Fritz ends 2024 at career high, Mover of Week
Taylor Fritz’s run to the championship match at the Nitto ATP Finals has propelled the American to a career-high World No. 4 as the 2024 season draws to a close.
ATPTour.com looks at the movers in the PIF ATP Rankings as of Monday, 18 November.
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No. 4 Taylor Fritz, +1 (Career High)
Fritz became the first American to reach the Nitto ATP Finals championship match since 2006 by seeing off Daniil Medvedev and Alex de Minaur in the group stage in Turin and snapping Alexander Zverev’s eight-match winning stream in the semi-finals. Although he could not overcome World No. 1 Jannik Sinner in either group play or the championship match, the 27-year-old has risen one spot to a career-high No. 4 in the PIF ATP Rankings.
No. 6 Casper Ruud, +1
Despite arriving in Turin having won just two matches since the US Open, Ruud added to his impressive Nitto ATP Finals record by reaching the semi-finals for the third time in as many appearances in Turin. The Norwegian upset Carlos Alcaraz in his opening match and also defeated Andrey Rublev in group play before falling to eventual champion Sinner in the semi-finals. Ruud has risen two spots to finish 2024 as World No. 6, his highest position since April.
No. 92 Borna Coric, +5
Croatia’s Coric will hope to have kick-started a late season resurgence with his quarter-final run at last week’s ATP Challenger Tour event in Lyon. The former World No. 12 has climbed five spots to World No. 92, and will seek to move further upwards with a strong showing at the Challenger event in Rovereto this week.
No. 99 Federico Coria, +2
After a month away, Coria has secured a swift return to the Top 100 by forging a semi-final run at the Montevideo Challenger. The Argentine also notably competed in doubles in the Uruguayan capital alongside former Manchester United and Atletico Madrid football superstar Diego Forlan.
No. 100 Mattia Bellucci, +4
As Sinner triumphed in Turin, Mattia Bellucci has given another reminder of the strength-in-depth of Italian tennis by rising four spots to make it nine players from the European nation inside the Top 100. The 23-year-old Bellucci has won seven titles in 2024, including his second and third Challenger titles in Saint-Tropez and Vilnius, respectively.
Other Notable Movers
No. 104 Camilo Ugo Carabelli, +4
No. 122 Raphael Collignon, +20
No. 144 Joao Fonseca, +5 (Career High)
No. 152 Nishesh Basavareddy, +20 (Career High)
No. 156 Martin Landaluce, +8 (Career High)
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