{"id":1954886,"date":"2026-05-25T22:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1954886"},"modified":"2026-05-25T22:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:00:11","slug":"emma-raducanus-british-no-1-ranking-could-be-under-threat-after-katie-boulter-win-at-french-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1954886","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu&#8217;s British No 1 ranking could be under threat after Katie Boulter win at French Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Emma Raducanu\u2019s British No 1 ranking could be under threat after Katie Boulter win at French Open<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a 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(inset) Emma Raducanu                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Katie Boulter battled to an impressive three-set win to seal her place in the second round of the French Open and she could be eyeing up a return to the British No 1 ranking over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>With Emma Raducanu sliding backwards after her first round exit at Roland Garros, Boulter offered an increasingly rare lift for British tennis fans by grinding out a battling 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win against American teenager Akasha Urhobo.<\/p>\n<p>Urhobo was given a wild card for a first trip to Paris and her potential was evident in a tight match, but this was a good draw for Boulter and she eventually got over the line to seal a valuable win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really expected to feel a bit better today walking on the court but I wasn\u2019t fully there,\u201d said Boulter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it was just a little bit of the conditions, a little bit of the last few weeks, I haven\u2019t quite got enough rest, I\u2019m not entirely sure. The last couple of days I\u2019ve been pretty tired going on the practice courts.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/emma-raducanu-candid-advice-konta-french-open-exit\">Emma Raducanu gets candid advice from former world No 4 after tough French Open exit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\/what-is-emma-raducanus-current-wta-ranking-french-open-exit-what-prize-money\">What is Emma Raducanu\u2019s current WTA ranking after French Open exit and what prize money did she earn?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think for me it was a little bit of a roller coaster. I think some parts of it were good, some parts of it I was almost playing to what she was giving me. I think that\u2019s almost where I got myself in a little bit of a pickle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy with today, ultimately. I got through and sometimes, actually, that\u2019s what these matches are about. They\u2019re about mentally just trying to get over the line any way that you can and giving yourself the best chance to play better the next day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was only Boulter\u2019s second Roland Garros win of her career and it propels her up to No 69 in the live WTA Rankings after a challenging year with injury problems has seen her ranking take a dip.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/emma-raducanu\">Raducanu<\/a> is down to No 40 in the live rankings after her first round defeat against world No 68 Solana Sierra on Monday and while she has a comfortable lead over Boulter in the rankings, it could evaporate quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Raducanu has plenty of points to defend following her run to the quarter-finals at the Queen\u2019s Club tournament last year and she also reached the third round at Wimbledon before losing to world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in a compelling contest on Centre Court.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>So she has more ranking points to defend than Boulter and if the player who played double with at the Queen\u2019s Club last year has a good run of form on her favoured grass courts, she could challenge for the British No 1 ranking by the end of the grass court season.<\/p>\n<p>Sonay Kartal could also be in the mix in the battle for the British No 1 ranking, but she has struggling with injury issues over the course of 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/emma-raducanu-french-open-tearful-virus\">Tearful Emma Raducanu speaks openly about her problems after Roland Garros defeat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Raducanu\u2019s British No 1 ranking could be under threat after Katie Boulter win at French Open Kevin Palmer 25 May 2026 11:00 PM Katie Bouter and (inset) Emma Raducanu Katie Boulter battled to an impressive three-set win to seal her place in the second round of the French Open and she could be eyeing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1954886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1954886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1954886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1954886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1954886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}