Women’s singles

Taylah Preston climbed the most places of her Australian compatriots in the singles rankings following her standout performances at ITF tournaments in Japan. In Tokyo, the 20-year-old defeated Thailand’s Lanlana Tararudee 6-1 4-6 6-4 to take the title, her first at W100 level. The following week at the W100 in Gifu, Preston advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Great Britain’s Harriet Dart before she fell to compatriot Emerson Jones in a match tiebreak.

Both feats launched her forward an impressive 22 spots to a career-high ranking of world No.126.

Daria Kasatkina also moved upnine places after a WTA 125 triumph at the Catalonia Open Solgirones, her first title in two years.

A big week in Aussie tennis 🇦🇺

Daria Kasatkina secured her first title in two years while Adam Walton and Emerson Jones both reached finals in Asia.#GoAussieshttps://t.co/7yUxbqAeEQ

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Meanwhile, Jones advanced four spots after reaching the finals at the W100 event in Gifu. Priscilla Hon improved one place and Storm Hunter two places, which brought her into the top 200 for the first time since March 2024.

 

 

Aussie top 10PlayerRankingMoveMaya JointNo.34-5Talia GibsonNo.62-4Daria KasatkinaNo.66+9Kimberly BirrellNo.820Ajla TomljanovicNo.88-3Taylah PrestonNo.126+22Emerson JonesNo.129+4Priscilla HonNo.135+1Maddison InglisNo.143-5Storm HunterNo.199+2

Men’s singles

Alex Bolt continued his ranking upswing following his semifinal run at the Jiujiang Challenger event in China. Despite the defeat to countryman Adam Walton 6-2 3-6 7-6(5), Bolt’s rise lifted him to world No.138.

Walton’s appearance in the Jiujiang finals, where he missed out on the title in a narrow 7-5 7-6(4) defeat, improved his ranking 14 places to the cusp of a top-100 return at world No.103.

Elsewhere, Rinky Hijikata and Jordan Thompson also improved five and four spaces respectively.

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Aussie top 10PlayerRankingMoveAlex de MinaurNo.80Alexei PopyrinNo.60-4James DuckworthNo.81-2Rinky HijikataNo.96+5Aleksandar VukicNo.99-10Adam WaltonNo.103+14Tristan SchoolkateNo.126-12Dane SweenyNo.135-1Alex BoltNo.138+9Jordan ThompsonNo.142
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Women’s doubles

Hunter and Ellen Perez continue to maintain their positions in the women’s doubles top 20. Olivia Gadecki roes three places, Kimberly Birrell one place and Priscilla Hon two.

Alexandra Osborne surged an impressive 25 places to a career-high ranking of No.157 after winning the W100 title in Tokyo with Wong Hong Yi Cody of Hong Kong. It marked Osborne’s second W100 doubles title and first since 2024.

Aussie top 10PlayerRankingMoveStorm HunterNo.18-1Ellen PerezNo.19+1Maya JointNo.370Olivia GadeckiNo.77+3Kimberly BirrellNo.93+1Talia GibsonNo.125-7Priscilla HonNo.144+2Alexandra OsborneNo.157+25Tenika McGiffinNo.234-1Petra HuleNo.255-57

Men’s doubles

Marc Polmans’ position at the top of Australia’s men’s doubles rankings continues after he rose four places to sit inside the top 50 at No.48.

His rise follows a second-round run in Madrid with world No.11 singles player Alexander Bublik. The pair beat Brazil’s Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos in the first round 6-3 6-7(4) 10-6, before exiting the claycourt tournament at the second hurdle.

Blake Bayldon also improved one spot to No.109.

Aussie top 10PlayerRankingMoveMarc PolmansNo.48+4John-Patrick SmithNo.56-2Rinky HijikataNo.61-1John PeersNo.620Jason KublerNo.72-2Matthew EbdenNo.770Matthew RomiosNo.94-14Blake BayldonNo.109+1Patrick HarperNo.144
-1Jordan ThompsonNo.153-2

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