For the first time, 5 Ukrainian tennis players entered the TOP-35 of the WTA rankings
29 January 2024 16:09
Ukrainian tennis players have made a significant leap in the WTA world rankings after their impressive performances at the Australian Open-2024, according to 
After the Australian Open 2024, the men’s (ATP) and women’s (WTA) tennis associations released updated rankings. This is the first time in history that five Ukrainian tennis players have been ranked in the top 35 of the WTA world rankings at once, the previous record being four players.
Ukraine’s top-ranked player Elina Svitolina moved up from 23rd to 19th position, returning to the top 20 for the first time since spring 2022.
Marta Kostiuk jumped from 37th to 28th place, while Diana Yastremska made a leap of 64 positions up – from 93rd to 29th.
Lesia Tsurenko is ranked 31st, while Angelina Kalinina is at 32nd place.
Polish tennis player Iga Szwietek remains the leader of the world rankings.
WTA rankings: top 10
- Iga Szwiątek (Poland) – 9770 points
- Arina Sabalenka – 8905 points
- Coco Goff (USA) – 7200 (1)
- Jessica Pegula (USA) – 5705 (1)
- Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) – 5688 (-2)
- Ons Jaber (Tunisia) – 4076
- Qin Wen Zheng (China) – 3950 (8)
- Marketa Vondroušová (Czech Republic) – 3846 (-1)
- Maria Sakkari (Greece) – 3710 (-1)
- Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) – 3520 (-1)
Ukraine’s record
This year’s Australian Open brought a lot of positive emotions to Ukrainian fans. There were two Ukrainian women in the quarter-finals of the tournament, and Diana Yastremska set a new record as she became the first Ukrainian tennis player to reach the Australian Open semi-finals. She also repeated the record of Elina Svitolina, who was the only Ukrainian tennis player to reach the semi-finals at Grand Slam tournaments (twice at Wimbledon in 2019 and 2023, and at the US Open in 2019).
