WTA Rankings Report – As of April 7, 2025

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A WTA 500 event in Charleston and a 250 in Bogotá, along with a pair of WTA 125s in Europe and the absence of most of the top players meant there were many opportunities around the world of women’s tennis last week.

And some of the kids – including teenaged Americans Iva Jovic and Julieta Pareja, were quick to take advantage

Along with a resurgent Sofia Kenin, into the Charleston final out of basically nowhere.

For the complete, updated WTA rankings for Monday, click here.

ATP Rankings Report – As of April 7, 2025

Jessica Pegula (USA): No. 4 ==========> No. 3 (Pegula overtakes countrywoman and former doubles partner Coco Gauff for the No. 3 spot with the Charleston title. It’s the first time she’s been at No. 3 since last October. And she becomes the No. 1 American).

Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS): No. 26 ==========> No. 22 (Alexandrova had one of those weeks where she was almost unbeatable. But she left Pegula JUST enough room to squeeze through in the semifinals).

Ons Jabeur (TUN): No. 29 ==========> No. 27 (Jabeur didn’t play Charleston. Still, because of other moves she ends up gaining two spots. She began the season okay, with some good wins in the Middle East, notably. But she lost first round in Dubai, her opener at Indian Wells and retired in her second match in Miami).

Sofia Kenin (USA): No. 44 ==========> No. 34 (Kenin’s last few years have been a slow, often arduous climb. back up to not even close to what her best was five years ago. But for whatever reason this week in Charleston, she has seem inspired. She defeated Bencic, Kasatkina and Kalinskaya en route to the final against Pegula. Where she had a 5-1 lead in the second set – and three set points – but just caved. Keeping in mind that she had been to Charleston six previous times, and won a total of … two main-draw matches, it’s a great week by any measure).

Polina Kudermetova (RUS): No. 59 ==========> No. 55 (The younger Kudermetova made the second round in Charleston. And she rises to anoher career high as she has slowly made her way up the rankings in 2025. She’s less than 30 points behind sister Veronika, who is ranked three spots ahead).

Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS): No. 87 ==========> No. 79 (The former No. 22 makes a bit of a dent, moving up nine after making the third round in Charleston).

Solana Sierra (ARG): No. 152 ==========> No. 119 (A highly-ranked junior who got to No. 7 in large part because of success on clay and made the Roland Garros junior final three years ago is now 20. Sierra moves to a career high by winning the Antalya WTA 125 tournament and rises to a career high. Sierra won three smaller ITFs in each of 2023 and 2024, and six of them last year, in addition to a $60K in January. All but the first two have come on the dirt).

Leyre Romero Gormaz (ESP): No. 142 ==========> No. 124 (Already at a career high, the little-known Spanish 22-year-old reached another one with her effort to reach the final at the WTA 125 in Antalya, Turkey).

Iva Jovic (USA): No. 150 ==========> No. 142 (A solid and steady rise for the 17-year-old American, who reached the second round in Bogotá and makes another career high)

Katarzyna Kawa (POL): No. 223 ==========> No. 156 (The qualifier upset top seed Marie Bouzkova made the finals of the WTA 250 in Bogotá. After about 17 hours on court, both legs wrapped, she finally bowed out to Camila Osorio. The 32-year-old’s career high is No. 112, reached in Nov. 2020).

Katherine Sebov (CAN): No. 332 ==========> No. 302 (It’s been a rough couple of years for the Canadian since she qualified at the Australian Open. But she qualifies in Charleston, even though she lost badly in the first round. And that gives her a 30-spot bump in the standings).

Caty McNally (USA): No. 397 ==========> No. 321 (McNally is coming back from an injury layoff and is playing on a proteced ranking. But the wins are finally coming as she qualified in Charleston and lost in the second round. She’s also doing good things in doubles).

Julieta Pareja (USA): No. 550 ==========> No. 335 (Just 16, the American reaches another career high as made the Bogotá semifinals form the qualifying. It’s easy to make HUGE leaps in this part of the rankings at WTA-level events, and she’s on the move).

Aliona Bolsova (ESP): No. 535 ==========> No. 406 (The tattooed 27-year-old Moldova-born Spaniard, who was off the Tour from a first-round loss in qualifying at the 2024 Australian Open – when she was ranked No. 167 – to a first-round loss at a $30K in Morocco last July, wins a round at an ITF two weeks ago and makes the La Bisbal semifinals on a wild card. That means nearly 130 spots up in the rankings. Bolsova has played 17 tournaments since her return, without making much of a dent at all).

Alizé Cornet (FRA): No. 532 ==========> No. 460 (Cornet took a wild card into the La Bisbal WTA 125 and made the quarterfinals before having to retire in her match. She officially retired. But maybe it got boring. She said she has no plans to play Roland Garros. But she will play Rouen in 10 days and intends to play the qualifying in Rome and Madrid with a protected ranking of No. 102).

Polina Kudermetova (RUS) (No. 6)
Eva Lys (GER) (No. 68)
Alexandra Eala (PHI) (No. 73)
Robin Montgomery (USA) (No. 100)
Solana Sierra (ARG) (No. 119)
Leyre Romero Gormaz (ESP) (No. 124)
Iva Jovic (USA) (No. 142)

Coco Gauff (USA): No. 3 ==========> No. 4 (Gauff lost to Magda Linette in a surprise in Miami, and hasn’t been lighting it up since ending her 2024 season with a win at the finals in Riyadh. Two fourth rounds on the American sunshine swing aren’t exactly what most were looking for. Gauff hasn’t regularly played Charleston. But she finds herself passed by Jessica Pegula, who won the title there, in the rankings. In the interim, it was announced this week that she’s left Roger Federer’s Team 8 agency and gone to IMG, where she’ll form her own management company).

Daria Kasatkina (AUS): No. 12 ==========> No. 14 (Kasatkina’s first week under the Australian flag results in a drop in rankings, as she lost in the third round in Charleston. A year ago, she made the final).

Danielle Collins (USA): No. 22 ==========> No. 32 (It’s been a tough few weeks for Collins’ ranking, as she was defending titles in both Miami and Charleston. She basically doubles her ranking, even though she made the Charleston quarterfinals and was WAY up on Pegula before her fellow American found a way)

Victoria Azarenka (BLR): No. 47 ==========> No. 50 (It’s a bit of a shock to see Azarenka’s ranking that low. But the neck injury that forced her to retire in Miami is keeping her off the courts, and she drops some points from last year to hang into the top 50 by just 20 points).

Marie Bouzkova (CZE): No. 51 ==========> No. 58 (Bouzkova lost another match in typical (for her) heartbreaking fashion in the Bogotá quarterfinals, 7-5 in the third set to qualifier Katarzyna Kawa. She played Bogotá for the first time last year and made the final).

Jaqueline Cristian (ROU): No. 57 ==========> No. 66 (A week after tying her career high, Cristian doesn’t play last week and drops her points from her Charleston quarterfinal effort a year ago. She has some solid points to defend during the Madrid-Rome marathon coming up, as well).

Maria Sakkari (GRE): No. 64 ==========> No. 82 (It’s been a tough go for the 29-year-old, whose return from a shoulder injury has been slow. She beats Canadian Marina Stakusic in Charleston, but loses in the second round and drops out of the top 80 for the first time since Sept. 2017. At this stage in 2022, she was at a career-high No. 3).

Taylor Townsend (USA): No. 92 ==========> No. 102 (Townsend drops out of the top 100 after losing her points from Charleston a year ago. The double is going great guns with Katerina Siniakova. But the singles is sort of hit-and-miss these days).

Sara Errani (ITA): No. 124 ==========> No. 152 (Errani is off to play BJK Cup next week, and so doesn’t defend her points from making the Bogotá semifinals a year ago in a huge effort that included a marathon win over countrywoman Sara Sorribes Tormo that was as painful to watch as it was fascinating).

Sloane Stephens (USA): No. 140 ==========> No. 160 (Stephens has a foot injury and isn’t playing at the moment, thus dropping her points from Charlesteon a year ago).

Shelby Rogers (USA): No. 437 ==========> No. 526 (Rogers retired at the US Open last year. But she’s still in the rankings. She was in her Charleston hometown this past week for the tournament – but as a commentator).