7. Amanda Anisimova
WTA Ranking: 6
Previous Power Rankings: NR
Amanda Anisimova was the 2025 Wimbledon finalist, losing to Swiatek in the final after beating Sabalenka in a two-hour, thirty-seven minute semifinal. That result was not a fluke. Her flat, aggressive groundstrokes and improved serve travel beautifully on grass, and the 2025 fortnight confirmed that she is a genuine SW19 contender rather than a player who happened to have a good run. The significant concern heading into 2026 is the wrist injury that has kept her away from the tour for a few months. She has played very few competitive matches since March. Coming back to win seven matches at a Grand Slam in that condition is a stretch regardless of what she produced twelve months ago. She goes seventh because the 2025 result demands respect, and ninth or tenth on current fitness alone.
8. Coco Gauff
WTA Ranking: 7
Previous Power Rankings: 3
Coco Gauff is seeded seventh and goes eighth here, because her Wimbledon record requires honesty before it requires enthusiasm. She has gone out in the first round in two of the last three editions of the tournament and has never reached the quarterfinal at SW19. The serve has improved considerably across her career but her form has been up and down for a while. The grass specifically, and Wimbledon specifically, have consistently exposed something in her game that does not translate from other surfaces in the way her ranking implies it should. She can reach the second week. Going deep requires her to solve a problem she has been unable to solve for several years.
9. Linda Noskova
WTA Ranking: 10
Previous Power Rankings: NR
Linda Noskova won the Berlin Open on Sunday, beating Jessica Pegula 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the final to claim the biggest title of her career and her first on grass. She enters Wimbledon as one of the hottest grass-court players in the women’s draw having beaten three top-ten players across the week. She is 21 years old, has now won two WTA titles in 2026, and goes into SW19 having played and won more competitive grass matches than almost anyone in the field.
The caveat is that Wimbledon is a different environment to Berlin in terms of opponent quality and the pressure that accumulates over a fortnight. The ceiling this week could comfortably exceed a fourth round if the draw is kind and the serve keeps firing at the level it reached in Berlin.
10. Marta Kostyuk
WTA Ranking: 13
Previous Power Rankings: 5
Marta Kostyuk won the Madrid Open on clay this year and arrives at Wimbledon as a seeded player with results in 2026 that suggest genuine improvement as an all-court player. She has not historically been a grass-court specialist, and her Wimbledon record shows a first-round exit in 2025, which limits how high she can reasonably be placed heading into this edition. The Madrid title is real and demands acknowledgement. So is the absence of any meaningful grass-court results that would justify upgrading her from an outside contender to a genuine threat. She goes tenth. A second-week appearance would be a strong Wimbledon. A deep run would be a significant surprise.
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