WTA rankings: Frech hits career-high, Gadecki and Kartal enter top 100
Gadecki becomes the highest-ranked Australian woman after making the final of the Guadalajara Open
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First time title winners in Monastir and Guadalajara have resulted in plenty of movement in the WTA rankings this week, with both Magdalena Frech and Sonay Kartal achieving career-high rankings.
It was a quiet week for the WTA top 10, however, as weeks after Grand Slams usually are. Here’s how the upper echelon is looking this Monday:
- Iga Swiatek – 10,885 points
- Aryna Sabalenka – 8,716 points
- Jessica Pegula – 6,220
- Elena Rybakina – 5,871
- Jasmine Paolini – 5,398
- Coco Gauff – 5,983
- Qinwen Zheng – 3,980
- Emma Navarro – 3,705
- Maria Sakkari – 3,416
- Danielle Collins – 3,178
The only movements in the top 10 see Barbora Krejcikova fall from No 9 in the world to No 11, making way for Danielle Collins to return to the WTA’s top 10 for the first time this month, despite losing in the Guadalajara Open round of 16 to Olivia Gadecki.
Frech, Kartal lead big movers in WTA rankings
Frech is the big mover of the week, with the Pole’s debut title taking her from No 43 in the world to a new career-high of No 42. Her opponent in the Guadalajara final, Gadecki, also reaches a career-high, jumping 64 places and breaking into the world’s top 100 for the first time to become the highest-ranked Australian woman.
Kartal, who won the Jasmine Open in Monastir, also makes her top 100 debut, moving to a career-high of No 96 in the world – up 55 places from her ranking this time last week.
Other career highs this Monday include Diana Shnaider (No 16), Elina Avanesyan (No 49), Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (No 57) and Renata Zarazua (No 78).
Camila Osorio is a notable mover too, jumping 19 spots in the rankings after her semi-final run in Guadalajara, as is beaten quarter-finalist Kamilla Rakhimova, who advances 16 places.
Ashlyn Krueger headed the other direction, however, dropping 18 places to No 69 in the world. Her fall wasn’t as bad as Sofia Kenin’s though, with the American plummeting 36 spots to No 90.
