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Class of 2022

110 WTA players first appeared in the top 500 in 2022. 57 are there now, 10 in the top 100; the best of the class is Mirra Andreeva at No. 5. Biggest climb: Victoria Mboko, No. 500 on debut to No. 15 today.

Men (ATP) Women (WTA)

110Debuted in 2022

57In the top 500 now

10In the top 100 now

No. 5Best: Mirra Andreeva

#	Player	Debut	Debut rank	Now	Best	Climb
1	Mirra Andreeva RUS	2022-08-29	448	No. 5	5	▲ 443
2	Diana Shnaider RUS	2022-05-09	326	No. 14	11	▲ 312
3	Victoria Mboko CAN	2022-09-26	500	No. 15	9	▲ 485
4	Alexandra Eala PHI	2022-05-09	397	No. 18	18	▲ 379
5	Nikola Bartunkova CZE	2022-02-14	424	No. 34	34	▲ 390
6	Zeynep Sonmez TUR	2022-08-01	473	No. 56	48	▲ 417
7	Talia Gibson AUS	2022-09-26	492	No. 63	55	▲ 429
8	Ashlyn Krueger USA	2022-03-21	448	No. 71	29	▲ 377
9	Petra Marcinko CRO	2022-04-11	385	No. 75	45	▲ 310
10	Solana Sierra ARG	2022-09-26	483	No. 91	56	▲ 392
11	Polina Kudermetova UZB	2022-02-14	485	No. 103	54	▲ 382
12	Himeno Sakatsume JPN	2022-07-11	362	No. 119	115	▲ 243
13	Darja Semenistaja LAT	2022-03-21	397	No. 122	87	▲ 275
14	Dominika Salkova CZE	2022-06-06	441	No. 124	113	▲ 317
15	Sonay Kartal GBR	2022-03-21	391	No. 127	44	▲ 264
16	Noma Akugue Noha GER	2022-08-29	404	No. 128	124	▲ 276
17	Julia Riera ARG	2022-04-11	499	No. 142	93	▲ 357
18	Veronika Erjavec SLO	2022-08-01	471	No. 149	84	▲ 322
19	Jazmin Ortenzi ARG	2022-02-14	499	No. 151	151	▲ 348
20	Sofia Costoulas BEL	2022-10-24	449	No. 152	134	▲ 297
21	Gabriela Andrea Knutson CZE	2022-11-21	469	No. 163	155	▲ 306
22	Lola Radivojevic SRB	2022-09-26	423	No. 172	137	▲ 251
23	Tatiana Prozorova RUS	2022-09-26	481	No. 180	140	▲ 301
24	Lucie Havlickova CZE	2022-10-24	437	No. 182	182	▲ 255
25	Yeon Woo Ku KOR	2022-05-09	479	No. 185	171	▲ 294
26	Julia Avdeeva RUS	2022-08-29	476	No. 189	177	▲ 287
27	Mia Ristic SRB	2022-09-26	495	No. 191	184	▲ 304
28	Marina Stakusic CAN	2022-08-29	463	No. 192	114	▲ 271
29	Barbora Palicova CZE	2022-03-21	496	No. 197	171	▲ 299
30	Eva Vedder NED	2022-02-14	391	No. 198	178	▲ 193
31	Celine Naef SUI	2022-10-24	477	No. 219	126	▲ 258
32	Francesca Curmi MLT	2022-11-21	425	No. 232	229	▲ 193
33	Zhuoxuan Bai CHN	2022-10-24	346	No. 234	83	▲ 112
34	Cadence Brace CAN	2022-08-29	469	No. 245	182	▲ 224
35	Martina Capurro Taborda ARG	2022-06-06	483	No. 251	149	▲ 232
36	Kajsa Rinaldo Persson SWE	2022-11-21	480	No. 252	208	▲ 228
37	Valentina Ryser SUI	2022-09-26	497	No. 256	213	▲ 241
38	Selena Janicijevic FRA	2022-02-14	412	No. 265	153	▲ 147
39	Mina Hodzic GER	2022-07-11	490	No. 278	272	▲ 212
40	Rina Saigo JPN	2022-10-24	431	No. 281	270	▲ 150
41	Hina Inoue USA	2022-06-06	485	No. 311	203	▲ 174
42	Sakura Hosogi JPN	2022-04-11	486	No. 346	208	▲ 140
43	Sahaja Yamalapalli IND	2022-11-21	488	No. 349	284	▲ 139
44	Priska Madelyn Nugroho INA	2022-12-19	391	No. 365	268	▲ 26
45	Madison Sieg USA	2022-11-21	448	No. 368	294	▲ 80
46	Reese Brantmeier USA	2022-05-09	491	No. 385	385	▲ 106
47	Diletta Cherubini ITA	2022-09-26	458	No. 386	342	▲ 72
48	Lucia Cortez Llorca ESP	2022-11-21	479	No. 389	309	▲ 90
49	Lucie Nguyen Tan FRA	2022-07-11	388	No. 396	367	▼ 8
50	Aneta Laboutkova CZE	2022-08-01	498	No. 405	404	▲ 93
51	Julie Belgraver NED	2022-10-24	483	No. 406	231	▲ 77
52	Misaki Matsuda JPN	2022-01-17	474	No. 420	258	▲ 54
53	Emily Appleton GBR	2022-11-21	493	No. 429	347	▲ 64
54	Sapfo Sakellaridi GRE	2022-04-11	467	No. 446	253	▲ 21
55	Sijia Wei CHN	2022-10-24	445	No. 459	114	▼ 14
56	Ekaterina Maklakova RUS	2022-09-26	447	No. 467	367	▼ 20
57	Zhibek Kulambayeva KAZ	2022-01-17	490	No. 475	292	▲ 15
58	Matilde Paoletti ITA	2022-09-26	366	out	267	—
59	Jenny Duerst SUI	2022-08-01	376	out	320	—
60	Jana Kolodynska BLR	2022-07-11	383	out	215	—

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.