Monday, November 3, 2014

New USA Career-High Rankings, Nov. 3, 2014

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


New ATP career-high rankings, November 3, 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
37
41*
+4

10/13/2014
Jack Sock
42
44*
+2


Austin Krajicek**
158
166
+8
164
9/8/2014
Jarmere Jenkins
220
258
+38
235
3/17/2014
Jared Donaldson
265
267*
+2

10/13/2014
Daniel Nguyen
329
344
+15
341
10/20/2014
Connor Smith
357
363*
+6


Dennis Novikov
370
411*
+41


Evan Song
525
535
+10
533
9/15/2014
Peter Kobelt
548
555*
+7


Alexander Sarkissian
595
599*
+4


Michael Mmoh
649
1002*
+353


Deiton Baughman
804
935
+131
930
10/20/2014
Ronnie Schneider
1020
1025
+5
1021
10/20/2014
Ryan Shane
1020
1025
+5
1021
10/20/2014
Justin Shane
1080
1087*
+7


Michael Grant
1087
1091*
+4


Frances Tiafoe
1122
1130
+8
1125
6/9/2014
Tommy Paul
1123
1131
+8
1130
10/13/2014
Taylor Harry Fritz
1128
1134*
+6

10/13/2014
Hunter Harrington
1164
1171*
+7


Nathan Pasha
1164
1171*
+7


Farzin Danny Amiri
1210
1218*
+8


Erik Elliott
1319
1324
+5
1320
10/20/2014
Clay Thompson
1603
1604*
+1


































A large cache this week led by SUPERSTAR Stevie Johnson, who was juuuust outside the top 40 for a month and who lost in the first round of Paris Masters qualies to flavor-of-the-week Lucas Pouille. Fortunately for the USC alum, a few guys who had been blocking his rise finally lost enough points for Steve to take his rightful place. What a year! What a guy!

Paris qualifier #jacksock got jobbed yet again with a second-round match against his nemesis, eventual finalist Milos Raonic. He also is on the outside looking in of the London WTF doubles event. But his solid play this fall left a lot of people salivating for what could come next year.

Jenkins continued to shine Down Under, reaching the Traralgon 1 singles and doubles finals.  Three weeks ago he was well outside the Top 100 and now he's a lock for Australian Open qualies. That's what I call a successful road trip.

And we now see the points from the Brownsville Futures event, and it's great news for Novikov (finalist), Mmoh (champion), and Baughman (semifinalist).  Mmoh becomes, I believe, the #3 16-year-old in the world, after Stefan Kozlov (USA) and Duckhee Lee (KOR).

**Edited to add: totally forgot Austin Krajicek in the initial post. A run to the Reunion Island quarterfinal got him where he is now - a rise of 82 spots from a year ago and quietly one of the better 2014s for US men.

New WTA career-high rankings, November 3, 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
Taylor Townsend
102
109
+7
103
8/18/2014
Jennifer Brady***
267
327
+60
322
10/13/2014
Caitlin Whoriskey
333
364*
+31


Katerina Stewart
378
390*
+12


Nadja Gilchrist
591
595*
+4


Ellie Halbauer
613
625*
+12


Michaela Gordon
700
713*
+13


Rianna Valdes
779
790*
+11


Marie Norris
779
807
+28
805
10/20/2014
Alexandria Stiteler
798
809*
+11

10/20/2014
Ingrid Neel
815
835
+20
832
10/20/2014
Kelly Chen
840
858*
+18


Emma Higuchi
915
926*
+11


Natalie Suk
926
935*
+9


Alexandra Morozova
938
985*
+47


Nicole Frenkel
965
1201*
+236


Daniella Roldan
992
1036
+44
1024
9/22/2014
Usue Arconada
1051
1120
+31
1056
7/28/2014
Caroline Dolehide
1078
1089*
+11

10/20/2014
Jessica Ho
1114
1120*
+6


Kristina Smith
1129
1136*
+7


Tina Tehrani
1129
1136*
+7


Jessica Failla
1155
1163
+8
1157
10/13/2014
Andie Daniell
1159
1167*
+8


Alexandra Valenstein
1192
1201*
+9


Dasha Ivanova
1192
n/a
n/a
1208
9/8/2014
































Townsend had herself a run to the semis in Toronto but like countrywoman Grace Min last week, came up a match short of the top 100. Given that this is the "end of the year" rankings-wise for the WTA, it's too bad those two women won't end up in that rarified air, but there's no doubt in my mind both will be there ... soon.

Whoriskey had a solid two wins herself in Toronto, and is clearly full of beans right now. She's showing she can compete with players ranked far ahead of her, instead of just beating scrubs. Stewart, meanwhile, is having a bit less luck against strong players. But she keeps motoring up the rankings, and hopefully learning big lessons along the way.

Finally, WELCOME TO THE TOP 1000, Nicole Frenkel.  Her Colombia $10K finalist points from a week ago are making their appearance, and next week she'll get another boost thanks to her run to the semis this past week.

***Another, even more unforgivable lapse, in neglecting to include Jennifer Brady in the initial post. Her run to the final in New Braunfels had plenty of implications beyond her new ranking, but let us take a moment to acknowledge it anyway. It's a tremendous accomplishment!

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