Anett Kontaveit, Elena Rybakina, Emma Raducanu and Cori Gauff are at a new career-high as of now.
All of them gained one place in the live rankings. Kontaveit is the only one that has played this week in Sydney. Beating Shuai Zhang allowed her to be the new world no.6.
Rybakina (now world no.12 in the live rankings) and Raducanu (now no.17) will play against each other on Tuesday. While Rybakina will not improve her live rank if she wins, Raducanu can become the new world no.16 in the live rankings if she gets to the 2nd round.
Coco Gauff (now 18 in the live rankings) will be opposed to Siniakova.
Here are the players who are at a career-high on the WTA tour.
Kontaveit in Sydney, ranking, and results in 2022
Currently ranked no.7 (career-high), Kontaveit has a composed 1-0 match record in 2022. Kontaveit is playing in Sydney where she overcame Shuai Zhang 6-3 6-3.
The Estonian won 5 titles in her career: 1 on hard courts, 3 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
Elena Rybakina in 2022
Currently ranked no.13 (career-high), Rybakina played her last encounter on the 9th of January when she lost to world no.1 Ashleigh Barty 6-3 6-2 in the final in Adelaide (draw).
At present, during this year Rybakina owns a composed 4-1 win-loss record. Elena Rybakina’s latest run in Adelaide was the best achievement of her season.
Anett Kontaveit and Elena Rybakina have never fought against each other.
Emma Raducanu in 2022
Ranked no.18 (career-high), Emma played her last match on the 9th of November 2021 when she was defeated by world no.103 Xinyu Wang 6-1 6-7(0) 7-5 in the 2nd round in Linz (draw).
Cori Gauff in 2022
Currently ranked no.19 (career-high), the American played her last match on the 5th of January when she was overcome by world no.1 Ashleigh Barty 4-6 7-5 6-1 in the 2nd round in Adelaide (draw).
At the moment, during this season the American has a 1-1 record.
Emma Raducanu and Cori Gauff have never played each other up to now in top competitions.