The WTA’s November 9 rankings update adds a new dimension to last week’s Hong Kong and Chennai finals. Claire Liu moves from No. 102 to No. 69, Alexandra Eala reaches a career-high No. 15 from No. 17, and Magda Linette rises from No. 68 to No. 43. These are current weekly positions rather than confirmed year-end rankings.
Hong Kong brings different rewards
Liu won her first tour-level singles title without dropping a set, beating Eala 6-3, 6-0 for her second career Top 20 victory. The 26-year-old gains 33 places to her highest position since September 2023, still below her January 2023 career best of No. 52.
The WTA recalled Liu’s six-month mental-health break in 2024 and a fall to No. 435 in June 2025. Two months ago, she returned to the Top 100 after more than two and a half years outside it. Her pre-Hong Kong position was No. 102, and this week she returns to that group at No. 69.
Eala’s third tour-level final brings a two-place rise to a new career high of No. 15.
Linette returns to the Top 50
Linette, 34, gains 25 places to No. 43 after her fourth tour-level title, returning to the Top 50 for the first time since June. Four of her five Chennai matches went three sets. She beat defending champion Janice Tjen 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 in a two-hour, 43-minute final.
Tjen rises 15 places from No. 75 to No. 60.
WTA 125 results also move the boundary
Bianca Andreescu’s 14-match winning streak ended against Leyre Romero Gormaz in the Cali WTA 125 final. She nevertheless gains nine places from No. 109 to No. 100, returning to the Top 100 for the first time since last June. Champion Romero Gormaz rises 20 places to a career-high No. 111.
