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 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.