Kyrgios Continues Resurgence, Mover Of Week

  • Posted: Apr 11, 2022

Kyrgios Continues Resurgence, Mover Of Week

ATPTour.com looks at the top Movers of the Week in the ATP Rankings, as of Monday, 11 April 2022

No. 77 Nick Kyrgios, +17
The show-stopping Australian continues his surge up the ATP Rankings after a semi-final run in his first clay tournament since 2019 at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston. Kyrgios showed no signs of rustiness on the red dirt as he produced an aggressive opening-round display to defeat Mackenzie McDonald for the first time, with the former World No. 13 also taking out Tommy Paul before falling to eventual champion Reilly Opelka.

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No. 23 John Isner, +4
The 36-year-old American rises four spots despite missing out on a 17th tour-level title in Houston. Isner, who lifted the trophy in Texas in 2013, defeated fellow former champions Steve Johnson and Cristian Garin before losing out in a ‘Battle of the Bots’ championship match with Reilly Opelka, the tallest ATP Tour final in the Open Era. Read Houston Final Report & Watch Highlights.


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No. 47 David Goffin, +27
Former World No. 7 Goffin has struggled to find his form after returning from a knee injury at the start of the year, arriving at the Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech with a 6-9 record for the season. The Belgian surges back into the Top 50 this week, however, after clinching a sixth ATP Tour title at the ATP 250 event on the clay in Morocco. Goffin defeated three-time champion Pablo Andujar en route to the final, where he overcame Alex Molcan in three sets to lift a first tour-level trophy since February 2021. Read Marrakech Final Report & Watch Highlights.

No. 50 Alex Molcan, +15 (Career High)
Slovakia’s Molcan may have missed out on a maiden tour-level crown but the 24-year-old’s exploits in North Africa carry him into the Top 50 of the ATP Rankings for the first time. Molcan’s impressive run included upsets of three seeded opponents in Felix Auger-Aliassime, Botic van de Zandschulp and Laslo Djere, as he marched to a second ATP Tour final before being edged out by Goffin.

No. 79 Holger Rune, +12 (Career High)
A busy weekend for the #NextGenATP Dane sees him makes further inroads into the Top 100 at the tender age of 18. Rune lifted a fifth ATP Challenger Tour title in Sanremo, Italy on Saturday lunchtime after defeating Francesco Passaro in the championship match before hotfooting it to Monte Carlo for the first round of qualifying for the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters later that day. There he overcame Radu Albot, before taking out Maxime Cressy on Sunday to qualify for the main draw at the ATP Masters 1000 event.

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Other Notable Top 100 Movers
No. 28 Frances Tiafoe, +2 (Career High)
No. 33 Tommy Paul, +1 (Career High)
No. 41 Botic van de Zandschulp, +2 (Career High)
No. 55 Federico Coria, +5 (Career High)
No. 95 Tomas Martin Etcheverry, +11 (Career High)

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