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WTA Rankings 2018: Cornet climbs, Martic moves up

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Alizé Cornet - Gstaad 2018 - Monika Majer/RvS Media

It's a colossal climb in the rankings for France's Alizé Cornet, who makes a 14-place leap up from No.48 to No.34.

The Gstaad champion went into the week as top seed, and proved her quality, not dropping a single set throughout the tournament.

Here are some of the week's other notable rankings movers:

Petra Martic

View Profile (+9, No.60 to No.51): The 27-year-old was runner-up in Bucharest after an impressive week during which she beat second seed Mihaela Buzarnescu.

Samantha Stosur (+9, No.73 to No.64): The Australian was seeded fifth in Gstaad, and reached the quarterfinal by beating Francesca Schiavone and then Patty Schnyder.

Wang Yafan (+13, No.84 to No.71): The 24-year-old reached the quarterfinal in Bucharest after France's Pauline Parmentier retired from their Round of 16 match-up.

Polona Hercog (+15, No.90 to No.75): The Slovenian's week in Bucharest ended in disappointment when she retired from her semifinal against Anastasija Sevastova through injury. Seeded eighth, she had already beaten Elena Ruse, Irina Bara

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Evgeniya Rodina (+8, No.92 to No.84): After a successful Wimbledon - in which she reached the fourth round for the first time, losing to fellow mom Serena Williams - the Russian beat fourth seed Carina Witthoeft in the Gstaad first round, then Germany's Mona Barthel

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Marketa Vondrousova

View Profile (+12, No.104 to No.92): The Czech enjoyed a run to the Gstaad semifinals, losing to eventual runner-up Mandy Minella, 6-4, 2-6, 2-6.