Clara Burel

Four matches into a rebuilt 2026, Burel is climbing: 2-2, and up from WTA No. 748 in January to a season-peak No. 630 in a comeback from the knee injury that wiped out her 2025, per press reports.

Both wins landed at last week's Iași Open, where she saved two match points to edge Varvara Lepchenko 2-6, 7-5, 6-3, then held Elsa Jacquemot to two games.

Oleksandra Oliynykova ended the run in the quarterfinals, where Burel converted 7 of 12 break points yet fell 4-6, 5-7 while winning 37 percent of first-serve points. Only the serve lags the climb.