Iga Swiatek’s Wimbledon championship moved her as much as No. 3 within the WTA rankings Monday, and Amanda Anisimova’s runner-up end allowed the American to interrupt into the highest 10 for the primary time at No. 7.
A yr in the past, Anisimova was ranked 189th and wasn’t capable of get into the sphere on the All England Membership robotically. So she tried to qualify however misplaced. This yr, Anisimova was seeded at Wimbledon and made all of it the best way to her first Grand Slam last, beating No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka within the semifinals earlier than dropping to Swiatek 6-0, 6-0.
“I take a look at it, and I am like, ‘Oh, wow.’ It is sort of a shock at first, and I am unable to actually course of it. Then it is like, ‘Oh, yeah, I’ve performed very effectively to this point this yr,’ so it sort of is sensible. I really feel like I sort of take a look at it from either side,” Anisimova mentioned.
She climbed from No. 12.
“I imply, it is tremendous particular and a surreal feeling to be within the high 10,” Anisimova mentioned. “If I assumed to myself final yr, if somebody advised me that I will be breaking the highest 10 by now, I do not know, it will be fairly shocking to me contemplating the place I used to be final summer season.”
Swiatek was No. 1 for a lot of the previous three seasons however a yr with out reaching a match last dropped her to No. 8 final month. Making the ultimate at a grass-court match earlier than Wimbledon pushed her as much as No. 4, and now she’s one other place increased after gathering her sixth main trophy.
Sabalenka remained atop the ladies’s rankings, adopted by French Open champion Coco Gauff, who misplaced within the first spherical at Wimbledon.
Laura Siegemund leaped up 50 spots for the largest enchancment Monday — from 104th to 54th — by attending to the quarterfinals.
The largest fall was by 2024 Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova, who slid 62 locations, from No. 16 to No. 78, after bowing out within the third spherical.
Jannik Sinner stayed at No. 1 within the ATP after his first Wimbledon title and fourth at a Grand Slam match. Carlos Alcaraz, the two-time defending champion who misplaced in Sunday’s last, saved his No. 2 rating.
Semifinalist Taylor Fritz went up from No. 5 to No. 4, swapping with Jack Draper. Flavio Cobolli’s debut in a Grand Slam quarterfinal — he misplaced in that spherical to Novak Djokovic — lifted the 23-year-old Italian into the highest 20 for the primary time, going from No. 24 to No. 19.
Ben Shelton rose one spot to No. 9, and Andrey Rublev rose 4 to No. 10.
