New USA Career-High Rankings, Nov. 24, 2014

Each week I will bring you a list of USAmerican players who have reached a new career-high ranking. This list is not necessarily exhaustive but covers at least all players in the Top 1000.

New WTA career-high rankings, November 24, 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
Caitlin Whoriskey	327	330*	+3
Rianna Valdes	768	776*	+8
Alexandria Stiteler	788	795	+7	794	11/10/2014
Ingrid Neel	810	815	+5	813	11/10/2014
Kelly Chen	832	841	+9	840	11/3/2014
Nicole Frenkel	836	844*	+8
Emma Higuchi	903	912*	+9
Natalie Suk	910	920*	+10
Daniella Roldan	931	942*	+11
Kristina Smith	988	998*	+10
Terri Fleming	1006	1013*	+7
Caroline Dolehide	1062	1070*	+8
Jessica Ho	1093	1099*	+6
Tina Tehrani	1109	1115*	+6
Jessica Failla	1139	1145*	+6
Andie Daniell	1144	1149*	+5
Alexandra Valenstein	1182	1090*	+8
Dasha Ivanova	1182	1090*	+8
Jessica Golovin	1229	1235*	+6
Alexis Nelson	1229	1235*	+6

None of these women - predominantly teens, actually - added points this week. This is all just benefiting from others dropping down/out of the rankings.

New ATP career-high rankings, November 24, 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
Jarmere Jenkins	213	218	+5	216	11/10/2014
Evan Song	522	523*	+1
Alexander Sarkissian	583	595*	+12		11/3/2014
Michael Mmoh	646	649*	+3		11/3/2014
Wil Spencer	849	n/a
Tommy Paul	946	1130	+184	1122	11/10/2014
Collin Johns	1145	1194	+49	1148	10/6/2014
Reilly Opelka	1198	1242*	+44
Alex Rybakov	1535	1836*	+301

Far fewer new highs among the men, but several big jumps.  Jenkins got a boost from his semifinal run at his penultimate tournament in Australia. His title last week will show up on next week's rankings, which will put him in the Top 200.

Sarkissian reached a QF in Mexico F12, while Johns reached the 2nd Round there.  Opelka got to the quarters in Niceville, Fla., beating Rybakov in the 2nd Round. Paul benefited from the withdrawal of top seed Connor Smith, whom he was drawn to face in the first round.

But the story of the week was Wil Spencer.  Making one of the more spectacular rankings splashes in some time, the 25-year-old former University of Georgia player won a five-round wildcard tournament just to reach the Niceville main draw (his first professional tournament since 2012).  He then upset the #2 seed, Peter Heller, in the first round 7-5 in the third set (his first professional main draw win), and then didn't drop another set until the second set of the final vs. Peter Nagy. Spencer won the third set 6-4 for his first pro title. Amazing.

Here's a fun overview of the final and the improbability of it all.