Korda breaks Top 20, Mover of Week
The North American hard-court swing continued at the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington, where Sebastian Korda won the title. ATPTour.com looks at the movers of the week in the PIF ATP Rankings as of Monday, 5 August.
[ATP APP]No. 18 Sebastian Korda, +4 (Career High)
The 24-year-old has climbed into the Top 20 for the first time after he captured his second ATP Tour title and first since 2021 in Washington, where he became the first American man to win the trophy ATP 500 event since Andy Roddick in 2007. By triumphing, Korda also matched his father Petr Korda’s achievement of winning the D.C. title in 1992. The Kordas are the first father-son duo to win the same title in ATP Tour history. Korda now holds a 2-6 record in tour-level finals.
No. 33 Flavio Cobolli, +15 (Career High)
The Italian has jumped to a career-high after he reached his maiden tour-level final in Washington. Cobolli played four consecutive three-set matches, including the title match. The 22-year-old defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Alex Michelsen and Ben Shelton at the hard-court event.
No. 77 Alexandre Muller, +22
The 27-year-old has soared 22 spots after he won an ATP Challenger Tour title in San Marino. The Frenchman did not drop a set en route to the final and then beat Chun-Hsin Tseng in three sets. It is Muller’s third Challenger Tour crown.
Other Notable Top 100 Movers
No. 6 Hubert Hurkacz, +1 (Career High)
No. 12 Tommy Paul, +1 (Joint Career High)
No. 30 Jordan Thompson (Career High), +3
No. 55 Alex Michelsen, +5 (Joint Career High)
No. 71 Sumit Nagal, +4
No. 73 Federico Coria, +6
No. 74 Rinky Hijikata, +6
No. 75 Botic van de Zandschulp, +9
No. 81 Thanasi Kokkinakis, +10