Felix Jumps To Career-High, Mover Of The Week
Felix Jumps To Career-High, Mover Of The Week
ATPTour.com looks at the top Movers of the Week in the ATP Rankings, as of Monday, 1 April 2019
No. 33 (Career High) Felix Auger-Aliassime, +24
The 18-year-old Canadian continued his impressive start to the 2019 ATP Tour season by reaching his first ATP Masters 1000 semi-final at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Auger-Aliassime, who now owns a 14-7 tour-level record this season, defeated three seeded opponents en route to the last four in Florida.
The #NextGenATP Canadian overcame 29th seed Marton Fucsovics in the second round and also beat 17th seed Nikoloz Basilashvili and 11th-seeded Borna Coric in back-to-back matches, before falling to defending champion John Isner in straight sets. Auger-Aliassime rises 24 places to a career-high No. 33 in the ATP Rankings.
No. 4 Roger Federer, +1
After a run to the BNP Paribas Open final in Indian Wells (l. to Thiem), Roger Federer completed a successful month by lifting his 101st tour-level trophy at the Miami Open presented by Itau. After recovering from a set down to beat Radu Albot in his opening match, Federer completed straight-sets wins over Filip Krajinovic, Daniil Medvedev, Kevin Anderson, Denis Shapovalov and John Isner to triumph in Miami for the fourth time. Federer leapfrogs Indian Wells champion Dominic Thiem into the No. 4 position in the ATP Rankings. Read More & Watch Miami Highlights.
No. 8 (Career High) Stefanos Tsitsipas, +2
Following his second-round loss to Auger-Aliassime at the BNP Paribas Open, Stefanos Tsitsipas picked up wins over Mackenzie McDonald and Leonardo Mayer to reach the Miami Open presented by Itau fourth round for the first time. Despite a final-set tie-break loss to Denis Shapovalov in the Round of 16, Tsitsipas jumps two spots to a career-high No. 8 in the ATP Rankings.
No. 20 (Career High) Denis Shapovalov, +3
The 19-year-old Canadian has now reached a Masters 1000 semi-final in each of the past three ATP Tour seasons, following runs to the last four in Canada (2017) and Madrid (2018). At the Miami Open presented by Itau, Shapovalov defeated Daniel Evans, Andrey Rublev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Frances Tiafoe to join countryman Auger-Aliassime in the semi-finals. A straight-sets loss to eventual champion Roger Federer followed, but Shapovalov’s semi-final run confirmed his place inside the Top 20 of the ATP Rankings for the first time.
Other Notable Movers
No. 17 (Career High) Nikoloz Basilashvili, +2
No. 28 Pablo Carreno Busta, -7
No. 30 Frances Tiafoe, +4
No. 66 Malek Jaziri, -7
No. 67 Jordan Thompson, +10
No. 70 Pablo Andujar, +18
No. 74 Federico Delbonis, +9
No. 80 Marius Copil, -7
No. 84 Denis Kudla, -13
No. 85 Nicolas Jarry, -6
No. 86 Guido Andreozzi, -6
No. 88 (Career High) Miomir Kecmanovic, +7
No. 89 Daniel Evans, +8
No. 90 Andrey Rublev, +9
No. 97 Tomas Berdych, -8
No. 98 Ricardas Berankis, -16