The biggest ranking jump among the WTA’s year-end Top 100 this year goes to Daria Saville, formerly Daria Gavrilova, who soared 366 spots between 2021 (No. 419) and 2022 (No. 53).
Saville’s season was highlighted by a very sunny Sunshine Swing, reaching the fourth round of Indian Wells and the quarterfinals in Miami—those two results alone propelled her from No. 409 to No. 129. A former Top 20 player, the Australian also reached her fifth WTA final in Granby, Canada, the week before the US Open, and picked up the 11th and 12th Top 10 wins of her career, over Ons Jabeur (in Indian Wells) and Jessica Pegula (in Washington D.C.)
BIGGEST RANKING MOVERS AMONG WTA YEAR-END TOP 100 (from Nov. 15, 2021 year-end rankings to Nov. 8, 2022 year-end rankings):
+366: Daria Saville, AUS [No. 419 to No. 53]
+238: Yuan Yue, CHN [No. 312 to No. 74]
+226: Linda Noskova, CZE [No. 317 to No. 91]
+218: Linda Fruhvirtova, CZE [No. 296 to No. 78]
+211: Tatjana Maria, GER [No. 279 to No. 68]
+132: Ysaline Bonaventure, BEL [No. 228 to No. 96]
+118: Zheng Qinwen, CHN [No. 143 to No. 25]
+108: Julia Grabher, AUT [No. 192 to No. 84]
+91: Elisabetta Cocciaretto, ITA [No. 156 to No. 65]
+89: Lucia Bronzetti, ITA [No. 145 to No. 56]
~ Biggest jump into Top 10: +70, Caroline Garcia, FRA [No. 74 to No. 4]
~ Biggest jump into Top 20: +70, Caroline Garcia, FRA [No. 74 to No. 4]
~ Biggest jump into Top 50: +118, Zheng Qinwen, CHN [No. 143 to No. 25]