Friday, November 28, 2014

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.

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