Women’s doubles
Maya Joint’s second WTA doubles title earned her a second-straight rankings spike, achieving a new career-best. The 19-year-old moved up 10 spots to world No.37 after partnering with Ekaterina Alexandrova to hoist the trophy in Abu Dhabi.
> READ: Joint wins career-best doubles title in Abu Dhabi
She becomes the second-straight Australian to win the doubles crown at the tournament after Ellen Perez triumphed with Jelena Ostapenko in 2025.
Locally, Petra Hule and Elena Micic enjoyed significant rises after they reached the final of the first Australian Pro Tour event for 2026 in Brisbane.
Hule returned to the top 200, improving to world No.191, while Micic closes in on her career-best ranking of world No.216, currently seven places away.
| Aussie top 10 | ||
| Player | Ranking | Move |
| Ellen Perez | No.21 | 0 |
| Storm Hunter | No.28 | -1 |
| Maya Joint | No.37 | +10 |
| Olivia Gadecki | No.74 | -9 |
| Talia Gibson | No.110 | -5 |
| Kimberly Birrell | No.111 | -4 |
| Priscilla Hon | No.129 | -4 |
| Petra Hule | No.191 | +23 |
| Taylah Preston | No.207 | +8 |
| Elena Micic | No.223 | +17 |
Women’s singles
Talia Gibson’s successful return to the Australian Pro Tour saw her climb up the rankings. The 21-year-old claimed her eleventh ITF title at the W75 tournament in Brisbane without dropping a set.
Gibson jumped to world No.112 as a result, moving up six places. She will aim to further improve her ranking when she competes at the second Brisbane Pro Tour event this week.
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Meanwhile, following her strong start to the 2026 season, Olivia Gadecki is now ranked inside the Australian top 10, improving to world No.180.
The 23-year-old recorded her biggest victory in 16 months at the Brisbane International, defeating world No.37 Ann Li to progress to the second round. She also won a round of Australian Open 2026 qualifying, prevailing against 22nd seed Arantxa Rus in straight sets.
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| Aussie top 10 | ||
| Player | Ranking | Move |
| Maya Joint | No.30 | -1 |
| Daria Kasatkina | No.61 | -1 |
| Ajla Tomljanovic | No.74 | 0 |
| Kimberly Birrell | No.96 | -12 |
| Talia Gibson | No.112 | +6 |
| Maddison Inglis | No.125 | -13 |
| Priscilla Hon | No.128 | -2 |
| Taylah Preston | No.151 | -3 |
| Emerson Jones | No.162 | +1 |
| Olivia Gadecki | No.180 | +4 |
Men’s doubles
For the first time since June 2023, nine Australians feature inside the ATP doubles top 100 after Blake Bayldon won the Brisbane Challenger doubles title with Marc Polmans.
Bayldon moved up seven places to world No.99 to obtain his first top-100 ranking in two months. His rise, along with Polmans and Jason Kubler’s men’s doubles final run at Australian Open 2026, ensured the feat was achieved.
Polmans also boosted his ranking by four places after the Brisbane Pro Tour event.
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| Aussie top 10 | ||
| Player | Ranking | Move |
| John-Patrick Smith | No.39 | 0 |
| John Peers | No.57 | -2 |
| Rinky Hijikata | No.60 | -2 |
| Marc Polmans | No.64 | +4 |
| Jordan Thompson | No.65 | -1 |
| Matt Ebden | No.67 | -1 |
| Jason Kubler | No.70 | +1 |
| Matthew Romios | No.81 | +3 |
| Blake Bayldon | No.99 | +7 |
| Patrick Harper | No.131 | -10 |
Men’s singles
Of the players within Australia’s men’s singles top 10, Brisbane Challenger finalists, Dane Sweeny and Tristan Schoolkate, were the biggest beneficiaries of the latest rankings update.
Sweeny, the Brisbane champion, continued to improve on his career-high ranking. For the first time, the New South Welshman is ranked inside the top 150, moving to world No.138.
Meanwhile, Schoolkate is on the verge of a top-100 return as he climbed to world No.102.
| Aussie top 10 | ||
| Player | Ranking | Move |
| Alex de Minaur | No.8 | -2 |
| Alexei Popyrin | No.50 | +1 |
| James Duckworth | No.83 | +3 |
| Aleksandar Vukic | No.88 | +3 |
| Adam Walton | No.93 | -12 |
| Tristan Schoolkate | No.102 | +12 |
| Jordan Thompson | No.111 | -1 |
| Rinky Hijikata | No.113 | -10 |
| Chris O'Connell | No.119 | 0 |
| Dane Sweeny | No.138 | +13 |
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