There are several other notable ranking moves this week, too.
Firstly, on the ATP rankings: American Alex Michelsen breaks into the Top 40, rising from No. 42 to No. 36, after reaching the fourth round in Melbourne; another American, teenager Learner Tien, makes his Top 100 debut after also reaching the fourth round, soaring from No. 121 to No. 80; and Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca cracks the Top 100 too, rising from No. 112 to No. 99 after a second-round showing, recording his first Top 10 win in the first round over Andrey Rublev.
And with Paul bumping Grigor Dimitrov out of the Top 10, we’re back to having no one-handed backhands in the ATP Top 10, after it happened for the first time ever around this time last year.
On the WTA rankings: Paula Badosa returns to the Top 10 for the first time since 2022, rising from No. 12 to No. 10 after reaching her first major semifinal in Melbourne; Yulia Putintseva rises from No. 23 to No. 20, her Top 20 debut, after a third-round showing; Serbia’s Olga Danilovic breaks into the Top 50, rising from No. 55 to No. 41, after a fourth-round showing; American Ashlyn Krueger cracks the Top 50, rising from No. 52 to No. 50; and Germany’s Eva Lys soars into the Top 100 for the first time, from No. 128 to No. 91, after reaching the fourth round as a lucky loser, ultimately falling to Iga Swiatek.
For Putintseva, the Top 20 is where she most certainly belongs—the Kazakh has 37 wins in her career against Top 20 players.
And last but certainly not least, Taylor Townsend makes her Top 3 debut on the WTA doubles rankings, rising from No. 5 to No. 3 after capturing her second Grand Slam doubles title in the last seven months with Katerina Siniakova at the Australian Open.
