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Tatjana Maria jumped 43 places to 43rd in the WTA rankings published on Monday, the day after completing her fairytale run to the title at Queen’s Club Championship.
The 37-year-old mother of two, who had to come through two rounds of qualifying before reaching the main draw at Queen’s, became the oldest winner of a WTA 500 event when she beat American Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday’s final.
Maria, who was the first female Queen’s champion since Olga Morozova 52 years ago, climbed one place short of her career high-ranking of 42, which she attained last year.
The top three remained unchanged with Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula. Zheng Qinwen climbed one place to fourth, her highest ranking after reaching the semifinals at Queen’s.
Jasmine Paolini dropped one place to fifth while Iga Swiatek who has yet to set foot on grass after an unsuccessful season on clay, slipped one place to eighth.
Meanwhile, Taylor Fritz, who beat Alexander Zverev in the final at Stuttgart over the weekend to make a strong start to the grass court season, reclaimed his place in the top four in the ATP rankings.
The 27-year-old American returned to his highest ranking of No. 4, which he reached last November but lost during the clay court season in which he won just three matches in four tournaments.