Renee Alame, Ty Host and Tahlia Kokkinis all sit at career-high positions within the newest ITF world junior rankings.
Australia , 21 August 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Junior ladies
Emerson Jones stays the top-ranked Australian within the newest ITF World Tennis Tour junior ladies’ rankings, sitting at a career-high world No.2.
The 16-year-old from the Gold Coast, a ladies’ singles finalist on the Australian Open and Wimbledon this season, just isn’t the one promising Aussie teen making their mark on the world stage.
Renee Alame rises to a career-high world No.118 this week. The 15-year-old from Sydney was a singles finalist on the latest NSW Junior Open, bettering her season report on the ITF world junior tour to 30 wins from her 38 matches.
Tahlia Kokkinis has received 16 of her previous 17 matches on the ITF world junior tour, which incorporates three title-winning runs previously month. This has helped the 16-year-old from Brisbane climb to a career-high world No.141.
Jizelle Sibai makes her debut contained in the Australian high 10 this week. The 14-year-old from Sydney jumps up 61 locations to a career-high world No.208 after her semifinal look on the NSW Junior Open.
| AUSSIE TOP 10 | |||
| Participant | Age | Rank | Transfer |
| Emerson Jones | 16 | No.2 | 0 |
| Alana Subasic | 17 | No.77 | +3 |
| Maya Joint | 18 | No.91 | 0 |
| Renee Alame | 15 | No.118 | +34 |
| Lily Taylor | 17 | No.135 | +35 |
| Tahlia Kokkinis | 16 | No.141 | 0 |
| Ava Beck | 16 | No.143 | +6 |
| Jizelle Sibai | 14 | No.208 | +61 |
| Koharu Nishikawa | 15 | No.227 | +3 |
| Kimiko Cooper | 16 | No.266 | -51 |
Junior boys
Cruz Hewitt is edging nearer to a top-100 breakthrough within the newest ITF World Tennis Tour junior boys’ rankings.
After scooping back-to-back ITF titles in Sydney, the 15-year-old Hewitt rises 48 spots to a career-high world No.117. This makes Hewitt the ninth highest-ranked boy on the earth in his 2008 delivery yr.
Ty Host, who completed runner-up to Hewitt eventually week’s NSW Junior Open, additionally sits at a brand new career-high. The 17-year-old improves 26 positions to world No.68. This sees Host turn out to be the brand new No.2 Australian, leapfrogging final yr’s NSW Junior Open champion Pavle Marinkov.
| AUSSIE TOP 10 | |||
| Participant | Age | Rank | Transfer |
| Hayden Jones | 17 | No.10 | 0 |
| Ty Host | 17 | No.68 | +26 |
| Pavle Marinkov | 18 | No.94 | -40 |
| Hugh Winter | 17 | No.104 | -21 |
| Cruz Hewitt | 15 | No.117 | +48 |
| Jake Dembo | 16 | No.132 | -1 |
| Jerome Estephan | 17 | No.176 | +3 |
| Rohan Hazratwala | 17 | No.183 | +8 |
| Brendan Loh | 18 | No.194 | -4 |
| Daniel Jovanovski | 16 | No.252 | +85 |
Junior wheelchair
Australia boasts six gamers contained in the world’s high 20 within the newest ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour junior boys’ rankings.
Jin Woodman, a 15-year-old from Melbourne, leads the cost sitting at world No.4. He’s set to compete within the US Open Junior Wheelchair Championships in New York in coming weeks alongside fellow high 10-ranked friends Yassin Hill and Benjamin Wenzel.
Isla Gillespie, the top-ranked Australian within the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour junior ladies’ rankings at world No.10, can also be set to make her Grand Slam debut at Flushing Meadows.
| TOP AUSSIES | |||
| Participant | Age | Rank | Transfer |
| Jin Woodman | 15 | No.4 | -1 |
| Yassin Hill | 17 | No.5 | 0 |
| Benjamin Wenzel | 17 | No.6 | 0 |
| Sonny Rennison | 12 | No.15 | 0 |
| Arlo Shawcross | 16 | No.16 | 0 |
| Harrison Dudley | 15 | No.20 | 0 |
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