# Top 30 WTA Players of the 2020s

> Slam champions and year-end No. 1s share this field with a handful of one-final surprises, judged only on what happened from 2020 onward. Some built dynasties; others had one glorious fortnight.

*By YPB Team · Published November 5, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/top-30-wta-players-of-the-2020s*

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1. **Barbora Krejcikova** — score 1000/1000
   Czech player who won the 2021 French Open and the 2024 Wimbledon title, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 2 in 2022.
2. **Aryna Sabalenka** — score 987/1000
   Belarusian who won the Australian Open in 2023 and 2024 and the US Open in 2024 and 2025, finishing 2024 and 2025 as year-end world No. 1.
3. **Garbine Muguruza** — score 987/1000
   Spanish player who reached the 2020 Australian Open final and won the 2021 WTA Finals in Guadalajara.
4. **Iga Swiatek** — score 742/1000
   Polish player who won six Grand Slam singles titles from 2020 to 2025 (four French Opens, the 2022 US Open and 2025 Wimbledon), the 2023 WTA Finals and spent 125 weeks at No. 1.
5. **Emma Raducanu** — score 685/1000
   British player who won the 2021 US Open as an 18-year-old qualifier without dropping a set.
6. **Anett Kontaveit** — score 685/1000
   Estonian who reached the 2021 WTA Finals final in Guadalajara and a career-high ranking of No. 2 in 2022 before retiring in 2023.
7. **Mirra Andreeva** — score 621/1000
   Russian who won the 2026 French Open at 19 after taking WTA 1000 titles in Dubai and Indian Wells in 2025.
8. **Zheng Qinwen** — score 621/1000
   Chinese player who reached the 2024 Australian Open final, won Olympic singles gold in Paris in 2024 and finished runner-up at that year's WTA Finals.
9. **Karolina Muchova** — score 548/1000
   Czech player who reached the 2023 French Open final and the 2026 Wimbledon final, plus US Open semifinals in 2023 and 2024.
10. **Victoria Azarenka** — score 548/1000
   Belarusian two-time major champion who reached the 2020 US Open final and won the Western & Southern Open in New York the week before.
11. **Ons Jabeur** — score 548/1000
   Tunisian who reached three Grand Slam finals (Wimbledon 2022 and 2023, US Open 2022) and a career-high ranking of No. 2.
12. **Madison Keys** — score 548/1000
   American who won the 2025 Australian Open at 29, beating Aryna Sabalenka in the final for her first Grand Slam title.
13. **Maja Chwalinska** — score 548/1000
   Polish player who became the first qualifier to reach the women's singles final at Roland Garros in 2026, losing to Mirra Andreeva.
14. **Jennifer Brady** — score 548/1000
   American who reached the 2021 Australian Open final against Naomi Osaka after a US Open semifinal run in 2020.
15. **Amanda Anisimova** — score 464/1000
   American who reached both the Wimbledon and US Open finals in 2025 and won the Qatar Open in Doha that February.
16. **Elena Rybakina** — score 464/1000
   Kazakh player who won Wimbledon in 2022, the 2025 WTA Finals, and both the Australian Open and US Open in 2026, rising to world No. 1 that September.
17. **Coco Gauff** — score 464/1000
   American who won the 2023 US Open at 19, the 2025 French Open and the 2024 WTA Finals, after reaching the 2022 Roland Garros final.
18. **Naomi Osaka** — score 464/1000
   Japanese player who won the 2020 US Open over Victoria Azarenka and the 2021 Australian Open over Jennifer Brady.
19. **Jessica Pegula** — score 464/1000
   American who reached the 2024 US Open final, won the 2023 Canadian Open and climbed to a career-high No. 3.
20. **Caroline Garcia** — score 464/1000
   French player who won the 2022 WTA Finals in Fort Worth after taking the Cincinnati title as a qualifier that August.
21. **Leylah Fernandez** — score 464/1000
   Canadian left-hander who reached the 2021 US Open final at 19, beating Naomi Osaka, Elina Svitolina and Aryna Sabalenka along the way.
22. **Sofia Kenin** — score 365/1000
   American who won the 2020 Australian Open, reached the 2020 French Open final and was named WTA Player of the Year for 2020.
23. **Marketa Vondrousova** — score 365/1000
   Czech left-hander who won Wimbledon in 2023 as an unseeded player, two years after taking Olympic singles silver in Tokyo.
24. **Karolina Pliskova** — score 365/1000
   Czech former No. 1 who reached the 2021 Wimbledon final, losing to Ashleigh Barty in three sets.
25. **Belinda Bencic** — score 365/1000
   Swiss player who won the Olympic singles gold medal at the Tokyo Games in 2021, along with silver in women's doubles.
26. **Jasmine Paolini** — score 365/1000
   Italian who reached the French Open and Wimbledon finals in 2024 and won the Italian Open singles title in Rome in 2025.
27. **Ashleigh Barty** — score 249/1000
   Australian who won Wimbledon in 2021 and the 2022 Australian Open, then retired in March 2022 while ranked world No. 1.
28. **Linda Noskova** — score 0/1000
   Czech player who won the 2026 Wimbledon title, beating Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in an all-Czech final.
29. **Danielle Collins** — score 0/1000
   American who reached the 2022 Australian Open final and won the 2024 Miami Open.
30. **Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova** — score 0/1000
   Russian who reached her first Grand Slam final at the 2021 French Open and won Olympic mixed doubles gold in Tokyo that summer.

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