Aussie surge nets five-year first
Four female players are now inside the top 100, a feat not achieved since 2019.
Teen star Maya Joint and Ajla Tomljanovic surged inside the top 100 after making the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively at WTA events in North America, doubling Australia's representation inside the elite bracket.
Tomljanovic jumped 18 spots to get back inside the top 100, while Joint, 18, broke through for the first time and is one of only two teenagers in the top 100.
The pair joined Kimberly Birrell and Olivia Gadecki, giving Australia four top-100 women for the first time since October 2019.
Daria Saville was only a set win away from making it five women in the top 100 for the first time since May 2019.
Tomljanovic and Saville reached the semi-finals in Austin and Merida, marking the first time in seven years Australia had two WTA-level semi-finalists in the same week.
The last time was when Saville and three-time grand slam winner Ash Barty reached the 2018 Sydney International semi-finals.
The surge comes ahead of Australia's Billie Jean King Cup round-robin clash against Kazakhstan and Colombia in Brisbane and gives team captain Sam Stosur a range of in-form players to choose from.
The tie will be played over three days and could include Joint, who was born in Michigan in the US to an Australian father, for the first time.
Having peaked at a career-high ranking of six earlier this year, Alex de Minaur has slipped back to 10th but still sits as Australia's highest-ranked male, with another eight compatriots inside the top 100.
AUSSIES IN THE TOP 100
Women
76 - Kimberly Birrell
85 - Maya Joint
94 - Ajla Tomljanovic
99 - Olivia Gadecki
Men
10 -Alex de Minaur
27 -Alexei Popyrin
38 - Jordan Thompson
64 - Aleksandar Vukic
75 - Chris O'Connell
83 - Rinky Hijikata
86 - Thanasi Kokkinakis
96 - Adam Walton
97 - James Duckworth
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