American tennis has a lot to celebrate this week, with Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys becoming the first trio of U.S. women to be ranked in the Top 5 at the same time since 2003.
But the celebration doesn’t end there.
Over on the WTA doubles rankings, another American—Taylor Townsend—makes a major move, rising to a new career-high of No. 2 after winning Dubai alongside current No. 1 Katerina Siniakova.
Before becoming a mom, Townsend never cracked the Top 60 in doubles, but since returning to the tour in 2022 she’s gone from strength to strength, reaching No. 31 that year, then going as high as No. 5 in the world during both the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
She rose from No. 5 to a new personal best of No. 3 after winning the Australian Open last month, also alongside Siniakova, and now—after their WTA 1000 triumph in Dubai—she moves up to No. 2.
And Townsend is now the highest-ranked American across all disciplines, with the highest in men’s singles being Taylor Fritz at No. 4, the highest in women’s singles being Gauff at No. 3, and the highest in men’s doubles being Nathaniel Lammons at No. 20.
