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Barbora Krejcikova stuns in a Ralph Lauren dress as she poses with her Wimbledon trophy at Centre Court
Wimbledon finalists Barbora Krejcikova and Jasmine Paolini and the two Emmas — Raducanu and Navarro — are set to gain the most in the WTA rankings, which will be updated on Monday (July 15). The end of the grass-court season is set to shake things up heavily in the ladder.
Emma Raducanu, who matched her best performance at the London Major with a fourth-round showing, was one of the biggest movers in the Top 100. She jumped 41 spots to be placed at No. 94 with 799 points.The Brit beat Renata Zarazua, Elise Mertens and Maria Sakkari, picking up 240 points over the course of her run. Emma Navarro, meanwhile, reached a career-high ranking of No. 15 with 2,729 points.
The American, who ousted the likes of Naomi Osaka and World No. 2 Coco Gauff en-route to the quarterfinals earned 406 points to gain two places in the WTA rankings.
Jasmine Paolini, who ended Navarro’s run, made her second straight Grand Slam final at Wimbledon. The run helped her gain 1,290 points and two spots to also reach a new career-high of No. 5 with 5,518 points.
Thenewly crowned Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova made a return to the top 10 courtesy of the 1,930 points that came with the title run. She is now placed at tenth with 3,573 points to her name.Iga Swiatek, meanwhile, continued to lead the WTA rankings with 11,285 points, well ahead of No. 2 ranked Coco Gauff’s 8,173. Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina follow with 7,061 and 6,376 points respectively.
World No. 6 Jessica Pegula (4,665 points), No. 7 Qinwen Zheng (4,055 points), No. 8 Maria Sakkari (3,925 points) and No. 9 Danielle Collins (3,702 points) round out the top 10.
Donna Vekic, Lulu Sun as big movers in WTA rankings post Wimbledon
Lulu Sun beat Emma Raducanu at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.
Lulu Sun beat Emma Raducanu at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.
Donna Vekic and Lulu Sun were among the other breakout stars at this year’s Wimbledon. Understandably, the duo’s performances reflect in the WTA rankings.
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Vekic, who made her first Grand Slam semifinal with wins over Sun, Paula Badosa and Dayana Yastermska, jumped 16 spots to No. 21 with 2,138 points.Sun beat the likes of Emma Raducanu and Zheng Qinwen on her Wimbledon debut before falling short against Vekic in the quarterfinals. She nonetheless reached a career-high of No. 53 after leapfrogging 70 spots in the WTA rankings.
Notall players were winners, with the likes of defending champion Marketa Vondrousova and Ons Jabeur dropping 12 and six spots to be placed at No. 18 and No. 16 respectivelyOther big movers in the WTA rankings include Jelena Ostapneko (+3 to No. 11), Yulia Putintseva (+6 to No. 29), Elina Svitolina (-9 to No. 30), Mirra Andreeva (-8 to No. 31), Lin Zhu (+11 to No. 50), Katie Volynets (+12 to No. 57), Paula Badosa (+28 to No. 65), Caroline Wozniacki (+15 to No. 76) and Harriet Dart (+16 to No. 83).