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Maja Chwalinska

Polish 11 WTA rankingWTA 3,016 points majachwalinska 25 years Left handed
Head to heads vs Maria Sakkari (2)vs Elise Mertens (2)vs Diana Shnaider (2)

Match log

2026

WuhanWon the titleHard, October
FWSonay Kartal2-6 6-4 6-2Won the title
SFWIga Swiatek7-5 6-1
QFWMaria Sakkari6-0 3-6 7-5
R16WIva Jovic6-4 6-1
R32WMarie Bouzkova1-6 6-1 6-1
R64WMayar Sherif6-3 6-2
BeijingHard, September
R64LDayana Yastremska3-6 1-6
SingaporeHard, September
SFLLeylah Fernandez6-1 4-6 2-6
QFWElise Mertens6-2 6-2
R16WOleksandra Oliynykova6-0 6-1
R32WRebecca Sramkova6-4 6-2
US OpenHard, August
R128LTaylor Townsend2-6 3-6
MonterreyHard, August
R16LAlycia Parks6-3 2-6 2-6
CincinnatiHard, August
R32LDiana Shnaider2-6 6-7(3)
R64WCristina Bucsa6-2 6-2
TorontoHard, August
R64LTalia Gibson5-7 1-6
WimbledonGrass, June
R128LMananchaya Sawangkaew6-2 5-7 2-6
Roland GarrosClay, May
FLMirra Andreeva3-6 2-6
SFWDiana Shnaider7-6(4) 6-4
QFWAnna Kalinskaya7-6(3) 6-3
R16WDiane Parry6-3 6-2
R32WMaria Sakkari1-6 6-3 6-2
R64WElise Mertens6-4 6-0
R128WQinwen Zheng6-4 6-0
Q3WSuzan Lamens7-6(4) 7-5
Q2WCarole Monnet6-0 6-1
Q1WAlice Rame6-0 6-3
Parma 125, challengerClay, May
R32LFederica Urgesi3-6 0-0 RET
Oeiras 125, challengerWon the titleClay, April
FWSinja Kraus6-1 6-3Won the title
SFWRobin Montgomery6-2 6-0
QFWSimona Waltert6-1 6-0
R16WBeatriz Haddad Maia6-0 6-4
R32WKaitlin Quevedo3-6 6-2 6-4
Dubrovnik 125, challengerClay, March
R32LTamara Zidansek3-6 1-6
Antalya 125 3, challengerClay, March
R16LTamara Zidansek7-6(1) 3-6 6-7(7)
R32WAda Kumru6-0 6-0
Antalya 125 2, challengerClay, March
QFLMoyuka Uchijima6-2 3-6 5-7
R16WDespina Papamichail6-2 6-0
R32WAdelina Lachinova6-1 6-3
Oeiras 125 Indoor 1, challengerHard, February
SFLDarja Vidmanova4-6 6-3 6-7(5)
QFWSuzan Lamens6-1 6-2
R16WNuria Parrizas Diaz6-1 6-1
R32WNoma Noha Akugue6-2 3-6 6-1
Cluj-NapocaHard, February
QFLEmma Raducanu0-6 4-6
R16WOlga Danilovic6-1 1-6 6-2
R32WAna Bogdan6-3 6-2
Q2WLeyre Romero Gormaz7-6(2) 6-4
Q1WMara Gae6-2 6-3
Australian Open, qualifyingHard, January
Q3LAnhelina Kalinina7-5 2-6 1-6
Q2WRebeka Masarova7-6(8) 5-7 6-1
Q1WMadison Brengle7-6(3) 6-3

Maja Chwalinska

Maja Chwalinska went through qualifying at Roland Garros 2026 ranked No. 114 and did not stop winning. The Polish lefty beat Qinwen Zheng, Elise Mertens and Maria Sakkari, then Anna Kalinskaya and fellow left-hander Diana Shnaider, to become the first qualifier in the tournament's history to reach the final, and only the second woman to reach a major final as a qualifier, after Emma Raducanu in New York in 2021. Mirra Andreeva beat her there 6-3, 6-3, but the run carried Chwalinska 93 places up the rankings to a career-high No. 21.

The game is built on craft, not power: slice, drop shots and a two-handed backhand that breaks up rhythm, a style she has called very annoying for other players to face. It took a long road to get there. Chwalinska stepped away from the tour in 2021, at 19, to deal with depression she had been living with since 2019, and has spoken candidly about it since. The comeback was slow, a knee surgery among the setbacks, before results arrived at WTA 125 level in 2024 and 2025, then suddenly in Paris.

Tales

WTA rankings

WTA rankings: Chwalinska and Kartal make the week's big moves

Eleven. That is where Maja Chwalinska now stands in the WTA rankings, up eleven places from 22 and one short of the top 10. The other big mover is Sonay Kartal, who climbs 121 places from 170 to 49, the largest single climb in the WTA rankings this week.

Ranking tale
Wuhan

Chwalinska wins Wuhan for a first tour title

One. That is the number of tour titles Maja Chwalinska has, and she won it on Sunday at the Wuhan Open. The 25-year-old, ranked 22 and seeded 16, beat Sonay Kartal 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 after losing the first set, and needed three match points to finish it.

Match tale