WTA Rankings Report – As of Jan. 19, 2026

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MELBOURNE, Australia – A pair of 500s mean a few moves, even before the first Grand Slam of the season.

But probably not as many as you’d think, alhough Canadian Victoria Mboko moves up a spot with her trip to the Adelaide final.

Kimberly Birrell and Elisabetta Cocciaretto were the other big movers.

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Victoria Mboko (CAN): No. 17 =========> No. 16
(A nice chunk of points means that Mboko moves past Naomi Osaka and into another career high, at No. 16 despite losing in the Adelaide final).

***Jovic and Mboko, fresh from their finals in Hobart and Adelaide, meet on the practice courts at Melbourne Park on Sunday.***

Iva Jovic (USA): No. 30 =========> No. 27
(Jovic, who is playing doubles with Mboko at the Australia Open, also made a final last week in Hobart and also moves to another career high).

Jaqueline Cristian (ROU): No. 37 =========> No. 35
(She was alreeady at a career high, and the 27-year-old jumps to another one after going from the qualifying to the quarterfinals in Adelaide).

Daria Kasatkina (AUS): No. 48 =========> No. 43
(Kasatkina, who has just become an official citizen of Australia, won a round in Adelaide but in a tight section of the draw moves up five spots).

Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA): No.80 =========> No. 56 (Cocciaretto, 24, went from the qualifying to the title in Hobart, and makes a big leap).

Kimberly Birrell (AUS): No. 107 =========> No. 76
(Birrell, a wild card into Adelaide, maximized by making the semifinals).

Yulia Putintseva (KAZ): No. 105 =========> No. 94
(It’s a shock to see Putintseva’s name down this far in the rankings, but she got herself back into the top 100 by qualifying and winning a round in Adelaide).

Taylah Preston (AUS): No. 204 =========> No. 161
(The 20-year-old Aussie made the Hobart semifinals as a wild card).

Katherine Sebov (CAN): No. 245 =========> No. 260
(Sebov made the quarterfinals of an ITF in Manchester)

Vera Zvonareva (RUS): No. 641 =========> No. 577
(Zvonareva, 41, moves up 60+spots just by winning a qualifying round in Adelaide. She’s one spot lower than Venus Williams in the live rankings, which is wild.