New USA Career-High Rankings, Feb. 2, 2015

Each week I will bring you a list of USAmerican players who have reached a new career-high ranking (CHR). This list covers all players in the Top 1000. Any player outside the Top 1000 will not be included unless they actually have earned at least one point from their previous career-high ranking. See all the CHR posts.

New WTA Career-High Rankings, February 2, 2015

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
Madison Keys	20	35	+15	27	7/7/2014
CoCo Vandeweghe	32	37*	+5		1/12/2015
Madison Brengle	46	64*	+18
Nicole Gibbs	87	96	+9	89	9/29/2014
Taylor Townsend	96	99*	+3
Grace Min	100	105	+5	101	11/10/2014
Jennifer Brady	211	217*	+6		1/5/2015
CiCi Bellis	248	251*	+3		1/12/2015
Lauren Embree	338	353	+15	348	10/20/2014
Katerina Stewart	351	354*	+3		1/5/2015
Tornado Alicia Black	404	406*	+2		1/12/2015
Alexa Guarachi	497	520	+23	519	1/5/2015
Nadja Gilchrist	570	574	+3	571	1/5/2015
Michaela Gordon	682	695	+13	693	12/15/2014
Nicole Frenkel	723	818*	+95		1/12/2015
Usue Arconada	745	1026	+281	1024	1/12/2015
Alexandria Stiteler	763	767	+4	765	1/12/2015
Alexandra Morozova	824	855*	+31		1/12/2015
Daniela Roldan	883	888	+5	886	1/12/2015
Emma Higuchi	888	892	+4	890	1/12/2015
Natalie Suk	896	899	+3	897	1/12/2015
Kristina Smith	954	962	+8	959	1/12/2015
Terri Fleming	966	975	+9	973	1/5/2015
Tina Tehrani	1038	1073	+35	1071	1/12/2015
Dasha Ivanova	1106	1149	+43	1146	1/12/2015

Left off:  Caroline Dolehide, Jessica Ho, Jessica Failla, Andie Daniell, Jessica Golovin, Alexa Nelson, Malika Rose.

Some remarkable successes from Americans over the past 2 weeks (there was no ranking update last week due to the Australian Open).  Here's how these amazing women achieved their successes:

• Keys, Vandeweghe, and Brengle all had career-best slam performances in Melbourne. CoCo lost in the third round to Brengle, who lost in the fourth round to Keys. Gibbs also won a round at the Australian Open, then lost an extremely tight one to Svitolina (26) in two tiebreaks. Min and Townsend were in the Melbourne main draw but lost first round, advancing due to others falling.
• At the $25K in Daytona Beach, FL a week ago, Lauren Embree reached the second round, which bumped her up a few spots.
• In Antalya, Turkey, Tina Tehrani won her first main draw match since August (also at a $10K in Antalya)
• Finally, there were some good USA match wins at $10K events in the French departments of Martinique (week of Jan. 13) and Guadeloupe (week of Jan. 20): Guarachi had consecutive quarterfinals, Frenkel reached a quarter and a semi, while Arconada won the second tournament (her first career title). Morozova and Ivanova each won a match in the Guadeloupe tournament, then reached the semis in doubles together.

Note: the "WELCOME TO THE TOP 100, GRACE MIN!" party will be at my apartment a week from Thursday. Please BYOC (bring your own cake).

New ATP Career-High Rankings, February 2, 2015

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
Jared Donaldson	178	251*	+73
Bjorn Fratangelo	242	243*	+1		1/12/2015
Dennis Novikov	271	290	+19	287	1/12/2015
Daniel Nguyen	298	304	+6	301	12/1/2014
Nicolas Meister	302	394	+92	305	4/7/2014
Mitch Krueger	311	321*	+10
Connor Smith	318	330	+12	325	1/12/2015
Stefan Kozlov	412	455	+43	441	10/20/2014
Alexander Sarkissian	552	598	+46	583	11/24/2014
Deiton Baughman	617	747*	+130
Frances Tiafoe	798	1142	+344	1121	11/10/2014
Tommy Paul	882	915	+33	905	12/1/2014
Alex Rybakov	1327	1424	+97	1418	12/1/2014
Eric Johnson	1429	1556*	+127

Exceptional work by American teenagers at the sub-ATP World Tour level in January. Donaldson won a title at the Maui Challenger, Kozlov reached the QF there (and at the Long Beach Futures); Baughman won a Futures in Sunrise, FL, Tiafoe reached the semis there and the final the following week in Weston, FL; Paul got to the Weston quarters, while Rybakov won a match there.

Among the 20&over crowd, the big results were from Maui finalist Meister, Long Beach Futures semifinalist Sarkissian, Long Beach quarterfinalist Krueger, and Long Beach first-round-winner Johnson.