Andy Roddick is tipping Belinda Bencic to return the top-10 and end the 2026 season among the many 10 best-ranked gamers on the WTA Tour.
The Tokyo Olympics gold medalist, who gave start in 2024, was ranked at No. 1447 when she launched her post-pregnancy comeback.
Since returning to tennis, Bencic has made a drastic rating leap as she enters 2026 because the Eleventh-ranked participant within the recreation.
For almost all of her profession, the Swiss tennis star has hovered across the top-15 on this planet. In 2020, the 11-time WTA champion achieved a career-high rating of No. 4 on this planet. Nevertheless, the 28-year-old hasn't been ranked contained in the top-10 since March 2023.
In late October, Bencic gained the WTA 250 match in Hong Kong – which was her second title of the 12 months. As a reward, she improved two units and ensured ending the 12 months simply outdoors the top-10.
Presently, the 28-year-old Swiss has 256 rating factors fewer than Tenth-ranked Ekaterina Alexandrova.
Roddick hails Bencic's 'insane' return to tennis: She might be a top-10 participant once more in 2026
“I believe we must always check out these gamers 15 by, say, 11, which is Navarro, Svitolina, Noskova, Tauson and Bencic. My query to you guys is, of those 5 gamers, who has the perfect likelihood of being within the prime 10 by the tip of subsequent 12 months?” Roddick stated on his podcast.
“I’m going to take Belinda. As a result of I believe we’ve to have an even bigger dialog about what she truly did this 12 months, which I’ve stated earlier than, nevertheless it’s simply insane.”
In the meantime, the world No. 11 is about to kick off her 2026 season by representing Switzerland on the United Cup. In her opening match on Saturday, the Swiss will tackle France's Leolia Jeanjean.
After the United Cup, Bencic may even play the WTA 500 match in Adelaide earlier than launching her Australian Open run.
Bencic gained't have many factors to defend in Australia this January since she picked up back-to-back round-of-16 losses in Adelaide and the Australian Open final 12 months.
