging," Boulter said.

The pursuit for a replacement coach is currently ongoing, looking for a professional who has high-level experience as Boulter still believes she can be a top-20 athlete.

Career Objectives

"Progressing with a new coach, one thing I'm completely sure on is that they are going to be a professional who has a lot of expertise in how to make it to the peak performance of this game," she said.

"I've been ranked as elevated as 23 and I know I can get back there. I don't think my performance has diminished, I feel the reliability needs to enhance.

"My goal is not simply to be positioned fifty, 40, 30, twenty - we've accomplished that. The objective is to be among the top twenty."