Francesca Curmi Storms Into Top 500 World Rankings Of Women’s Tennis
20-year-old Maltese Francesca Curmi has made it to the top 500 world ranking of women’s tennis, placing at 490.
Curmi continues to have a superb 2022 season, becoming the first Maltese to break into the Women’s Tennis Association weekly rankings, according to her father.
Curmi’s rise in 2022 has been truly remarkable, first improving her professional world ranking by 675 places since January, starting at number 1,167 and ending in October at 490 – one of the fastest climbers on the female pro circuit.
This year to date, she played 46 international matches with a win-to-loss ratio of nearly 70%.
She has written Maltese tennis history more than once this year by being the first Maltese player to win professional tournaments in both Singles and Doubles competitions.
Curmi has competed in 21 international tournaments this year alone. Her higher current ranking now allows her to compete in tournaments that range from W15 (prizemoney of US$15,000) to W100 (prizemoney of US$100,000).
She won two Singles W15 professional international tournaments in Monastir, Tunisia in June and an ITF W25 Doubles professional tournament in Vigo, Spain in partnership with her Maltese counterpart Elaine Genovese in August.
As Curmi continues to strive to advance further in the international tennis rankings, the level of competition becomes ever harder, requiring her to be ever more on her toes to continue to progress.
But if this year’s efforts and results are anything to go by, aged just 20 and with her work ethic, this year’s achievements provide an excellent launch pad and encouragement for further progress next season.
Well done Francesca Curmi!
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