Tennis
WTA ranking. Svitolina returned the status of Ukraine’s first racket
After the Wimbledon tournament came to an end, there were minor changes in the top 10 in the world rankings. Tournament winner Marketa Vondrousova moved up 32 places and entered the top 10. Iga Sviontek retained the first place and Petra Kvitova was replaced by Maria Sakkari.
Top 10 WTA Rankings
Elina Svitolina returned to the top thirty after reaching the semi-finals and became the best Ukrainian tennis player again. Angelina Kalinina lost two positions, Marta Kostyuk slightly improved her position, Lesya Tsurenko returned to the top 50. Katerina Beindl is also in the top 100 but it will be very difficult for her to stay there. Dayana Yastremska added three positions, Daria Snigur and Katarina Zavatskaya were in the red. Yulia Starodubtseva once again updated her personal record.
Ukrainian women in the WTA ranking
Lyudmila Kichenok fell one place in the doubles ranking. Also in the new edition are Marta Kostyuk and Nadezhda Kichenok, who have a minus sign. Angelina Kalinina raises her position by 45 positions
Ukrainian women in the top 200 in the WTA doubles rankings
In the championship race, Wimbledon finalists Marketa Vondrousova and Ons Jaber entered the top eight without any change to the top four.
WTA Championship Race
Elina Svitolina moved up to 22nd place in the Championship Race after her successful performance in the Grass Major. Also in the top thirty are Angelina Kalinina and Lesya Tsurenko. Marta Kostyuk takes 32nd place.
Ukrainian women in the WTA Championship race
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Tennis
Alexandrova and Venus Williams failed to reach the second round of the Australian Open in doubles
Russian tennis player Ekaterina Alexandrova and American Venus Williams failed to reach the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
In the first round match, Alexandrova and Williams lost to the duo Emilian Arango/Elsa Jacquemot (Colombia/France) with a score of 6:7 (3:7), 4:6. The meeting lasted 1 hour 29 minutes.
The next rivals of Arango and Jacquemot will be the winners of the meeting McCartney Kessler/Jessica Pegula (both USA) – Gabriela Dabrowski/Louise Stefani (Canada/Italy, 5).
Earlier, Alexandrova and Williams also completed their performance in singles.
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Women. Doubles. 1st circle
Emiliana Arango/Elsa Jacquemot (Colombia/France) ā Ekaterina Alexandrova/Venus Williams (Russia/USA, WC) – 7:6 (7:3), 6:4.
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33-year-old former world No. 1 and Czech tennis player Carolina Pliskova (WTA1057) has made a successful start to the 2026 Australian Open.
In the first round, the Czech defeated the 32-year-old American in two sets. Sloane Stephens (WTA 1102) in 1 hour 35 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals
Carolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) ā Slovan Stevens (USA) [Q] ā 7:6 (9:7), 6:2
This was the eighth head-to-head meeting between the rivals. Carolina beat Sloane for the second time.
Pliskova earned her first victory at the Tour level since the 2024 US Open. Since then Caroline has had two ankle surgeries.
Stevens started the Australian Open with qualification. In the election, the American defeated Barbora Palicova, Olivia Gabeki and Lucia Bronzetti.
Pliskova will compete with Indonesian representative Janice Tjen, who knocked out 22nd seed Leila Fernandez, in the second round of the majors.
Video review of the match
Photo gallery of the match
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January 20 Ukrainian tennis player Alexandra Oleynikova (WTA 92) lost to world ninth Madison Keys (USA) In the 1/64 final of the Australian Open 2026.
The Ukrainian player was defeated with a score of 6:7 (6:8) and 1:6 in 1 hour and 40 minutes. For Alexandra, this was her first match in the main draw of the Grand Slam tournament.
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Oleynikova, who won the first set 4-0, had two set points in the tiebreaker but could not capitalize on this advantage.
Keys is the current champion of the major in Melbourne. She will face Ashlyn Kruger in the second round..
š Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals
Alexandra Oleynikova ā Madison Keys [9] ā 6:7 (6:8), 1:6
Video review of the match
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