Russia’s top female racquet Andreeva back in WTA Top-5

WASHINGTON, August 24. /TASS/. Russia's Mirra Andreeva climbed a spot in this week's WTA (the Women’s Tennis Association) World Rankings, released earlier on Monday.

The Russian, who is playing under a neutral status at international tournaments, now sits 5th in the WTA Rankings with 5,443 points. Playing last week at the 2026 WTA Cincinnati Open in the United States Andreeva reached the fourth round of the 1,000 class-rated tournament.

This week’s WTA Top-10 is as follows: 1st Aryna Sabalenka (a Belarusian player competing under a neutral status; 8,575 points); 2nd Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan, 8,141 points); 3rd Jessica Pegula (the United States, 7,265 points); 4th Coco Gauff (the United States, 6,704 points); 5th Mirra Andreeva (a Russian player competing under a neutral status; 5,443 points); 6th Linda Noskova (the Czech Republic, 5,028 points); 7th Karolina Muchova (the Czech Republic, 4,983 points); 8th Iga Swiatek (Poland, 4,809 points); 9th Elina Svitolina (Ukraine, 4,689 points) and 10th Amanda Anisimova (the United States, 4,533 points).

Andreeva, 19, won the French Open in June and is a six-time WTA title holder overall. In 2023, Andreeva was named WTA rookie of the year. At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, she won a silver medal in women’s doubles paired with Diana Shnaider.

On February 28, 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued recommendations to international sports federations to bar athletes from Russia and Belarus from taking part in international tournaments, citing Moscow's special military operation in Ukraine as the reason.

Following the IOC's recommendations in late February 2022, the majority of global sports federations decided to bar athletes from Russia and Belarus from all international sports tournaments.

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) ruled on March 1, 2022 to suspend the membership of the Russian and Belarusian national tennis federations while also canceling all previously scheduled tennis tournaments in the two countries.

On March 14, 2022, the ITF also confirmed its prohibition on the Russian and Belarusian national tennis teams from taking part in the 2022 Davis Cup and 2022 Billie Jean King Cup.