By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday September 25, 2023
A lighter than anticipated draw at Guadalajara created alternatives for a lot of gamers to make vital jumps up the rating desk. With simply 13 of the High 30 within the draw, a number of lesser-known gamers made probably the most of their probabilities and rose considerably.
Let’s take a look at this week’s rankings shifting and shakers:
Kenin Again in High 50, Dolehide Joins Her
Welcome to the High-50 Caroline Dolehide – and welcome again, Sofia Kenin!
Dolehide, who defeated Kenin to succeed in her maiden WTA ultimate in Guadalajara, is that this week’s largest mover. She jumps 69 spots from 11 to 42 because of her journey to the ultimate in Mexico, the place she grew to become the second lowest-ranked 1000-level finalist in WTA historical past (because the format started in 2009).
Congrats to finalist 🇺🇸 Caroline Dolehide on an excellent week in Guadalajara! 👏 pic.twitter.com/FQOxz9qctI
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) September 24, 2023
The American, 25, had by no means ranked greater than 99 earlier than final week. Now she’s sitting fairly, on the cusp of grabbing a seed at subsequent 12 months’s Australian Open. Simply wow.
As for Kenin, she jumps to 31 after profitable eight of ten matches throughout San Diego and Gaudalajara. The 24-year-old rises 22 spots because of her semifinal in Mexico, and enters the High-50 for the primary time since January of 2022.
Wang Xiyu +30 to 58
On the heels of her maiden WTA title in Guangzhou, Chinese language southpaw Wang Xiyu jumps 30 spot to No.58 – she is 10 spots shy of her career-high rating.
Wang is the eleventh WTA participant to assert a maiden title in 2023.
Wang Xiyu takes the title in Guanghzhou and turns into the 3d Chinese language lady this season to interrupt by means of and win her 1st WTA Tour singles title, becoming a member of Zhu Lin (Thailand Open) & Zheng Qinwen (Palermo)#getty #Wang pic.twitter.com/5uxyP8CAH7
— Christopher Clarey 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 (@christophclarey) September 23, 2023
Sakkari +3 to No.6, Garcia Again in High 10
On the heels of her emotional victory in Gaudalajara, Maria Sakkari will get some upward traction within the rankings, rising three spots to No.6. The previous World No.3, who gained her maiden 1000-level title and change into the primary Greek lady to take action, is as much as No.9 within the WTA’s race to the year-end Championships in Cancun as effectively.
Caroline Garcia, who fell to Sakkari within the semis, rises to No.10.
Townsend returns to High 100
27-year-old Taylor Townsend is again within the High 100 for the primary time since returning to the tour as a mom in 2022. The American, a former World No.61, reached the spherical of 16 at Guadalajara. She gave delivery to her child boy Ayden Aubrey in March of 2021, and had not held a High 100 rating since August of 2020.
She made her official return to the professional sport in April of 2022, and was outdoors of the High-100 in that very same month.