Amanda Anisimova moves up to new career-high of No. 3 on WTA rankings

There weren’t any tournaments last week, but with some adjustments to the rankings this week, we’ve got some movement—including one very notable one.

Amanda Anisimova moves up from No. 4 to a new career-high of No. 3, which isn’t just her Top 3 debut, but she’s also the new American No. 1 now—she switches spots with Coco Gauff, who dips from No. 3 to No. 4.

Even though there were no points on offer last week, the flip-flop comes after points from Week 1 of 2025 drop off the WTA rankings this week. Anisimova, who fell in the first round of Auckland a year ago, stays at 6,287 ranking points, while Gauff, who led Team USA to the United Cup title a year ago, sees her points drop from 6,763 to 6,273.

And so, Anisimova is now the highest-ranked American player on either the ATP or WTA rankings, with Gauff now the second-highest-ranked American player.

And there’s more.

Anisimova is just the third player born in the 2000s to reach the Top 3 in WTA rankings history, and the fifth player to do it in either WTA or ATP rankings history.

PLAYERS BORN IN THE 2000s TO REACH THE TOP 3 (ATP or WTA rankings):

• Iga Swiatek, career-high No. 1 [born in 2001]
• Carlos Alcaraz, career-high No. 1 [born in 2003]
• Jannik Sinner, career-high No. 1 [born in 2001]
• Coco Gauff, career-high No. 2 [born in 2004]
• Amanda Anisimova, career-high No. 3 [born in 2001]

She’s also just the 15th American woman ever to reach the Top 3, since WTA rankings were established in 1975.

AMERICANS TO REACH TOP 3 IN WTA RANKINGS HISTORY (since 1975):

• No. 1s (8): Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Tracy Austin, Monica Seles, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati, Venus Williams, Serena Williams
• No. 2s (3): Billie Jean King, Andrea Jaeger, Coco Gauff
• No. 3s (4): Pam Shriver, Sloane Stephens, Jessica Pegula, Amanda Anisimova

And just to compare, 11 American men have reached the Top 3, since ATP rankings were established in 1973.

Other notable moves on the new WTA rankings include Linda Noskova rising from No. 13 to a new personal best of No. 12, after Clara Tauson dips from No. 12 to No. 14 (Noskova lost her second match in Brisbane a year ago, while Tauson captured the title in Auckland).

And Spain's Cristina Bucsa makes her Top 50 debut, rising from No. 51 to No. 50, after Anastasia Potapova drops from No. 50 to No. 55 (Bucsa lost first round in Brisbane last year, while Potapova reached the third round).

On the ATP rankings, the most notable shift comes inside the Top 10, as Taylor Fritz drops from No. 6 to No. 9—and everyone in between moves up a spot, Alex de Minaur rising from No. 7 back to his career-high of No. 6, Lorenzo Musetti rising from No. 8 to No. 7 and Ben Shelton from No. 9 to No. 8, regaining his status as American men's No. 1, which he briefly achieved late last year for the first time.