47 out of the top 100 ranked women tennis players in the world are from former Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact nations—WHY?

Posted on June 14, 2022 by State of the Nation

Because of the professional tennis heights risen
to by Martina Navratilova who was born in Czechoslovakia, Monica Seles who was born in Yugoslavia, Martina Hingis who was born in Czechoslovakia, Maria Sharapova from Russia
and Simona Halep from Romania.  These five
women are each within the top 20 women tennis
players of all time. 

Professional Tennis Data Below Taken from TennisExplorer.com

1.
–
 Swiatek Iga  Poland 8631
2.
–
 Kontaveit Anett  Estonia 4511
3.
–
 Badosa Paula  Spain 4245
4.
–
 Jabeur Ons  Tunis 4150
5.
1
 Sabalenka Aryna  Belarus 4145
6.
1
 Sakkari Maria  Greece 4075
7.
–
 Pliskova Karolina  Czech Republic 3678
8.
–
 Pegula Jessica  USA 3255
9.
–
 Collins Danielle  USA 3255
10.
–
 Muguruza Garbine  Spain 3060
11.
–
 Raducanu Emma  Great Britain 2975
12.
–
 Kasatkina Darya  Russia 2765
13.
–
 Gauff Cori  USA 2756
14.
–
 Krejcikova Barbora  Czech Republic 2642
15.
–
 Fernandez Leylah Annie  Canada 2605
16.
–
 Ostapenko Jelena  Latvia 2596
17.
–
 Bencic Belinda  Switzerland 2585
18.
–
 Kerber Angelique  Germany 2474
19.
–
 Azarenka Viktoria  Belarus 2330
20.
–
 Halep Simona  Romania 2196
21.
–
 Rybakina Elena  Kazakhstan 2120
22.
–
 Teichmann Jil Belen  Switzerland 2023
23.
–
 Keys Madison  USA 2009
24.
–
 Kudermetova Veronika  Russia 2000
25.
–
 Anisimova Amanda  USA 1840
26.
–
 Giorgi Camila  Italy 1782
27.
3
 Alexandrova Ekaterina  Russia 1751
28.
1
 Trevisan Martina  Italy 1744
29.
1
 Samsonova Ludmilla  Russia 1650
30.
1
 Mertens Elise  Belgium 1615
31.
–
 Kvitova Petra  Czech Republic 1435
32.
16
 Haddad Maia Beatriz  Brazil 1425
33.
1
 Putintseva Yulia  Kazakhstan 1420
34.
1
 Cornet Alize  France 1386
35.
5
 Riske Alison  USA 1381
36.
2
 Cirstea Sorana-Mihaela  Romania 1350
37.
2
 Kalinina Anhelina  Ukraine 1347
38.
2
 Sasnovich Aliaksandra  Belarus 1341
39.
3
 Rogers Shelby  USA 1334
40.
3
 Svitolina Elina  Ukraine 1324
41.
3
 Kanepi Kaia  Estonia 1297
42.
3
 Sorribes Tormo Sara  Spain 1276
43.
–
 Osaka Naomi Japan 1235
44.
–
 Begu Irina  Romania 1234
45.
–
 Tomljanovic Ajla  Australia 1221
46.
8
 Zheng Qinwen  China 1219
47.
1
 Van Uytvanck Alison  Belgium 1205
48.
1
 Stephens Sloane A.  USA 1190
49.
–
 Vondrousova Marketa  Czech Republic 1181
50.
–
 Sherif Mayar  Egypt 1175

 

51.
4
 Golubic Viktorija  Switzerland 1166
52.
1
 Parrizas-Diaz Nuria  Spain 1162
53.
1
 Tauson Clara  Denmark 1129
54.
13
 Zhang Shuai  China 1120
55.
2
 Ruse Elena Gabriela  Romania 1106
56.
4
 Martincova Tereza  Czech Republic 1073
57.
1
 Brengle Madison  USA 1062
58.
1
 Zidansek Tamara  Slovenia 1062
59.
2
 Petkovic Andrea  Germany 1057
60.
2
 Juvan Kaja  Slovenia 1040
61.
–
 Osorio Serrano Maria Camila  Colombia 1016
62.
1
 Bondar Anna  Hungary 1013
63.
2
 Siniakova Katerina  Czech Republic 1002
64.
–
 Bouzkova Marie  Czech Republic 999
65.
2
 Linette Magda  Poland 931
66.
2
 Li Ann  USA 922
67.
1
 Zanevska Maryna  Belgium 921
68.
1
 Gracheva Varvara  Russia 914
69.
1
 Andreescu Bianca Vanessa  Canada 913
70.
1
 Cristian Jaqueline Adina  Romania 901
71.
1
 Bronzetti Lucia  Italy 885
72.
10
 Paolini Jasmine  Italy 884
73.
–
 Martic Petra  Croatia 869
74.
1
 Garcia Caroline  France 855
75.
1
 Liu Claire  USA 854
76.
–
 Wang Xinyu  China 849
77.
1
 Potapova Anastasia  Russia 821
78.
1
 Kostyuk Marta  Ukraine 820
79.
1
 Yastremska Dayana  Ukraine 814
80.
1
 Muchova Karolina  Czech Republic 808
81.
5
 Kalinskaya Anna  Russia 798
82.
–
 Parry Diane  France 797
83.
–
 Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia  Russia 793
84.
–
 Schmiedlova Karolina Anna  Slovakia 791
85.
–
 Dodin Oceane  France 788
86.
9
 Rus Arantxa  Netherlands 782
87.
–
 Kovinic Danka  Montenegro 773
88.
–
 Minnen Greetje  Belgium 762
89.
–
 Kucova Kristina  Slovakia 750
90.
1
 Konjuh Ana  Croatia 745
91.
1
 Frech Magdalena  Poland 740
92.
2
 Vekic Donna  Croatia 723
93.
1
 Burel Clara  France 713
94.
1
 Peterson Rebecca  Sweden 711
95.
1
 Zhu Lin  China 705
96.
1
 Niemeier Jule  Germany 704
97.
1
 Udvardy Panna  Hungary 688
98.
1
 Galfi Dalma  Hungary 687
99.
1
 Doi Misaki Japan 680
100.
11
 Wang Xiyu  China 660

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