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Alexandra Eala reaches No. 15, Taylor Fritz returns to top 10
Bianca Andreescu returned to the WTA top 100 after reaching the Cali final. Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani share third in doubles.
Alexandra Eala of the Philippines rose two spots to a career-high No. 15 in the WTA singles rankings after reaching the Hong Kong Open final. Taylor Fritz returned to the ATP top 10 in the Nov. 9 tennis rankings.
Eala, 21, lost 6-3, 6-0 to Claire Liu in Hong Kong. Liu won her first WTA Tour singles title without dropping a set and jumped 33 places to No. 69. Eala had won her first tour title in Washington in August and beat seven top-10 opponents this year, according to Reuters.
“I didn’t know that was on the cards for me, to end the year at 15th,” Eala told reporters after the Hong Kong final, according to Reuters.
Canada’s Bianca Andreescu moved from No. 109 to No. 100 after reaching the final of the WTA 125 event in Cali, Colombia. She had won 14 straight matches, including titles in Rovereto, Italy, and Queretaro, Mexico, before losing 7-6 (4), 6-3 to Spain’s Leyre Romero Gormaz in the Cali final.
Elena Rybakina remained No. 1 in the WTA singles rankings. Madison Keys moved from No. 24 to No. 19. Canada’s Leylah Fernandez held at No. 18, and fellow Canadian Victoria Mboko slipped one place to No. 21.
Fritz climbed from No. 12 to No. 10 with 3,285 points after reaching the Paris Masters quarterfinals, where he lost to Carlos Alcaraz. Spain’s Rafael Jodar fell one place to No. 11, 51 points behind Fritz, and Novak Djokovic slipped to No. 12. Jodar had already secured the last ATP Finals berth through the season-long Race to Turin.
Alexander Zverev stayed atop the ATP singles rankings with 9,550 points, 100 ahead of Jannik Sinner. Alcaraz remained third after beating Ben Shelton 7-6 (5), 7-5 for his first Paris Masters title. Canada’s Félix Auger-Aliassime slipped one spot to No. 14, and Denis Shapovalov rose one to No. 50.
Katerina Siniakova stayed No. 1 in WTA doubles, followed by Taylor Townsend. Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani shared third. Finland’s Harri Heliovaara and Britain’s Henry Patten shared the ATP doubles lead with 9,630 points apiece in the published top 100.
