As always after a Grand Slam, the 2026 Australian Open has brought notable shifts in the rankings. Among the standout movers are emerging American talent Iva Jovic, up seven spots to a career-best No. 20, and former world No. 3 Elina Svitolina, who re-enters the Top 10 for the first time since returning to the tour as a mom in 2023.
The 18-year-old Jovic reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal in Melbourne, along the way claiming her maiden Top 10 victory over Jasmine Paolini before falling to two-time Aussie Open champion and eventual runner-up Aryna Sabalenka. With her breakthrough run, the young American rises into the Top 20, becoming the sixth player from the United States currently in the elite group, joining Amanda Anisimova, Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys and Emma Navarro.
As for Keys, the defending champion exited in the fourth round and, as a result, dropped six places in the rankings to No. 15.
Svitolina boasts a 10–1 win–loss record so far in the 2026 season, having opened the year by lifting the Auckland title before extending her run with a semifinal appearance at the Australian Open. On the strength of those results, the Ukrainian—who reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in 2017—returns to the Top 10 for the first time since rejoining the WTA Tour as a mother.
Notably, Svitolina is now one of two mothers in the current WTA Top 10, alongside Belinda Bencic, who broke back into the elite just a week before the Australian Open. With Bencic at No. 9 and Svitolina at No. 10, this marks the first time in WTA rankings history that two mothers have been ranked inside the Top 10 simultaneously.
Newly-crowned Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina returns to her career-high ranking of No. 3, while Aryna Sabalenka remains No. 1.
Turkey’s Zeynep Sonmez is the biggest positive mover inside the Top 100, climbing 33 places from No. 79. The steepest drop belongs to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who plunges 53 spots to No. 100 after a first-round exit at the Australian Open, a sharp contrast to her quarterfinal run at the tournament a year earlier. Moreover, Paula Badosa falls 39 places to No. 65, while Donna Vekic drops 23 spots to No. 95.
The latest rankings also feature a wave of career-high milestones. In addition to the already-mentioned Jovic, players reaching new personal bests include Linda Noskova (No. 12), Victoria Mboko (No. 13), Maya Joint (No. 29), Lois Boisson (No. 34), Tereza Valentova (No. 44), Alexandra Eala (No. 45), Janice Tjen (No. 47, the first Indonesian woman to be ranked in the Top 50 this century), Elsa Jacquemot (No. 53), Francesca Jones (No. 66), Petra Marcinko (No. 69) and Oksana Selekhmeteva (No. 76).
