Elena Malõgina, Estonia's top-ranked tennis player, has reached a new career high by moving up three positions to 265th in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. The 26-year-old is set to compete this week at an ITF W35 tournament in Birmingham. Malõgina previously recorded a high ranking of 322nd in 2023.
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Fellow Estonian player Maileen Nuudi has also made gains, rising 16 places to rank 968th, with an additional 15 ranking points expected in next week's update following her victory in an ITF W15 tournament.
Other notable rankings include Elizabeth Jürna, now at 1,429th, and Carol Plakk, who ranks 1,504th.
At the top of the WTA rankings, Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka hold the first and second spots, respectively. Mirra Andreeva, competing as a neutral athlete, has reached a career-high third place, while Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff have dropped to fourth and fifth. Ukraine's Elina Svitolina is ranked sixth, Czech player Karolina Muchova seventh, and Linda Noskova has fallen to eighth. Poland's Iga Swiatek remains ninth, and Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk rounds out the top ten.
China's Zheng Qinwen recently won the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing, propelling her 31 places up to rank 23.