By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday February 24, 2025
On the heels of her maiden WTA 1000 title in Dubai, the milestones keep coming for Mirra Andreeva.
The 17-year-old celebrates her Top-10 debut on Monday, coming in at No.9 (+5) this week to become the youngest player to rank inside the Top 10 since Nicole Vaidisova in 2007.
Andreeva, who turns 18 on April 29, is the seventh player in the past 30 years to hold a Top 10 ranking before her 18th birthday.
Top 10 Prior to Age 18, Since 1995
Martina Hingis 1996
Venus Williams 1998
Anna Kournikova 1998
Serena Williams 1999
Maria Sharapova 2004
Nicole Vaisova 2006
Mirra Andreeva, 2025
Andreeva is the only teenager ranked inside the WTA’s Top 100 at the moment, and she is one of four players to have made a Top-10 debut since the start of 2024, along with Zheng Qinwen, Jasmine Paolini and. Emma Navarro.
Keys Makes Top 5 Debut
Madison Keys celebrated her 30th birthday on February 17. One week later the 2025 Australian Open champion has something else to celebrate: a Top-5 ranking!
That makes it three American women – No.3 Coco Gauff, No.4 Jessica Pegula and Keys – in the Top-5 for the first time since 2003.
3 of the top 5 😤💙
Last time this happened? 2003 with Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport, and Jennifer Capriati 👏 pic.twitter.com/boCwrWnkeI
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) February 24, 2025
Keys rises one spot to No. 5 to make her Top-5 debut, and becomes the 96th player to reach the Top-5 in WTA rankings history.
Clarification: Tauson’s For Real
Reaching the final at Dubai, where she defeated World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka, has catapulted Denmark’s Clara Tauson to a career-high ranking of No.23. The 22-year-old former junior No.1 jumps 15 spots this week.
Additionally, Germany’s Eva Lys made another career-high, rising 10 spots to No.77, while 23-year-old Japanese Moyuka Uchijima rises eight spots to a career-high No.54.
