The Climb · cohorts
Class of 2019
55 WTA players first appeared in the top 500 in 2019. 21 are there now, 13 in the top 100; the best of the class is Cori Gauff at No. 2. Biggest climb: Leylah Annie Fernandez, No. 437 on debut to No. 31 today.
55Debuted in 2019
21In the top 500 now
13In the top 100 now
No. 2Best: Cori Gauff
| # | Player | Debut | Debut rank | Now | Best | Climb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cori Gauff USA | 2019-04-15 | 388 | No. 4 | 2 | ▲ 384 |
| 2 | Emma Navarro USA | 2019-05-13 | 414 | No. 23 | 8 | ▲ 391 |
| 3 | Diane Parry FRA | 2019-06-10 | 364 | No. 30 | 30 | ▲ 334 |
| 4 | Leylah Annie Fernandez CAN | 2019-01-28 | 437 | No. 31 | 14 | ▲ 406 |
| 5 | Clara Tauson DEN | 2019-03-18 | 407 | No. 41 | 12 | ▲ 366 |
| 6 | Daria Snigur UKR | 2019-07-15 | 433 | No. 43 | 42 | ▲ 390 |
| 7 | Mayar Sherif EGY | 2019-07-15 | 425 | No. 50 | 31 | ▲ 375 |
| 8 | Maria Camila Osorio Serrano COL | 2019-02-18 | 431 | No. 64 | 34 | ▲ 367 |
| 9 | Elisabetta Cocciaretto ITA | 2019-09-09 | 417 | No. 67 | 29 | ▲ 350 |
| 10 | Alycia Parks USA | 2019-09-30 | 421 | No. 70 | 42 | ▲ 351 |
| 11 | Kamilla Rakhimova UZB | 2019-05-13 | 416 | No. 76 | 60 | ▲ 340 |
| 12 | Katie Volynets USA | 2019-01-28 | 440 | No. 77 | 56 | ▲ 363 |
| 13 | Emma Raducanu GBR | 2019-12-23 | 371 | No. 98 | 10 | ▲ 273 |
| 14 | Anastasia Zakharova RUS | 2019-08-05 | 404 | No. 109 | 65 | ▲ 295 |
| 15 | Lucia Bronzetti ITA | 2019-04-15 | 431 | No. 130 | 46 | ▲ 301 |
| 16 | Susan Bandecchi SUI | 2019-05-13 | 408 | No. 139 | 139 | ▲ 269 |
| 17 | Varvara Gracheva FRA | 2019-04-15 | 425 | No. 155 | 39 | ▲ 270 |
| 18 | Alice Rame FRA | 2019-09-09 | 423 | No. 280 | 191 | ▲ 143 |
| 19 | Yuki Naito JPN | 2019-06-10 | 434 | No. 292 | 172 | ▲ 142 |
| 20 | Tatiana Pieri ITA | 2019-11-25 | 454 | No. 471 | 322 | ▼ 17 |
| 21 | Wushuang Zheng CHN | 2019-11-04 | 452 | No. 488 | 237 | ▼ 36 |
| 22 | Daria Lopatetska UKR | 2019-01-28 | 305 | out | 222 | — |
| 23 | Dabin Kim KOR | 2019-08-05 | 318 | out | 318 | — |
| 24 | Stephanie Wagner GER | 2019-04-15 | 366 | out | 265 | — |
| 25 | Belinda Woolcock AUS | 2019-01-28 | 378 | out | 290 | — |
| 26 | Natasha Subhash USA | 2019-08-05 | 389 | out | 385 | — |
| 27 | Eudice Wong Chong HKG | 2019-05-13 | 395 | out | 214 | — |
| 28 | Thaisa Grana Pedretti BRA | 2019-11-04 | 396 | out | 384 | — |
| 29 | Daria Mishina RUS | 2019-08-05 | 398 | out | 391 | — |
| 30 | Ekaterina Makarova (1996) RUS | 2019-08-05 | 403 | out | 158 | — |
| 31 | Julie Gervais FRA | 2019-01-28 | 410 | out | 375 | — |
| 32 | Julyette Steur GER | 2019-11-04 | 413 | out | 356 | — |
| 33 | Paige Mary Hourigan NZL | 2019-06-10 | 413 | out | 408 | — |
| 34 | Arianne Hartono NED | 2019-11-04 | 415 | out | 135 | — |
| 35 | Haruna Arakawa JPN | 2019-07-15 | 417 | out | 358 | — |
| 36 | Vlada Koval RUS | 2019-08-05 | 419 | out | 354 | — |
| 37 | Ziyue Sun CHN | 2019-07-15 | 421 | out | 338 | — |
| 38 | Ena Shibahara USA | 2019-09-09 | 425 | out | 116 | — |
| 39 | Meiling Wang CHN | 2019-01-28 | 428 | out | 320 | — |
| 40 | Catherine Harrison USA | 2019-03-18 | 431 | out | 215 | — |
| 41 | Johana Markova CZE | 2019-08-05 | 433 | out | 388 | — |
| 42 | Valeriya Yushchenko RUS | 2019-07-15 | 437 | out | 374 | — |
| 43 | Daria Lodikova RUS | 2019-08-05 | 439 | out | 296 | — |
| 44 | Maria Gutierrez Carrasco ESP | 2019-05-13 | 440 | out | 288 | — |
| 45 | Rosa Vicens Mas ESP | 2019-09-30 | 442 | out | 176 | — |
| 46 | Pia Cuk SLO | 2019-07-15 | 444 | out | 444 | — |
| 47 | Luisa Stefani BRA | 2019-03-18 | 445 | out | 437 | — |
| 48 | Hayley Carter USA | 2019-07-15 | 445 | out | 445 | — |
| 49 | Risa Ushijima JPN | 2019-09-30 | 446 | out | 365 | — |
| 50 | Shalimar Talbi BLR | 2019-08-05 | 447 | out | 345 | — |
| 51 | Julia Payola ESP | 2019-08-05 | 449 | out | 431 | — |
| 52 | Aldila Sutjiadi INA | 2019-07-15 | 450 | out | 347 | — |
| 53 | Riya Bhatia IND | 2019-07-15 | 451 | out | 339 | — |
| 54 | Ivana Popovic AUS | 2019-11-25 | 453 | out | 354 | — |
| 55 | Pamela Montez USA | 2019-09-30 | 454 | out | 454 | — |
A player's class is the year they first appeared in the weekly top 500. Our stored lists begin in 2015 and are sampled every four weeks before 2024, so a brief visit to the top 500 in the earlier years can be missed.