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2019 - MIAMI - USA, FL March 27, 2019

In pictures: From Goolagong Cawley to Barty, all the Australians to hit the Top 10

With her quarterfinal victory at the Miami Open, Ashleigh Barty has guaranteed her Top 10 debut - the 10th Australian to hot that mark in history. Take a look back at Barty's predecessors here.

01 /10
Six years after Samantha Stosur was last ranked in the Top 10, Ashleigh Barty has become the 10th Australian in that strata with her Miami run (Getty)
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Samantha Stosur cracked the Top 10 in March 2010, reached her first major final at Roland Garros that year and peaked at World No.4 after lifting the 2011 US Open trophy (Getty)
03 /10
Five-time TA titlist and Olympic bronze medallist Alicia Molik broke the Top 10 after her 2005 Australian Open quarterfinal run, and had a career high of World No.8 (Getty)
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2000 Wimbledon semifinalist Jelena Dokic, who represented Australia for the bulk of her career, hit the Top 10 in October 2001 after winning her third title in Moscow, and peaked at World No.4 the following year (Getty)
05 /10
Four-time Grand Slam champion Hana Mandlikova represented Australia from the start of 1988, including her last seven months in the Top 10 (Getty)
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Three-time Grand Slam finalist Wendy Turnbull, who was runner-up at the 1977 US Open, Roland Garros 1979 and the 1980 Australian Open, cracked the Top 10 in 1977 and peaked at World No.3 in 1985 (Getty)
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1977 Australian Open finalist Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat, who also reached three other major semifinals, cracked the Top 10 in September 1976 and peaked at No.4 in 1979 (Getty)
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Kerry Melville Reid was the first World No.10, and would reach a career high of No.7 in 1976 and win the 1977 Australian Open (Getty)
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One place below Goolagong Cawley at No.6 was Margaret Court, who won all of her 24 Grand Slam titles before computer rankings were instituted (Getty)
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Three Australians were in the first ever WTA Top 10 on 3 November, 1975, of whom the highest was reigning Australian Open champion, seven-time major winner and future World No.1 Evonne Goolagong Cawley at No.5 (Getty)

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