WTA: Gauff, Andreescu, Swiatek - The promoted women 2019
The next generation in women's tennis is not around the corner, no, players like Bianca Andreescu or Cori Gauff are already mixing up the scene.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Nov 28, 2019, 09:28 am
Anyone who starts with a ranking just below the four-digit range, of course, can improve easier than a player who was ranked at the beginning of the year to 30th position in the WTA World Ranking. Still, let's take a look at those women who made the biggest leap in the charts last season.
Cori Gauff; Start: 875, end: 68, improvement: 807
The fact that the 15-year-old American wins her first tournament on the WTA Tour at the end of the tennis year in Linz, fits into the picture. Gauff, 2018 still winner in the juniors in Roland Garros, made the first time properly at the Wimbledon tournament notice when she reached the fourth round. Among other things with a victory against the five-time winner Venus Williams. At the US Open Gauff then found her master in Naomi Osaka earlier.
Peng Shuai; Start: 298, End: 75, Improvement: 223
After her injury, the Chinese first worked her way back through the ITF Circuit and reached the finals in Nanchang.
Lauren Davis: Start: 252, End: 62, Improvement: 190
Well, there are no good memories from German view. The biggest win of Davis last year came at Wimbledon - against defending champion Angelique Kerber.
Bianca Andreescu; Start: 178, End: 5, Improvement: 173
As a matter of fact, Andreescu, of course, made the biggest leap in the rankings. At the beginning of the year, the Canadian had stormed as a qualifier in the final of Auckland, there defeated Julia Görges. After that, however, followed with the triumphs in Indian Wells, Montreál and especially at the US Open milestones in recent tennis history.
Nina Stojanovic; Start: 244, End: 86, Improvement: 158
The Serbian has quietly stalked among the top 100 players in the world, in Germany Stojaniovic made a little bit of attention by reaching the quarter-finals of Nuremberg.
Elena Rybakina; Start: 191, End: 37, Improvement: 154
The Kazakh must have one for the coming years probably on the bill. Only 20 years old, Rybakina got her first title on the WTA Tour in Budapest.
Karolina Muchova; Start: 145, End: 21, Improvement: 124
And immediately the next player who knocks on the top 20. Muchova reached the final at the home tournament in Prague and the round of the last eight at Wimbledon. There was also the first tournament victory on the WTA Tour for the Czech in Seoul.
Iga Swiatek; Start: 175, End: 61, Improvement: 114
The only 18-year-old Pole has just celebrated her debut on the WTA Tour in the current season - and reached the fourth round in Roland Garros. In her first tournament victory Swiatek is just scarred as a finalist of Lugano.