The Climb · cohorts
Class of 2025
82 WTA players first appeared in the top 500 in 2025. 56 are there now, 1 in the top 100; the best of the class is Lilli Tagger at No. 45. Biggest climb: Jeline Vandromme, No. 495 on debut to No. 126 today.
82Debuted in 2025
56In the top 500 now
1In the top 100 now
No. 45Best: Lilli Tagger
| # | Player | Debut | Debut rank | Now | Best | Climb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lilli Tagger AUT | 2025-08-18 | 397 | No. 59 | 45 | ▲ 338 |
| 2 | Jeline Vandromme BEL | 2025-08-25 | 495 | No. 126 | 126 | ▲ 369 |
| 3 | Carol Young Suh Lee USA | 2025-05-19 | 420 | No. 143 | 136 | ▲ 277 |
| 4 | Vendula Valdmannova CZE | 2025-09-08 | 490 | No. 147 | 147 | ▲ 343 |
| 5 | Tyra Caterina Grant ITA | 2025-01-27 | 488 | No. 150 | 141 | ▲ 338 |
| 6 | Elizara Yaneva BUL | 2025-09-22 | 464 | No. 153 | 151 | ▲ 311 |
| 7 | Teodora Kostovic SRB | 2025-05-26 | 395 | No. 159 | 146 | ▲ 236 |
| 8 | Samira De Stefano ITA | 2025-03-31 | 457 | No. 193 | 193 | ▲ 264 |
| 9 | Mia Pohankova SVK | 2025-04-07 | 478 | No. 212 | 212 | ▲ 266 |
| 10 | Hayu Kinoshita JPN | 2025-07-14 | 496 | No. 215 | 210 | ▲ 281 |
| 11 | Alicia Herrero Linana ESP | 2025-05-05 | 425 | No. 223 | 223 | ▲ 202 |
| 12 | Noemi Basiletti ITA | 2025-09-15 | 464 | No. 246 | 246 | ▲ 218 |
| 13 | Alicia Dudeney GBR | 2025-10-27 | 499 | No. 247 | 224 | ▲ 252 |
| 14 | Carolyn Ansari USA | 2025-09-08 | 496 | No. 248 | 240 | ▲ 248 |
| 15 | Yasmine Kabbaj MAR | 2025-08-04 | 435 | No. 258 | 258 | ▲ 177 |
| 16 | Julieta Pareja USA | 2025-04-07 | 335 | No. 261 | 255 | ▲ 74 |
| 17 | Federica Urgesi ITA | 2025-02-10 | 485 | No. 263 | 260 | ▲ 222 |
| 18 | Mika Stojsavljevic GBR | 2025-10-27 | 352 | No. 271 | 261 | ▲ 81 |
| 19 | Eva Bennemann GER | 2025-11-24 | 379 | No. 273 | 273 | ▲ 106 |
| 20 | Joelle Steur GER | 2025-07-14 | 494 | No. 279 | 279 | ▲ 215 |
| 21 | Elena Ruxandra Bertea ROU | 2025-08-18 | 463 | No. 282 | 252 | ▲ 181 |
| 22 | Daria Khomutsianskaya BLR | 2025-10-27 | 489 | No. 286 | 276 | ▲ 203 |
| 23 | Francesca Pace ITA | 2025-10-20 | 489 | No. 288 | 288 | ▲ 201 |
| 24 | Malaika Rapolu USA | 2025-04-21 | 492 | No. 305 | 305 | ▲ 187 |
| 25 | Britt Du Pree NED | 2025-11-17 | 481 | No. 315 | 302 | ▲ 166 |
| 26 | Anouck Vrancken Peeters NED | 2025-06-09 | 493 | No. 317 | 288 | ▲ 176 |
| 27 | Alina Granwehr SUI | 2025-09-08 | 480 | No. 323 | 303 | ▲ 157 |
| 28 | Tessa Johanna Brockmann GER | 2025-07-14 | 499 | No. 336 | 254 | ▲ 163 |
| 29 | Rada Zolotareva RUS | 2025-09-22 | 479 | No. 339 | 281 | ▲ 140 |
| 30 | Hibah Shaikh USA | 2025-11-10 | 466 | No. 351 | 293 | ▲ 115 |
| 31 | Angelina Voloshchuk POR | 2025-10-06 | 497 | No. 353 | 341 | ▲ 144 |
| 32 | Yelyzaveta Kotliar UKR | 2025-10-13 | 500 | No. 355 | 355 | ▲ 145 |
| 33 | Eryn Cayetano USA | 2025-05-05 | 478 | No. 370 | 320 | ▲ 108 |
| 34 | Zuzanna Pawlikowska POL | 2025-06-09 | 494 | No. 380 | 365 | ▲ 114 |
| 35 | Ariana Arseneault CAN | 2025-08-04 | 427 | No. 381 | 352 | ▲ 46 |
| 36 | Antonia Vergara Rivera CHI | 2025-10-20 | 481 | No. 388 | 340 | ▲ 93 |
| 37 | Amelia Rajecki GBR | 2025-02-03 | 473 | No. 392 | 382 | ▲ 81 |
| 38 | Alessandra Mazzola ITA | 2025-07-21 | 498 | No. 402 | 375 | ▲ 96 |
| 39 | Kristiana Sidorova RUS | 2025-11-03 | 497 | No. 408 | 363 | ▲ 89 |
| 40 | Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz EGY | 2025-06-16 | 496 | No. 412 | 365 | ▲ 84 |
| 41 | Weronika Ewald POL | 2025-09-08 | 488 | No. 413 | 359 | ▲ 75 |
| 42 | Julia Adams USA | 2025-10-06 | 468 | No. 419 | 418 | ▲ 49 |
| 43 | Boyoung Jeong KOR | 2025-10-20 | 485 | No. 426 | 378 | ▲ 59 |
| 44 | Camilla Zanolini ITA | 2025-05-05 | 497 | No. 431 | 430 | ▲ 66 |
| 45 | Maria Florencia Urrutia ARG | 2025-10-06 | 495 | No. 435 | 412 | ▲ 60 |
| 46 | Rasheeda Mcadoo USA | 2025-02-24 | 497 | No. 444 | 443 | ▲ 53 |
| 47 | Victoria Allen GBR | 2025-10-27 | 468 | No. 449 | 425 | ▲ 19 |
| 48 | Tahlia Kokkinis AUS | 2025-12-29 | 486 | No. 450 | 444 | ▲ 36 |
| 49 | Fernanda Labrana CHI | 2025-06-30 | 500 | No. 452 | 424 | ▲ 48 |
| 50 | Marie Vogt GER | 2025-12-29 | 476 | No. 457 | 455 | ▲ 19 |
| 51 | Luiza Fullana BRA | 2025-08-18 | 461 | No. 462 | 457 | ▼ 1 |
| 52 | Ekaterina Khayrutdinova RUS | 2025-11-17 | 465 | No. 481 | 445 | ▼ 16 |
| 53 | Vittoria Paganetti ITA | 2025-07-21 | 499 | No. 485 | 399 | ▲ 14 |
| 54 | Eva Marie Voracek GER | 2025-10-13 | 489 | No. 487 | 434 | ▲ 2 |
| 55 | Maria Martinez Vaquero ESP | 2025-12-15 | 500 | No. 489 | 420 | ▲ 11 |
| 56 | Amelia Honer USA | 2025-09-08 | 466 | No. 490 | 364 | ▼ 24 |
| 57 | Alisa Oktiabreva CZE | 2025-05-05 | 447 | out | 280 | — |
| 58 | Mathilde Lollia FRA | 2025-07-14 | 453 | out | 397 | — |
| 59 | Ruth Roura Llaverias ESP | 2025-07-14 | 458 | out | 403 | — |
| 60 | Alexis Blokhina USA | 2025-06-09 | 458 | out | 355 | — |
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.