Birrell, Hunter finish season as Australia’s top-ranked ladies | 7 November, 2023 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Kimberly Birrell finishes the 2023 season because the top-ranked Australian in singles, whereas Storm Hunter is the world’s top-ranked doubles participant.

Australia, 7 November 2023 | Leigh Rogers

Ladies’s singles

Kimberly Birrell is the top-ranked Australian within the WTA Tour’s year-end singles rankings, which have been launched in the present day.

It’s the first time the 25-year-old from the Gold Coast has completed a season because the Aussie No.1.

Birrell’s highlights from a career-best season embrace eight top-100 victories, a top-100 debut and most significantly, staying wholesome following a horror run with accidents that threatened to prematurely finish her profession.

World No.113 Birrell can be set to guide the Australian crew on the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Spain this week, which marks her first look within the crew competitors in additional than 4 years.

> READ: Birrell – “It’s such a privilege and honour to characterize Australia once more”

Different Aussie girl to make spectacular rating beneficial properties previously 12 months embrace Astra Sharma, Olivia Gadecki, Arina Rodionova, Storm Hunter and Destanee Aiava.

Taylah Preston, an 18-year-old from Perth, is the largest riser inside the Australian high 15. The teenage expertise ends a breakout yr, which netted three ITF singles title, at a career-high world No.244.

Ajla Tomljanovic, who was the top-ranked Australian on the finish of the 2022 season, finishes an injury-marred yr at world No.549. The 30-year-old has performed solely 4 tour-level matches since present process knee surgical procedure in January.

	Participant	12 months-end rating	Distinction in 12 months
1	Kimberly Birrell	No.113	+54
2	Astra Sharma	No.120	+111
3	Olivia Gadecki	No.132	+69
4	Arina Rodionova	No.148	+149
5	Storm Hunter	No.172	+65
6	Destanee Aiava	No.186	+216
7	Jaimee Fourlis	No.204	-42
8	Daria Saville	No.206	-153
9	Priscilla Hon	No.210	-59
10	Seone Mendez	No.241	+79
11	Taylah Preston	No.244	+362
12	Maddison Inglis	No.277	-100
13	Lizette Cabrera	No.281	+15
14	Talia Gibson	No.301	+63
15	Tina Smith	No.403	+337

> VIEW: Full WTA Tour year-end singles rankings

Ladies’s doubles

Storm Hunter turns into solely the second Australian girl – and first in 17 years – to complete the season as year-end world No.1 in doubles.

The 29-year-old fashioned a robust partnership with Belgian Elise Mertens in 2023. They received WTA 1000 titles at Rome and Guadalajara, have been Wimbledon finalists and most lately, progressed to the semifinals on the WTA Finals.

That newest consequence was sufficient to propel Hunter above American duo Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff on the high of the rankings.

Ellen Perez data her highest year-end rating at world No.17. The 28-year-old additionally completed an impressive season strongly, as the primary Australian in 15 years to advance to the doubles ultimate on the WTA Finals.

Olivia Gadecki and Destanee Aiava have been two of essentially the most constant performers at ITF degree this season, successful six and 7 titles respectively.

This has helped the 21-year-old Gadecki and 23-year-old Aiava make big rating strides and soar to new career-highs previously yr.

	Participant	12 months-end rating	Distinction in 12 months
1	Storm Hunter	No.1	+9
2	Ellen Perez	No.17	+3
3	Olivia Gadecki	No.96	+634
4	Destanee Aiava	No.162	+123
5	Daria Saville	No.168	-15
6	Olivia Tjandramulia	No.174	-70
7	Talia Gibson	No.189	+95
8	Astra Sharma	No.204	-87
9	Priscilla Hon	No.208	+132
10	Elysia Bolton	No.210	+64
11	Alexandra Bozovic	No.211	+15
12	Kimberly Birrell	No.233	+18
13	Petra Hule	No.239	+190
14	Alana Parnaby	No.265	-43
15	Kaylah McPhee	No.270	+580

> VIEW: Full WTA Tour year-end doubles rankings

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