Gold Coast expertise Emerson Jones turns into the highest-ranked Australian within the ITF junior women’ rankings since Ash Barty in 2011.
Australia, 29 Might 2024 | Leigh RogersITF World Tennis Tour junior women’ rankings.
This follows the 15-year-old from the Gold Coast successful an ITF J500 singles title in Italy final week. This is likely one of the largest junior occasions on the planet, outdoors of the 4 Grand Slams.
> READ MORE: Emerson Jones scoops large junior title in Milan
With this effort, Jones turns into the highest-ranked Australian junior woman since Ash Barty, who was additionally 15 on the time, peaked at world No.2 in 2011.
Jones has gained 17 of her 20 singles matches on the junior tour this season and superior to the ultimate in three of her 5 tournaments.
The Nationwide Tennis Academy athlete, who’s coached by David Taylor, has additionally examined herself at skilled degree. She made her Grand Slam qualifying debut as a wildcard on the Australian Open in January and reached the most important closing of her profession at an Australian Professional Tour occasion at Mildura in March.
Maya Joint, Australia’s No.2-ranked woman, has centered on competing at professional degree since February and made her top-200 breakthrough within the WTA Tour rankings this week.
> READ MORE: Joint soars into world’s high 200
| AUSSIE TOP 10 | |||
| Participant | Age | Rank | Transfer |
| Emerson Jones | 15 | No.2 | +1 |
| Maya Joint | 18 | No.34 | -2 |
| Alana Subasic | 17 | No.94 | +2 |
| Lily Taylor | 17 | No.114 | 0 |
| Kimiko Cooper | 16 | No.179 | +1 |
| Ava Beck | 15 | No.199 | +1 |
| Kristina Tai | 16 | No.232 | -2 |
| Renee Alame | 15 | No.239 | -2 |
| Giselle Guillen | 16 | No.245 | -3 |
| Gabby Gregg | 17 | No.258 | -4 |
Junior boys
Hayden Jones sits at a career-high world No.8 within the newest ITF World Tennis Tour junior boys’ rankings.
The 17-year-old, who’s the older brother of Emerson, lately turned the primary Australian boy to interrupt into the junior high 10 since Rinky Hijikata in 2018.
A winner in 25 of his 29 singles matches on the junior tour this season, Jones is now the highest-ranked Australian boy since Alexei Popyrin soared to world No.2 following his title-winning within the Roland Garros 2017 boys’ singles occasion.
| AUSSIE TOP 10 | |||
| Participant | Age | Rank | Transfer |
| Hayden Jones | 17 | No.8 | 0 |
| Pavle Marinkov | 18 | No.37 | +1 |
| Hugh Winter | 17 | No.96 | -8 |
| Ty Host | 17 | No.106 | 0 |
| Brendan Loh | 17 | No.198 | 0 |
| Jake Dembo | 16 | No.201 | -1 |
| Cruz Hewitt | 15 | No.233 | -2 |
| Jerome Estephan | 16 | No.238 | -4 |
| Rohan Hazratwala | 16 | No.240 | -3 |
| Daniel Jovanovski | 16 | No.302 | +4 |
Junior boys’ wheelchair
Australia boasts three of the world’s top-ranked gamers within the newest ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour junior boys’ rankings.
Queensland’s Benjamin Wenzel is the main Australian at world No.4. He sits simply forward of Victorians Yassin Hill, at world No.5, and Jin Woodman, at world No.7.
| AUSSIE TOP 5 | |||
| Participant | Age | Rank | Transfer |
| Benjamin Wenzel | 17 | No.4 | 0 |
| Yassin Hill | 17 | No.5 | 0 |
| Jin Woodman | 15 | No.7 | 0 |
| Sonny Rennison | 11 | No.16 | 0 |
| Arlo Shawcross | 16 | No.22 | 0 |
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