Quebecer Leylah Annie Fernandez reached the best ranking of her career following a career that allowed her to reach the quarter-finals at the French Open.
The 19-year-old Lavalloise gained three positions and climbed to 15e rank of the WTA ranking published on Monday. Fernandez, hampered by a foot injury, lost in three sets against the Italian Martina Trevisan at Roland-Garros.
She has since been resting with a stress fracture in her right foot, which will force her to miss the Wimbledon tournament. She is aiming for a return to play in early August, a week before the National Bank Open in Toronto.
Among men, Félix Auger-Aliassime, defeated by the Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the round of 16 in Paris, remains in 9th place while his teammate Denis Shapovalov fell one position, to 16th.
Nadal, winner of his 14e title at Roland-Garros and his 22e Grand Slam trophy, moved up one place, to 4e rank, while Novak Djokovic still sits at the top of the hierarchy.
Nadal, who defeated Djokovic in the quarter-finals ahead of the final where he edged Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 on Sunday, became, two days after his 36e birthday, the oldest male player to win the singles title at Roland Garros — he needs painkiller injections for a chronic problem in his left foot.
Ruud is now a career-best sixth on the heels of his first Grand Slam final.
Young American Coco Gauff jumped 10 places to 13e place in the ranking, for her also the best of her career, after her final loss to the benefit of the Polish Iga Swiatek at Roland-Garros. The latter retains first place in the standings.
The effects of the French Open on the WTA and ATP rankings will last longer than usual, as both professional circuits have announced that they will not be awarding points this year to Wimbledon, which will jerk off on June 27.
This decision was made in response to the All England Club’s decision to exclude players from Russia and Belarus from the grass-court Grand Slam tournament due to the invasion of Ukraine.