Destanee Aiava, Kimberly Birrell and Olivia Gadecki loved rankings spikes in numerous classes after career-best Grand Slam runs at Australian Open 2025.
Melbourne, VIC, 28 January 2025 | Jackson Mansell
Girls’s singles:
Following her finest Grand Slam outcome, Destanee Aiava has jumped to her highest WTA rating in seven years. The 24-year-old rose 24 locations to world No.171 after she progressed by means of qualifying and reached the second spherical at Australian Open 2025.
DESTANEE FULFILLED AT #AO2025
Aiava fights again from the brink to attain her first AO important draw victory! @wwos • @espn • @eurosport • @wowowtennis • #AusOpen • #AO2025 pic.twitter.com/RZbtWLTNMR
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 13, 2025
A 3-hour epic in opposition to Greet Minnen within the opening spherical was the spotlight of her Melbourne Park run, Aiava coming from a set and 5-2 right down to document her first AO main-draw win and her first at a Grand Slam.
MORE: Aiava prevails in three-hour epic
In different actions, Australian No.1 Kimberly Birrell achieved a career-high after her profitable AO 2025 qualifying marketing campaign. The Queenslander moved up 4 spots to world No.95.
In the meantime, Talia Gibson climbed 15 locations following her maiden victory in opposition to Turkish teenager Zeynep Sonmez.
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AUSSIE TOP 10 |
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Participant |
Rating |
Transfer |
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Kimberly Birrell |
No.95 |
+4 |
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Olivia Gadecki |
No.107 |
-1 |
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Maya Joint |
No.109 |
-4 |
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Ajla Tomljanovic |
No.114 |
0 |
|
Daria Saville |
No.122 |
+2 |
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Talia Gibson |
No.135 |
+15 |
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Maddison Inglis |
No.148 |
-1 |
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Taylah Preston |
No.167 |
+5 |
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Priscilla Hon |
No.169 |
-7 |
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Destanee Aiava |
No.171 |
+24 |
Males’s singles:
James Duckworth improved his rating after his finest Australian Open run in 4 years. The 33-year-old moved to world No.81, a rise of eight spots after he cruised to victory in the course of the first spherical in opposition to Dominic Stricker.
Tristan Schoolkate loved his debut Australian Open important draw look. After he recorded one other Grand Slam win over Taro Daniel. Schoolkate grew to become the primary participant since Tomas Martin Etcheverry to take a set off eventual champion Jannik Sinner. He climbed 26 locations to world No.147.
MORE: Schoolkate lives out boyhood dream at AO 2025
James McCabe rose to a career-high rating after scoring his maiden main victory. The 21-year-old moved as much as world No.225.
READ: The various skills of James McCabe
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AUSSIE TOP 10 |
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Participant |
Rating |
Transfer |
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Alex de Minaur |
No.8 |
0 |
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Alexei Popyrin |
No.26 |
-1 |
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Jordan Thompson |
No.28 |
-1 |
| Aleksandar Vukic |
No.66 |
+2 |
|
Thanasi Kokkinakis |
No.72 |
-1 |
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Rinky Hijikata |
No.73 |
-1 |
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Chris O’Connell |
No.78 |
-8 |
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James Duckworth |
No.81 |
+8 |
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Adam Walton |
No.87 |
+3 |
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Max Purcell |
No.117 |
-11 |
Girls’s doubles:
Kimberly Birrell and Olivia Gadecki excelled in doubles at Australian Open 2025. The pair teamed as much as attain the ultimate 16 within the girls’s doubles, earlier than opposing one another within the combined doubles remaining.
#AO2025📷 MIXED CHAMPIONS 🏆
Olivia Gadecki and John Friends
take out the all-Aussie combined doubles remaining 3-6 6-4 10-6! pic.twitter.com/dphDo7q25c— TennisAustralia (@TennisAustralia) January 24, 2025
Gadecki claimed bragging rights in that match and holds the upper rating of world No.97 – a rise of 14. In the meantime, Birrell loved the most important rise of any participant contained in the Australian prime 10 with a 49-spot increment to world No.183.
In her new partnership with Elise Mertens, Ellen Perez climbed the rankings. Their second-round look noticed Perez transfer up one place to world No.12.
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AUSSIE TOP 10 |
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Participant |
Rating |
Transfer |
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Ellen Perez |
No.12 |
+1 |
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Storm Hunter |
No.53 |
-22 |
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Olivia Gadecki |
No.97 |
+14 |
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Jaimee Fourlis |
No.138 |
+2 |
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Petra Hule |
No.171 |
-1 |
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Priscilla Hon |
No.180 |
0 |
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Kimberly Birrell |
No.183 |
+49 |
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Maya Joint |
No.219 |
-5 |
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Alexandra Osborne |
No.220 |
-5 |
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Destanee Aiava |
No.225 |
-60 |
Males’s doubles:
On his retirement tour, Luke Saville made one final leap up the rankings. Paired with Li Tu, the Australian Open 2020 doubles finalist improved 36 spots to world No.103 – his highest rating in 18 months. Saville and Tu progressed the furthest of any Australian males’s doubles pair.
Congratulations on a terrific profession, @LukeSaville18 💚💛 #AO2025 pic.twitter.com/PpsDxgdS2T
— TennisAustralia (@TennisAustralia) January 19, 2025
Matthew Romios and Tristan Schoolkate each improved their rankings immensely at Australian Open 2025. Each reaching the second spherical with their respective companions, Romios and Schoolkate solidified their spot in Australia’s prime 10.
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AUSSIE TOP 10 |
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Participant |
Rating |
Transfer |
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Jordan Thompson |
No.5 |
-2 |
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Max Purcell |
No.13 |
-1 |
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Matt Ebden |
No.20 |
-5 |
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John Friends |
No.35 |
-2 |
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John-Patrick Smith |
No.72 |
-3 |
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Matthew Romios |
No.88 |
+9 |
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Rinky Hijikata |
No.98 |
-6 |
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Luke Saville |
No.103 |
+36 |
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Thomas Fancutt |
No.114 |
-3 |
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Tristan Schoolkate |
No.120 |
+18 |
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