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ROLAND GARROS – With the No. 1 and No. 2 players meeting in the final on a messy, windy and nervy Saturday in Paris, Coco Gauff won her first Roland Garros title.
And Aryna Sabalenka, after 70 unforced errors, is left wondering what might have been.
The biggest mover is surprising Frenchwoman Loïs Boisson.
And on the Canadian side, a lot of moves.
Zheng Qinwen (CHN): No. 7 ==========> No. 5 (A career high for the 22-year-old from China, who made it to the quarterfinals and lost to No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka).
Katie Boulter (GBR): No. 38 ==========> No. 34 (Boulter was a second-round loser, but moves up four and can at least hope she might get seeded at her home Slam. She and Emma Raducanu are teaming up for doubles this week at Queen’s Club).
Emma Raducanu (GBR): No. 41 ==========> No. 37 (Raducanu is back into the top 40, even though she lost in the second round in Paris).
Veronika Kudermetova (POL): No. 46 ==========> No. 39 (After a long dry spell, Kudermetova is back ino the top 40 after making the third round. As a reward – she gets her little sister Polina for her grass-season opener on Monday).
Alycia Parks (USA): No. 52 ==========> No. 46 (Parks is back in the top 50 despite winning round in Paris, no rounds in Birmingham – and losing to lower-ranked Canadian Carol Zhao in the first round of qualifying at Queen’s Club).
Jaqueline Cristian (ROU): No. 60 ==========> No. 49 (At long last, 27-year-old Cristian jumps into the top 50 after her third-round effort in Paris).
Hailey Baptiste (USA): No. 70 ==========> No. 58 (Baptiste, now 23, impressed in Paris and made it to the fourth round – and a new career high).
Loïs Boisson (FRA): No. 361 ==========> No. 65 (Beyond Coco Gauff winning her first Roland Garros, the story of the tournament was undoubtedly 22-year-old Frenchwoman Boisson, who moved up nearly 100 apots after being one of the most unlikely Roland semifinalists in history. She upset Mirra Andreeva, Jessica Pegula and Elise Mertens before Gauff put the tennis world back on its skis. Her life is now changed. She is using her protected ranking to get into Wimbledon qualifying. At least for now).
Greet Minnen (BEL): No. 77 ==========> No. 66 (Minnen lost in the first round of Roland Garros, but she went straight to the grass and won the WTA 125 in Birmingham).
Victoria Mboko (CAN): No. 120 ==========> No. 91 (Canada’s new tennis sweetheart rolled through three qualifying matches and got all the way to the third round before Zheng defeated her. It’s a career high – needless to say – and a top 100 debut).
Kaja Juvan (SLO): No. 353==========> No. 260 (After taking a break last year, Juvan is back at it. And although she lost in the final round of qualifying in Paris to Mboko, she qualifiede and won the ITF in Brescia last week. Her career high is No. 58).
Cadence Brace (CAN): No. 305 ==========> No. 266 (The little-known 20-year-old Canadian moves eot a career high after making the quarterfinals at an ITF in Santo Domingo, and the final at a $60K tournament in South Carolina on Sunday).
Zheng Qinwen (CHN) (No. 5)
Amanda Anisimova (USA) (No. 15)
Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) (No. 49)
Sonay Karal (GBR) (No. 50)
Maya Joint (AUS) (No. 51)
Hailey Baptiste (USA) (No. 58)
Loïs Boisson (FRA) (No. 65)
Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR) (No. 67)
Victoria Mboko (CAN) (No. 91)
Léolia Jeanjean (FRA)(No. 92)
Antonia Ruzic (CRO) (No. 98)
Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) (No. 113)
Joanna Garland (TPE) (No. 147)
Tereza Valentova (CZE) (No. 148)
Leylah Fernandez (CAN): No. 27 ==========> No. 30 (Fernandez’s ranking is handing in there – barely. But her shocking, rather desultory loss in the first round to Olga Danilovic continued a pattern of struggle in recent months)
Naomi Osaka (JPN): No. 49 ==========> No. 52 (Osaka slips out of the top 50 after losing her first-round match in Paris – in her defence, it was a brutal draw against No. 10 seed Paula Badosa. She has withdrawn from Queen’s Club).
Ons Jabeur (TUN): No. 36 ==========> No. 54 (Jabeur is out of the top 50. And somehow it feels like the clock is ticking down, at age 30. She lost in straight sets to No. 25 seeed Magdelena Frech – and was bageled in the second set).
Varvara Gracheva (FRA): No. 72 ==========> No. 110 (Gracheva was the No. 1 Frenchwoman – until Loïs Boisson came along last week. Worst, she drops out of the top 100 after losing in the first round of the main draw).
Bianca Andreescu (CAN): No. 99 ==========> No. 118 (Andreeescu did play in Paris a year ago and made the third round. So her shock loss in the second round of qualifying undoes some of the work she did getting back inside the top 100).
Marketa Vondrousova (CZE): No. 96 ==========> No. 165 (The good news is that Vondrousova is finally back. The bad news is that despite a good run to the third round, she drops a ton because a year ago, she made the quarterfinals. On the plus side, she has nothing to defend after Wimbledon).
Sara Errani (ITA): No. 176 ==========> No. 248 (Errani, 38, lost in the second round of qualifying after pulling off a miracle, marathon win in her opener. She said she is likely done with singles after a long career. But on the bright side, Errani won both the women’s doubles and mixed in Paris. So it’s all good).
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