Patrick Kypson, former college teammate of Rinderknech and Vacherot, is writing his own perseverance story

By Matt Fitzgerald Oct 28, 2025

WTA Finals

Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek headline 2025 WTA Finals Round Robin draw

By David Kane Oct 28, 2025

Special Feature

The mindset of a finalist: Sinner, Pegula and Zverev on what gives them a mental edge

By Ed McGrogan Oct 28, 2025

Doubles Ranking Reaction

Double threat Jasmine Paolini is now ranked in the Top 5 in both singles and doubles

She’s currently the only tennis player to be ranked in the Top 5—or even in the Top 10—in both disciplines.

ByJohn Berkok

Published Jun 24, 2025

How does Jasmine Paolini stay positive on court?

Advertising

There was some good news for Jasmine Paolini on the WTA rankings this week, as she rose from No. 5 back to her career-high of No. 4, securing her a Top 4 seed at Wimbledon—and guaranteeing she won't have to face either of the Top 2, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff, until at least the semifinals.

And there was even more good news.

Paolini set a new career-high on the WTA doubles rankings, rising from No. 6 to No. 5, alongside doubles partner Sara Errani (they went from co-No. 6s to co-No. 5s).

With that, Paolini is currently the only player, female or male, to be ranked in the Top 5 in both singles and doubles. She’s actually the only player currently in the Top 10 in both.

Two other players, both women, are close to being Top 10 in both—Mirra Andreeva, No. 7 in singles and No. 14 in doubles, and Diana Shnaider, No. 12 in singles and No. 8 in doubles.

Paolini is just the fifth tennis player born in 1990 or later to have been ranked in the Top 5 in both singles and doubles simultaneously.

Advertising

Paolini joins some rare company with her latest ranking feat.

First of all, she’s just the second Italian tennis player in either ATP or WTA rankings history to be Top 5 in singles and doubles simultaneously—Errani also achieved the feat, doing it for 10 weeks in 2013 (as No. 5 in singles and No. 1 in doubles).

Second of all, she’s just the fifth tennis player born in 1990 or later—all of them women—to do it, and the third born in 1996 or later after Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff.

PLAYERS BORN IN 1990 OR LATER TO BE TOP 5 IN SINGLES AND DOUBLES SIMULTANEOUSLY:

Aryna Sabalenka: 10 weeks in 2021 [born in 1998]
Barbora Krejcikova: 36 weeks in 2021-22 [born in 1995]
Jessica Pegula: 52 weeks in 2022-24 [born in 1994]
Coco Gauff: 24 weeks in 2022-24 [born in 2004]
Jasmine Paolini: 1 week so far in 2025 [born in 1996]

My first ever Grand Slam title…🤩🤩 What a tournament, what a day, and what a doubles partner. Thank you, Sara!!

I’m more than grateful to my team, the tournament organizers, my sponsors, and my family. Thank you for everything!!

Forzaaaaaa Italia!! 😄🙏🇮🇹@rolandgarros @WTA pic.twitter.com/Hj7S1p3l5l
— Jasmine Paolini (@JasminePaolini) June 8, 2025

Advertising

Over the last 12 months, Paolini’s best singles results include reaching her second Grand Slam final at Wimbledon last year and winning her second WTA 1000 title in Rome this year.

And throughout that span she’s also been playing doubles exclusively with Errani, capturing five titles together at the Paris Olympics and Beijing in the second half of last year, and Doha, Rome and Roland Garros so far this year. Though they finished runners-up in Berlin last week, that run to the final of the WTA 500 grass-court event was enough to push them up from co-No. 6s to No. 5s on the WTA doubles rankings on Monday.

Paolini is playing singles only in Bad Homburg this week.

Advertising