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For the first time in 20 years, the United States boasts five women’s tennis players ranked inside the Top 15.
With Emma Navarro ascending two spots to a career-high ranking of No. 15, following her maiden singles quarterfinal at a Grand Slam, Americans have five WTA players in the Top 15 for the first time since the week of May 24, 2004.
As of the WTA rankings updated after Wimbledon on July 15, 2024, three American women are in the Top 10: No. 2 Coco Gauff, No. 6 Jessica Pegula, and No. 9 Danielle Collins. Two more are in the Top 15: No. 14 Madison Keys and No. 15 Emma Navarro. Comparatively, on May 24, 2004, the rankings included No. 4 Lindsay Davenport, No. 6 Jennifer Capriati, No. 7 Serena Williams, No. 9 Venus Williams, and No. 15 Chanda Rubin.
The USTA announced on Monday that this rankings milestone accompanies a series of successes at the recently concluded Wimbledon. Most notably, Taylor Townsend became the first American to win the Wimbledon women’s doubles title since Serena and Venus Williams in 2016.
Additionally, seven Americans (four women, three men) advanced to the fourth round of Wimbledon, marking the best performance for the USA at the tournament since 2004—when Coco Gauff was only a few months old. Gauff, Danielle Collins, Madison Keys, Emma Navarro, Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, and Ben Shelton have all excelled on the grass courts of SW19. Furthermore, multiple U.S. men reached the singles quarterfinals for the first time since 2000.
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