By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday June 8 2022
Annet Kontaveit and Ons Jabeur are at new career-high rankings inside the WTA’s Top-5 this week.
The post Roland-Garros rankings also see American Jessica Pegula making her Top-10 debut at No.8, while Coco Gauff hits a career-high at No.13.
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Meanwhile Iga Swiatek begins her 10th week at No.1. Thanks to her Roland-Garros title, the Pole has stretched her lead over the field to over 4,300 points.
Kontaveit was the biggest riser inside the WTA’s Top-10, as the Estonian jumped three spots to No.2. Paula Badosa jumps from No.4 to No.3, while Ons Jabeur rises from No.6 to No.4.
Pegula, a semi-finalist in Paris this year, juimped three spots to No.8.
Gauff the biggest jump inside Top-20
The biggest riser inside the Top-20 was Gauff, who jumped ten spots after reaching her first career Grand Slam final in Paris. Russia’s Daria Kasatkina jumped eight spots to No.12, thanks to her semi-final performance at Roland-Garros.
Barbora Krejcikova, who fell in the first round at Roland-Garros in her title defense, drops 12 spots from No.2 to No.14.
19-year-old Leylah Fernandez hits a career-high at 15 after reaching the last eight in Paris. She fell to Martina Trevisan and also suffered a stress fracture to her foot, which will force her to miss Wimbledon.
Massive jumps for Trevisan, Begu, Zheng and Parry
Roland-Garros breakthroughs meant a lot for four players in this week’s rankings.
Martina Trevisan was the biggest riser inside the WTA’s Top-100, the Italian rising 32 spots from 59 to 27 thanks to her semi-final appearance in Paris.
Trevisan is just one spot behind Camila Giorgi as the second highest-ranked Italian woman.
China’s Qinwen Zheng, who rose 20 in the rankings to No.54, reached the round of 16 on her Roland-Garros debut. The 19-year-old was making her second Grand Slam main draw appearance.
Irina-Camelia Begu, who reached the round or 16 in Paris, rises 19 spots to No.43, while France’s Diane Parry, who took out defending champion Barbora Krejcikova in the first round at Paris, rises 15 spots to a career-high at No.82.
Other notable jumps
Sloane Stephens jumped 17 spots to 47, thanks to a quarter-final at Roland-Garros.
Alison Van Uytvanck climbed 14 spots thanks to a grass court title last week at Surbiton.
Mertens back to No.1 in Doubles
After her third-round performance at Roland-Garros, Elise Mertens reclaims the No.1 doubles ranking. The Belgian first achieved the top doubles ranking in May 2021, becoming the 45th woman in the history of the WTA to earn the No.1 spot and the second from Belgium, following Kim Clijsters in 2003.
Mertens begins her 14th week at the top of the rankings.
Coco Gauff rises to a career-high No.5 in doubles, while her partner, Jessica Pegula, climbs 13 spots to No.18.
Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia also get a huge boost after winning Roland-Garros. Mladenovic jumps 198 spots to No.34. Garcia climbs 432 spots to No.37.
Pavlyuchenkova drops
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who recently announced the end of her season due to a knee injury, fell 62 spots to No.83.