Tim Henman has made a 2025 rankings prediction for Emma Raducanu.
The 22-year-old endured another injury-interrupted season from 2024, after coming back to the tour in January following double wrist and ankle surgery.
Raducanu was limited to just 35 matches this season, but she had a strong finish to the year representing Great Britain at the Billie Jean King Cup finals.
She won each of her matches in her team’s run to the semi-finals in Malaga, and the 2021 US Open winner is feeling good ahead of the new season.
What is Tim Henman’s ranking prediction for Emma Raducanu in 2025?
Emma Raducanu had been hoping for an injury-free year, but she suffered more physical issues and missed some sections of the year, such as the majority of the clay court season and the Asian swing post-US Open.
Despite her lack of matches this season, Raducanu rose from around 300 in the world at the start of the season to her current ranking of 59.
With more matches Raducanu can certainly cause some damage on the WTA Tour in 2025, and Tim Henman thinks if Raducanu can play more consistently, her ranking can go so much higher. “I think the challenge for Raducanu is around physical resilience,” he told the Sky Sports Tennis podcast.
“You talk about Katie Boulter and all the improvements that she has made. Yes, she has gotten better as a tennis player and her movement has improved but it’s also her ability to play the full schedule.
“You saw Katie at the end of the year playing four or five tournaments in a row, she makes the final in Hong Kong, the last tournament of the year, and finished top 25.
“Raducanu has had a decent year going from 300 into the top 60 but when you look at the amount of tennis she has played, she hasn’t played a great deal. So if she builds up that resilience, every time she steps on the court she was playing good tennis. Therefore top 50, top 30 in 2025 is completely realistic.”
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