The Climb · cohorts
Class of 2026
57 WTA players first appeared in the top 500 in 2026. 50 are there now, 0 in the top 100; the best of the class is Kristina Liutova at No. 114. Biggest climb: Kristina Liutova, No. 481 on debut to No. 117 today.
57Debuted in 2026
50In the top 500 now
0In the top 100 now
No. 114Best: Kristina Liutova
| # | Player | Debut | Debut rank | Now | Best | Climb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristina Liutova RUS | 2026-03-02 | 481 | No. 117 | 114 | ▲ 364 |
| 2 | Savannah Broadus USA | 2026-06-15 | 456 | No. 299 | 299 | ▲ 157 |
| 3 | Ena Koike JPN | 2026-02-09 | 499 | No. 320 | 315 | ▲ 179 |
| 4 | Kylie Collins USA | 2026-06-08 | 479 | No. 330 | 330 | ▲ 149 |
| 5 | Hannah Klugman GBR | 2026-06-22 | 412 | No. 337 | 337 | ▲ 75 |
| 6 | Aran Teixido Garcia ESP | 2026-03-02 | 478 | No. 341 | 341 | ▲ 137 |
| 7 | Luna Vujovic SRB | 2026-07-27 | 493 | No. 342 | 340 | ▲ 151 |
| 8 | Varvara Panshina RUS | 2026-02-02 | 464 | No. 348 | 338 | ▲ 116 |
| 9 | Daria Egorova RUS | 2026-06-29 | 487 | No. 352 | 352 | ▲ 135 |
| 10 | Vaishnavi Adkar IND | 2026-02-23 | 466 | No. 361 | 361 | ▲ 105 |
| 11 | Julia Stusek GER | 2026-06-29 | 441 | No. 363 | 363 | ▲ 78 |
| 12 | Lidia Encheva BUL | 2026-03-16 | 491 | No. 364 | 350 | ▲ 127 |
| 13 | Sofia Johnson GBR | 2026-07-27 | 490 | No. 367 | 367 | ▲ 123 |
| 14 | Lea Nilsson SWE | 2026-06-29 | 486 | No. 369 | 369 | ▲ 117 |
| 15 | Sonja Zhiyenbayeva GER | 2026-08-10 | 450 | No. 384 | 382 | ▲ 66 |
| 16 | Valentina Steiner GER | 2026-08-10 | 495 | No. 399 | 399 | ▲ 96 |
| 17 | Alena Kovackova CZE | 2026-04-20 | 466 | No. 400 | 385 | ▲ 66 |
| 18 | Reina Goto JPN | 2026-06-08 | 442 | No. 407 | 401 | ▲ 35 |
| 19 | Julie Pastikova CZE | 2026-06-29 | 496 | No. 410 | 408 | ▲ 86 |
| 20 | Maria Golovina RUS | 2026-07-20 | 436 | No. 418 | 410 | ▲ 18 |
| 21 | Loes Ebeling Koning NED | 2026-08-31 | 475 | No. 422 | 422 | ▲ 53 |
| 22 | Katerina Tsygourova SUI | 2026-05-25 | 490 | No. 424 | 391 | ▲ 66 |
| 23 | Lan Mi CHN | 2026-06-22 | 490 | No. 427 | 427 | ▲ 63 |
| 24 | Justina Maria Gonzalez Daniele ARG | 2026-05-18 | 443 | No. 430 | 420 | ▲ 13 |
| 25 | Chengyiyi Yuan CHN | 2026-07-13 | 480 | No. 432 | 431 | ▲ 48 |
| 26 | Denisa Zoldakova CZE | 2026-08-31 | 482 | No. 433 | 433 | ▲ 49 |
| 27 | Beatrise Zeltina LAT | 2026-06-29 | 446 | No. 436 | 423 | ▲ 10 |
| 28 | Laura Mair ITA | 2026-05-04 | 494 | No. 437 | 408 | ▲ 57 |
| 29 | Victoria Milovanova RUS | 2026-05-25 | 498 | No. 440 | 435 | ▲ 58 |
| 30 | Jana Kovackova CZE | 2026-02-16 | 474 | No. 443 | 428 | ▲ 31 |
| 31 | Sofia Elena Cabezas Dominguez VEN | 2026-03-30 | 472 | No. 448 | 448 | ▲ 24 |
| 32 | Unknown Player N/A | 2026-06-15 | 416 | No. 455 | 416 | ▼ 39 |
| 33 | Esther Adeshina GBR | 2026-07-13 | 490 | No. 458 | 456 | ▲ 32 |
| 34 | Elina Nepliy RUS | 2026-07-13 | 499 | No. 464 | 463 | ▲ 35 |
| 35 | Valentina Ivanov NZL | 2026-08-03 | 496 | No. 465 | 465 | ▲ 31 |
| 36 | Rinko Matsuda JPN | 2026-05-18 | 475 | No. 470 | 463 | ▲ 5 |
| 37 | Adrienn Nagy HUN | 2026-08-31 | 490 | No. 472 | 472 | ▲ 18 |
| 38 | Andre Lukosiute LTU | 2026-06-15 | 483 | No. 473 | 473 | ▲ 10 |
| 39 | Jana Otzipka BEL | 2026-08-10 | 480 | No. 474 | 474 | ▲ 6 |
| 40 | Mio Mushika JPN | 2026-03-16 | 471 | No. 476 | 417 | ▼ 5 |
| 41 | Carmen Andreea Herea ROU | 2026-08-24 | 490 | No. 477 | 476 | ▲ 13 |
| 42 | Gaia Maduzzi ITA | 2026-09-14 | 499 | No. 479 | 479 | ▲ 20 |
| 43 | Irina Balus SVK | 2026-08-10 | 489 | No. 480 | 479 | ▲ 9 |
| 44 | Dana Guzman PER | 2026-08-03 | 479 | No. 483 | 479 | ▼ 4 |
| 45 | Isabella Maria Serban ROU | 2026-07-20 | 474 | No. 492 | 474 | ▼ 18 |
| 46 | Ana Grubor CAN | 2026-09-14 | 492 | No. 493 | 492 | ▼ 1 |
| 47 | Daria Yesypchuk UKR | 2026-09-21 | 495 | No. 495 | 495 | — |
| 48 | Maria Garcia Cid ESP | 2026-09-21 | 498 | No. 498 | 498 | — |
| 49 | Kristina Kroitor RUS | 2026-05-04 | 491 | No. 499 | 460 | ▼ 8 |
| 50 | Alana Subasic AUS | 2026-03-16 | 481 | No. 500 | 400 | ▼ 19 |
| 51 | Sarah Van Emst NED | 2026-06-08 | 459 | out | 459 | — |
| 52 | Isis Louise Van Den Broek NED | 2026-02-02 | 483 | out | 472 | — |
| 53 | Kayo Nishimura JPN | 2026-07-20 | 490 | out | 485 | — |
| 54 | Ema Burgic Bucko BIH | 2026-02-09 | 490 | out | 484 | — |
| 55 | Gina Marie Dittmann GER | 2026-03-16 | 495 | out | 431 | — |
| 56 | Arianna Zucchini ITA | 2026-04-06 | 496 | out | 496 | — |
| 57 | Yuno Kitahara JPN | 2026-05-04 | 498 | out | 448 | — |
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.