New USA Career-High Rankings, Dec. 15, 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 ATP career-high rankings, December 15, 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	192	193*	+1		12/1/2014
Dennis Novikov	331	369	+38	366	11/10/2014
Gary Kushnirovich	1563	1564*	+1		12/1/2014

Tied with last week for the shortest list! And yet again, in only one case were there any results to back up the ranking. That result was Novikov's run to his first of two consecutive Futures titles in Mérida, Mexico. For a guy who started the year at 635, and who only won 3 matches through the first five and a half months of the season (until he went to Mexico, interestingly, and won MEX F5 in Obregón City in May). Which means he has little to defend for quite a bit. Will he go up to challengers (like he tried this year) or consolidate his ranking with Futures?? Will be interesting to see

New WTA career-high rankings, December 15, 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
Louisa Chirico	183	185	+2	184	11/10/2014
Jennifer Brady	226	242*	+16		11/10/2014
Caitlin Whoriskey	324	328	+4	325	12/1/2014
Katerina Stewart	364	365*	+1
Nadja Gilchrist	582	583*	+1
Ellie Halbauer	610	611*	+1
Michaela Gordon	693	699	+6	697	11/10/2014
Alexandra Riley	725	759	+34	750	9/15/2014
Rianna Valdes	756	764*	+8
Alexandria Stiteler	773	779*	+6
Ingrid Neel	800	807*	+7
Kelly Chen	825	827*	+2
Nicole Frenkel	828	831*	+3
Alexandra Morozova	862	885*	+23
Daniella Roldan	896	925*	+29
Kristina Smith	971	975*	+4
Terri Fleming	988	993*	+5
Usue Arconada	1039	1044*	+5
Caroline Dolehide	1043	1047*	+4
Jessica Ho	1066	1072*	+6
Tina Tehrani	1086	1090*	+4
Jessica Failla	1117	1123*	+6
Andie Daniell	1123	1129*	+6
Dasha Ivanova	1160	1163*	+3
Alexandra Valenstein	1160	1163*	+3

Four notable results go into this week's highs:
•Mérida - While Novikov was winning his title, Brady came up short in the women's event, losing in the semis to Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia. She may end up just on the outside, looking in, on the Australian Open qualies.
•Djibouti - Riley got a first round bye and then won the second round match to reach the $10K quarters, also first week of December.
•Bogota - Roldan & Morozova each won a round at the $10K that same week.