2023 Top 100 Debuts
Photos: The Top 100 breakthroughs of 2023
Osaka champion Ashlyn Krueger and Merida quarterfinalist Kimberly Birrell have become the 14th and 15th players to crack the Top 100 for the first time in 2023.
01
/15
Spain's Rebeka Masarova, 23, was the first new Top 100 entrant of 2023 on Jan. 9 after she reached her first WTA final in Auckland via victories over Sloane Stephens and Karolina Muchova.
Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images
02
/15
A second Spaniard debuted the following week on Jan. 16. Cristina Bucsa, 25, marked the milestone with a career-best Grand Slam third-round run at the Australian Open as a qualifier.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
03
/15
Katie Volynets, 21, qualified for the Australian Open and reached the third round of a major for the first time via a maiden Top 10 win over Veronika Kudermetova. The American was boosted into the Top 100 on Jan. 30.
Photo by William West/AFP/Getty Images
04
/15
Diana Shnaider, 18, also debuted on Jan. 30 after qualifying for her first tour-level main draw at the Australian Open, taking Maria Sakkari to three sets in Round 2. Shnaider had been unranked 15 months previously, and outside the Top 200 last October.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
05
/15
Just 10 months after turning pro and playing her fifth WTA main draw, 2022 NCAA champion Peyton Stearns reached her first final in Bogota. The American entered the Top 100 on Apr. 10 as a result, having been ranked No.383 one year previously.
Photo by Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images
06
/15
University of Virginia alumna Emma Navarro, the 2021 NCAA champion, broke the Top 100 on May 8. The American, 21, had compiled a 12-match winning streak encompassing ITF titles in Charleston and Charlottesville, then the Saint-Malo 125 quarterfinals.
Photo by Patrick Boren/L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo
07
/15
Caroline Dolehide first hit No.102 in July 2018, but in February 2023 was ranked No.206. The American, 24, then made the Monterrey quarterfinals, Charleston third round and cracked the Top 100 on May 22 after winning the Naples ITF W60 event.
Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images
08
/15
Elina Avanesyan, 20, entered the Top 100 on Jun. 12 after reaching the fourth round of Roland Garros. Avanesyan was the first lucky loser in the last 16 of a Grand Slam since 1993.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
09
/15
Elizabeth Mandlik, daughter of four-time Slam champion Hana Mandlikova, entered the Top 100 on Jun. 19 after the 22-year-old American made her first WTA quarterfinal in Nottingham.
Photo by Karl Toomsoo/WTA
10
/15
Mirra Andreeva, 16, reached the fourth round of Wimbledon as a qualifier playing her fourth tour-level event, and first at any level on grass. She rose to No.66 on Jul. 17, becoming the first 2007-born player to enter the Top 100.
Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
11
/15
Having reached her first WTA final in Nottingham, Britain's Jodie Burrage capped a breakthrough grass swing by reaching the second round of a major for the first time at Wimbledon. The 24-year-old entered the Top 100 on Jul. 17.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
12
/15
Kayla Day cracked the Top 100 on Jul. 24 after winning the Granby ITF W100 title. The 23-year-old American had won 20 of her previous 24 matches, also including the Bonita Springs ITF W100 title and a run to the Roland Garros third round as a qualifier.
Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images
13
/15
Two weeks after reaching her first WTA quarterfinal in Warsaw, Italy's Lucrezia Stefanini entered the Top 100 on Aug. 7. The 25-year-old plays double-handed strokes on both wings.
Photo by Michal Jedrzejewski/BNP Paribas Warsaw Open
14
/15
Ashlyn Krueger, 19, soared into the Top 100 at No.73 on Sep. 18 after winning her first WTA title in Osaka. The American teenager's breakthrough 2023 had also included the 's-Hertogenbosch quarterfinals and Gaiba 125 title on grass in June.
Photo by Akira Ando
Latest News
-
-
Linette beats former champion Azarenka in Beijing
2023 Beijing -
With focus on the future, Swiatek in no rush to reclaim No.1 ranking
2023 Beijing -
Jabeur defeats Shnaider in Ningbo to win first hard-court title
2023 Ningbo -
No.2 seed Pegula snaps Sakkari's streak to advance to Tokyo final
2023 Tokyo -
'It's time to move on': US Open champ Gauff back to work in Beijing
2023 Beijing
