WTA Rankings after Chennai Open 2026: Vaishnavi, Maaya achieve new career high; Rutuja nears Top 100 in doubles
FILE PHOTO: India’s Vaishnavi Adkar (left) and Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (right) have made significant gains in the latest WTA Rankings after their performances at last week’s WTA 250 Chennai Open. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU
FILE PHOTO: India’s Vaishnavi Adkar (left) and Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (right) have made significant gains in the latest WTA Rankings after their performances at last week’s WTA 250 Chennai Open. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU
India’s Vaishnavi Adkar and Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi achieved new career-high singles rankings on Monday after last week’s WTA 250 Chennai Open.
Local wild cards Vaishnavi and Maaya both recorded their maiden Tour-level wins during the event held at the SDAT Stadium in Nungambakkam.
Vaishnavi, who is India’s top-ranked player, stunned Britain’s Jodie Burrage, former World No. 85, with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 scoreline in the first round before losing 3-6, 0-6 to Russia’s Anastasia Zakharova. As a result, the 21-year-old gained 36 places in the latest WTA Rankings to become World No. 308.
The 17-year-old Maaya registered upsets over Polish players - World No. 115 Katarzyna Kawa 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(5) and World No. 277 Weronika Falkowska 6-4, 6-3 - to become the first Indian since Sania Mirza (Pattaya City, 2012) to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA Tour event. She went down 3-6, 3-6 to USA’s Robin Montgomery in the last-eight fixture.
The teenager made a massive jump of 180 spots to become World No. 489.
Sahaja Yamalapalli, the third local main draw wild card in the tournament, suffered a 4-6, 6-3, 3-6 loss to Switzerland’s Simona Waltert. Sahaja slipped two spots to No. 425 in the rankings.
Top five Indian players in WTA Singles Rankings (As of November 9, 2026)
Vaishnavi Adkar - 308
Vaidehee Chaudhari - 393
Sahaja Yamalapalli - 425
Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi - 489
Ankita Raina - 588
In doubles, Rutuja Bhosale inched closed to Top 100 in the WTA Rankings after she and Vaishnavi finished as runners-up in Chennai.
Rutuja and Vaishnavi - the first-ever all-Indian pair to reach a Tour-level final - lost 2-6, 0-6 to the Swiss duo of Waltert and Naima Karamoko in the summit clash.
The 30-year-old Rutuja has moved up from No. 128 to No. 106, achieving a new career-high doubles ranking. Vaishnavi too jumped from No. 359 to No. 212.
Top five Indian players in WTA Doubles Rankings (As of November 9, 2026)
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