Maria Timofeeva took advantage of her opportunity at the Australian Open. The twenty-year-old made it through the qualifying rounds to upset one seeded player (Beatriz Haddad Maia) and a former number one player (Caroline Wozniacki). Timofeeva made it to the fourth round before losing to Marta Kostyuk.
Maria Timofeeva Gets Mover Of The Week Honors
Kudos to Maria Timofeeva, the Russian player captured her first WTA singles title in Budapest (Hungarian Grand Prix) last year. Interestingly, she won that title as a qualifier. At twenty years old, she still has plenty of time to take it up several notches; however, she has proven she knows how to compete with the top players. Let us see what she does in 2024.
Embed from Getty ImagesTop 100 ATP & WTA Ranking Changes
| ATP | RANKING CHANGES | CURRENT RANK |
| Arthur Cazaux (FRA) | UP 39 | 83 CAREER HIGH |
| Brandon Nakashima (USA) | UP 31 | 96 |
| Flavio Cobolli (ITA) | UP 24 | 76 CAREER HIGH |
| Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) | DOWN 23 | 84 |
| Nuno Borges (POR) | UP 22 | 47 CAREER HIGH |
| J.J. Wolf (USA) | DOWN 20 | 77 |
| Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) | UP 19 | 41 |
| Alex Michelsen (USA) | UP 18 | 73 CAREER HIGH |
| Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) | UP 16 | 85 CAREER HIGH |
| Marton Fucsovics (HUN) | DOWN 12 | 82 |
| Luca Van Assche (FRA) | UP 11 | 68 |
| Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) | DOWN 11 | 59 |
| Quentin Halys (FRA) | UP 10 | 100 |
| Fabian Marozsan (HUN) | UP 10 | 57 CAREER HIGH |
| Pedro Martinez (ESP) | UP 10 | 99 |
| WTA | RANKING CHANGES | CURRENT RANKING |
| Maria Timofeeva (RUS) | UP 70 | 100 CAREER HIGH |
| Dayana Yastremska (UKR) | UP 64 | 29 |
| Karolina Pliskova (CZE) | DOWN 39 | 77 |
| Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) | UP 37 | 38 CAREER HIGH |
| Magda Linette (POL) | DOWN 32 | 56 |
| Oceane Dodin (FRA) | UP 20 | 75 |
| Linda Noskova (CZE) | UP 20 | 30 CAREER HIGH |
| Magdalena Frech (POL) | UP 18 | 51 CAREER HIGH |
| Paula Badosa (ESP) | UP 17 | 83 |
| Cristina Bucsa (ESP) | DOWN 17 | 73 |
| Yafan Wang (CHN) | UP 16 | 78 |
| Camila Giorgi (ITA) | DOWN 15 | 68 |
| Viktorija Golubic (SUI) | UP 14 | 71 |
| Bernarda Pera (USA) | DOWN 14 | 85 |
| Aliaksandra Sasnovich (RUS) | DOWN 14 | 95 |
| Diane Parry (FRA) | UP 13 | 59 |
| Lin Zhu (CHN) | DOWN 13 | 45 |
| Mirra Andreeva (RUS) | UP 12 | 35 CAREER HIGH |
| Elina Avanesyan (RUS) | UP 12 | 62 |
| Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) | UP 11 | 96 CAREER HIGH |
| Victoria Azarenka (BLR) | DOWN 11 | 33 |
| Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) | DOWN 11 | 79 |
| Camila Osorio (COL) | DOWN 10 | 87 |
| Alycia Parks (USA) | UP 10 | 72 |
| Laura Siegemund (GER) | DOWN 10 | 88 |
ATP & WTA Top 10 Ranking Changes
ATP: there were several changes in the top ten members. Taylor Fritz is back in the top ten at #9. Stefanos Tsitsipas fell three spots to #10. Holger Rune and Hubert Hurkacz each moved up one spot to #7 and #8, respectively. The top six members stayed the same. The current top four players are: [1] Novak Djokovic; [2] Carlos Alcaraz; [3] Daniil Medvedev; and [4] Jannik Sinner.
Embed from Getty ImagesWTA: there were lots of changes in the top ten. There is a new top ten member, Qinwen Zheng, she comes in at #7. Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula each moved up one spot to #3 and #4, respectively. Elena Rybakina fell two spots to #5. Marketa Vondrousova, Maria Sakkari, and Karolina Muchova each fell one spot to #8, #9, and #10, respectively. The current top four players are: [1] Iga Swatek; [2] Aryna Sabalenka; [3] Coco Gauff; and [4] Jessica Pegula.
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