New USA Career-High Rankings, April 20, 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 ATP Career-High Rankings, April 20, 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
Jack Sock	35	36*	+1
Austin Krajicek	116	121*	+5
Bjorn Fratangelo	165	166*	+1		3/23/2015
Jared Donaldson	170	179	+9	173	2/16/2015
Dennis Novikov	190	194*	+4
Daniel Nguyen	256	257*	+1
Alexander Sarkissian	389	456*	+67		4/6/2015
Eric Quigley	406	444	+38	428	2/23/2015
Francis Tiafoe	450	519*	+69
Wil Spencer	745	840*	+95
Raymond Sarmiento	842	860	18	855	11/17/2014
Eduardo Nava	908	910*	+2
Michael Grant	920	949*	+29
Jared Hiltzik	1047	1073	+26	1050	11/17/2014
Jeremy Hunter Nicholas	1100	n/a	n/a
Farzin Danny Amiri	1188	1247	+59	1204	11/10/2014
Raleigh Smith	1344	1450*	+106
Tomas Stillman	1564	1735	+171	1705	11/3/2014
John Lamble	1841	n/a	n/a

Jack Sock is getting closer and closer to a French Open seeding! He didn't play Monte Carlo but Nick Kyrgios didn't defend points so Jack moved up one. He's also not playing this week or next, so his big opportunities will have to come at Madrid and Rome.  Dennis Novikov, Daniel Nguyen, and Eduardo Nava also benefited from others' falling.

Although the Sarasota Challenger turned out to be a playground for the Argentines, there were enough wins to help America get a few new highs. Jared Donaldson (18) and Francis Tiafoe (17) each reached the quarters (Tiafoe as a qualifier); these teens are now at #4 and #5, respectively, for their age.  Austin Krajicek and Bjorn Fratangelo each won a round to put them in their new spots.

USA F12: In Harlingen, Texas, Alexander Sarkissian beat Eric Quigley in the final, and those results are reflected in these rankings (as with all Futures, they had to wait a week). Wil Spencer reached his second career semifinal, which Jeremy Hunter Nicholas (San Diego State) had an amazing run, qualifying, earning his first point by upsetting Evan Song in the first round, and then getting all the way to the semis thanks to a quarterfinal win over top seed Dimitar Kutrovsky.

Another rankings debutant thanks to qualifying and grabbing a win in Harlingen was John Lamble (Santa Clara University).  Farzin Danny Amiri, Jared Hiltzik, Raymond Sarmiento, and Tomas Stillman all aslo got first round wins and, as evidenced by the chart above, new career high rankings.

GRE F3: Michael Grant beat junior Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5 4-6 6-4.

TUR F14: Raleigh Smith won a round, picking up the 4th point of his career.

New WTA Career-High Rankings, April 20, 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
Sachia Vickery	126	139	+13	137	3/23/2015
Louisa Chirico	140	141*	+1		4/6/2015
Jennifer Brady	208	210*	+2
Caitlin Whoriskey	273	276*	+3
Katerina Stewart	276	277*	+1
Lauren Embree	277	279*	+2
Alexa Guarachi	444	471*	+27
Rianna Valdes	553	713*	+160
Kaitlyn McCarthy	856	999*	+143
Dasha Ivanova	861	973	+112	972	4/6/2015
Alexa Graham	896	907*	+11
Erica Oosterhout	995	n/a	n/a
Sophie Chang	1131	1171*	+40		4/6/2015

Not included: Malika Rose (1170), Carolyn Xie (1204)

Bogota: The big news at the top was Sachia Vickery's jump thanks to qualifying for Bogota (the only WTA event during Fed Cup week) and winning a round. Sachia is now up to #75 in the Road to Singapore (ahead of Svetlana Kuznetsova!) and will be fighting for a Roland Garros wildcard the next few weeks during the USTA Pro Circuit French Open Wild Card Challenge. She and Grace Min should have good seeds for all three events (Dothan, Alabama; Charlottesville, Virginia; and Indian Harbor Beach, Florida).

Also in Bogota, Louisa Chirico got a point in her 1st Round loss to top seed Elina Svitolina.

Jackson, Miss. $25K: A week+ ago, wild card Rianna Valdes reached the semis, accounting for her big zoom. Alexa Guarachi reached the quarters before withdrawing from the tournament, while Kaitlyn McCarthy qualified and won a round.  Alexa Graham and Sophie Chang each got wild cards, but as the ITF awards points for first round losers at this level, they achieved new career highs.  Caitlin Whoriskey similarly lost first round.

Meanwhile, Erica Oosterhout (who has commited to Harvard!) got to the second round and now has a WTA ranking. Congrats!

Leon, Mexico $15K: During the same time as Jackson, Dasha Ivanova qualified and reached the quarters.

Jennifer Brady, Katerina Stewart, and Lauren Embree all moved up due to others moving down.