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British Katie Boulter admits she feels she has to "decide between my physical health and my world standing" as the competition continues for a place in next January's Australian Open main draw.

While the regular WTA Tour season is finished, there are still standing points to be gained in Latin American countries, Argentina, various venues and France.

The women's entry list for the opening Grand Slam of the forthcoming season will be determined by the world rankings of 8 December, which could cause a challenging situation for players near the cut.

Injury Concerns

Previous British number one Boulter experienced an groin injury in her last tournament of the year in Asian venues last timeframe, and is now evaluating whether to play in the WTA 125 Challenger event in European venues, the European nation, in the initial week of December.

The athlete's recent injury, and the fact she would need to win at least multiple victories in the European event to enhance her standing, means she may well ultimately not participating.

Varying Approaches

In opposition, male athletes are not confronting the same situation, as for the first time the male Australian Open participant roster will be created from current week's positions, which is the ATP's formal year-end standing calculation.

The modification is aimed at deterring competitors from seeking ranking points during what is basically the off-season.

Professional Adjustments

This year has been a difficult one for Boulter.

She won only fourteen Tour-level primary competition contests and recently split with trainer Biljana Veselinovic after a three-year working relationship in which she secured several WTA titles.

"Biljana is an incredible coach, and an extremely excellent human as well, which makes things very difficult," Boulter said.

The search for a replacement trainer is actively progressing, seeking an individual who has elite background as Boulter still believes she can be a elite-level competitor.

Career Objectives

"Going forward with a different trainer, a key aspect I'm very clear on is that they are going to be an individual who has a lot of experience in how to make it to the peak performance of this sport," she stated.

"I've been positioned as elevated as twenty-three and I believe I can get back there. I don't believe my performance has diminished, I feel the steadiness must improve.

"My objective is not simply to be placed 50, forty, 30, twenty - we've achieved that. The goal is to be within the elite group."