Berrettini Soars To Career-High, Mover Of The Week
Berrettini Soars To Career-High, Mover Of The Week
ATPTour.com looks at the top Movers of the Week in the ATP Rankings, as of Monday, 29 April 2019
No. 37 (Career-High) Matteo Berrettini, +18
Despite arriving in Budapest on a five-match tour-level losing streak, Matteo Berrettini battled his way through the field at the Hungarian Open to claim his second ATP Tour title. The unseeded Italian upset seventh seed Mikhail Kukushkin and Rio Open presented by Claro champion Laslo Djere en route to the championship match, where he rallied from a set down to beat Filip Krajinovic. The 23-year-old, who competes at the BMW Open by FWU this week, leaps 18 places to a career-high No. 37 in the ATP Rankings. Read More.
No. 29 (Career-High) Laslo Djere, +4
Djere produced another impressive result on clay in 2019 with a run to the last four at the Hungarian Open. The 23-year-old defeated Ernests Gulbis, Jannik Sinner and fourth seed Nikoloz Basilashvili to reach the semi-finals, where he fell in straight sets to eventual champion Berrettini. With a 12-9 record this year, the Serbian rises four spots to a career-high No. 29 in the ATP Rankings.
No. 70 Nicolas Jarry, +11
The 23-year-old reached his first tour-level quarter-final of the season in dramatic fashion at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. After a three-set victory against Marcel Granollers in the first round, Jarry scored back-to-back final-set tie-break wins over the two most recent winners of the Nitto ATP Finals. The lucky loser saved one match point to stun World No. 3 Alexander Zverev, before eliminating Grigor Dimitrov to reach the last eight in Barcelona. Jarry jumps 11 places to No. 70 in the ATP Rankings.
No. 77 Filip Krajinovic, +28
The Belgrade resident defeated two seeded opponents at the Hungarian Open to reach his second tour-level championship match. After overcoming Andreas Seppi in the first round, Krajinovic posted victories against eighth seed Radu Albot and second seed Borna Coric to advance to the final four. The 27-year-old dropped four games to beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the semi-finals, before a three-set loss to Berrettini in the final. Krajinovic soars 28 positions to No. 77 in the ATP Rankings.
Other Notable Movers
No. 38 Pablo Carreno Busta, -9
No. 43 Pierre-Hugues Herbert, +6
No. 49 Grigor Dimitrov, -6
No. 50 John Millman, -11
No. 57 (Career-High) Mackenzie McDonald, +4
No. 60 Martin Klizan, -13
No. 67 Pablo Cuevas, +6
No. 68 Andreas Seppi, -6
No. 81 Aljaz Bedene, -7
No. 86 Roberto Carballes Baena, +18
No. 92 Prajnesh Gunneswaran, -17
No. 93 Tennys Sandgren, +10
No. 98 Hugo Dellien, -6
No. 99 Pablo Andujar, -15