Arina Rodionova achieves a career-high in the latest WTA Tour singles rankings and becomes the new top-ranked Australian woman.
Australia, 4 December 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Women’s singles
Arina Rodionova soars to a new career-high in this week’s WTA Tour women’s singles rankings.
The 33-year-old rises 20 places to peak at world No.112, bettering her previous career-best of No.116 achieved in October 2017.
Rodionova, who started the year ranked No.302, has won seven ITF singles titles and amassed an impressive 78 match wins so far this season.
This effort sees Rodionova become the new top-ranked Australian woman, leapfrogging Kimberly Birrell for the honour.
There are also new career-highs this week for 18-year-old Taylah Preston (up four spots to world No.202) and 19-year-old Talia Gibson (rising 65 places to world No.264).
Gibson makes her top-300 debut after winning her biggest career title at an Australian Pro Tour event on the Gold Coast.
Emerson Jones is also at new career-high, rising 63 places after reaching the second round at her hometown tournament on the Gold Coast.
At world No.782, Jones is now the world’s third highest-ranked 15-year-old.
| AUSSIE TOP 10 | ||
| Player | Rank | Move |
| Arina Rodionova | No.112 | +20 |
| Kimberly Birrell | No.113 | -3 |
| Astra Sharma | No.125 | -4 |
| Olivia Gadecki | No.127 | +4 |
| Storm Hunter | No.171 | 0 |
| Taylah Preston | No.202 | +4 |
| Daria Saville | No.203 | +4 |
| Priscilla Hon | No.204 | -2 |
| Destanee Aiava | No.208 | -20 |
| Jaimee Fourlis | No.211 | -11 |
Men’s singles
Marc Polmans and Li Tu are the biggest movers in the latest ATP Tour men’s singles rankings.
The 26-year-old Polmans improves 12 spots to world No.150 following his semifinal appearance at an ATP Challenger in Japan last week.
After starting the year at world No.334, Polmans has more than halved his ranking in the past 11 months.
The 27-year-old Tu is enjoying a strong finish to the season and rises 13 spots to world No.225.
Tu has advanced to three consecutive quarterfinals at ATP Challenger level in the past three weeks, helping him move up 46 ranking positions in that period.
| AUSSIE TOP 10 | ||
| Player | Rank | Move |
| Alex de Minaur | No.12 | 0 |
| Alexei Popyrin | No.40 | 0 |
| Max Purcell | No.45 | 0 |
| Jordan Thompson | No.55 | 0 |
| Aleksandar Vukic | No.62 | 0 |
| Thanasi Kokkinakis | No.65 | 0 |
| Christopher O’Connell | No.68 | -1 |
| Rinky Hijikata | No.71 | 0 |
| Jason Kubler | No.102 | 0 |
| James Duckworth | No.116 | -3 |
Women’s doubles
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