WTA Rankings: Australian Open champion Madison Keys, Paula Badosa return to Top 10
WTA Rankings: Australian Open champion Madison Keys, Paula Badosa return to Top 10
USA’s Madison Keys returned to Top 10 in the latest WTA Rankings released on Monday after clinching her maiden Grand Slam title.
Keys defeated two-time defending Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in the Australian Open final in Melbourne on Sunday. The American moved up seven spots to match her career-high ranking of seven.
Spain’s Paula Badosa, former World No. 2, also came back into Top 10 after her run to the semifinals where she lost to Sabalenka.
2023 runner-up Elena Rybakina, moved up two spots to fifth despite her fourth-round loss to Keys while Qinwen Zheng, last year’s runner-up, slipped three spots to eighth after being eliminated in the second round.
1. Aryna Sabalenka – 8,956
2. Iga Swiatek (POL) – 8,770
3. Coco Gauff (USA) – 6,538
4. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) – 5,289
5. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) – 4,893
6. Jessica Pegula (USA) – 4,861
7. Madison Keys (USA) – 4,680
8. Qinwen Zheng (CHN) – 4,095
9. Emma Navarro (USA) – 3,709
10. Paula Badosa (ESP) – 3,608
Elsewhere in the Top 100, Croatia’s Donna Vekic (17th), Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva (20th), Serbia’s Olga Danilovic (41st), USA’s Ashlyn Krueger (50th), Dutchwoman Suzan Lamers (67th), Germany’s Eva Lys (91st) and Australia’s Kimberly Birrell (95th) reached new career-high rankings.
Doubles
Prarthana Thombare – 142 (jumps four spots)
Rutuja Bhosale – 198 (slips five spots)
Ankita Raina – 210 (moves up 14 spots)
Vasanti Shinde – 267 (moves up five spots)
Shrivalli Bhamidipaty – 298 (moved up five spots)
Singles
Sahaja Yamalapalli – 294 (moves up 21 spots)
Ankita Raina – 295 (drops nine spots)
Shrivalli Bhamidipaty – 332 (drops two spots)
Vaidehi Chaudhari – 398 (dropped 12 spots)
