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Bejlek rises sixty-three places after Abu Dhabi title

The latest rankings also brought career highs for Oliynykova and Baptiste and a top-hundred return for Boulter.

Source 09 Feb 2026 Global
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Sara Bejlek climbed sixty-three places to world number thirty-eight after winning Abu Dhabi, moving directly from outside the top hundred into the top fifty. The twenty-year-old’s ranking breakthrough followed seven consecutive victories from qualifying through the championship match.

Oleksandra Oliynykova rose twenty places to seventy-first after reaching the Cluj-Napoca semifinals. Hailey Baptiste climbed seventeen places to thirty-ninth following her first tour semifinal in Abu Dhabi, with both players establishing new career highs.

Ostrava champion Katie Boulter returned to the top hundred at eighty-four, while Sorana Cirstea moved to thirty-first and Emma Raducanu to twenty-fifth. Mananchaya Sawangkaew also gained twenty-four positions after winning her first WTA 125 title in Mumbai.

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