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Katie Boulter and Alex de Minaur reached career-high rankings after both had an impressive week at the 2023 Canadian Open. Boulter jumped 12 spots in the WTA rankings to become World No. 60, while de Minaur soared to World No. 12, up 6 places in the ATP rankings.
Boulter, who is in a relationship with de Minaur, took to social media to celebrate her achievement and even jokingly challenged the Aussie.
"I'm coming for you, Alex de Minaur (slowly)," Boulter wrote in an Instagram Story.
Katie Boulter had to go through qualifying rounds to enter the main draw in Montreal. She got through the qualifiers comfortably, beating Miriam Bulgaru and Marina Bassols Ribera in straight sets.
In the first round of the main draw, the Brit swept aside home player Rebecca Marino 6-3, 6-1. Boulter's run was stopped by recently crowned Citi Open champion and No. 6 seed Coco Gauff in the second round, who won 6-2, 6-2.
Meanwhile, Alex de Minaur reached the final in Toronto last week, his first at a Masters 1000-level tournament. The Aussie defeated No. 11 seed Cameron Norrie in the first round, Gabriel Diallo in the second, No. 8 seed Taylor Fritz in the third, No. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev in the quarterfinal, and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the semifinal.
This set up a clash against No. 7 Jannik Sinner, who lifted the trophy by beating de Minaur 6-4, 6-1 in the final.
This was the 24-year-old's second final in two weeks. He also reached the title match at the Los Cabos Open in Mexico on August 6, losing to Stefanos Tsitsipas.
2023 has been the best season of de Minaur's career. He lifted the biggest-ever title in March at the Acapulco Open, a 500-level tournament. In addition, he also reached the final at the Queen's Club Championships, another 500-level tournament, in June (losing to Carlos Alcaraz).
Katie Boulter lifted her maiden title on the WTA Tour at the 2023 Nottingham Open
Just like his boyfriend, Katie Boulter is also having a breakthrough season. She started the season as the World No. 124 and is now up to World No. 60, in the process becoming the British No. 1 too.
While she started her season slowly, playing ITF and lower-level tournaments, Boulter caught fire when she arrived for the grass swing in the UK.
At her home tournament in Nottingham in June, Boulter won her first tour-level match of the year against fellow Brit Emily Appleton 6-1, 6-3. She went on to beat Daria Snigur, Harriet Dart, Heather Watson and Jodie Burrage to clinch the WTA 250 title, her first on the WTA tour. The victory helped Boulter jump 49 spots to become World No. 77 at the time.
At the Wimbledon Championships, Boulter entered the main draw via a wildcard. She reached the third round, matching her best showing at a Grand Slam, by beating Daria Gavrilova and Viktoria Tomova in the first and second rounds. Her run was stopped by defending champion and No. 3 seed Elena Rybakina.
