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Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko is in the top 10 – a year after she was outside the top 300 and rising up the rankings at the lower levels of the ITF circuit.
She hit the wall a little bit in the Doha final against a very much in-form Karolina Muchova, who now sits right behind her and just a few points away from getting back to the top 10.
Mboko also sits at No. 3 in the race to Riyadh.
In recent years, she’s the third Canadian woman to make it, after Genie Bouchard and Bianca Andreescu.
Beyond those two, there are a ton of interesting and high-profile players making moves – for better or for worse – in this week’s WTA rankings update.For the complete, updated WTA rankings list for Monday, click here.
Victoria Mboko (CAN): No. 13 ==========> No. 10
(After yeoman’s work in Doha, with matches on six straight days and two victories over top-10 players, Mboko’s rocket rise continues with her entry into the top 10.
Karolina Muchova (CZE): No. 19 ==========> No. 11
(Only the second title of the 29-year-old’s career, which says more about her ability to stay healthy than her elite talent level. But it’s her biggest. And she’s just 14 points out of getting back to the top 10. It won’t happen in Dubai, as she’s withdrawn due to fatigue).
Anna Kalinskaya (RUS): No. 28 ==========> No. 23
(Kalinskaya made the quarters in Doha. And she is in good stead to be seeded at the two big 1000s coming up in the U.S.).
Zheng Qinwen (CHN): No. 26 ==========> No. 24
(As much time as she’s missed in the last six months, Zheng’s ranking hasn’t dropped much. She makes up two spots with her third-round effort in Doha, but withdrew from Dubai because of illness. She’s defending quarterfinals both at Indian Wells and Miami, and basically nothing in Dubai. So it’s probably smart to take it slow and steady).
Maria Sakkari (GRE): No. 52 ==========> No. 34
(Sakkari had dropped as low as No. 92 last May. But she’s on the comeup again, nearly into the top 32 after making the Doha semifinals. She withdrew from Dubai because of illness, one of many players out of this second of the back-to-back 1000s).
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA): No. 57 ==========> No. 40
(A nice leap for Cocciaretto, who lost in the qualifying in Doha, came in as a lucky loser, beat Coco Gauff and made the quarterfinals).
Tereza Valentova (CZE): No. 48 ==========> No. 43
(Valentova hits a career high after qualifying and winning a round in Doha. But she retired down 0-5 in the third st of her first-round qualifying match in Dubai).
Varvara Gracheva (FRA): No. 73 ==========> No. 60
(A nice bump for the former No. 39, who qualified and reached the third round in Doha. She qualified again in Dubai this week).
Camila Osorio (COL): No. 80 ==========> No. 62
(A step in the right direction for Osorio, who qualified and reached the third round in Doha).
Darja Vidmanova (CZE): No. 137 ==========> No. 123
(Already at a career high, the lesser-known 23-year-old Czech reaches another on after making the final at the WTA 125 in Oeiras, Portugal).
Alina Korneeva (RUS): No. 157 ==========> No. 131
(She became known as the one who beat Mirra Andreeva in that Australian Open junior final – only to have Andreeva zoom up the charts while Korneeva dealt with injury issues. But she’s close to a career high as she wins the WTA 125 in Oeiras).
Karolina Pliskova (CZE): No. 418 ==========> No. 267
(Pliskova is operating on a protected ranking. But she’s showing some good tennis and made the third round in Doha).
Tereza Martincova (CZE): No. 413 ==========> No. 292
(Martincova, 31 and with a career high of No. 40 exactly four years ago, missed more than seven months with injury in 2024-25 and, despite being back nearly a year – with another pause between early August and late November 2025 – finally is making it back. She qualified at the high-level Prague ITF – and won it).
Vera Zvonareva (RUS): No. 580 ==========> No. 357
(Another player on a protected ranking who is coming back at age 41, Zvonareva makes a big leap by qualifying and winning a round in Doha. She was beaten by Mboko).
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Victoria Mboko (CAN) (No. 10)
Tereza Valentova (CZE) (No. 43)
Sinja Kraus (AUT) (No. 102)
Lilli Tagger (AUT) (No. 114)
Darja Vidmanova (CZE) (No. 123)
Emerson Jones (AUS) (No. 144)
Jeline Vandromme (BEL) (No. 279)
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Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS): No. 10 ==========> No. 12
(Hovering on the cusp of the top 10 the last six months, Alexandrova is out again as her points drop from her Doha semifinal a year ago; she lost her opener this year).
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT): No. 24 ==========> No. 27
(Doha was actually encouraging for Ostapenko, who made the semis before Mboko beat her. But she made the final last year by beating Samsonova, Paolini – then No. 4 – Jabeur and Swiatek, so she drops).
Alexandra Eala (PHI): No. 40 ==========> No. 47
(From her career high last week, Eala drops points after losing her opener in Doha, despite all the fans who flocked to see her).
Veronika Kudermetova (RUS): No. 43 ==========> No. 49
(Still no signs of life from the Russian, who hasn’t played since last October).
Emiliana Arango (COL): No. 49 ==========> No. 56
(Arango drops points from winning the WTA 125 in Cancun a year ago, after losing in the first round in Doha. It was her fifth consecutive loss to start the season. She has another run – from the qualifying to the final at the WTA 500 in Merida a. year ago – 350 points – to defend next week).
Paula Badosa (ESP): No. 64 ==========> No. 70
(Badosa was entered in Doha, but withdrew. She’ll try again in Dubai this week).
Rebecca Sramkova (SVK): No. 82 ==========> No. 103
(The capable Sramkova drops her points from making the third round in Doha last year, and she’ll have some work to do. She qualified this year but lost in the first round. Sramkova is straight into Dubai, and will face Gracheva in the first round).
Carson Branstine (CAN): No. 194 ==========> No. 242
(Branstine dealt with a painful shoulder injury in Australia, and hasn’t played since. She drops points from making the final at a WTA 125 in Cancun a year ago and is out of the top 200).
Ons Jabeur (TUN): No. 146==========> No. 259
(Jabeur is getting ready for the arrival of her first child, so the ranking is kind of irrelevant. But it does remind you that a year ago, she made the quarters in Doha).
Erika Andreeva (RUS): No. 328 ==========> No. 362
(Mirra’s big sister got as high as No. 65 in Oct. 2024. But it’s been a tough slog of late and after she lost in the first round of the Pune WTA 125, she dropps further down in the rankings).
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