Statement of Intent: The Top 30's first Top 10 win
When was the first time each of the WTA Top 30 scored a victory over a Top 10 opponent? Find out here.
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Having dipped her toe back into tennis in 2016, Ashleigh Barty's comeback was meteoric in 2017 - among the many milestones she hit this year was her first Top 10 win, a 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 defeat of Venus Williams in the second round of Cincinnati.
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In the first round of the 2011 US Open, Simona Halep shocked reigning Roland Garros champion Li Na 6-2, 7-5 for her first Top 10 win - two weeks after scoring her first Top 20 win over Svetlana Kuznetsova in Toronto - and cracked the Top 50 as a result.
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An unseeded Karolina Pliskova knocked off World No.9 and top seed Angelique Kerber 7-6(5), 6-4 in the 2014 Nurnberg quarterfinals, one of three seeds the Czech defeated en route to her third career final - which she lost to Eugenie Bouchard.
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Sofia Kenin's 6-3, 6-3 upset of top seed and World No.6 Caroline Garcia in the 2018 Mallorca quarterfinals put the American into her maiden WTA semifinal, where she lost to Tatjana Maria - but one year later, Kenin returned to claim the title.
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Elina Svitolina had lost her first six matches against Top 10 opponents, but rectified that with a 6-2, 7-6(2) second-round defeat of World No.4 Petra Kvitova at Cincinnati 2014 en route to her first Premier 5 quarterfinal.
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As an 18-year-old qualifier ranked World No.152, Bianca Andreescu announced herself at Auckland 2019 with a 6-4, 6-4 upset of Caroline Wozniacki in round two en route to the final - going on to win her first eight matches against Top 10 opponents.
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Kiki Bertens' 6-4, 7-6(4) upset of top seed and World No.7 Roberta Vinci in the second round of Nurnberg 2016 kickstarted her career to a new level: she went on to take her second title, and the following week made the Roland Garros semifinals.
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At the age of 17, Belinda Bencic dispatched Angelique Kerber 6-1, 7-5 in the third round of the 2014 US Open for her first Top 10 win - and immediately backed it up with her second over Jelena Jankovic to make her maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal.
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As a 16-year-old ranked World No.304 playing her second WTA main draw, Serena Williams stunned World No.7 Mary Pierce 6-3, 7-6(3) in round two of Chicago 1997, and followed that by defeating World No.4 Monica Seles to make her maiden semifinal.
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Naomi Osaka lost her first nine matches against Top 10 players, but got past the milestone in style: an emphatic 6-3, 6-1 upset of defending champion Angelique Kerber in the first round of the 2017 US Open, a tournament Osaka would win the following year.
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Aryna Sabalenka's 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(5) defeat of defending champion Karolina Pliskova in the 2018 Eastbourne quarterfinals en route to her first Premier final put the Belarusian on track for a surge towards the Top 10 herself over the next seven months.
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As a 17-year-old ranked World No.143, Petra Kvitova stunned top seed and World No.8 Venus Williams 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of Memphis 2008 - the Czech's first ever meeting with a Top 10 player.
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Madison Keys only got into the Madrid 2013 main draw as a lucky loser after falling to Bethanie Mattek-Sands in qualifying - but in the first round the 18-year-old World No.62 dismissed World No.5 Li Na 6-3, 6-2.
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As a wildcard ranked World No.146 facing a Top 10 player for the first time, Johanna Konta defeated Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of Eastbourne 2015 - going on to beat Garbiñe Muguruza to make her first Premier quarterfinal.
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Petra Martic's 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 upset of World No.8 Marion Bartoli in the second round of Roland Garros 2012 was her ninth clash with a Top 10 player, and put the Croat on track to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time.
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Garbiñe Muguruza made an impact off the bat in her WTA main draw debut at Miami 2012, the 18-year-old No.208-ranked wildcard knocking off World No.9 Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 6-3 in the second round en route to the last 16.
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As an 18-year-old qualifier ranked World No.450 and playing her second WTA main draw, Elena Rybakina saved a match point to beat World No.7 Caroline Garcia 4-6, 7-6(6), 7-6(5) in the second round of St. Petersburg 2018.
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Marketa Vondrousova already had five Top 20 wins, but the Czech's first Top 10 scalp came with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 defeat of World No.2 Simona Halep in the fourth round of Indian Wells 2019 - one of two wins over Halep she would score that year.
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Between 2010 and 2013, Alison Riske's only WTA main draw wins came on grass - but her first Top 10 win would come at home in the third round of the 2013 US Open, an emphatic 6-3, 6-0 upset of World No.10 Petra Kvitova.
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As a qualifier ranked World No.80, Maria Sakkari stunned World No.6 Caroline Wozniacki 7-5, 6-3 in the second round of Wuhan 2017, going on to reach her maiden WTA semifinal and crack the Top 50 as a result.
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Angelique Kerber lost her first 12 matches against Top 10 opponents, but defeated two to lift her maiden trophy at Paris 2012, World No.3 Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals and World No.7 Marion Bartoli 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-3 in the final.
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Anett Kontaveit's 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-1 upset of reigning Roland Garros champion Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round of Stuttgart 2017 put the Estonian into her first Premier quarterfinal.
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Elise Mertens knocked World No.10 Dominika Cibulkova out of Beijing 2017 in the first round 7-6(4), 6-1 in her fourth meeting with a Top 10 player, three months before reaching her first major semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open.
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Donna Vekic delivered an epic 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(4) comeback to triumph over World No.10 Dominika Cibulkova in the 2014 Kuala Lumpur final, sealing both her first Top 10 win and her maiden title.
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Dayana Yastremska's 6-1, 6-4 defeat of World No.2 Karolina Pliskova in the third round of Wuhan 2019 avenged a loss to the Czech from four match points up in Madrid that year and put the 19-year-old into her first Premier 5 quarterfinal.
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Karolina Muchova's first Top 10 win was particularly memorable: a 4-6, 7-5, 13-11 epic against compatriot and World No.3 Karolina Pliskova in the fourth round of Wimbledon 2019 in her tournament main draw debut.
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Ekaterina Alexandrova's 6-3, 6-2 upset of defending champion and World No.10 Jelena Ostapenko in the second round of Seoul 2018 put the Russian into her first WTA quarterfinal; one month later, she would make her first final in Linz.
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As a 16-year-old wildcard ranked World No.149 playing her third WTA main draw and facing a Top 10 opponent for the first time, Amanda Anisimova shocked World No.9 Petra Kvitova 6-2, 6-4 in the third round of Indian Wells 2018.
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Wang Qiang's first WTA win was a memorable one: as a No.186-ranked qualifier playing her fourth WTA main draw, she saved a match point to overcome World No.10 Caroline Wozniacki 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-1 in the first round of Kuala Lumpur 2013.
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A 17-year-old Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova stunned World No.3 Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-4 in the second round of Indian Wells 2009, going on to claim a second Top 10 scalp in Agnieszka Radwanska to make her maiden semifinal.
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