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WTA Rankings Update 2019: Halep returns to Top 5, Gauff soars

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Barbora Strycova (+22, 54 to 32): A dream Wimbledon for the 33-year-old Czech saw Strycova upset Kiki Bertens, Elise Mertens and Johanna Konta to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal – and then cap it off by becoming doubles champion alongside Hsieh Su-Wei, and the brand new doubles World No.1.

Read more: Barbora Strycova captures WTA World No.1 Doubles ranking

Zhang Shuai (+15, 50 to 35): The Chinese No.2 knows how to overturn fruitless past history in style. Famously, Zhang had been 0-14 in Grand Slam tournaments before overturning that record at the 2016 Australian Open with a first-round upset of Simona Halep and subsequent quarterfinal run. Prior to this year, the 30-year-old had still never won a match at Wimbledon in five previous appearances – so made up for it by winning four in a row, including upsets of Caroline Garcia and Caroline Wozniacki, to reach her second major quarterfinal.

Alison Riske (+18, 55 to 37): Remarkably, for a player whose first 13 WTA-level wins all came on grass, the American’s only second-week showing at a major before this fortnight had come at the 2013 US Open. But Surbiton and ‘s-Hertogenbosch champion Riske delivered one of the most dramatic runs Wimbledon has seen to her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, becoming the first player in the Open Era to play five three-set matches in her first five rounds. That included comebacks from third-set deficits against Donna Vekic and Belinda Bencic, a 9-7 overtime final set against Ivana Jorovic, and a career-best first win over a World No.1 when Riske stunned Ashleigh Barty in the fourth round. 

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Karolina Muchova (+25, 68 to 43): Since announcing herself to the world by upsetting Garbiñe Muguruza at last year’s US Open, the 22-year-old Czech has continued to soar. Ten weeks after cracking the Top 100 with her maiden WTA final in Prague, Muchova breaks the Top 50 after becoming the first Wimbledon debutante to reach the quarterfinals since Li Na in 2006 – a run that included a classic 4-6, 7-5, 13-11 marathon fourth-round upset of compatriot Karolina Pliskova.

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