New USA Career-High Rankings, September 8, 2014

Each week I will endeavor to bring you a list of USAmerican players who have reached a new career-high ranking. This list is not exhaustive but will cover most players in the Top 1000. 

New ATP career-high rankings, September 8, 2014

Player name	New CHR	Last wk *= pvs CHR	+  from last wk	Pvs CHR If prior to last wk	Date achieved If prior to last wk
Steve Johnson	47	51	+4	49	8/18/2014
Austin Krajicek	164	202	+38	188	7/14/2014
Connor Smith	395	478*	+83
Ernesto Escobedo	465	509*	+44	509	8/18/2014
Evan Song	573	588	+15	578	7/28/2014
Kyle McMorrow	684	697*	+13
Peter Kobelt	692	701	+9	698	8/18/2014
Collin Altamirano	749	837*	+90
Stefan Kozlov	760	851	+91	839	6/9/2014
Oscar Fabian Matthews	1024	1045	+21	1042	7/21/2014
Erik Elliott	1338	1446	+108	1398	6/9/2014
Joseph Digiulio	1452	1604	+52	1542	7/7/2014
Tom Fawcett	1977	1983*	+6

The US Open was a big disappointment for US men, some of whom, with better results, could have made big moves.  Johnson, despite losing in the first round in a very memorable way, moved up due to others not defending points.  But still: welcome to the Top 50, sir!  Extremely well deserved.  Three players who did post wins, in qualies, were Escobedo, Altamirano, and Kozlov, the latter two of whom are separated by one (1) ranking point.

Krajicek's win in Medellin had to feel good after a number of rough losses all year.  He played tremendously all week (also winning the doubles crown) and is now well positioned for upcoming challengers, where he may well be seeded, and not too much coming off through the end of the year.

Edit: Connor Smith's entry last week was incorrect. 

New WTA career-high rankings, September 8, 2014

Player name	New CHR	Last wk *= previous   CHR	+  from last week	Pvs CHR If prior to last wk	Date achieved If prior to last wk
Shelby Rogers	79	86*	+7		8/11/2014
Nicole Gibbs	101	135*	+34
Asia Muhammad	285	288*	+3
Tori Kinard	373	389*	+16	388	8/18/2014
Danielle Lao	375	381	+6	379	8/18/2014
Danielle Muresan	421	424	+3	422	8/18/2014
CiCi Bellis	431	1208	+777	1204	5/19/2014
Katerina Stewart	442	532	+90	526	8/4/2014
Tornado Alicia Black	465	570	+105	566	8/11/204
Caitlin Whoriskey	466	572	+106	482	5/27/2013
Jennifer Brady	524	536*	+12
Alexa Guarachi	602	603*	+1
Anamika Bhargava	609	641*	+31
Nadja Gilchrist	655	867*	+212
Ellie Halbauer	694	699*	+5		8/11/2014
Julia Elbaba	696	703*	+7
Alexandra Riley	758	767*	+9
Marie Norris	923	941	+18	938	8/4/2014
Kaitlyn McCarthy	1165	1170	+5	1166	7/28/2014

A huge haul this week compared to last.  Some nice wins in New York: Bellis most prominently, Gibbs with a longer run, and Stewart, Black, and Whoriskey in qualies.  How impressive is it to have four top-500 debutantes in the same week from the same country?

The other huge mover is Nadja Gilchrist, who reached the semis of the $25K in Winnipeg a few weeks ago and who is now 17-5 this year.  Outside the Top 1000 a month ago, it's exciting times for the former Bulldog.