WTA Rankings After Australian Open 2026: Champion Rybakina Rises to Third, Svitolina Returns to Top 10
Rybakina rose to No. 3 after winning her second Major and Svitolina rejoined the top 10 following semifinal and quarterfinal wins at the Australian Open.
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Belarusian Arina Sabalenka remained at the top of the WTA tennis rankings. There were some changes in the top positions. The winner of the Australian Open, Kazakhstani Jelena Rybakina, moved up from fifth to third place. The best Slovenian is Kaja Juvan at 97th place.
Elina Svitolina returned to the top 10 of the WTA rankings for the first time in five years. Illustrative photo: Getty images Tennis player from Odessa Elina Svitolina has again entered the top ten of the world's best tennis players. This is evidenced by the updated rating of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), published on February 2, 2026. The return to the top 10 was made possible thanks to Svitolina's successful performance at the Australi…
Ukrainian Elina Svitolina for the first time since 2021 entered the top ten tennis players in the world according to the WTA ranking.
As natural as it is after a test of Slam, today's ranking redesigns the hierarchies of the circuit and opens new scenarios in view of a season that promises to be more fought than ever. The first novelty, and undoubtedly the most significant, is the return of Elena Rybakina to number 3 of the world ranking, a direct result of the triumph at the Australian Open. For Kazaka it is the second title Slam in career, arrived on a different surface than…
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