2021 Backspin All-Rankings Team

The annual Backspin recapping season is upon us, with the ritualistic unveiling of the 2021 All-Rankings Team, along with a grab bag list of numbers and year-end standing rises and falls at the conclusion of a WTA campaign that experienced a continual flow of sometimes-overwhelming change even while simultaneously attempting to return to something resembling "normal" and devise ways to fight back against the lingering limitations imposed by the ongoing pandemic.

Wait, wait... all things considered (and maybe against the odds), it actually all worked out pretty well.

Of course, I can't confirm whether or not any of these words and/or numbers will be as headspinning as the all-out sprint put on by Anett Kontaveit during the season's closing months to climb into the Top 10 and reach the tour championships in Shenzhen Guadalajara, the sudden and striking rise of Emma Raducanu (or Barbora Krejcikova, Paula Badosa, Maria Sakkari, Leylah Fernandez, etc.), or the corroboration of the existence of a burgeoning multi-generational Russian Tennis Renaissance, topped off by a BJK Cup title run in Budapest Prague.

Surely nothing will be as compelling and/or satisfying as the historical and cultural implications of the continued success of the likes of Ons Jabeur and Mayar Sherif, the quietly understated (but thoroughly resounding) response -- both between and outside the lines -- to the early-season chiding of her continued positioning atop the rankings by (now three-time season-ending #1) Ash Barty, nor the ongoing questioning of the Chinese sports, economic and political machinations (just months before yet another Olympics are held in the country) surrounding Peng Shuai after the former doubles #1 publicly made allegations against a Chinese tennis official.

But, hey, what is it they say about "living in interesting times?" For better, and mostly worse, we've all quite recently become (perhaps a little too) familiar with the cruel double-sided nature of such a sentiment, haven't we?

At any rate, keep calm and serve on.




Congratulations to the players who pulled off some of the most significant rankings accomplishments during a season which included a delayed start, a juggled and sometimes ad hoc tour schedule, a relocated season-ending championships and BJK Cup Finals event, and sometimes headache-inducing weekly ranking points computations (she retains her 2019 points for *how* long?) that meant it took until autumn before we essentially saw the lifting of the pandemic-related mask to reveal the tour's "true" state of performance reflected consistently (well, save for Sofia Kenin) in the rankings for the first time in nearly two years.

Introducing the 2021 "All-Rankings Team"...

Emma Raducanu, GBR: the 20-year old didn't make her tour MD debut until June, and didn't post her first match victory in a tour event until late October (in her fourth WTA MD appearance). In between those accomplishments she reached the Wimbledon Round of 16 and qualified for and won a little tournament called the U.S. Open to become Great Britain's first women's slam champ in 44 years. It all resulted in a miraculous climb of 324 spots over the past year from #343 to #19, the largest leap of any player in the Top 50.

Barbora Krejcikova, CZE: the highlight of the Czech's season was her unexpected singles title run at Roland Garros, which fueled her rise from #65 to #5 (the second-biggest Top 10 climb), but she also spent time as the doubles #1 and finished (as WD #2) as the only player to rank in the Top 5 (or 10 or 20) of both in the season-ending rankings. In all, Krejcikova won three singles and six WD/MX crowns, including the RG Doubles, AO Mixed, Olympic doubles Gold and WTAF w/ Katerina Siniakova (they also reached the AO final). She was 33-7 across all three disciplines in slam play.

Paula Badosa, ESP: the Spaniard's season was the epitome of perseverance, as a growing confidence produced greater and greater success. After starting the year in an extra-long hard quarantine for Covid, Badosa effectively began her upward climb in Charleston, notching her first career Top 10 win (wasting no time, it was over #1 Barty). She soon became the first Spanish woman to reach the Madrid SF, leading to her maiden tour title (Belgrade) and slam QF (RG) a few weeks later. An Olympic QF run on hard court set the stage for her biggest win in Indian Wells, her first career Top 10 ranking and a berth in the WTAF semis. Badosa ended the season at #8, up from #70 a year ago for the most impressive climb of any of the 2021 Top 10 women in singles.

Anett Kontaveit, EST: Kontaveit's season didn't end with a title in the WTA Finals championship match, but the Estonian's multi-month journey to get there almost made the fact irrelevant. Standing at #30 in the rankings (and WTAF points race) in late August, Kontaveit proceeded to rip off 29 wins in her final 33 matches (22-3 after the U.S. Open), winning four titles, grabbing the final spot (over Ons Jabeur) in her first WTAF field and then reaching the singles final. Kontaveit's run allowed her to top (w/ Jabeur) the tour match win list for the year (w/ 48), ending the season at #7 (she was #23 in '20) to be one of six first-time Top 10 finishers on tour this year. While the Estonian was just 6-4 in majors (doing no better than the 3rd Rd.), her seven finals (going 4-2, w/ 1 DNP, after being 1-5 for her career before '21) topped the tour and she collected seven Top 10 wins (after previously having gotten eleven from 2017-20 combined).

Nuria Párrizas Díaz, ESP: at age 24, having cracked the Top 300, Párrizas Díaz was told that her career was over due to a shoulder injury. After a year away, she tested things out and returned to tennis with no pain in 2017. In 2021, everything began to come together. The Spaniard made her tour MD debut in Bogota (reaching the QF), reached another QF later (Gdynia), played in her maiden slam MD (U.S.), won five ITF and two WTA 125 titles and in August became the fourth oldest player (at 30) to make her Top 100 debut. Her 167-spot rise from #232 to #65 was the fourth-highest amongst the season-ending Top 100.

Leylah Fernandez, CAN: an All-Rankings First Teamer in '20, Fernandez returns after proving her rise was no fluke. A season ago, in the absence of Bianca Andreescu, the teenager became the Canadian "player of record" (though she was still the national #2) by rising from outside the Top 200 to #88, the second-best climb in the Top 100 in a season in which she was the tour's youngest singles finalist. This year, Fernandez picked up her maiden tour title (Monterrey) and put on a thrilling run to the U.S. Open final, defeating a who's who (Osaka, Kerber, Svitolina and Sabalenka) of top level opponents in a series of three-set crowd-pleasers. Fernandez lifted her season-ending ranking another 64 spots (#88 to #24) in the process, second only to the rise of fellow Flushing Meadows finalist Raducanu amongst the Top 25, as she's one of six teens in the Top 100 (and won't turn 20 until the '22 Open). Meanwhile, the returning Andreescu finally dropped as her '19 points fell away, sinking to #46 and making Fernandez Canada's top-ranked female tennis star.

Ash Barty, AUS: ah, lest we forget the world #1. Still. And without question. It's been over two years since the Aussie rose into the #1 ranking in September 2019. As 2022 will begin, 108 ranking weeks later (even while not counting the "frozen rankings" stretch of last year, the fifth-longest streak in tour history with Chris Evert's fourth-best 113 coming up fast), she's *never* left. Only seven other women have spent more weeks at #1 than Barty, and she joins Evert, Navratilova, Graf and S.Williams as the only players in tour history to finish #1 in three straight seasons. After playing just fourteen matches (11-3) in 2020 while remaining at home Down Under while the world experienced so many Covid lockdowns, her continued presence atop the pandemic-adjusted standings was questioned in many corners early this year. Barty's "oh-so-Ash" response? Well, she simply proceeded to go 42-8, staved off several "live" attempts at dethroning her, went 14-3 in majors while winning a tour-best five singles titles on three difference surfaces (including Miami and her second slam at Wimbledon), and posted a 14-1 mark against Top 20 opponents (7-1 vs. Top 10) from the start of the year until the end of the U.S. Open. Then she went home for the rest of the year, after having been away since February. Had Barty played out the season, she'd likely have topped virtually every meaningful list pertaining to success in '21. As it is, she "settles" for being second (6 to Kontaveit's 7) in finals, sixth in match wins (6 off the leading total), and third in semis (6 to Sakkari's 8).

Ons Jabeur, TUN: just as she did for the WTAF field, Kontaveit edges Jabeur (a '20 All-Rankings honorable mention) for First Team status. 2021 was but another chapter (w/ still more on the horizon) in the Tunisian's historic tennis career, as the became the first Arab woman to win a tour singles title and the first Arab player (in *all* professional tennis) to reach the singles Top 10 (rising from #31 in '20). She also reached the Indian Welle semis, recorded five Top 10 wins (more than doubling her career total), and played in her second career slam QF at Wimbledon, becoming the first Tunisian and Arab to reach the stage at the All-England Club, and first from an African nation to go as far as the 3rd Round there since 2005 (current HoF nominee Cara Black). Only Kontaveit's remarkable run down the stretch prevented Jabeur from making her WTAF debut. But, really, that only gives her something *else* to strive for in 2022.

Maria Sakkari, GRE: for all that Sakkari did in '21, she nonetheless left a substantial number of things on her "unfinished business" list. Still, she became the first Greek woman to reach the Top 10 (rising from #22 to #6), play in the WTAF (reaching the semis) and reach a slam QF, taking things a step further not once but twice with *SF* runs at both Roland Garros (where she held a MP vs. eventual champ Barbora Krejcikova) and the U.S. Open. Sakkari notched nine Top 10 wins in '21, including handing Naomi Osaka her first defeat in over a year en route to the Miami SF. She accomplished all this despite a woeful record in semifinal matches. Sakkari did manage to end her nine-SF match losing streak to reach her lone '21 final in Ostrava!!!, but her tour-best eight SF appearances was lessened a bit by a 1-7 record in those matches this season (in comparison, second place Kontaveit went 7-0 in her SF).

Coco Gauff, USA: with all the big stage breakouts over the past eighteen months, it's become oddly easy to forget about Gauff, or to think that she's somehow "lagging behind" after her exploits in pro events in her age 15 season in '19. But she just (again) completed her best season yet. Ranked #22, up 26 spots from a year ago, the 17-year old is not just the youngest player in the Top 25, but in the Top 200. Gauff reached her first career slam QF (RG) in '21, had her best 1000 result (Rome SF), doubled (w/ 2) her career Top 10 win total (and def. #1 Barty at the Italian Open), swept the s/d titles at an event (Parma), reached her first slam final (U.S. Open WD) and is one of only three players to finish in the Top 25 in both singles and doubles, joined only by Krejcikova and Mertens. If the best is still yet to come, well, it's going to really be *something*.

Ana Konjuh, CRO: 2021 was the year in which Konjuh announced that she was finally back after the Croatian's September 2017 elbow surgery had kept her off tour for much of the last three years (she played just nine total matches in 2018-19, and just one in a tour event in '20 along w/ 17 at the ITF level). This season saw Konjuh, a former Top 20 player (2017) and U.S. Open quarterfinalist in '16 at age 18, post her first tour-level MD wins since '18 when she showed up in Miami (as a WC) and upset the likes of Siniakova, Keys and Swiatek on her way to the Round of 16. She played in her first slam MD since '18 (though she was 0-3 in slam 1st Rounds this year) and reached her first WTA final in four years (Belgrade). After finishing the last three seasons ranked, in order, #418, #1270 and #538, Konjuh climbed to her highest position since '18 and finished at #65. Her 472-spot improvement is the biggest by any Top 100 player, some 200 spots better than then second-largest climb (by some Brit named Emma something-or-other).

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, RUS: after a decade filled to overflowing with "almosts" and encouraging highs immediately followed by discouraging lows, Pavlyuchenkova, at 30, finally put together a complete season. In climbing from #38 to #11, the Russian was the top-ranked Hordette in a season in which the Russian Tennis Renaissance left footprints all over the tour landscape. Pavlyuchenkova finally broke through her slam glass ceiling (having never reached a SF) by reaching the final in Paris after the longest wait (52 major MD) in tour history. A semifinal run in Madrid was Pavlyuchenkova's best 1000-level result since 2010, and before the season ended she'd added a MX Gold medal in Tokyo and helped lead the Russians to their first Billie Jean King Cup title since 2008 (when it was still "Fed" Cup). Her #11 ranking and finish are careers bests, and '21 is her third Top 20 campaign (liberally distributed throughout the years, w/ previous seasons coming in '11 and '17). Of course, at least on some level, Pavlyuchenkova still can't fully escape her own long career shadow. Even with all she accomplished in '21, she still exits the season without actually having won a singles title in her most successful singles season ever. Naturally.

Garbine Muguruza, ESP: two years ago, Muguruza was looking down the barrel of possibly wasting what should rightfully be the *best* years of her career. She slipped all the way to #36 in '19, her worst ranking since 2013. Enter Conchita Martinez as coach in '20 and things began to turn around. After reaching the AO final and climbing back into the Top 15 in '20, Muguruza reached three early season finals in '21 (winning in Dubai) before injuries slowed her momentum in the spring and summer. She finished strong, though, sniping a title in Chicago (2 of 5 potential opponents withdrew pre-match) and qualifying for the WTAF, where she became the first Spaniard to ever win the season-ending championships. Her fourth Top 10 season (first since '17) saw her finish in the Top 3 (at #3) for the third time in her career (2015/'17). Five years after winning her maiden slam in Paris in '16, Muguruza's three wins and five appearances in singles finals were both career season bests.

Viktorija Golubic, SUI: in 2021, "final" almost seemed to be Golubic's middle name. At 29, the Swiss vet had a career year that saw her reach WTA (0-2), 125 (1-0) and ITF (1-1) singles finals, take home Olympic Silver in WD (w/ Belinda Bencic) and help Switzerland manuever through the BJK Finals event all the way to the championship tie. Reaching her first slam singles QF (Wimbledon), Golubic doubled her career win total in majors during a single fortnight, and in Indian Wells scored her second career Top 10 victory (vs. Sakkari). She cracked the Top 50 for the first time after her SW19 run, finishing the year at #43, climbing 94 places for the third-biggest rise (Raducanu/Tauson) in the season-ending Top 50.

Aryna Sabalenka, BLR: her rise was relatively small (#10 to #2), but the Belarusian broke through her slam mental/emotional block to reach back-to-back semis (WI/US), went 15-4 in the majors (she'd previously been 11-12), won two titles and played in her first WTAF.

Mayar Sherif, EGY: Sherif continued to add to her collection of "first Egyptian..." honors, including becoming the first from her nation to win a MD slam match (in Melbourne) and reach WTA finals in singles and doubles (both in the Cluj-Napoca 250). She won her biggest title at the WTA 125 in Karlsruhe and was the first Egyptian to crack the Top 100, finishing at #61 a season after her (then-historic) #132 finish.

Tamara Zidansek, SLO: became the first slam semifinalist (RG) from Slovenia, reached two tour singles finals (winning her maiden title in Lausanne) and jumped from #83 to #30.

Camila Osorio, COL: while her name was shortened, her career prospects grew exponentially as the '19 U.S. Open girls champ became the South American #1, climbing from #186 to #55 while winning her maiden tour title in Bogota, making her slam MD debut in Paris, winning MD matches in London and New York and recording her first career Top 10 win in Tenerife over Elina Svitolina.

Dasha Kasatkina, RUS: finally Dasha was to be feared again, as Kasatkina's post-Top 10 slump (after finishing at #10 in '18, she'd slipped badly to #69 and #71 in 2019-20) ended as she rose to #26 (RUS #2) while reaching four finals (going 2-2 after having been final-less for two seasons), collected her first Top 10 win (Swiatek) in three years and was part of Russia's BJK Cup championship squad in Prague.

Sara Sorribes Tormo, ESP: one of the season's early revelations, Sorribes specialized in knock-down, drag-out marathon matches (even if she didn't always come out as the winner in those contests). The Spaniard made her Top 50 debut (#66 to #36), won her first title (Guadalajara 250), reached 1000 quarterfinals in both Miami (def. Brady/Rybakina/Jabeur) and Montreal (def. Pliskova), upset #1 Barty at the Olympics and reached the U.S. Open 3rd Rd.

Liudmila Samsonova, RUS: the Russian went on a tear while winning her first tour title in Berlin (def. Vondrousova/Keys/Azarenka/Bencic) as a qualifier, reached the Wimbledon Round of 16, recorded MD wins in three majors (she'd been 0-3 before '21) and ended her season as the MVP of Russia's BJK Cup title run.

Clara Tauson, DEN: the second youngest player (Gauff) in the Top 50, the 18-year old Dane reached three tour-level indoor finals (going 2-1), posted RG & U.S. Open MD wins and won a 125 crown (becoming the last player to def. Raducanu leading into her U.S. Open title dash) as she climbed 108 spots from #152 to #44.

Ann Li, USA: the 21-year old (the '17 WI girls RU) was the biggest U.S. riser in the Top 50, jumping 50 spots (#97 to #47) while reaching her first two finals (she won the only that was played, def. Osorio in Tenerife).

Beatriz Haddad Maia, BRA: fully back from her 2019 suspension, the Brazilian rose to South American #2 (behind Osorio) while winning five ITF crowns, upsetting Karolina Pliskova in Indian Wells and climbing 276 spots from #358 to #82 (the third-best jump after Konjuh & Raducanu in the Top 100).

*BACKSPIN ALL-RANKINGS TEAMS*
[2015]
Timea Bacsinszky, SUI (1st team)
Dasha Gavrilova, RUS/AUS (1st team)
Dasha Kasatkina, RUS (1st team)
Johanna Konta, GBR (1st team)
Garbine Muguruza, ESP (1st team)
Madison Brengle, USA
Margarita Gasparyan, RUS
Kristina Mladenovic, FRA
Alona Ostapenko, LAT
Teliana Pereira, BRA
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, SVK


[2016]
Cagla Buyukakcay, TUR (1st team)
Dominika Cibulkova, SVK (1st team)
Vania King, USA (1st team)
Johanna Konta, GBR (1st team)
Naomi Osaka, JPN (1st team)
CiCi Bellis, USA
Kiki Bertens, NED
Viktorija Golubic, SUI
Dasha Kasatkina, RUS
Svetlana Kuznetsova, RUS
Anastasija Sevastova, LAT


[2017]
Ash Barty, AUS (1st team)
Caroline Garcia, FRA (1st team)
Martina Hingis, SUI (1st team)
Elise Mertens, BEL (1st team)
Alona Ostapenko, LAT (1st team)
Julia Goerges, GER
Beatriz Haddad Maia, BRA
Aleksandra Krunic, SRB
Magdalena Rybarikova, SVK
Marketa Vondrousova, CZE


[2018]
Kiki Bertens, NED (1st team)
Simona Halep, ROU (1st team)
Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova, CZE/CZE (1st team)
Naomi Osaka, JPN (1st team)
Aryna Sabalenka, BLR (1st team)
Mihaela Buzarnescu, ROU
Danielle Collins, USA
Dasha Kasatkina, RUS
Angelique Kerber, GER
Petra Martic, CRO
Caroline Wozniacki, DEN


[2019]
Bianca Andreescu, CAN (1st team)
Ash Barty, AUS (1st team)
Coco Gauff, USA (1st team)
Sofia Kenin, USA (1st team)
Karolina Muchova, CZE (1st team)
Alison Riske, USA (1st team)
Kristie Ahn, USA
Amanda Anisimova, USA
Petra Martic, CRO
Elena Rybakina, KAZ
Marketa Vondrousova, CZE
Dayana Yastremska, UKR


[2020]
Victoria Azarenka, BLR (1st team)
Jennifer Brady, USA (1st team)
Leylah Fernandez, CAN (1st team)
Nadia Podoroska, ARG (1st team)
Aryna Sabalenka, BLR (1st team)
Iga Swiatek, POL (1st team)
Simona Halep, ROU
Barbora Krejcikova, CZE
Mayar Sherif, EGY
Laura Siegemund, GER
Martina Trevisan, ITA
Renata Zarazua, MEX

[2021]
Paula Badosa, ESP (1st team)
Ash Barty, AUS (1st team)
Leylah Fernandez, CAN (1st team)
Anett Kontaveit, EST (1st team)
Barbora Krejcikova, CZE (1st team)
Nuria Párrizas Díaz, ESP (1st team)
Emma Raducanu, GBR (1st team)
Coco Gauff, USA
Viktorija Golubic, SUI
Ons Jabeur, TUN
Ana Konjuh, CRO
Garbine Muguruza, ESP
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, RUS
Maria Sakkari, GRE

All the lists that are fit to print (and some that likely aren't... but so be it)...

[as of end-of-season singles ranks the week-of-Nov.15, 2021]

=FINAL SINGLES TOP 10=
1. Ash Barty, AUS
2. Aryna Sabalenka, BLR
3. Garbine Muguruza, ESP
4. Karolina Pliskova, CZE
5. Barbora Krejcikova, CZE
6. Maria Sakkari, GRE
7. Anett Kontaveit, EST
8. Paula Badosa, ESP
9. Iga Swiatek, POL
10. Ons Jabeur, TUN

=2021 TOP 10=
[by age]
29 - Pliskova
28 - Muguruza
27 - Jabeur
26 - Sakkari
25 - Barty,Kontaveit,Krejcikova
24 - Badosa
23 - Sabalenka
20 - Swiatek
[career Top 10 seasons]
6 - Karolina Pliskova (#4)
4 - Garbine Muguruza (#3)
3 - Ash Barty (#1)
2 - Aryna Sabalenka, BLR (#2)
1 - Paula Badosa (#8)
1 - Ons Jabeur (#10)
1 - Anett Kontaveit (#7)
1 - Barbora Krejcikova (#5)
1 - Maria Sakkari (#6)
1 - Iga Swiatek (#9)
[consecutive Top 10 seasons]
7 - Simona Halep
5 - Karolina Pliskova
4 - Elina Svitolina
3 - Kiki Bertens
3 - Petra Kvitova
3 - Naomi Osaka
2 - Ash Barty
2 - Bianca Andreescu
[career Top 5 seasons; *-2021 Top 5]
4 - Garbine Muguruza*
3 - Ash Barty*
3 - Karolina Pliskova*
1 - Barbora Krejciova*
1 - Aryna Sabalenka*
0 - players ranked #6-10
[consecutive Top 5 seasons]
3 - Ash Barty
[new to Top 10 in 2021]
#3 Garbine Muguruza
#5 Barbora Krejcikova (first-timer)
#6 Maria Sakkari (first-timer)
#7 Anett Kontaveit (first-timer)
#8 Paula Badosa (first-timer)
#9 Iga Swiatek (first-timer)
#10 Ons Jabeur (first-timer)
[dropped out of Top 10 from 2020]
Simona Halep (#2 to #20)
Naomi Osaka (#3 to #13)
Sofia Kenin (#4 to #12)
Elina Svitolina (#5 to #15)
Bianca Andreescu (#7 To #46)
Petra Kvitova (#8 to #17)
Kiki Bertens (#9 to NR/retired)
Serena Williams (#10 to #41)
[Top 10 returnees, by season]
2010: 7
2011: 4
2012: 7
2013: 9
2014: 7
2015: 6
2016: 5
2017: 4
2018: 4
2019: 6
2020: 8
2021: 3

=2021 TOP 20 BY NATION=
3...CZE (#4 Pliskova, #5 Krejcikova, #17 Kvitova)
2...USA (#12 Kenin, #18 Pegula)
2...ESP (#3 Muguruza, #8 Badosa)
1...AUS (#1 Barty)
1...BLR (#2 Sabalenka)
1...EST (#7 Kontaveit)
1...GBR (#19 Raducanu)
1...GER (#16 Kerber)
1...GRE (#6 Sakkari)
1...JPN (#13 Osaka)
1...KAZ (#14 Rybakina)
1...POL (#9 Swiatek)
1...ROU (#20 Halep)
1...RUS (#11 Pavlyuchenkova)
1...TUN (#10 Jabeur)
1...UKR (#15 Svitolina)
[Top 20 by age]
33 - Kerber
31 - Kvitova
30 - Halep,Pavlyuchenkova
29 - Pliskova
28 - Muguruza
27 - Jabeur,Pegula,Svitolina
26 - Sakkari
25 - Barty,Kontaveit,Krejcikova
24 - Badosa,Osaka
23 - Kenin,Rybakina,Sabalenka
20 - Swiatek
19 - Raducanu

=TOP 50 NATIONS=
2013: 23
2014: 23
2015: 20
2016: 25
2017: 21
2018: 25
2019: 27
2020: 25
2021: 23
[Top 50 players without WTA singles titles]
#40 Shelby Rogers, USA (0-2 finals)
#45 Ajla Tomljanovic, AUS (0-4 finals)
#48 Tereza Martincova, CZE (0-1 finals)
#50 Marta Kostyuk, UKR (no career finals)
[Top 32 players without slam SF; w/ slam best]
#7 Anett Kontaveit, EST (QF)
#8 Paula Badosa, ESP (QF)
#10 Ons Jabeur, TUN (QF)
#14 Elena Rybakina, KAZ (QF)
#18 Jessie Pegula, USA (QF)
#22 Coco Gauff, USA (QF)
#26 Dasha Kasatkina, RUS (QF)
#31 Veronika Kudermetova, RUS (3rd Rd.)

=HIGHEST-RANKED PLAYER WITHOUT A CAREER WTA SINGLES TITLE=
2007 Victoria Azarenka, BLR - won first title in 2009
2008 Victoria Azarenka, BLR - 2009
2009 Alla Kudryavtseva, RUS - 2010
2010 Dominika Cibulkova, SVK - 2011
2011 Peng Shuai, CHN - 2016
2012 Varvara Lepchenko, USA
2013 Sloane Stephens, USA - 2015
2014 Peng Shuai, CHN - 2016
2015 Kristina Mladenovic, FRA - 2017
2016 Dasha Gavrilova, AUS - 2017
2017 Wang Qiang, CHN - 2018
2018 Aliaksandra Sasnovich, BLR
2019 Danielle Collins, USA - 2021
2020 Ons Jabeur, TUN - 2021
2021 Shelby Rogers, USA

===============================================

=TOP 100 NATIONS=
2011: 37
2012: 36
2013: 36
2014: 34
2015: 33
2016: 33
2017: 34
2018: 34
2019: 33
2020: 32
2021: 35
[2021 Top 100 by Nation; w/ # in 2020]
16 - United States (18)
8 - Czech Republic (9)
8 - Russia (8)
5 - Romania (5)
4 - Belgium (3)
4 - France (4)
4 - Spain (4)
4 - Ukraine (3)
3 - Australia (2)
3 - Belarus (3)
3 - China (5)
3 - Croatia (2)
3 - Kazakhstan (3)
3 - Switzerland (2)
2 - Canada (2)
2 - Estonia (1)
2 - Germany (2)
2 - Great Britain (2)
2 - Italy (3)
2 - Latvia (2)
2 - Poland (2)
2 - Slovenia (2)
1 - Argentina (1)
1 - Brazil (0)
1 - Colombia (0)
1 - Denmark (0)
1 - Egypt (0)
1 - Greece (1)
1 - Hungary (0)
1 - Japan (3)
1 - Montenegro (1)
1 - Netherlands (2)
1 - Slovakia (1)
1 - Sweden (1)
1 - Tunisia (1)
--
2020 TOP 100, NONE in 2021: Serbia (1), Taiwan (1)
[2021 Top 100 Age Breakdown]
6 - Teens
75 - 20-29
18 - 30-39
1 - 40-49

=PLAYERS RISING INTO SEASON-ENDING TOP 100=
2021 newbies: 25 (since final '20 season rankings - November 15, 2020)
2020 newbies: 13
2019 newbies: 25
2018 newbies: 26
2017 newbies: 27
2016 newbies: 27
2015 newbies: 29
2014 newbies: 24
2013 newbies: 27
2012 newbies: 29
2011 newbies: 31
2010 newbies: 23
2009 newbies: 28
2008 newbies: 34
2007 newbies: 33
[2021 Top 100 Risers; w/ '20 rank; * - first career Top 100 season]
#19 Emma Raducanu, GBR (#343)*
#39 Liudmila Samsonva, RUS (#127)*
#43 Viktorija Golubic, SUI (#137)
#44 Clara Tauson, DEN (#152)*
#48 Tereza Martincova, CZE (#120)*
#52 Anhelina Kalinina, UKR (#162)*
#55 Camila Osorio, COL (#186)*
#61 Mayar Sherif, EGY (#132)*
#65 Nuria Párrizas Díaz, ESP (#232)*
#66 Ana Konjuh, CRO (#538)
#71 Jaqueline Cristian, ROU (#167)*
#72 Kaia Kanepi, EST (#101)
#75 Greet Minnen, BEL (#110)*
#76 Andrea Petkovic, GER (#102)
#77 Clara Burel, FRA (#235)*
#81 Maryna Zanevska, BEL (#258)*
#82 Beatriz Haddad Maia, BRA (#358)
#84 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, SVK (#139)
#85 Gabriela Ruse, ROU (#177)*
#87 Vera Zvonareva, RUS (#163)
#90 Anna Bondar, HUN (#273)*
#94 Claire Liu, USA (#222)
#96 Astra Sharma, AUS (#128)
#98 Kaja Juvan, SLO (#104)
#99 Wang Xinyu, CHN (#153)*
[smallest 2020-to-2021 rankings changes in Top 100]
0...Ash Barty (#1 to #1)
0...Ekaterina Alexandrova (#33 to #33)
-1...Jennifer Brady (#24 to #25)
-1...Elise Mertens (#20 to #21)
-1...Aliaksandra Sasnovich (#90 to #91)
+2...Karolina Pliskova (#6 to #4)

===============================================

*RECENT #11 FINISHES*
2005: Serena Williams, USA
2006: Dinara Safina, RUS
2007: Elena Dementieva, RUS
2008: Nadia Petrova, RUS
2009: Marion Bartoli, FRA
2010: Li Na, CHN
2011: Francesca Schiavone, ITA
2012: Marion Bartoli, FRA
2013: Simona Halep, ROU
2014: Dominika Cibulkova, SVK
2015: Karolina Pliskova, CZE
2016: Petra Kvitova, CZE
2017: Kristina Mladenovic, FRA
2018: Aryna Sabalenka, BLR
2019: Aryna Sabalenka, BLR
2020: Serena Williams, USA
2021: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, RUS
*RECENT #21 FINISHES*
2005: Anna-Lena Groenefeld, GER
2006: Li Na, CHN
2007: Sybille Bammer, AUT
2008: Daniela Hantuchova, SVK
2009: Amelie Mauresmo, FRA
2010: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, RUS
2011: Julia Goerges, GER
2012: Varvara Lepchenko, USA
2013: Svetlana Kuznetsova, RUS
2014: Garbine Muguruza, ESP
2015: Jelena Jankovic, SRB
2016: Samantha Stosur, AUS
2017: Angelique Kerber, GER
2018: Anett Kontaveit, EST
2019: Karolina Muchova, CZE
2020: Marketa Vondrousova, CZE
2021: Elise Mertens, BEL
*RECENT #101 FINISHES*
2011: Stephanie Foretz-Gacon, FRA
2012: Stephanie Foretz-Gacon, FRA
2013: Mariana Duque Marino, COL
2014: Aleksandra Krunic, SRB
2015: Kiki Bertens, NED
2016: Donna Vekic, CRO
2017: Kurumi Nara, JPN
2018: Heather Watson, GBR
2019: Kaia Kanepi, EST
2020: Kaia Kanepi, EST
2021: Oceane Dodin, FRA

===============================================

=TEENS IN THE TOP 100=
2014: 5
2015: 5
2016: 6
2017: 4
2018: 5
2019: 6
2020: 6
2021: 6

=YOUNGEST IN...=
Top 10: #9 Iga Swiatek, POL (20)
Top 20: #19 Emma Raducanu, GBR (19)
Top 50: #22 Coco Gauff, USA (17)
Top 100: Gauff
Top 200: Gauff
Top 300: #252 Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva, AND (16)
Top 400: #382 Sara Bejlek, CZE (15)
Top 500: Bejlek
Top 600: Bejlek
Top 700: Bejlek
Top 800: #791 Nikola Bartunkova, CZE (15)
Top 900: Bartunkova
Top 1000: Bartunkova

*YOUNGEST PLAYER - end of '21 season*
[Top 100]
17...Coco Gauff, USA (born May 13, 2004)
18...Clara Tauson, DEN (born December 21, 2002)
19...Emma Raducanu, GBR (born November 13, 2002)
19...Leylah Fernandez, CAN (born September 6, 2002)
19...Marta Kostyuk, UKR (born June 28, 2002)
19...Camila Osorio, COL (born December 22, 2001)
20...Wang Xinyu, CHN (born September 26, 2001)
20...Amanda Anisimova, USA (born August 31, 2001)
20...Iga Swiatek, POL (born May 31, 2001)
20...Anastasia Potapova, RUS (born March 30, 2001)
20...Clara Burel, FRA (born March 21, 2001)
20...Kaja Juvan, SLO (born November 25, 2000)
[#101-200]
19...Zheng Qinwen, CHN (born October 8, 2002)
19...Diane Parry, FRA (born September 1, 2002)
19...Daria Snigur, UKR (born March 27, 2002)
19...Katie Volynets, USA (born December 31, 2001)
19...Caty McNally, USA (born November 20, 2001)
20...Hailey Baptiste, USA (born November 3, 2001)
20...Kamilla Rakhimova, RUS (born August 28, 2001)
20...Wang Xiyu, CHN (born March 28, 2001)
20...Elisabetta Cocciaretto, ITA (born January 25, 2001)
20...Olga Danilovic, SRB (born January 23, 2001)

=OLDEST IN...=
Top 10: #4 Karolina Pliskova, CZE (29)
Top 20: #16 Angelique Kerber, GER (33)
Top 50: #41 Serena Willliams, USA (40)
Top 100: S.Williams
Top 200: S.Williams
Top 300: S.Williams
Top 400: #313 Venus Williams, USA (41)
Top 500+: V.Williams

*OLDEST PLAYER - end of '21 season*
[Top 100]
40...Serena Williams, USA (born September 8, 1981)
37...Vera Zvonareva, RUS (born September 7, 1984)
36...Kaia Kanepi, EST (born June 10, 1985)
34...Andrea Petkovic, GER (born September 9, 1987)
33...Angelique Kerber, GER (born January 18, 1988)
32...Zhang Shuai, CHN (born January 21, 1989)
32...Victoria Azarenka, BLR (born July 31, 1989)
[#101-200]
36...Svetlana Kuznetsova, RUS (born June 27, 1985)
35...Hsieh Su-Wei, TPE (borN January 4, 1986)
35...Varvara Lepchenko, USA (born April 21, 1986)
34...Sara Errani, ITA (born April 29, 1987)
33...Laura Siegemund, GER (born March 4, 1988)
33...Mihaela Buzarnescu, ROU (born May 4, 1988)
33...Olga Govortsova, BLR (born August 23, 1988)
32...Lesia Tsurenko, UKR (born May 30, 1989)

===============================================

Sometimes up is down, and down is up. As always, the Tennis Gods like to mess with people...

Elena Rybakina (#19 to #14): a season ago, Rybakina was an early-season mover-and-shaker. She reached four finals before the shutdown (winning a title), then reached a fifth in the fall. Her #19 finish was a career best. In 2021, the Kazakh reachd *zero* finals (and squandered multiple leads in Tokyo, going home without a medal), but climbed to #14.

Alize Cornet (French #4 to French #1): Cornet seemed set for a resurgent campaign in 2021. While she had some good moments (her final in Chicago was her first in two years, and she upset Andreescu twice), it didn't really happen. Following the U.S. Open, she slipped to #72, her lowest ranking since 2012. Still, after being the fourth-ranked Pastry in '20 behind Fiona Ferro (#42), Caroline Garcia (#43) and Kristina Mladenovic (#49) at #53, Cornet (even while finishing at #59) was France's highest-ranked player this season as the fortunes of her countrywomen slipped considerably (#74 Garcia, #92 Mladenovic, #103 Ferro). This situation won't likely last long, as Clara Burel (#77) and Diane Parry (#141, then up to #115 with a WTA 125 title run the week *after* the final '21 rankings) will be looking to swoop in and overthrow the generational structure of the Pastry rankings in '22.

And sometimes a player gets the chance to mess with the Tennis Gods...

Belinda Bencic (#12 to #23): after just one slam appearance in '20 (AO 3r), Bencic reached the U.S. Open QF this year. After playing just two 1000 level events a season ago, the Swiss reached a pair of 1000 QF in '21. After playing in no finals in '20, Bencic reached a pair of WTA finals this season (0-2) and won the Gold at the no-ranking-points Olympic event. She even led Switzerland to the BJK Cup final, and claimed a second medal (WD Silver) in Tokyo. Bencic had a vastly improved season on *all* fronts, but fell from #12 to #23 in the season-ending rankings.

Hsieh Su-wei (#67 to #106 singles, #1 to #3 doubles): as usual, Hsieh was never boring (whether she was wearing a dragon mask or not). Still, her ranking fortunes -- in both singles and doubles -- didn't keep up with her best moments. She fell from #67 to #106 in singles on the year, but at the Australian Open (at 35) she became the oldest first-time slam quarterfinalist in tour history. She then went 1-7 in her next six events, losing *twice* in Madrid as a LL -- both times to Tamara Zidansek. In 2020, Hsieh finished #1 in doubles but added no major titles to her career collection. In 2021, she won WD slam #4 at Wimbledon with Elise Mertens. The duo reached the WTAF final and Hsieh would have finished #1 again with a title, but they lost to Krejcikova/Siniakova and she fell to #3.

Karolina Muchova (#27 to #32): the Czech's season was irredeemably marred by injury (two walkovers and a retirement in just eleven events), but when Muchova did play she was on point, recording four of her five career Top 10 wins this season alone and reaching the Australian Open SF and Wimbledon QF. Still, her lack of action (she hasn't reached a final since '19) saw her ranking drop five spots.

Naomi Osaka (#3 to #13): Osaka never made it back to #1 despite several chances (notably in Miami, only to see Barty take the title), pulled out of RG and skipped Wimbledon while making the preservation of athletes' "mental health" the latest cause célèbre amongst the social media bandwagoners, and ultimately fell out of the Top 10. But, as hard as it might be to remember it now, Osaka *did* win the Australian Open way back in February and in '22 will have the chance to extend her current four-season streak of winning at least one major.

And then there was...

Jennifer Brady (#24 to #25): the Bannerette opened strong, winning nine of her first twelve matches and reaching her maiden slam final at the Australian Open. Soon after, Brady's season went down in flames due to injury. After Melbourne, she only played eleven more matches, going 6-5 with two retirements and a walkover. Still, she finished in a virtual dead heat in the rankings, slipping just a single spot.

===============================================







*REGIONAL RANKINGS* ==EASTERN EUROPE (non-RUS/Baltics)==
#2 Aryna Sabalenka, BLR
#15 Elina Svitolina, UKR
#20 Simona Halep, ROU
#27 Victoria Azarenka, BLR
#38 Sorana Cirstea, ROU
#50 Marta Kostyuk, UKR
#52 Anhelina Kalinina, UKR
#60 Irina-Camelia Begu, ROU
#71 Jaqueline Cristian, ROU
#85 Gabriela Ruse, ROU
#91 Aliaksandra Sasnovich, BLR
#97 Dayana Yastremska, UKR
#112 Ana Bogdan, ROU
[RUSSIA]
#11 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
#26 Dasha Kasatkina
#31 Veronika Kudermetova
#33 Ekaterina Alexandrova
#39 Liudmila Samsonova
#69 Anastasia Potapova
#79 Varvara Gracheva
#87 Vera Zvonareva
#107 Svetlana Kuznetsova
#110 Anna Kalinskaya
#117 Kamilla Rakhimova
#138 Anastasia Gasanova
[BALTIC REGION]
#7 Anett Kontaveit, EST
#28 Alona Ostapenko, LAT
#70 Anastasija Sevastova, LAT
#72 Kaia Kanepi, EST
#297 Daniela Vismane, LAT
(LTU: #347 Justina Mikulskyte)

==WESTERN & CENTRAL EUROPE (non-RUS/Caucasus/Mediterranean/Scandinavia)==
#3 Garbine Muguruza, ESP
#4 Karolina Pliskova, CZE
#5 Barbora Krejcikova, CZE
#8 Paula Badosa, ESP
#9 Iga Swiatek, POL
#16 Angelique Kerber, GER
#17 Petra Kvitova, CZE
#19 Emma Raducanu, GBR
#21 Elise Mertens, BEL
#23 Belinda Bencic, SUI
#30 Tamara Zidansek, SLO
#32 Karolina Muchova, CZE
#34 Camila Giorgi, ITA
#35 Marketa Vondrousova, CZE
#36 Sara Sorribes Tormo, ESP
#37 Jil Teichmann, SUI
#43 Viktorija Golubic, SUI
(CRO: #54 Petra Martic)
(FRA: #59 Alize Cornet)
(NED: #62 Arantxa Rus)
(SVK: #84 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova)
(SRB: #114 Nina Stojanovic)
[SCANDINAVIA]
#44 Clara Tauson, DEN
#86 Rebecca Peterson, SWE
#207 Mirjam Bjorklund, SWE
#301 Ulrikke Eikeri, NOR
#302 Anastasia Kulikova, FIN
#342 Malene Helgo, NOR
#470 Olga Helmi, DEN
#496 Jacqueline Cabaj Awad, SWE
#506 Caijsa Hennemann, SWE
[AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST, CAUCASUS & MEDITERRANEAN]
#6 Maria Sakkari, GRE
#10 Ons Jabeur, TUN
#61 Mayar Sherif, EGY
#149 Ekaterine Gorgodze, GEO
#177 Mariam Bolkvadze, GEO
#184 Despina Papamichail, GRE
#185 Valentini Grammatikopoulou, GRE
#232 Cagla Buyukakcay, TUR
#283 Sofia Shapatava, GEO
#285 Raluca Serban, CYP
#288 Ipek Oz, TUR
#326 Pemra Ozgen, TUR
#333 Sada Nahimana, BDI
(ISR: #377 Lina Glushko)

==ASIA/PACIFIC==
#1 Ash Barty, AUS
#13 Naomi Osaka, JPN
#14 Elena Rybakina, KAZ
#42 Yulia Putintseva, KAZ
#45 Ajla Tomljanovic, AUS
#63 Zhang Shuai, CHN
#80 Zheng Saisai, CHN
#96 Astra Sharma, AUS
#99 Wang Xinyu, CHN
#100 Zarina Diyas, KAZ
#104 Wang Qiang, CHN
#105 Misaki Doi, JPN
#106 Hsieh Su-Wei, TPE
(IND: #190 Ankita Raina)
(THA: #372 Peangtarn Plipuech)
(INA: #391 Aldila Sutjiadi)
(NZL: #439 Paige Mary Hourigan)
(HKG: #545 Eudice Chong)

==SOUTH AMERICA==
#55 Camila Osorio, COL
#82 Beatriz Haddad Maia, BRA
#83 Nadia Podoroska, ARG
#200 Daniela Seguel, CHI
#208 Veronica Cepede Royg, PAR
#213 Paula Ormaechea, ARG
#218 Laura Pigossi, BRA
#249 Emiliana Arango, COL
#258 Carolina Alves, BRA
#262 Maria Carle, ARG
#286 Gabriela Ce, BRA
(VEN: #359 Andrea Gamiz)
(BOL: #693 Noelia Zeballos)
(PER: #899 Romina Ccuno)
(CENTRAL AMERICA: #1044 Andrea Weedon, GUA)

==NORTH AMERICA/ATLANTIC==
[UNITED STATES]
#12 Sofia Kenin, USA
#18 Jessie Pegula, USA
#22 Coco Gauff, USA
#25 Jennifer Brady, USA
#29 Danielle Collins, USA
#40 Shelby Rogers, USA
#41 Serena Williams, USA
#47 Ann Li, USA
#51 Alison Riske, USA
#56 Madison Keys, USA
#58 Madison Brengle, USA
#64 Sloane Stephens, USA
#78 Amanda Anisimova, USA
[CANADA/MEXICO/PUERTO RICO]
#24 Leylah Fernandez, CAN
#46 Bianca Andreescu, CAN
#127 Renata Zarazua, MEX
#144 Rebecca Marino, CAN
#246 Genie Bouchard, CAN
#247 Marcela Zacarias, MEX
#254 Ana Sofia Sanchez, MEX
#276 Fernanda Contreras Gomez, MEX
#325 Carol Zhao, CAN
#344 Katherine Sebov, CAN
#349 Francoise Abanda, CAN






*BIGGEST RISES IN THE RANKINGS*
=end of '20 to end of '21 season=
[in 2021 Top 25]
+324...Emma Raducanu (#343 to #19)
+64...Leylah Fernandez (#88 to #24)
+62...Paula Badosa (#70 to #8)
+60...Barbora Krejcikova (#65 to #5)
+44...Jessie Pegula (#62 to #18)
+27...Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (#38 to #11)
+26...Coco Gauff (#48 to #22)
+21...Ons Jabeur (#31 to #10)
[2021 Top 26-50]
+108...Clara Tauson (#152 to #44)
+94...Viktorija Golubic (#137 to #43)
+88...Liudmila Samsonova (#127 to #39)
+72...Tereza Martincova (#120 to #48)
+57...Tamara Zidansek (#87 to #30)
+50...Ann Li (#97 to #47)
+48...Sorana Cirstea (#86 to #38)
+48...Marta Kostyuk (#98 to #50)
+45...Dasha Kasatkina (#71 to #26)
+41...Camila Giorgi (#75 to #34)
[2021 Top 51-100]
+472...Ana Konjuh (#538 to #66)
+276...Beatriz Haddad Maia (#358 to #82)
+183...Anna Bondar (#273 to #90)
+177...Maryna Zanevska (#258 to #81)
+167...Nuria Párrizas Díaz (#232 to #65)
+158...Clara Burel (#235 to #77)
+131...Camila Osorio (#186 to #55)
+128...Claire Liu (#222 to #94)
+110...Anhelina Kalinina (#162 to #52)
+96...Jaqueline Cristian (#167 to #71)


*BIGGEST FALLS IN THE RANKINGS*
=end of '19 to end of '20 season=
[2020 Top 25]
retired - #9 Kiki Bertens (NR)
-97...Johanna Konta (#14 to #111)
-40...Madison Keys (#16 to #56)
-39...Bianca Andreescu (#7 to #46)
-36...Petra Martic (#18 to #54)
-30...Serena Williams (#11 to #41)
-18...Simona Halep (#2 to #20)
-14...Marketa Vondrousova (#21 to #35)
-14...Victoria Azarenka (#13 to #27)
[2020 Top 26-50]
-299...Barbora Strycova (#37 to #336)-retired
-74...Laura Siegemund (#50 to #124)
-71...Svetlana Kuznetsova (#36 to #107)
-70...Wang Qiang (#34 to #104)
-68...Dayana Yastremska (#29 to #97)
-61...Fiona Ferro (#42 to #103)
-48...Amanda Anisimova (#30 to #78)
-43...Kristina Mladenovic (#49 to #92)
-39...Zheng Saisai (#41 to #80)
-38...Marie Bouzkova (#51 to #89)
[2020 Top 51-100]
retired - #83 Carla Suarez Navarro (NR)
-235...Venus Williams (#78 to #313)
-220...Kirsten Flipkens (#85 to #305)
-206...Wang Yafan (#94 to #300)
-204...Taylor Townsend (#89 to #293)
-166...Patricia Maria Tig (#56 to #222)
-95...Anna Blinkova (#60 to #155)
-83...Polona Hercog (#52 to #135)
-78...Christina McHale (#80 to #158)
-78...Viktoria Kuzmova (#96 to #174)
-77...Kristyna Pliskova (#69 to #146)

===============================================

[as of end-of-season doubles ranks the week-of-Nov.15, 2021]

*DOUBLES TOP 100*
(w/ # in 2020)
15...United States (19)
8...Czech Republic (8)
8...Russia (4)
6...Romania (3)
5...Japan (6)
4...Australia (6)
4...Belgium (3)
4...China (8)
4...Germany (3)
4...Netherlands (3)
4...Ukraine (3)
3...Belarus (4)
3...Canada (2)
3...Poland (2)
3...Taiwan (3)
2...Croatia (1)
2...France (1)
2...Georgia (1)
2...Kazakhstan (1)
2...Serbia (2)
1...Argentina (0)
1...Brazil (1)
1...Chile (1)
1...Hungary (2)
1...India (0)
1...Latvia (1)
1...Mexico (1)
1...New Zealand (0)
1...Norway (0)
1...Slovenia (4)
1...Slovakia (1)
1...Spain (4)
--
2020 TOP 100, NONE in 2021: Sweden (1), Switzerland (1)
2020 NATIONS: 30
2021 NATIONS: 32

*DOUBLES TOP 20*
[by nation]
4...USA (#12 Melichar-M., #15 Mattek-Sands, #17 Krawczyk, #20 McNally)
2...CZE (#1 Siniakova, #2 Krejcikova)
2...JPN (#5 Aoyama, #6 Shibahara)
1...AUS (#16 Stosur)
1...BEL (#4 Mertens)
1...BRA (#10 Stefani)
1...CAN (#7 Dabrowski)
1...CHI (#13 Guarachi)
1...CHN (#8 Sh.Zhang)
1...CRO (#9 Jurak)
1...MEX (#18 Olmos)
1...NED (#11 Schuurs)
1...RUS (#14 V.Kudermetova)
1...SLO (#19 Klepac)
1...TPE (#3 Hsieh)
[ages]
37 - Darija Jurak, Samantha Stosur
36 - Bethanie Mattek-Sands
35 - Hsieh Su-wei, Andreja Klepac
33 - Shuko Aoyama
32 - Zhang Shuai
31 - Alexa Guarachi
29 - Gaby Dabrowski
28 - Nicole Melichar-M., Giuliana Olmos, Demi Schuurs
27 - Desirae Krawczyk
26 - Elise Mertens
25 - Barbora Krejcikova, Katerina Siniakova
24 - Veronika Kudermetova, Luisa Stefani
23 - Ena Shibahara
19 - Caty McNally (now 20)

*DOUBLES TOP 100*
[youngest]
17 - Coco Gauff, USA
19 - Leylah Fernandez, CAN
19 - Marta Kostyuk, UKR
19 - Caty McNally, USA (now 20)
20 - Kamilla Rakhimova, RUS
20 - Iga Swiatek, POL
20 - Anastasia Potapova, RUS
[oldest]
46 - Kveta Peschke, CZE
38 - Renata Vorácová, CZE
37 - Samantha Stosur, AUS
37 - Darija Jurak, CRO
37 - Vera Zvonareva, RUS
36 - Bethanie Mattek-Sands, USA
36 - Lucie Hradecka, CZE

*SINGLES & DOUBLES*
(singles/doubles ranks)
=TOP 10 IN BOTH (1)=
Barbora Krejcikova, CZE (#5 singles, #2 doubles)
=TOP 20 IN BOTH (+0)=
no others
=TOP 50 IN BOTH (+9)=
Aryna Sabalenka, BLR (#2 singles, #28 doubles)
Iga Swiatek, POL (#9 singles, #41 doubles)
Elena Rybakina, KAZ (#14 singles, #49 doubles)
Jessie Pegula, USA (#18 singles, #50 doubles)
Elise Mertens, BEL (#21 singles, #4 doubles)
Coco Gauff, USA (#22 singles, #21 doubles)
Alona Ostapenko, LAT (#28 singles, #23 doubles)
Veronika Kudermetova, RUS (#31 singles, #14 doubles)
Katerina Siniakova, CZE (#49 singles, #1 doubles)

*NATIONS WITH TOP 100 DOUBLES PLAYER, BUT NONE IN SINGLES*
CHILE (1): #13 Alexa Guarachi
GEORGIA (2): #69 Ekatrine Gorgodze, #75 Oksana Kalashnikova
INDIA (1): #62 Sania Mirza
MEXICO (1): #18 Giuliana Olmos
NEW ZEALAND (1): #54 Erin Routliffe
NORWAY (1): #61 Ulrikke Eikeri
SERBIA (2): #40 Nina Stojanovic, #46 Aleksandra Krunic
TAIWAN (1): #3 Hsieh Su-wei
[high-ranking singles player]
CHILE: #200 Daniela Seguel
GEORGIA: #149 Ekaterine Gorgodze
INDIA: #190 Ankita Raina
MEXICO: #127 Renata Zarazua
NEW ZEALAND: #439 Paige Mary Hourigan
NORWAY: #301 Ulrikke Eikeri
SERBIA: #114 Nina Stojanovic
TAIWAN: #106 Hsieh Su-wei



And... whew!

via GIPHY

All for now.