2023 WTA Rankings Round-Up

The Backspin recapping season is upon us, with the annual unveiling of the 2023 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 truly was one of the most disappointing and wretchedly revealing in human memory. Well, everywhere and with everything associated with the tour... except for what happened *on* the court and between the lines when things mattered.

Thank the Tennis Gods for small huge favors.

Over the course of 2023, the battle for #1 became a reality, as the chase that essentially began with Aryna Sabalenka's '22 WTA Finals runner-up result last fall eventually saw the Belarusian catch Iga Swiatek and assume the top spot in the rankings after the U.S. Open. It was the first "on-court" exchange of the #1 women's singles ranking since Ash Barty overtook Simona Halep in June 2019.

It would only take two months for Swiatek to snatch the top ranking back during *this* year's WTAF as the Pole won her first tour championships crown and wrapped up a second straight season-ending #1 finish. She'll enter the '24 season with 83 career weeks in the top spot, already putting her in the Top 10 highest totals in WTA history at just age 22.

It was a fitting capper to a WTA season that saw four different women win slam singles titles, with three of them being maiden major champions.

In doubles, four different duos won slams, though one player (Hsieh Su-wei, having just returned to the tour) won back-to-back slams with different partners in Paris and London. Meanwhile, five different women occupied the #1 ranking in doubles in 2023 and the ultimate season-ending #1-ranked player (Storm Hunter) only rose to the top spot for the first time once the WTAF had concluded at the end of a season in which she *didn't* pick up a slam title.

Hunter is the fifth women's #1 to assume the top position -- after Gisela Dulko (2010), Sania Mirza (2015), Coco Gauff (2022) and Jessie Pegula earlier this season -- without having yet won a slam WD crown. Both Dulko and Mirza won their first slam within three months of being ranked #1 for the first time. Hunter will be playing in her home slam in Melbourne before the next three-month stretch is complete, while Gauff/Pegula have yet to take home a major doubles title.

Hmmm, so maybe one storyline for the 2024 season has already started?





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.6, 2023]
=FINAL SINGLES TOP 10=
1. Iga Swiatek, POL
2. Aryna Sabalenka, BLR
3. Coco Gauff, USA
4. Elena Rybakina, KAZ
5. Jessie Pegula, USA
6. Ons Jabeur, TUN
7. Marketa Vondrousova, CZE
8. Karolina Muchova, CZE
9. Maria Sakkari, GRE
10. Barbora Krejcikova, CZES

Closing out 2023 on ??

WTA Year-End No.1 in Singles: @iga_swiatek ??
WTA Year-End No.1 in Doubles: @stormsanders94 ?? pic.twitter.com/9bSMoXrGkW

— wta (@WTA) November 8, 2023

=2023 TOP 10=
[by age]
29 - Jabeur, Pegula
28 - Sakkari
27 - Krejickova, Muchova
25 - Sabalenka
24 - Rybakina, Vondrousova
22 - Swiatek
19 - Gauff
[career Top 10 seasons]
4 - Aryna Sabalenka (#2)
3 - Ons Jabeur (#6)
3 - Maria Sakkari (#9)
3 - Iga Swiatek (#1)
2 - Coco Gauff (#3)
2 - Krejickova (#10)
2 - Jessie Pegula (#5)
1 - Rybakina (#4), Vondousova (#7), Muchova (#8)
[consecutive Top 10 seasons]
2 - Ons Jabeur
2 - Aryna Sabalenka
2 - Maria Sakkari
2 - Iga Swiatek
[career Top 5 seasons; *-2023 Top 5]
3 - Aryna Sabalenka *
2 - Iga Swiatek *
2 - Jessie Pegula *
1 - Coco Gauff *
1 - Ons Jabeur
1 - Barbora Krejcikova
1 - Elena Rybakina *
0 - Muchova, Sakkari, Vondrousova
[consecutive Top 5 seasons]
3 - Aryna Sabalenka
2 - Jessie Pegula
2 - Iga Swiatek
[dropped out of Top 10 from 2022]
Caroline Garcia (#10 to #20)
Dasha Kasatkina (#8 to #18)
Veronika Kudermetova (#9 to #19)
Simona Halep (#10 - DNP)
[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
2022: 4
2023: 6

=2023 TOP 20 BY NATION=
4...CZE (#7 Vondrousova, #8 Muchova, #10 Krejickova, #14 Kvitova)
3...RUS (#16 Samsonova, #18 Kasatkina, #19 Kudermeetova)
3...USA (#3 Gauff, #5 Pegula, #12 Keys)
1...BLR (#2 Sabalenka)
1...BRA (#11 Haddad Maia)
1...CHN (#15 Zheng Q.)
1...FRA (#20 Garcia)
1...GRE (#9 Sakkari)
1...KAZ (#4 Rybakina)
1...LAT (#13 Ostapenko)
1...POL (#1 Swiatek)
1...SUI (#17 Bencic)
1...TUN (#6 Jabeur)
[Top 20 by age]
33 - Kvitova
30 - Garcia
29 - Jabeur, Pegula
28 - Keys, Sakkari
27 - Haddad Maia, Krejickova, Muchova
26 - Bencic, Kasatkina, Kudermetova, Ostapenko
25 - Sabalenka
24 - Rybakina, Samsonova, Vondrousova
22 - Swiatek
21 - Zheng Q.
19 - Gauff

Introducing the 2023 "All-Rankings Team"...

Emina Bektas, USA: made her Top 100 debut at age 30, climbing 278 spots over the past year to finish at #82

Coco Gauff/USA & Jessie Pegula/USA: co-#1 in doubles for a time in '23, both finished the season in the Top 5 in both disciplines (Gauff #3/#3, Pegula #5/#3). They're the only two players to finish in the Top 10 in both singles and doubles this season, doing so for a second straight year. Gauff is the first U.S. teen with consecutive Top 10 seasons since 1999-2000 (S.Williams), and her and Pegula's finish makes it two U.S. women in the Top 5 for the first time since 2010 (Serena and Venus).

Aryna Sabalenka, BLR: became the 29th different women's singles #1, making her just the 8th player (the last was in 2010) to top both the s/d rankings during a career. The other seven women have either already been inducted into the Hall of Fame or are named Williams.

Laura Siegemund/GER & Vera Zvonareva/RUS: at ages 35 and 39, put on a late-season surge that ended with a WTA Finals title and career-high doubles rankings of #5 (Siegemund) and #9 (Zvonareva). In singles, Siegemund (#86) is the second-oldest in the Top 100, and Zvonareva (#256) the oldest in the Top 400.

Iga Swiatek, POL: saw her 75-week run as the world #1 end after the U.S. Open, but regained the top spot in the season's final week to finish in the top spot for a second straight year

Mirra Andreeva, RUS: the youngest player in the Top 150, 16-year old Andreeva started the year playing in the AO junior final. By the end of 2023, she'd notched women's MD wins at three slams (reaching the Wimbledon 4r) and finished in the Top 50 (up 359 spots from a year ago).

Beatriz Haddad Maia, BRA: though she didn't finish there in either discipline, Haddad Maia cracked the Top 10 in both singles and doubles. She was the first Brazilian to reach the singles Top 10 since the start of the WTA computer rankings in 1975.

Storm Hunter, AUS: in the season's final rankings, she rose to doubles #1 for the first time, becoming the first Aussie to finish a season in the top spot since 2006 (Sam Stosur)

Karolina Muchova, CZE: finally (for the most part, at least) overcame her career-long injury issues to complete her first Top 10 season, rising 141 spots (the most of any Top 10er) over the course of the past year while posting slam SF and runner-up results

Elena Rybakina, KAZ: after not earning any points in '22 from her Wimbledon title run, Rybakina didn't win a second major title but still climbed all the way to #3 and completed her first Top 10 season in the #4 spot

Marketa Vondrousova, CZE: the Wimbledon champ, another Czech whose career has been beset by injuries, rose from #99 to become the top-ranked player from her nation at #7

Sofia Kenin, USA: back on the hunt, the former AO champ (2020) rose from #235 to back inside the Top 35

Emma Navarro, USA and Peyton Stearns, USA: the recent NCAA champs both climbed over 100 spots as Navarro (Virginia '21) finished in the Top 40 while Stearns (Texas '22) reached #43 and finished just outside the Top 50

Linda Noskova, CZE: picked up 50 ranking positions in '23 (to #41), making the biggest jump of the young Czech Crushers in the Top 100

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, RUS: came back from injury to reach the RG quarterfinals and rise 308 spots (#367 to #59)

Elina Svitolina, UKR: returned from having a baby to post back-to-back QF/SF results at RG/SW19 and get back into the Top 25 (after being at #236 at the end of '22)

Wang Yafan, CHN: rode a wave of ITF (5 titles) and WTA 125 (1) success to make the second-biggest Top 100 jump (behind Andreeva), rising 321 spots from #418 to #97

Zheng Qinwen, CHN: began to back up her sky-high promise, winning her maiden tour titles, reaching her first slam QF and cracking the Top 20 (#15)

=TOP 50 NATIONS=
2013: 23
2014: 23
2015: 20
2016: 25
2017: 21
2018: 25
2019: 27
2020: 25
2021: 23
2022: 22
2023: 21
[Top 50 players without career WTA singles titles]
#27 Anhelina Kalinina, UKR (0-2 career WTA finals)
#32 Wang Xinyu, CHN (no career WTA finals)
#38 Emma Navarro, USA (no career WTA finals)
#41 Linda Noskova, CZE (0-2 career WTA finals)
#42 Caroline Dolehide, USA (0-1 career WTA Finals)
#44 Varvara Gracheva, FRA (0-1 career WTA Finals)
#46 Mirra Andreeva, RUS (no career WTA finals)
[Top 32 players without slam SF; w/ slam best]
#5 Jessie Pegula, USA (QF)
#15 Zheng Qinwen, CHN (QF)
#16 Liudmila Samsonova, RUS (4th Rd.)
#19 Veronika Kudermetova, RUS (QF)
#21 Ekaterina Alexandrova, RUS (4th Rd.)
#23 Donna Vekic, CRO (QF)
#26 Sorana Cirstea, ROU (QF)
#27 Anhelina Kalinina, UKR (3rd Rd.)
#28 Anastasia Potapova, RUS (3rd Rd.)
#30 Jasmine Paolini, ITA (2nd Rd.)
#31 Lesia Tsurenko, UKR (QF)
#32 Wang Xinyu, CHN (4th)

=HIGHEST-RANKED PLAYER WITHOUT A CAREER WTA SINGLES TITLE=
2010 Dominika Cibulkova, SVK - won first title in 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
2022 Zheng Qinwen, CHN - 2023
2023 Anhelina Kalinina, UKR

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=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
2022: 33
2023: 32
[2023 Top 100 by Nation; w/ # in 2022]
17 - United States (13)
12 - Russia (9)
9 - Czech Republic (9)
5 - China (7)
5 - Italy (5)
5 - Ukraine (2)
4 - Romania (4)
4 - Spain (4)
3 - Belarus (3)
3 - Belgium (4)
3 - France (3)
3 - Germany (3)
3 - Poland (2)
2 - Canada (3)
2 - Croatia (2)
2 - Great Britain (2)
2 - Kazakhstan (2)
2 - Switzerland (3)
1 - Argentina (0)
1 - Austria (1)
1 - Brazil (1)
1 - Bulgaria (1)
1 - Colombia (1)
1 - Denmark (0)
1 - Egypt (1)
1 - Greece (1)
1 - Japan (1)
1 - Latvia (1)
1 - Netherlands (0)
1 - Slovakia (1)
1 - Slovenia (2)
1 - Tunisia (1)
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2022 TOP 100, NONE in 2023: Australia (2), Estonia (2), Hungary (3), Montenegro (1)
[2023 Top 100 Age Breakdown]
6 - Teens (2021: 6; 2022: 4)
73 - 20-29 (2021: 75; 2022: 76)
21 - 30-39 (2021: 18; 2022: 20)
0 - 40+ (2021: 1; 2022: 0)

=PLAYERS RISING INTO SEASON-ENDING TOP 100=
2023 newbies: 32 (since final '22 season rankings - November 2022)
2022 newbies: 27
2021 newbies: 25
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
[2023 Top 100 Risers; w/ '22 rank; * - first career Top 100 season (15)]
#8 Karolina Muchova, CZE
#25 Elina Svitolina, UKR
#31 Lesia Tsurenko, UKR
#33 Sofia Kenin, USA
#38 Emma Navarro, USA *
#42 Caroline Dolehide, USA *
#46 Mirra Andreeva, RUS *
#47 Alycia Parks, USA *
#51 Arantxa Rus, NED
#53 Peyton Stearns, USA *
#58 Katie Boulter, GBR *
#59 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, RUS
#60 Diana Shnaider, RUS *
#61 Clara Burel, FRA
#62 Greet Minnen, BEL
#63 Magdalena Frech, POL *
#65 Rebeka Masarova, ESP *
#74 Yanina Wickmayer, BEL
#75 Elina Avanesyan, RUS *
#78 Nadia Podoroska, ARG
#80 Taylor Townsend, USA
#81 Ashlyn Krueger, USA *
#82 Emina Bektas, USA *
#83 Cristina Bucsa, ESP *
#85 Clara Tauson, DEN
#86 Laura Siegemund, GER
#87 Kayla Day, USA *
#90 Nao Hibino, JPN
#93 Jodie Burrage, GBR *
#97 Wang Yafan, CHN
#98 Jaqueline Cristian, ROU
#99 Kateryna Baindl, UKR
[smallest 2022-to-2023 rankings changes in Top 100]
0...Iga Swiatek (#1 to #1)
0...Elise Mertens (#29 to #29)
-1...Madison Keys (#11 to #12)
-1...Petra Martic (#39 to #40)
-2...Jessie Pegula (#3 to #5)
-2...Ekaterina Alexandrova (#19 to #21)
-2...Katerina Siniakova (#47 to #45)
-2...Kamilla Rakhimova (#93 to #95)
+2...Petra Kvitova (#16 to #14)

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*RECENT #11 FINISHES*
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
2022: Madison Keys, USA
2023: Beatriz Haddad Maia, BRA
*RECENT #21 FINISHES*
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
2022: Barbora Krejcikova, CZE
2023: Ekaterina Alexandrova, RUS
*RECENT #51 FINISHES*
2010: Timea Bacsinszky, SUI
2011: LUcie Hradecka, CZE
2012: Anna Tatishvili, GEO
2013: Zhang Shuai, CHN
2014: Magdalena Rybarikova, SVK
2015: Karin Knapp, ITA
2016: Johanna Larsson, SWE
2017: Carina Witthoeft, GER
2018: Victoria Azarenka, BLR
2019: Ajla Tomljanovic, AUS
2020: Marie Bouzkova, CZE
2021: Alison Riske, USA
2022: Yulia Putintseva, KAZ
2023: Arantxa Rus, NED
*RECENT #101 FINISHES*
2010: Rebecca Marino, CAN
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
2022: Aleksandra Krunic, SRB
2023: Sara Errani, ITA

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=TEENS IN THE TOP 100=
2014: 5
2015: 5
2016: 6
2017: 4
2018: 5
2019: 6
2020: 6
2021: 6
2022: 4
2023: 6

=YOUNGEST IN...=
Top 10: #3 Coco Gauff, USA (19)
Top 20: Gauff
Top 50: #46 Mirra Andreeva, RUS (16, 5 mo.)
Top 100: M.Andreeva
Top 200: #156 Alina Korneeva, RUS (16, 3 mo.)
Top 300: Korneeva
Top 400: Korneeva
Top 500: Korneeva
Top 600: #541 Veronika Podrez, UKR (16, 1 mo.)
Top 700: #659 Hannah Klugman, GBR (14)
Top 800: Klugman
Top 900: Klugman
Top 1000: Klugman

*YOUNGEST PLAYER - end of '23 season*
[Top 100]
16...Mirra Andreeva, RUS (born April, 29, 2007)
18...Linda Fruhvirtova, CZE (born May 1, 2005)
18...Linda Noskova, CZE (born November 17, 2004)
19...Ashlyn Krueger, USA (born May 7, 2004)
19...Diana Shnaider, RUS (born April 2, 2004)
19...Coco Gauff, USA (born March 13, 2004)
20...Clara Tauson, DEN (born December 21, 2002)
[#101-200]
16...Alina Korneeva, RUS (born June 23, 2007)
16...Brenda Fruhvirtova, CZE (born April 2, 2007)
17...Sara Bejlek, CZE (born January 31, 2006)
17...Petra Marcinko, CRO (born December 4, 2005)
18...Celine Naef, SUI (born June 25, 2005)
18...Ella Seidel, GER (born February 14, 2005)
19...Erika Andreeva, RUS (born June 24, 2004)
19...Noma Noha Akugue, GER (born December 2, 2003)
19...Maria Timofeeva, RUS (born November 18, 2003)
=OLDEST IN...=
Top 10: #5 Jessie Pegula, USA (29)
Top 20: #14 Petra Kvitova, CZE (33)
Top 50: #31 Lesia Tsurenko, UKR (34)
Top 100: #57 Tatjana Maria, GER (36)
Top 200: #168 Kaia Kanepi, EST (38)
Top 300: #256 Vera Zvonareva, RUS (39)
Top 400: Zvonareva
Top 500: #407 Venus Williams, USA (43)
Top 600: V.Williams
Top 700: V.Williams
Top 800: V.Williams
Top 900: V.Williams
Top 1000: V.Williams

*OLDEST PLAYER - end of '23 season*
[Top 100]
36...Tatjana Maria, GER (born August 8, 1987)
35...Laura Siegemund, GER (born March 4, 1988)
34...Lesia Tsurenko, UKR (born May 30, 1989)
34...Victoria Azarenka, BLR (born July 31, 1989)
34...Yanina Wickmayer, BEL (born October 20, 1989)
33...Petra Kvitova, CZE (born March 8, 1990)
33...Sorana Cirstea, ROU (born April 7, 1990
33...Irina-Camelia Begu, ROU (born August 26, 1990)
[#101-200]
38...Kaia Kanepi, EST (born June 10, 1985)
36...Sara Errani, ITA (born April 29, 1987)
33...Arina Rodionova, AUS (born December 15, 1989)
33...Alize Cornet, FRA (born January 22, 1990)
33...Madison Brengle, USA (born April 3, 1990)
32...Rebecca Marino, CAN (born December 16, 1990)
32...Valeria Savinkyh, RUS (born February 20, 1991)
32...Nuria Párrizas Díaz, ESP (born July 15, 1991)

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

Liudmila Samsonova (#20 to #16): in 2022, Samsonova was only able to play in three slams, but reached the Round of 16 in one (US), while winning a trio of tour titles to complete her first Top 20 season. This year, she had a chance to compete in all four slams but failed to reach the second week at any. Meanwhile, she won no titles. Still, she managed to see her season-ending standing climb four spots to #16. The main reason? Her three big finals -- one 500 and two 1000s -- that, while they didn't result in the Hordette lifting a title, *did* allow her to collect a nice batch of rankings points.

Mayar Sherif (#63 to #49): a year ago, Sherif saw her season-ending ranking go *down* despite winning her maiden tour title and a pair of 125 crowns. In 2023, she failed to reach a tour singles final for the first time since 2020, but saw her season-ending ranking *rise*. A pair of 125 titles and her first career 1000 QF (Madrid) played a big part.

Tatjana Maria (#68 to #57): 2022 saw Maria put on a stunning run to the Wimbledon semis and win her first tour title in four years in Bogota. In 2023, the veteran German went 0-4 in slam play, but managed to climb in the season-ending rankings. The reason? Well, she *did* successfully defend her Bogota win, and went 1-1 in 125 finals. Of course, that her '22 standing didn't include *any* rankings points from her SW19 semis was *the* biggest reason that her '23 season was able to, technically, "surpass" what had been a career year.

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

Ekaterina Alexandrova (#19 to #21): while Alexandrova's title total fell (from two to one), and she slipped two spots in the season-ending rankings, the Hordette finally reached the second week of a slam (WI) in her 26th career major MD *and* reached her career-high ranking (#16) during the '23 season.

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*REGIONAL RANKINGS* ==EASTERN EUROPE (non-RUS/Baltics)==
#2 Aryna Sabalenka, BLR
#22 Victoria Azarenka, BLR
#25 Elina Svitolina, UKR
#26 Sorana Cirstea, ROU
#27 Anhelina Kalinina, UKR
#31 Lesia Tsurenko, UKR
#39 Marta Kostyuk, UKR
#67 Ana Bogdan, ROU
#76 Irina-Camelia Begu, ROU
#88 Aliaksandra Sasnovich, BLR
#98 Jaqueline Cristian, ROU
#99 Kateryna Baindl, UKR
[RUSSIA]
#16 Liudmila Samsonova
#18 Dasha Kasatkina
#19 Veronika Kudermetova
#21 Ekaterina Alexandrova
#28 Anastasia Potapova
#46 Mirra Andreeva
#54 Anna Blinkova
#59 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
#60 Diana Shnaider
#75 Elina Avanesyan
#77 Anna Kalinskaya
[BALTIC REGION]
#13 Alona Ostapenko, LAT
#135 Darja Semenistaja, LAT
#168 Kaia Kanepi, EST
#260 Justina Mikulskyte, LTU
#357 Daniela Vismane, LAT
#367 Diana Marcinkevica, LAT

==WESTERN & CENTRAL EUROPE (non-RUS/Caucasus/Mediterranean/Scandinavia)==
#1 Iga Swiatek, POL
#7 Marketa Vondrousova, CZE
#8 Karolina Muchova, CZE
#10 Barbora Krejcikova, CZE
#14 Petra Kvitova, CZE
#17 Belinda Bencic, SUI
#20 Caroline Garcia, FRA
#23 Donna Vekic, CRO
#24 Magda Linette, POL
#29 Elise Mertens, BEL
#30 Jasmine Paolini, ITA
[SCANDINAVIA]
#85 Clara Tauson, DEN
#103 Rebecca Peterson, SWE
#163 Mirjam Bjorklund, SWE
#236 Caroline Wozniacki, DEN
#275 Anastasia Kulikova, FIN
#372 Kajsa Rinaldo Persson, SWE
#398 Malene Helgo, NOR
[AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST, CAUCASUS & MEDITERRANEAN]
#6 Ons Jabeur, TUN
#9 Maria Sakkari, GRE
#49 Mayar Sherif, EGY
#159 Zeynep Sonmez, TUR
#179 Raluca Serban, CYP
#217 Valentini Grammatikopoulou, GRE
#221 Ipek Oz, TUR
#224 Despina Papamichail, GRE
#246 Berfu Cengiz, TUR
#296 Lina Glushko, ISR
#305 Martha Matoula, GRE
#309 Cagla Buyukakcay, TUR

==ASIA/PACIFIC==
#4 Elena Rybakina, KAZ
#15 Zheng Qinwen, CHN
#32 Wang Xinyu, CHN
#36 Zhu Lin, CHN
#69 Yulia Putintseva, KAZ
#72 Wang Xiyu, CHN
#90 Nao Hibino, JPN
#97 Wang Yafan, CHN
#107 Bai Zhuoxuan, CHN
#108 Yuan Yue, CHN
#113 Kimberly Birrell, AUS
#120 Astra Sharma, AUS

==SOUTH AMERICA==
#11 Beatriz Haddad Maia, BRA
#78 Nadia Podoroska, ARG
#79 Camila Osorio, COL
#112 Emiliana Arango, COL
#134 Laura Pigossi, BRA
#153 Maria Carle, ARG
#158 Julia Riera, ARG
#196 Martina Capurro Taborda, ARG
#212 Solana Sierra, ARG
#207 Carolina Alves, BRA
#310 Paula Ormaechea, ARG

==NORTH AMERICA/ATLANTIC==
[UNITED STATES]
#3 Coco Gauff, USA
#5 Jessie Pegula, USA
#12 Madison Keys, USA
#33 Sofia Kenin, USA
#38 Emma Navarro, USA
#42 Caroline Dolehide, USA
#47 Alycia Parks, USA
#48 Sloane Stephens, USA
#55 Danielle Collins, USA
#68 Bernarda Pera, USA
[CANADA/MEXICO]
#35 Leylah Fernandez, CAN
#92 Bianca Andreescu, CAN
#146 Katherine Sebov, CAN
#165 Renata Zarazua, MEX
#176 Rebecca Marino, CAN
#199 Carol Zhao, CAN
#257 Stacey Fung, CAN
#258 Marina Stakusic, CAN
#273 Genie Bouchard, CAN
#323 Victoria Mboko, CAN
#355 Fernanda Contreras, MEX
#387 Marcela Zacarias, MEX







*BIGGEST RISES IN THE RANKINGS*
=end of '22 to end of '23 season=
[in 2023 Top 25]
+211...Elina Svitolina (#236 to #25)
+141...Karolina Muchova (#149 to #8)
+92...Marketa Vondrousova (#99 to #7)
+46...Donna Vekic (#69 to #23)
+45...Magda Linette (#49 to #24)
+18...Elena Rybakina (#22 to #4)
+11...Barbora Krejcikova (#21 to #10)
+10...Zheng Qinwen (#25 to #15)

[2023 Top 26-50]
+359...Mirra Andreeva (#405 to #46)
+202...Sofia Kenin (#235 to #33)
+130...Caroline Dolehide (#172 to #42)
+105...Emma Navarro (#143 to #38)
+99...Lesia Tsurenko (#130 to #31)
+71...Alycia Parks (#118 to #47)
+65...Wang Xinyu (#97 to #32)
+51...Varvara Gracheva (#95 to #44)
+50...Linda Noskova (#91 to #41)
+31...Marka Kostyuk (#70 to #39)
+29...Jasmine Paolini (#59 to #30)

[2023 Top 51-100]
+321...Wang Yafan (#418 to #97)
+308...Anastasia Pavluchenkova (#367 to #59)
+278...Emina Bektas (#360 to #82)
+254...Yanina Wickmayer (#328 to #74)
+156...Peyton Stearns (#209 to #53)
+140...Greet Minnen (#202 to #62)
+126...Nadia Podoroska (#204 to #78)
+122...Diana Shnaider (#182 to #60)
+108...Kayla Day (#195 to #87)
+97...Ashlyn Krueger (#178 to #81)
+83...Laura Siegemund #169 to #86)
+74...Clara Burel (#135 to #61)


*BIGGEST FALLS IN THE RANKINGS*
=end of '22 to end of '23 season=
[2022 Top 25]
DNP - #10 Simona Halep (NR)
retired - #17 Anett Kontaveit (NR)
-336...Amanda Anisimova (#23 to #359)
-184...Zhang Shuai (#24 to #208)
-53...Paula Badosa (#13 to #66)
-41...Danielle Collins (#14 to #55)

[2022 Top 26-50]
DNP - #42 Naomi Osaka (NR)
-611...Alison Riske-Amritraj (#41 to #652)
-516...Ajla Tomljanovic (#33 to #549)
-108...Jil Teichmann (#35 to #143)
-99...Shelby Rogers (#46 to #145)
-82...Alize Cornet (#36 to #118)
-57...Aliaksandra Sasnovich (#31 to #88)
-47...Bianca Andreescu (#45 to #92)
-42...Irina-Camelia Begu (#34 to #76)

[2022 Top 51-100]
DNP - #92 Wang Qiang (NR)
-1001...Garbine Muguruza (#55 to #1056)
-245...Alison Van Uytvanck (#54 to #299)
-210...Emma Raducanu (#75 to #285)
-158...Maryna Zanevska (#81 to #239)
-153...Dasha Saville (#53 to #206)
-138...Kaia Kanepi (#30 to #168)
-112...Rebecca Marino (#64 to #176)
-101...Jule Niemeier (#61 to #162)
-95...Ysaline Bonaventure (#96 to #191)
-92...Madison Brengle (#57 to #149)
-78...Tereza Martincova (#73 to #151)

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[as of end-of-season doubles ranks the week-of-Nov.6, 2023]

*DOUBLES TOP 100*
(w/ # in 2022)
14...United States (17)
9...Russia (11)
7...Czech Republic (7)
6...China (4)
5...Japan (6)
4...Belarus (2)
4...Belgium (4)
4...France (3)
4...Taiwan (1)
3...Australia (2)
3...Brazil (2)
3...Great Britain (3)
3...Italy (0)
3...Netherlands (1)
3...Poland (3)
3...Spain (2)
3...Ukraine (3)
2...Canada (2)
2...Hungary (3)
2...Romania (2)
2...Slovakia (2)
1...Chile (1)
1...Estonia (0)
1...Georgia (3)
1...Germany (2)
1...Indonesia (1)
1...Kazakhstan (1)
1...Latvia (1)
1...Mexico (1)
1...New Zealand (1)
1...Norway (1)
1...Slovenia (2)
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2022 TOP 100, NONE in 2023: India (1), Serbia (1), South Korea (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), Venezuela (1)
2020 NATIONS: 30
2021 NATIONS: 32
2022 NATIONS: 36
2023 NATIONS: 32

*DOUBLES TOP 20*
[by nation]
5...USA (#3 Gauff, #3 Pegula, #7 Townsend, #15 Melichar-M., #16 Krawczyk)
2...AUS (#1 Hunter, #17 Perez)
2...CAN (#8 Dabrowski, #20 Fernandez)
2...CZE (#10 Siniakova, #13 Krejcikova)
2...JPN (#12 Aoyama, #14 Shibahara)
1...BEL (#2 Mertens)
1...BRA (#18 Stefani)
1...GER (#5 Siegemund)
1...NED (#19 Schuurs)
1...NZL (#11 Routliffe)
1...RUS (#9 Zvonareva)
1...TPE (#Hsieh)
[ages]
39 - Zvonareva
37 - Hsieh
35 - Aoyama, Siegemund
31 - Dabrowski
30 - Melichar-Martinez, Schuurs
29 - Hunter, Krawczyk, Pegula
28 - Perez, Routliffe
27 - Krejcikova, Mertens, Siniakova, Townsend
26 - Stefani
25 - Siniakova
21 - Fernandez
19 - Gauff

*DOUBLES TOP 100*
[youngest]
19 - #3 Coco Gauff, USA
21 - #20 Leylah Fernandez, CAN
21 - #83 Diane Parry, FRA
21 - #28 Marta Kostyuk, UKR
21 - #96 Olivia Gadecki, AUS
22 - #22 Wang Xinyu, CHN
22 - #89 Anna Siskova, CZE
22 - #31 Alycia Parks, USA
[oldest]
39 - #9 Vera Zvonareva, RUS
38 - #51 Bethanie Mattek-Sands, USA
37 - #6 Hsieh Su-wei, TPE
36 - #41 Monica Niculescu, ROU
35 - #12 Shuko Aoyama, JPN
35 - #5 Laura Siegemund, GER
35 - #77 Bibiane Schoofs, NED
35 - #55 Xu Yifan, CHN

*SINGLES & DOUBLES*
(singles/doubles ranks)
=TOP 10 IN BOTH (2)=
Coco Gauff, USA (#3 singles, #3 doubles)
Jessie Pegula, USA (#5 singles, #3 doubles)
=TOP 20 IN BOTH (+1)=
Barbora Krejcikova, CZE (#10 singles, #13 doubles)
=TOP 50 IN BOTH (+16)=
Marketa Vondrousova, CZE (#7 singles, #44 doubles)
Beatriz Haddad Maia, BRA (#11 singles, #24 doubles)
Alona Ostapenko, LAT (#13 singles, #36 doubles)
Liudmila Samsonova, RUS (#16 singles, #45 doubles)
Veronika Kudermetova, RUS (#19 singles, #29 doubles)
Victoria Azarenka, BLR (#22 singles, #46 doubles)
Magda Linette, POL (#24 singles, #42 doubles)
Elise Mertens, BEL (#29 singles, #2 doubles)
Wang Xinyu, CHN (#32 singles, #22 doubles)
Marie Bouzkova, CZE (#34 singles, #23 doubles)
Leylah Fernandez, CAN (#35 singles, #20 doubles)
Marta Kostyuk, UKR (#39 singles, #28 doubles)
Caroline Dolehide, USA (#42 singles, #40 doubles)
Katerina Siniakova, CZE (#45 singles, #10 doubles)
Alycia Parks, USA (#47 singles, #31 doubles)
Sara Sorribes Tormo, ESP (#50 singles, #33 doubles)

*NATIONS (9) WITH TOP 100 DOUBLES PLAYER, BUT NONE IN SINGLES*
CHILE (1): #69 Alexa Guarachi
ESTONIA (1): #39 Ingrid Neel
GEORGIA (1): #43 Oksana Kalashnikova
HUNGARY (2): #52 Anna Bondar, #63 Timea Babos
INDONESIA (1): #26 Aldila Sutjiadi
MEXICO (1): #25 Giuliana Olmos
NEW ZEALAND (1): #11 Erin Routliffe
NORWAY (1): #38 Ulrikke Eikeri
TAIWAN (4): #6 Hsieh Su-wei, #21 Chan Hao-ching, #30 Latisha Chan, #58 Wu Fang-hsien
[high-ranking singles player]
CHILE: #733 Daniela Seguel
ESTONIA: #168 Kaia Kanepi
GEORGIA: #375 Ekaterine Gorgodze
HUNGARY: #114 Anna Bondar
INDONESIA: #314 Priska Nugroho
MEXICO: #165 Renata Zarazua
NEW ZEALAND: #623 Monique Barry
NORWAY: #398 Malene Helgo
TAIWAN: #216 Yang Ya-yi



So... whew!

via GIPHY

	1st TEAM	2nd TEAM
2015	Timea Bacsinszky, SUI Dasha Gavrilova, RUS/AUS Dasha Kasatkina, RUS Johanna Konta, GBR Garbine Muguruza, ESP	Madison Brengle, USA Margarita Gasparyan, RUS Kristina Mladenovic, FRA Alona Ostapenko, LAT Teliana Pereira, BRA Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, SVK
	1st TEAM	2nd TEAM
2016	Cagla Buyukakcay, TUR Dominika Cibulkova, SVK Vania King, USA Johanna Konta, GBR Naomi Osaka, JPN	CiCi Bellis, USA Kiki Bertens, NED Viktorija Golubic, SUI Dasha Kasatkina, RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova, RUS Anastasija Sevastova, LAT
	1st TEAM	2nd TEAM
2017	Ash Barty, AUS Caroline Garcia, FRA Martina Hingis, SUI Elise Mertens, BEL Alona Ostapenko, LAT	Julia Goerges, GER Beatriz Haddad Maia, BRA Aleksandra Krunic, SRB Magdalena Rybarikova, SVK Marketa Vondrousova, CZE
	1st TEAM	2nd TEAM
2018	Kiki Bertens, NED Simona Halep, ROU Krejcikova/Siniakova, CZE/CZE Naomi Osaka, JPN Aryna Sabalenka, BLR	Mihaela Buzarnescu, ROU Danielle Collins, USA Dasha Kasatkina, RUS Angelique Kerber, GER Petra Martic, CRO Caroline Wozniacki, DEN
	1st TEAM	2nd TEAM
2019	Bianca Andreescu, CAN Ash Barty, AUS Coco Gauff, USA Sofia Kenin, USA Karolina Muchova, CZE Alison Riske, USA	Kristie Ahn, USA Amanda Anisimova, USA Petra Martic, CRO Elena Rybakina, KAZ Marketa Vondrousova, CZE Dayana Yastremska, UKR
	1st TEAM	2nd TEAM
2020	Victoria Azarenka, BLR Jennifer Brady, USA Leylah Fernandez, CAN Nadia Podoroska, ARG Aryna Sabalenka, BLR Iga Swiatek, POL	Simona Halep, ROU Barbora Krejcikova, CZE Mayar Sherif, EGY Laura Siegemund, GER Martina Trevisan, ITA Renata Zarazua, MEX
	1st TEAM	2nd TEAM
2021	Paula Badosa, ESP Ash Barty, AUS Leylah Fernandez, CAN Anett Kontaveit, EST Barbora Krejcikova, CZE Nuria Párrizas Díaz, ESP Emma Raducanu, GBR	Coco Gauff, USA Viktorija Golubic, SUI Ons Jabeur, TUN Ana Konjuh, CRO Garbine Muguruza, ESP Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, RUS Maria Sakkari, GRE
	1st TEAM	2nd TEAM
2022	Caroline Garcia, FRA Coco Gauff, USA Beatriz Haddad Maia, BRA Veronika Kudermetova, RUS Jessie Pegula, USA Dasha Saville, AUS Iga Swiatek, POL	Marie Bouzkova, CZE Alize Cornet, FRA Linda Fruhvirtova, CZE Tatjana Maria, GER Katerina Siniakova, CZE Martina Trevisan, ITA Zheng Qinwen, CHN

All for now.