Fritz Edges Closer To Top 20, Mover Of Week
Fritz Edges Closer To Top 20, Mover Of Week
ATPTour.com looks at the top Movers of the Week in the FedEx ATP Rankings, as of Monday, 2 March 2020
No. 24 Taylor Fritz (Career High), +11
The American advanced to his fifth ATP Tour final with victory over compatriot John Isner in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC semi-finals, and jumped 11 places to a career-high No. 24 in the FedEx ATP Rankings after losing to Rafael Nadal in the title match. It is the first time that 22-year-old Fritz has been in the Top 30 since 14 October 2019 (at No. 29).
No. 28 Daniel Evans (Career High), +9
The Briton saved three match points against Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the second round and also beat in-form Andrey Rublev en route to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships semi-finals (l. to Tsitsipas), which marked the fourth tour-level semi-final of his career (also 2014 Zagreb, 2017 Sydney, 2019 Delray Beach). The 29-year-old Evans broke into the Top 30 for the first time with a nine-place rise to No. 28.
No. 57 Tommy Paul (Career High), +9
The American qualified for the ATP 500-level tournament in Acapulco and beat World No. 7 and 2019 runner-up Alexander Zverev in the second round, before losing to Isner in the quarter-finals. Having started the season at No. 90, the 22-year-old Paul has risen to a career-high No. 57.
Other Notable Movers
No. 3 Dominic Thiem (Career High), +1
No. 15 Karen Khachanov, +2
No. 40 Albert Ramos-Vinolas, +5
No. 50 Richard Gasquet, +6
No. 64 Jiri Vesely, +7
No. 67 Mikael Ymer (Career High), +5
No. 69 Soonwoo Kwon (Career High), +7
No. 85 Dennis Novak (Career High), +11