(St. Petersburg) Quebecer Leylah Annie Fernandez is the highest ranked Canadian tennis player in the world at the end of a season for the first time in her career, we learned during the release of the world ranking of the WTA Thursday.
Fernandez has made a spectacular leap in a year and is currently at 24e world level, after having occupied the 88e rank in November 2020. The Lavalloise notably distinguished herself by being a finalist at the United States Open last September.
For her part, Ontarian Bianca Andreescu, who was the seventh racquet in the world at the same time last year, has had a difficult season marked by injuries and is currently in 46e place on the planet.
They are the only representatives of the maple leaf in the world top-100 in singles. Their compatriots Rebecca Marino and Eugenie Bouchard respectively score at 144e and 246e global levels.
Wimbledon champion Ashleigh Barty, meanwhile, finished first in the WTA World Rankings for a third consecutive season, while Katerina Siniakova wrapped up the doubles campaign for the second time in a row. .
Barty, 25, has joined Serena Williams, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert as the only players in history to have finished first in the world for three consecutive seasons.
This week will mark the 95e of the Australian to rank number one in the WTA, and her 102e in total in career.
Barty’s title acquired at the All England Club last July was his second career major. She also won the French Open in 2019, shortly before rising to number one in the world for the first time in her career in June of the same year.
Barty has amassed five titles, and compiled a 42-8 record. She played her last tournament this season at the US Open in September, before announcing in October that she had ended her season and would not make it to the WTA Finals – a tournament won by Spain’s Garbine Muguruza on Wednesday evening.
With the Associated Press