No. 1 Daniil Medvedev, +1 (Joint Career High)
The 26-year-old has soared back to No. 1 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, regaining the position he held for three weeks in March this year. Last week, Medvedev was in action at the Libema Open, where he advanced to his second tour-level final on grass at the ATP 250 event. Read ‘s-Hertogenbosch Final Report & Watch Highlights.

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No. 47 Andy Murray, +21
The Scot has jumped 21 spots after he reached his first tour-level final on grass since 2016 at the BOSS OPEN in Stuttgart. The 35-year-old defeated then-World No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals to earn his first Top 5 win since he beat Novak Djokovic in 2016. Murray overcame Nick Kyrgios in the semi-finals before losing to Matteo Berrettini in the championship match. Read Stuttgart Final Report & Watch Highlights.

No. 65 Nick Kyrgios, +13
The Australian has climbed 13 places following his run to the last four in Stuttgart. The 27-year-old defeated Jiri Lehecka, Nikoloz Basilashvili and Marton Fucsovics to reach his second semi-final of the season.

No. 106 Tim Van Rijthoven, +99 (Career High)
Dutchman Van Rijthoven has soared to a career-high No. 106 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings following a fairytale run to his maiden ATP Tour crown on home soil in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. The 25-year-old, who had never won a tour-level match before the week, shocked seeds Taylor Fritz, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Medvedev to capture the biggest crown of his career.

Other Notable Top 100 Movers
No. 2 Alexander Zverev, +1 (Career High)
No. 5 Casper Ruud, +1 (Career High)
No. 31 Daniel Evans, +4
No. 35 Tommy Paul, +4
No. 37 Alexander Bublik, +5
No. 42 Ilya Ivashka, +7
No. 51 Oscar Otte, +10 (Career High)
No. 54 Brandon Nakashima, +10 (Career High)
No. 97 Chun-hsin Tseng, +7 (Career High)
No. 99 Jack Draper, +7 (Career High)

#NextGenATP Briton Jack Draper has taken the ATP Challenger Tour by storm this season, capturing a standout four titles which have seen him move inside the Top 100 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.

The 20-year-old soared into the spotlight last season when he won the first set against Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon, having earned victories over Jannik Sinner and Alexander Bublik at the Cinch Championships the week before.

Despite those highs, World No. 99 Draper has found greater consistency this year following injury-disrupted seasons in 2020 and 2021. Arriving this week at The Queen’s Club, he already has 26 wins to his name across all levels, including victories over Gilles Simon in Miami and Lorenzo Sonego in Madrid.

“I think the biggest thing has been that I have stayed injury-free,” Draper told ATPTour.com when discussing his strong year. “From 2019 I have barely been able to be on court and I have had quite a lot of bad injuries, so it is just about staying injury-free.

“It has been important to get my training right, training smart and looking after my body more. I know I have the tennis level and mindset to go far. I like to play aggressively and on the front foot, especially when I am in full flow. I have a big serve, big forehand and solid backhand. I have weapons really. It is just physically about where I am going to be.”

Draper, who missed the second half of 2021 due to a ruptured ligament in his ankle, believes he has the game to climb further in the coming months. However, he feels that it won’t be an easy task given the competition on the ATP Challenger Tour.

“The Challenger Tour is tough. Even though I have won a few [four] titles, I don’t know how I have done that,” Draper admitted. “I was thinking recently when I had a week off, ‘I have just won four events, I thought that was impossible’. So to do that I am very pleased.”

With Draper currently fifth in the Pepperstone ATP Race To Milan, he will be aiming to qualify for the 2022 Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals, to be held from 8-12 November.

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Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz triumphed at the 21-and-under event last year and the Briton revealed that the 19-year-old has been a major source of inspiration for him.

“Alcaraz is very special. I see him as a benchmark kind of player,” Draper said. “That is who I am judging myself against. His standards, his work rate and the way he plays. Watching someone like that you can learn a lot and I hope one day I will be competing for big titles against him.

“I know about the [Pepperstone ATP] Race [To Milan], but I haven’t paid too much attention to it, because even though I am high up now, there are players who are in the Top 50 and Top 100 who have access to ATP Tour events where points are higher,” he added when discussing Milan. “I am not getting my hopes up because there are a lot of extremely good young players coming through.”

Alongside competing on the Challenger circuit each week, Draper received wild cards into ATP Masters 1000 events in Miami and Madrid this season. He feels that his grass-court exploits of last summer, plus the opportunity to play Masters 1000 tournaments alongside countrymen Cameron Norrie, Daniel Evans and Andy Murray have played a major part in his continual development.

“It gave me good insight into a top-level tournament and a player like Novak. The match against him has definitely given me more confidence and a bit of inspiration this year,” Draper said when reflecting on his Wimbledon defeat to the World No. 1. “But ultimately, I know my tennis is good enough, it is just about getting everything else right. Being in Miami, Madrid and watching top players has given me a lot to learn from.

“Having the support from Dan, Andy and Cam and seeing what they are doing on Tour is very motivating for me. I feel with their support I can go a long way as well.”

Alongside Norrie, Evans and Murray, Draper is good friends with WTA star and fellow Brit Emma Raducanu. The 19-year-old shocked the world when she came through qualifying to win the US Open title last year and it was a moment that Draper revealed inspired him.

“It was a big motivation to see Emma win. Inspired me for sure,” he said. “I think watching her do something special, made me think as someone in a tough place who was injured, I saw her do well and thought I could do that. Not to the same extent maybe as the women’s game is a bit younger, so you can do that a bit younger, but definitely shows you can go from a tough place to an incredible place quickly.”

For now, Draper will focus on his first-round match at the Cinch Championships, where he will take on fourth seed Taylor Fritz in the first round after receiving a wild card from the ATP 500 grass-court event.

Dutch wild card Tim Van Rijthoven shocked top seed Daniil Medvedev to end his fairytale week in style Sunday, capturing his maiden ATP Tour title at the Libema Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.

Competing in just his second tour-level event, the 25-year-old produced a series of stunning wins to become the lowest-ranked ATP Tour champion of 2022. Following his dream run, Van Rijthoven, who is up to No. 106 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings, spoke to ATPTour.com.

What does it mean to you to win your first ATP Tour title?
To win an ATP Tour title means a lot to me. But to win it at home means the world to me. The support has been incredible here. The crowd has been amazing and it is a great achievement for me.

Did you feel that this was possible before you arrived here?

I never thought I would win the tournament. I wanted to maybe upset one player. But to upset a couple of players and win the title is just incredible.

Could you take a moment to acknowledge some of the key figures in your life and career who have helped you to reach this milestone?
There are a lot of coaches in the past who would know I mean them. My girlfriend. My parents are just incredibly supportive all the team. The Dutch Federation have always believed in me and stayed with me in the tough times.

How would you describe yourself as a player, and how would you describe yourself off the court?
Very humble and relaxed guy off the court. And actually a very humble guy on the court. Playing style, I am a very aggressive player. Big forehand, I like to go forward and dictate the points.

How do you feel about Dutch tennis at the moment? Has what Tallon Griekspoor and Botic van de Zandschulp have done breaking into the Top 100 had an impact on other players?
I think Dutch tennis is in a pretty good spot right now. We have one Top 30 player [van de Zandschulp] and a Top 60 player, which is Tallon. Hopefully I will break the Top 100 soon, so will have three players in the Top 100. For a small country like the Netherlands that is a good amount. Botic and Tallon paved the way.

How did you make it through the difficult challenges in the past, having suffered some injuries?
I made it through by having the right people around me. The Dutch Federation kept believing in me and supporting me in all the ways they could. My mother was always there to support me. I am here now with an ATP Tour title, so I am very glad that I went through it all.

What is your next goal?
To win another title! To break the Top 100 would be a good achievement.

What do you consider to be your biggest passion outside of tennis and can you tell us a little bit about that interest?
I love golf. I am addicted to golf. I am following Casper’s Instagram golf page. I was thinking about playing some holes tonight!

You’ve said before your dream job is restaurant owner. What kind of restaurant would it be and why?
If I had to choose a restaurant I would probably choose a noodle restaurant because I love noodles.

Your favourite TV show is Peaky Blinders…but which Peaky Blinders character do you think you are most like?
Tommy Shelby is my guy.

This is a milestone moment in your career. How will you celebrate this victory?
With my family and friends. We are going to have a nice drink, some good food and really enjoy and take in all the emotions of the week and enjoy it a lot.

No matter the surface, Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski are proving hard to stop in 2022.

The second-seeded duo dug deep to clinch a 4-6, 7-5, 10-6 victory over Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell in the final of the Libema Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Sunday.

It is a first grass-court title for the Dutch-British pair, which has also won trophies on hard in Melbourne, Adelaide and Doha, and on clay in Madrid this year. Sunday’s win solidifies Koolhof and Skupski’s position at the top of the Pepperstone ATP Doubles Team Rankings.

Things didn’t look to be going the second seeds’ way early on in the championship match in The Netherlands. Houston champions Ebden and Purcell claimed the only break of the opening set to move ahead and broke again immediately for 1-0 in the second set to ramp up the pressure on their opponents.

The momentum turned midway through the second set, though, as Koolhof and Skupski first reclaimed the break and then converted their third set point to break again at 6-5 and level proceedings. They continued to dominate early in the Match Tie-break, opening up an initial 6-2 lead that proved unassailable as they sealed their fifth title of the season.

Koolhof and Skupski’s win avenged their quarter-final defeat to Ebden and Purcell in the two teams’ only previous meeting at the Australian Open in January. The duo now holds a 39-9 match record for 2022, placing Koolhof and Skupski in a strong positon to qualify for November’s Nitto ATP Finals in their first year together as a team.

Matteo Berrettini capped his return to Tour by winning his first title of the season Sunday, overcoming former World No. 1 Andy Murray 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in the BOSS OPEN final.

The Italian missed the clay season after undergoing a minor operation on his right hand in late March, but has played like he has never been away in Stuttgart, improving to 28-6 on grass.

In a tight final, the the second seed demonstrated good footwork to dictate play on his forehand, hitting with brutal power to pin Murray back and triumph after two hours and 35 minutes. With his victory, Berrettini has improved to 2-1 in his ATP Head2Head series against the former World No. 1.

The 26-year-old now holds a perfect 9-0 record at the ATP 250 event, having won the title in his only previous appearance in Stuttgart in 2019. Berrettini also clinched the crown on grass at The Queen’s Club last year, defeating Cameron Norrie in the final in London.

The World No. 10 will aim to retain his title at the Cinch Championships next week and could play record five-time champion Murray in the second round.

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Playing in front of a packed crowd in Germany, Berrettini made a fast start, breaking in the third game to lead. The Italian hit with good precision throughout the first set to dictate the tempo, moving ahead after 50 minutes.

However, Murray showed his fighting spirit by responding in the second set. After fending off three break points on serve at 4-4, he capitalised on his chance in the 12th game, seizing the set on his first set point. Berrettini would not be denied, though. He broke in the first game on the third set as Murray started to tire, with the Scot receiving a medical timeout in the decider. Berrettini kept his concentration on serve, holding his nerve to capture his sixth tour-level title.

Murray was playing in his first tour-level singles final on grass since he lifted the trophy at Wimbledon in 2016. The Scot, who upset World No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas en route to his 10th tour-level championship match on grass, is up to No. 47 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings.