Ben Shelton hits new career-high ranking of No. 5, just third lefty to be ranked in ATP Top 5 this century

And it’s all consecutive, as well—since first breaking into the elite on January 30th, 2023 after reaching the Australian Open final, she hasn’t dropped out, not even for one week.

It’s the fifth-longest active Top 10 streak on the women’s tour.

LONGEST ACTIVE STREAKS IN CURRENT WTA TOP 10:
215 weeks: Sabalenka [since Nov. 16th, 2020]
165 weeks: Swiatek [since Nov. 1st, 2021]
134 weeks: Pegula [since June 6th, 2022]
120 weeks: Gauff [since Sept. 12th, 2022]
100 weeks: Rybakina [since Jan. 30th, 2023]
48 weeks: Zheng [since Jan. 29th, 2024]
29 weeks: Paolini [since June 10th, 2024]
16 weeks: Navarro [since Sept. 9th, 2024]
10 weeks: Kasatkina [since Oct. 21st, 2024]
7 weeks: Krejcikova [since Nov. 11th, 2024]

It’s worth noting that had there been ranking points at Wimbledon in 2022, where Rybakina won her first Grand Slam title, she would have made her Top 10 debut then—in July of 2022—as opposed to in January of 2023, after reaching her second Grand Slam final at the Australian Open.

Rybakina has spent more than three quarters of her 100 weeks in the Top 10 inside the Top 5.

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Rybakina has spent more than three quarters of these 100 weeks in the Top 10—77 of them, to be exact—in the Top 5. That includes 11 career weeks at a career-high of No. 3, which she first reached on June 12th, 2023, after the conclusion of Roland Garros.

RYBAKINA’S CAREER TOP 10 WEEKS BY RANKING:
No. 1: 0 weeks
No. 2: 0 weeks
No. 3: 11 weeks
No. 4: 54 weeks
No. 5: 12 weeks
No. 6: 9 weeks
No. 7: 7 weeks
No. 8: 0 weeks
No. 9: 0 weeks
No. 10: 7 weeks

With new coach and fellow Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic in her corner, Rybakina will kick off her 2025 season at United Cup, which actually begins later this week.

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