Tsitsipas Breaks Into Top 20, Mover Of The Week
Tsitsipas Breaks Into Top 20, Mover Of The Week
ATPWorldTour.com looks at the top Movers of the Week in the ATP Rankings, as of Monday, 13 August 2018
No. 15 (Career High) Stefanos Tsitsipas, +12
The #NextGenATP Greek, who was at No. 168 in the ATP Rankings only 12 months ago, is now at a career-high No. 15 after a sensational week at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, which included four Top 10 consecutive victories — over Dominic Thiem, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev and Kevin Anderson — en route to his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final. The 20-year-old fell to World No. 1 Rafael Nadal and earns a 12-spot rise from No. 27. Read More & Watch Toronto Final Highlights
No. 27 (Career High) Karen Khachanov, +11
The Russian moved into his first Masters 1000 semi-final in Canada, beating No. 9-ranked John Isner in the third round to end a nine-match losing streak against Top 10 opponents (3-12 lifetime). The 22-year-old jumped 11 places to a career-high No. 27 with his first tour-level semi-final since lifting the Open Provence 13 trophy in February. Khachanov started 2018 at No. 45.
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No. 56 Daniil Medvedev, +12
The Russian qualified for Toronto and reached the third round in his 11th Masters 1000 tournament, matching his best result at the BNP Paribas Open in March. The 22-year-old moved up 12 positions to No. 56, which is eight places off his career-high of No. 48 (on 24 July 2017).
No. 100 (Career High) Ilya Ivashka, +25
The Belarusian qualified for his second Masters 1000 tournament in Toronto, beating Yuichi Sugita and Ryan Harrison en route to the third round (l. to Anderson) for a 25-place rise and a place in the Top 100 for the first time. The 25-year-old was at No. 230 in the ATP Rankings on 1 January.
Other Notable Top 100 Movers This Week
No. 3 (Career High) Juan Martin del Potro, +1
No. 38 (Career High) Frances Tiafoe, +3
No. 42 (Career High) Nicolas Jarry, +2
No. 43 (Career High) Alex de Minaur, +2
No. 63 Feliciano Lopez, +8