From Madison Keys to Peyton Stearns: American women dominating the WTA Race

Thursday, 15 May 2025 at 14:40

American players have been thriving on the WTA Tour this season, led by Australian Open champion Madison Keys, who joined regular top-10 stars Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff at the top of the game. But they are far from the only ones making headlines in 2025.

The Americans currently have five players in the top 12 of the Live WTA Race, and eight inside the top 24. While Gauff and Pegula have been consistent forces since 2022, many of their compatriots had struggled in recent years to maintain high rankings. That narrative is changing fast.

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The WTA Race ranks players based solely on points earned during the calendar year. It's currently led by Aryna Sabalenka (5,120 points), but hot on her heels is none other than Madison Keys, whose Grand Slam title in Melbourne gave her a huge boost.

Not far behind are Jessica Pegula (5th) and Coco Gauff (6th)—no surprises there, as both have been WTA mainstays for several seasons. Joining them is 23-year-old Emma Navarro in 9th place, having steadily broken into the top tier over the past year.

The fifth American in the mix is Amanda Anisimova, currently 12th in the Race—just 20 points shy of the top 10. The 23-year-old claimed her first WTA 1000 title this year at the Qatar Open, giving her ranking a major push. She’s now the top seed at the WTA 125 Paris, and just a couple of wins could propel her into the Race’s top 10 next week.

Americans flood the Top 25

Another notable name is Sofia Kenin, a former Australian Open champion, who reached the final of the Charleston Open (WTA 500) earlier this year—losing to Pegula. The 24-year-old is finding her rhythm again and currently sits 19th in the Race. Joining her is rising star Ashlyn Krueger (No. 23), a 21-year-old who impressed with a run to the WTA 500 Abu Dhabi final a few months ago.

The latest American to crash the party is 23-year-old Peyton Stearns, who jumped 26 spots in the Race this week after reaching her first WTA 1000 semifinal at the Rome Open. Along the way, she defeated the likes of Madison Keys and Elina Svitolina, and will now face local favourite Jasmine Paolini. Stearns has climbed to No. 24 in the Race, becoming the 8th American in the top 25 this season.

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#	Player	Age	Country	Pts	+/-
Last Update: Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
1	Aryna Sabalenka	27	BLR	5120	+215
2	Madison Keys	30	USA	3349	+65
3	Mirra Andreeva	18	RUS	3055	+215
4	Iga Świątek	23	POL	2878	+65
5	Jessica Pegula	31	USA	2548	+65
6	Coco Gauff	21	USA	2338	+390
7	Elina Svitolina	30	UKR	1751	+215
8	Jasmine Paolini	29	ITA	1620	+390
9	Emma Navarro	23	USA	1542	+65
10	Ekaterina Alexandrova	30	RUS	1501
11	Clara Tauson	22	DEN	1496	+120
12	Amanda Anisimova	23	USA	1480	+10
13	Elena Rybakina	25	KAZ	1450	+65
14	Jeļena Ostapenko	27	LAT	1442	+120
15	Belinda Bencic	28	SUI	1303	+10
16	Paula Badosa	27	ESP	1255
17	Elise Mertens	29	BEL	1151	+120
18	Diana Shnaider	21	RUS	1124	+215
19	Sofia Kenin	26	USA	1033	+65
20	Qinwen Zheng	22	CHN	1028	+390
21	Marta Kostyuk	22	UKR	988	+120
22	Karolína Muchová	28	CZE	948
23	Ashlyn Krueger	21	USA	854	+35
24	Peyton Stearns	23	USA	839	+390
25	Anastasia Potapova	24	RUS	813	+35
26	Dayana Yastremska	25	UKR	785	+10
27	Linda Nosková	20	CZE	781	+65
28	Ons Jabeur	30	TUN	751	+35
29	Daria Kasatkina	28	AUS	749	+10
30	Mccartney Kessler	25	USA	731	+10
31	Veronika Kudermetova	28	RUS	725	+65
32	Ludmilla Samsonova	26	RUS	698	+10
33	Leylah Fernandez	22	CAN	673	+65
34	Magda Linette	33	POL	664	+65
35	Polina Kudermetova	21	RUS	638	+10
36	Rebecca Šramková	28	SVK	624	+35
37	Maria Sakkari	29	GRE	616	+65
38	Elina Avanesyan	22	ARM	588	+10
39	Emma Raducanu	22	GBR	587	+120
40	Moyuka Uchijima	23	JPN	562	+10
41	Yulia Putintseva	30	KAZ	561	+10
42	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	33	RUS	556	+35
43	Naomi Osaka	27	JPN	553	+120
44	Danielle Collins	31	USA	544	+120
45	Ann Li	24	USA	543	+10
46	Anna Blinkova	26	RUS	526	+30
47	Donna Vekić	28	CRO	524	+10
48	Olga Danilović	24	SRB	524	+35
49	Camila Osorio	23	COL	494	+10
50	Eva Lys	23	GER	488	+35
51	Suzan Lamens	25	NED	487	+35
52	Zeynep Sönmez	23	TUR	483	+2
53	Maya Joint	19	AUS	467	+30
54	Alexandra Eala	19	PHI	450	+10
55	Katie Boulter	28	GBR	443	+10
56	Emiliana Arango	24	COL	441	+65
57	Lucia Bronzetti	26	ITA	422	+35
58	Sorana Cîrstea	35	ROU	421
59	Magdalena Fręch	27	POL	419	+65
60	Marie Bouzková	26	CZE	415	+65
61	Jaqueline Cristian	26	ROU	412	+65
62	Kimberly Birrell	27	AUS	412	+10
63	Alycia Parks	24	USA	410	+10
64	Laura Siegemund	37	GER	405	+85
65	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	27	ROU	403	+65
66	Viktorija Golubic	32	SUI	395	+20
67	Anhelina Kalinina	28	UKR	391
68	Hailey Baptiste	23	USA	389	+95
69	Anna Kalinskaya	26	RUS	378	+10
70	Cristina Bucșa	27	ESP	374	+2
71	Ajla Tomljanović	32	AUS	340	+30
72	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	22	ESP	339	+35
73	Katie Volynets	23	USA	333	+65
74	Caroline Dolehide	26	USA	324	+35
75	Varvara Gracheva	24	FRA	304	+35
76	Daria Saville	31	AUS	292	+2
77	Sonay Kartal	23	GBR	286	+35
78	Renata Zarazúa	27	MEX	286	+10
79	Kateřina Siniaková	29	CZE	284	+10
80	Greet Minnen	27	BEL	279
81	Bernarda Pera	30	USA	275	+2
82	Victoria Azarenka	35	BLR	260	+35
83	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	31	BLR	258	+2
84	Rebeka Masarova	25	SUI	255
85	Petra Martić	34	CRO	253
86	Xinyu Wang	23	CHN	250	+10
87	Beatriz Haddad Maia	28	BRA	249	+10
88	Markéta Vondroušová	25	CZE	243
89	Lulu Sun	24	NZL	239	+35
90	Sara Sorribes Tormo	28	ESP	231
91	Yue Yuan	26	CHN	223	+2
92	Jule Niemeier	25	GER	221	+20
93	Tatjana Maria	37	GER	221	+2
94	Viktoriya Tomova	30	BUL	219	+10
95	Robin Montgomery	20	USA	216
96	Yulia Starodubtseva	25	UKR	214	+2
97	Antonia Ružić	22	CRO	202	+65
98	Jil Teichmann	27	SUI	199	+20
99	Ella Seidel	20	GER	199	+20
100	Katarzyna Kawa	32	POL	182
101	Linda Fruhvirtová	20	CZE	180
102	Mananchaya Sawangkaew	22	THA	180
103	Kamilla Rakhimova	23	RUS	179	+55
104	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	24	ITA	178	+35
105	Anna Bondár	27	HUN	174	+30
106	María Carlé	25	ARG	169	+2
107	Léolia Jeanjean	29	FRA	161	+20
108	Jodie Burrage	25	GBR	161
109	Anastasia Zakharova	23	RUS	157	+2
110	Bianca Andreescu	24	CAN	156	+120
111	Caroline Garcia	31	FRA	156
112	Jana Fett	28	CRO	156
113	Francesca Jones	24	GBR	154
114	Nao Hibino	30	JPN	153
115	Shuai Zhang	36	CHN	150
116	Varvara Lepchenko	38	USA	146	+20
117	Xiyu Wang	24	CHN	140	+20
118	Julia Riera	22	ARG	138
119	Iva Jovic	17	USA	135
120	Anca Todoni	20	ROU	135	+20
121	Erika Andreeva	20	RUS	133	+2
122	Taylor Townsend	29	USA	131
123	Irina-Camelia Begu	34	ROU	130	+10
124	Harriet Dart	28	GBR	128	+2
125	Xinyu Gao	27	CHN	128
126	Maja Chwalińska	23	POL	122	+20
127	Julieta Pareja	16	USA	118
128	Aoi Ito	20	JPN	115
129	Arantxa Rus	34	NED	114	+30
130	Caty McNally	23	USA	112
131	Lucrezia Stefanini	27	ITA	111	+10
132	Destanee Aiava	25	AUS	110
133	Sijia Wei	21	CHN	108
134	Victoria Mboko	18	CAN	100	+65
135	Alina Korneeva	17	RUS	100
136	Maddison Inglis	27	AUS	99
137	Jessika Ponchet	28	FRA	99
138	Ena Shibahara	27	JPN	97
139	Julia Grabher	28	AUT	88
140	Marina Stakusic	20	CAN	88	+2
141	Wakana Sonobe	17	JPN	87
142	Sára Bejlek	19	CZE	85
143	Nina Stojanović	28	SRB	84
144	Mayar Sherif	29	EGY	79	+10
145	Lauren Davis	31	USA	78
146	Diane Parry	22	FRA	77
147	Priscilla Hon	27	AUS	77
148	Anastasija Sevastova	35	LAT	75	+10
149	Claire Liu	24	USA	75
150	Lea Bošković	25	CRO	74

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