The Climb · cohorts
Class of 2020
31 WTA players first appeared in the top 500 in 2020. 16 are there now, 2 in the top 100; the best of the class is Qinwen Zheng at No. 4. Biggest climb: Peyton Stearns, No. 476 on debut to No. 36 today.
31Debuted in 2020
16In the top 500 now
2In the top 100 now
No. 4Best: Qinwen Zheng
| # | Player | Debut | Debut rank | Now | Best | Climb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peyton Stearns USA | 2020-02-17 | 476 | No. 36 | 28 | ▲ 440 |
| 2 | Qinwen Zheng CHN | 2020-09-28 | 328 | No. 52 | 4 | ▲ 276 |
| 3 | Robin Montgomery USA | 2020-11-23 | 410 | No. 162 | 95 | ▲ 248 |
| 4 | Yexin Ma CHN | 2020-01-20 | 478 | No. 175 | 165 | ▲ 303 |
| 5 | Carole Monnet FRA | 2020-10-26 | 458 | No. 206 | 158 | ▲ 252 |
| 6 | Francisca Jorge POR | 2020-10-26 | 456 | No. 213 | 176 | ▲ 243 |
| 7 | Suzan Lamens NED | 2020-10-26 | 479 | No. 214 | 57 | ▲ 265 |
| 8 | Clara Burel FRA | 2020-09-28 | 357 | No. 218 | 42 | ▲ 139 |
| 9 | Maria Lourdes Carle ARG | 2020-10-26 | 475 | No. 221 | 71 | ▲ 254 |
| 10 | Alice Tubello FRA | 2020-01-20 | 496 | No. 230 | 198 | ▲ 266 |
| 11 | Katrina Scott USA | 2020-09-28 | 444 | No. 238 | 151 | ▲ 206 |
| 12 | Sada Nahimana BDI | 2020-01-20 | 475 | No. 302 | 212 | ▲ 173 |
| 13 | Sohyun Park KOR | 2020-03-16 | 498 | No. 329 | 244 | ▲ 169 |
| 14 | Yuriko Miyazaki GBR | 2020-01-20 | 494 | No. 390 | 132 | ▲ 104 |
| 15 | Yidi Yang CHN | 2020-01-20 | 464 | No. 393 | 303 | ▲ 71 |
| 16 | Gergana Topalova BUL | 2020-01-20 | 488 | No. 496 | 210 | ▼ 8 |
| 17 | Meiqi Guo CHN | 2020-01-20 | 460 | out | 434 | — |
| 18 | Sophia Whittle USA | 2020-01-20 | 462 | out | 399 | — |
| 19 | Angelina Gabueva RUS | 2020-01-20 | 465 | out | 444 | — |
| 20 | Fernanda Contreras Gomez MEX | 2020-01-20 | 466 | out | 141 | — |
| 21 | Oona Orpana FIN | 2020-01-20 | 481 | out | 481 | — |
| 22 | Dasha Ivanova USA | 2020-01-20 | 484 | out | 459 | — |
| 23 | Anna Kubareva BLR | 2020-01-20 | 485 | out | 269 | — |
| 24 | Vladica Babic MNE | 2020-01-20 | 486 | out | 486 | — |
| 25 | Sina Herrmann GER | 2020-11-23 | 487 | out | 425 | — |
| 26 | Verena Meliss ITA | 2020-02-17 | 488 | out | 452 | — |
| 27 | Petia Arshinkova BUL | 2020-01-20 | 490 | out | 478 | — |
| 28 | Ingrid Martins BRA | 2020-10-26 | 491 | out | 463 | — |
| 29 | Mallaurie Noel FRA | 2020-02-17 | 492 | out | 371 | — |
| 30 | Daniela Vismane LAT | 2020-01-20 | 492 | out | 233 | — |
| 31 | Fanny Ostlund SWE | 2020-01-20 | 497 | out | 360 | — |
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.