Year-end rankings wrap: A look at the new No.1, Top 10 shifts and much more

With the conclusion of the WTA Finals Riyadh presented by PIF, the regular 2024 season officially comes to a close with the year-end rankings. Click here to view the full breakdown.

Top Rankings and Milestones

A new year-end No.1 is crowned

Aryna Sabalenka

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This marks the third time in the history of the rankings the year-end No.1 and No.2 have changed places in consecutive years, following Stefanie Graf and Monica Seles (1990-91), and Lindsay Davenport and Martina Hingis (1998-99).

The year-end Top 10 by the numbers

1. Aryna Sabalenka

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Titles: 4 (Australian Open, Cincinnati, US Open, Wuhan)
Finalist: 3 (Brisbane, Madrid, Rome)
Win-loss record: 56-14

2. Iga Swiatek

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Titles: 5 (Doha, Indian Wells, Madrid, Rome, Roland Garros)
Finalist: 0
Win-loss record: 61-9 (59-9 in WTA main draws)

3. Coco Gauff

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Titles: 3 (Auckland, Beijing, WTA Finals Riyadh)
Finalist: 0
Win-loss record: 54-17

4. Jasmine Paolini

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Titles: 1 (Dubai)
Finalist: 2 (Roland Garros, Wimbledon)
Win-loss record: 40-20

5. Zheng Qinwen (+10 from No.15)

Titles: 3 (Palermo, Paris Olympic Games, Tokyo)
Finalist: 3 (Australian Open, Wuhan, WTA Finals Riyadh)
Win-loss record: 52-18 (50-18 in WTA main draws)

6. Elena Rybakina

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Titles: 3 (Brisbane, Abu Dhabi, Stuttgart)
Finalist: 2 (Doha, Miami)
Win-loss record: 42-11

7. Jessica Pegula

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Titles: 2 (Berlin, Toronto)
Finalist: 2 (Cincinnati, US Open)
Win-loss record: 39-16 (37-16 in WTA main draws)

8. Emma Navarro

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Titles: 1 (Hobart)
Finalist: 0
Win-loss record: 53-24 (45-22 in WTA main draws)

9. Daria Kasatkina

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Titles: 2 (Eastbourne, Ningbo)
Finalist: 4 (Adelaide, Abu Dhabi, Charleston, Seoul)
Win-loss record: 40-23

10. Barbora Krejcikova

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Titles: 1 (Wimbledon)
Finalist: 0
Win-loss record: 21-16

Top 10 quick hits

Sabalenka's five consecutive year-end Top 10 finishes (dating back to 2020) comprise the longest active such streak in the current Top 10. She's followed by Swiatek (four straight years since 2021), Gauff (three straight years since 2022) and Pegula (three straight years since 2022). This year also marks a third non-consecutive Top 10 finish for both Kasatkina and Krejcikova.

Gauff, 20, is the youngest player in the year-end Top 10. Pegula, 30, is the oldest.

Three players made their Top 10 debuts in 2024, compared to four in 2023: Zheng Qinwen (Jan. 29), Jasmine Paolini

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Zheng became the second Chinese player to reach the Top 10 (and subsequently Top 5) following two-time major champion Li Na, who peaked at No.2 in 2014. Paolini became the fifth Italian player ever to reach the Top 10, and third to reach the Top 5. Her year-end position matches the all-time career high by an Italian woman of No.4, first set by Francesca Schiavone in 2011.

Gauff (No.3) and Krejcikova (No.10) are the only players in the Top 100 whose 2024 year-end ranking is the same as their 2023 year-end ranking. Gauff did not go higher than No.2 or lower than No.6 during the year; Krejcikova did not go higher than No.8 but was as low as No.32 in June.

New Entrants and Breakthroughs

Top 20, 50 and 100 milestones

Eighteen players broke the Top 100 for the first time in 2024, compared to 17 in 2023. They were: Renata Zarazua

View Profile (Jan. 8), Brenda Fruhvirtova (Jan. 29), Maria Timofeeva

View Profile (Jan. 29), Arina Rodionova

View Profile (Feb. 5), Erika Andreeva

View Profile (Feb. 19), Maria Lourdes Carle

View Profile (Mar. 4), Hailey Baptiste

View Profile (March 18), Jessica Bouzas Maneiro

View Profile (April 15), Julia Riera

View Profile (April 22), Moyuka Uchijima

View Profile (May 20), Rebecca Sramkova

View Profile (May 20), Lulu Sun

View Profile (Jul. 15), Chloe Paquet

View Profile (Jul. 29), McCartney Kessler (Aug. 12), Olivia Gadecki

View Profile (Sept. 16), Sonay Kartal

View Profile (Sept. 16), Yuliia Starodubtseva

View Profile (Oct. 7), Suzan Lamens

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Zarazua was the second Mexican player and Sonmez was the second Turkish player to reach the Top 100, following Angelica Gavaldon and Cagla Buyukakcay

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At the age of 34 years and 52 days, Rodionova became the oldest player ever to make her Top 100 debut.

Photos: All the Top 100 breakthroughs of 2024

Nine players broke the Top 50 for the first time in 2024, compared to 15 in 2023. They were: Anna Kalinskaya

View Profile (Jan. 29), Clara Burel

View Profile (Feb. 5), Magdalena Frech

View Profile (Feb. 26), Yuan Yue (March 4), Diane Parry

View Profile (April 8), Diana Shnaider

View Profile (May 20), Viktoriya Tomova

View Profile (July 1), Lulu Sun

View Profile (Aug. 26) and Rebecca Sramkova

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Six players broke the Top 20 for the first time in 2024, compared to three in 2023. They were: Jasmine Paolini

View Profile (Feb. 26), Emma Navarro

View Profile (March 8), Marta Kostyuk

View Profile (May 6), Anna Kalinskaya

View Profile (May 24), Diana Shnaider

View Profile (Aug. 12) and Mirra Andreeva

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Major Rankings Surges

Eleven players in the year-end Top 100 have improved their ranking by 100+ spots from their 2023 year-end position (the week of Nov. 6):

**** Naomi Osaka

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+464, Ajla Tomljanovic

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+323, Amanda Anisimova

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+227, Emma Raducanu

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+179, Lulu Sun

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+164, Caroline Wozniacki

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+163, McCartney Kessler (No.231 to No.68)
+146, Sonay Kartal

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+131, Suzan Lamens

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+125, Moyuka Uchijima

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+105, Renata Zarazua

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Seventeen players in the year-end Top 50 have improved their ranking by 30+ spots from their 2023 year-end position:

+323, Amanda Anisimova

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+179, Lulu Sun

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+87, Rebecca Sramkova

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+73, Dayana Yastremska

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+63, Anna Kalinskaya

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+61, Yuan Yue (No.108 to No.47)
+55, Diane Parry

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+54, Paula Badosa

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+47, Diana Shnaider

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+47, Viktoriya Tomova

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+44, Danielle Collins

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+40, Yulia Putintseva

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+38, Magdalena Frech

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+34, Katie Boulter

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+31, Elina Avanesyan

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+30, Mirra Andreeva

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+30, Emma Navarro

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Doubles Highlights

A familiar face finishes on top again

Katerina Siniakova

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But this year was still a new chapter for Siniakova. In her previous No.1 seasons, she played predominantly with fellow Czech Barbora Krejcikova

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The year-end doubles Top 10 is rounded out by No.2 Erin Routliffe, No.3 Gabriela Dabrowski, No.4 Lyudmyla Kichenok, No.5 Taylor Townsend

View Profile , No.6 Jelena Ostapenko

View Profile , No.7 Hsieh Su-Wei, No.8 Sara Errani

View Profile , No.9 Elise Mertens

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Errani, who spent 87 weeks at World No.1 between 2012 and 2015, makes the biggest jump into the year-end Top 10 -- up 117 places from No.125 in the 2023 year-end rankings.

Rising Stars and Generational Talent

Generation standouts

Eight players aged 21 or under have ended 2024 in the Top 100: 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva

View Profile (No.16); 19-year-old Linda Noskova

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View Profile (No.3), Diana Shnaider

View Profile (No.13), Ashlyn Krueger

View Profile (No.65) and Erika Andreeva

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View Profile (No.52) and Emma Raducanu

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At the other end of the age spectrum, 13 players aged 31 or over have ended 2024 in the Top 100: 36-year-old Laura Siegemund

View Profile (No.84); 35-year-old Victoria Azarenka

View Profile (No.20); 34-year-olds Sorana Cirstea

View Profile (No.70), Caroline Wozniacki

View Profile (No.72) and Irina-Camelia Begu

View Profile (No.83); 33-year-olds Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

View Profile (No.30), Arantxa Rus

View Profile (No.81) and Nuria Parrizas Diaz

View Profile (No.98); 32-year-olds Magda Linette

View Profile (No.38) and Karolina Pliskova

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View Profile (No.51), Sloane Stephens (No.79) and Ajla Tomljanovic

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Next to break through?

The 10 highest-ranked players in the 2024 year-end rankings who have yet to crack the Top 50 are No.53 Olga Danilovic

View Profile , No.55 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro

View Profile , No.56 Moyuka Uchijima

View Profile , No.60 Renata Zarazua

View Profile , No.62 Katie Volynets

View Profile , No.64 Kamilla Rakhimova

View Profile , No.65 Ashlyn Krueger

View Profile , No.67 Erika Andreeva

View Profile , No.68 McCartney Kessler and No.71 Cristina Bucsa

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By the numbers: The 2023 year-end rankings

The 10 highest-ranked players in the 2024 year-end rankings who have yet to crack the Top 100 are No.107 Robin Montgomery

View Profile , No.109 Anastasia Zakharova

View Profile , No.113 Anca Todoni

View Profile , No.117 Polina Kudermetova

View Profile , No.119 Maya Joint

View Profile , No.121 Darja Semenistaja

View Profile , No.124 Jessika Ponchet

View Profile , No.125 Talia Gibson

View Profile , No.127 Marina Stakusic

View Profile and No.130 Eva Lys

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Top ranked by birth year

The 10 highest-ranked players from each U21 birth year (from 2003) in the 2024 year-end rankings are as follows. Their 2023 position is in brackets.

2003
117. Polina Kudermetova

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131. Wei Sijia (CHN) (+140 from No.271)
136. Maria Timofeeva

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145. Antonia Ruzic

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150. Elsa Jacquemot

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176. Oksana Selekhmeteva

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188. Lois Boisson (FRA) (+153 from No.341)
212. Noma Noha Akugue

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248. Hina Inoue

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262. Tatiana Prozorova

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2004
3. Coco Gauff

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13. Diana Shnaider

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26. Linda Noskova

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65. Ashlyn Krueger

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67. Erika Andreeva

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107. Robin Montgomery

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113. Anca Todoni

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125. Talia Gibson

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127. Marina Stakusic

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154. Solana Sierra

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2005
138. Ella Seidel

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151. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva

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156. Taylah Preston

View Profile (AUS) (+88 from No.244)
158. Alexandra Eala

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173. Celine Naef

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178. Elena Pridankina

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181. Lola Radivojevic

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200. Sayaka Ishii

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201. Linda Fruhvirtova

View Profile (CZE) (-112 from No.89)
216. Shi Han (CHN) (+343 from No.559)

2006
119. Maya Joint

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142. Sara Bejlek

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162. Sara Saito

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317. Kaitlin Quevedo

View Profile (ESP) (+409 from No.726)
325. Clervie Ngounoue

View Profile (USA) (+186 from No.511)
350. Victoria Mboko

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394. Mia Ristic

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478. Ren Yufei (CHN) (+68 from No.546)
488. Nikola Bartunkova (CZE) (-218 from No.270)
490. Luisina Giovannini

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2007
16. Mirra Andreeva

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163. Brenda Fruhvirtova (CZE) (-30 from No.133)
177. Alina Korneeva

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206. Iva Jovic

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261. Tereza Valentova

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294. Akasha Urhobo (USA) (+548 from No.842)
375. Renata Jamrichova

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497. Veronika Podrez (UKR) (+44 from No.541)
506. Mingge Xu (GBR) (+239 from No.745)
542. Rositsa Dencheva (BUL) (+554 from No.1096)

2008
342. Laura Samson

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427. Emerson Jones

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577. Mia Pohankova (SVK) (+371 from No.948)
678. Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR) (UNR)
720. Rada Zolotareva (+545 from No.1265)
730. Zhang Ruien (CHN) (UNR)
801. Julie Pastikova (CZE) (UNR)
808. Alena Kovackova (CZE) (UNR)
814. Candela Vazquez (ARG) (+88 from No.902)
860. Wakana Sonobe

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2009
567. Julieta Pareja

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613. Hannah Klugman (GBR) (+46 from No.659)
732. Ksenia Efremova (FRA) (UNR)
775. Mariella Thamm (GER) (UNR)
843. Luna Vujovic (SRB) (UNR)
1002. Annika Penickova (USA) (UNR)
1178. Jahnie Van Zyl (RSA) (UNR)
1197. Kristina Penickova (USA) (UNR)
1265. Giulia Safina Popa (ROU) (UNR)

2010
1302. Nauhany Vitoria Leme Da Silva (BRA) (UNR)