WTA Ranking Watch: First-time title winners Collins, Zanevska climb
Last week, the WTA Tour visited Italy for the 32nd Palermo Ladies Open and Gdynia for the BNP Paribas Poland Open as the two WTA 250-level tournaments produced first-time winners.
First Time Title Winners Climb
American Danielle Collins
In addition, Maryna Zanevska joined the first-time winners club. She won her first singles title last week at Gdynia. Entering the tournament ranked No.165, Zanevska became the fourth player ranked outside the Top 150 to win a title this year, joining Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Zanevska jumped 50 spots in the WTA Rankings as she climbed from No.165 to No.115, closing in on her career-best ranking of No.105, which she first achieved on August 21, 2017.
Romania’s Ruse Continues to Rise
Just over one week after winning her first career title, Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Top 200 Debut For Bondar
Anna Bondar
Other Notable Ranking Movement
--Playing in her 121st main draw at the tour-level, Kristina Kucova made her finals debut as she reached the championship match in Gdynia. Kucova moved up 30 spots to No.120, her highest ranking since July 2017.
--Only one month after making her WTA Rankings debut, Sara Bejlek
Race update
By winning the title in Palermo, Collins moved up 13 spots, to No.29, in the latest Porsche Race to Shenzhen Leaderboard, reflecting the most notable movement among the Top 50.
The only other movement among Top 50 was Jil Teichmann