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30 January 2024 | Tennis West

WA’s Matt Ebden and Storm Hunter are among the Aussies on the rise in the latest world rankings. 

Storm Hunter is the biggest mover in the latest WTA Tour women’s singles rankings. 

The 29-year-old rises 51 spots to world No.129 after reaching the Australian Open third round as a qualifier. 

In the women’s doubles, Hunter’s 12-week reign as world No. 1 ends. Despite reaching the Australian Open semifinals in a career-best run, Hunter slips two places to world No.3. 

Newly crowned Australian Open men’s doubles champion Matt Ebden rises to a career-high world No.2 in the latest ATP Tour doubles rankings. 

The 36-year-old becomes the highest-ranked Australian men’s doubles player since John Peers in October 2017. 

Fellow West Aussies Taylah Preston makes her top-200 debut at world No.199 after debuting in the women’s singles main draw while Astra Sharma climbs one spot to world No. 130. 

In the doubles, John Peers drops six spots to world No. 44, Talia Gibson and Astra Sharma drop three and five spots respectfully to world No. 185 and world No. 189 while Maddison Inglis climbs to world No. 203 after advancing 72 spots.