New USA Career-High Rankings, April 6, 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 6, 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
Tim Smyczek	68	75	+7	73	11/11/2013
Dennis Novikov	195	219*	+24
Alexander Sarkissian	456	549*	+3
Jean-Yves Aubone	459	464	+5	463	3/9/2015
Peter Kobelt	480	489*	+9		2/23/2015
Frances Tiafoe	520	816	+296	798	2/2/2015
Tommy Paul	718	759*	+41
Eduardo Nava	969	1158	+189	1143	7/7/2014
Clay Thompson	1155	1367	+212
Cameron Silverman	1293	1382	+89	1324	11/10/2014
Walker Duncan	1439	n/a	n/a
Raleigh Smith	1454	1848	+394	1720	2/16/2015

Not included: Collin Johns (1056), Dennis Uspensky (1274), Joseph Centenari (1964)

Another two-week gap between rankings, and we've increased our haul! Unfortunately, only one of the highs came up top, and our massive congratulations to Tim Smyczek for setting his first career high in 16 months. Tim's came thanks to his come-from-behind win over qualifier Adrian Menendez-Maceiras in the Miami 1st Round. Now's when it gets interesting: he's got a mere 32 points to defend between now and the US hard court season. Now is the time to make the push to the Top 50, which would give him a better shot at seeds at ATP events. However, clay hasn't been his best surface traditionally. Houston, the Savannah Challenger, and then Europe ... time for Timmy to make his mark.

Everything else comes via the Futures (or others falling):

USA F10 & USA F11: In Bakersfield, Frances Tiafoe won the title, while Tommy Paul and Walker Duncan (welcome to the rankings, Walker!) reached the quarters.

The next week in Calabasas, Dennis Novikov won the title, beating Tiafoe; Clay Thompson made the quarters.

ISR F1: Peter Kobelt won his 1st Round match.

ISR F2: Raleigh Smith reached the quarters, while Cameron Silverman got to the 2nd Round.

TUN F11: Eduardo Nava qualified and reached his first career semifinal, losing to eventual champion Thomas Fabbiano (who won all 15 singles and all 4 doubles matches he played in Tunisia last month).

N.B.: Last week we made the uncool error of leaving out Daniel Nguyen from our rankings. He in fact rose 12 spots to #265. We apologize for the oversight. It has been rectified.

New WTA Career-High Rankings, April 6, 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 Brengle	43	44*	+1		2/23/2015
Louisa Chirico	141	143*	+2
CiCi Bellis	172	211*	+39
Caitlin Whoriskey	278	279*	+1		3/9/2015
Katerina Stewart	294	338*	+44
Lauren Embree	295	296*	+2
Alexa Guarachi	472	482*	+10
Nadja Gilchrist	546	567	+23	565	2/23/2015
Ellie Halbauer	548	586*	+38
Alexandra Morozova	549	598*	+49		3/2/2015
Ingrid Neel	556	765*	+209
Nicole Frenkel	646	655	+9	649	3/2/2015
Usue Arconada	657	663*	+6		3/9/2015
Kelly Chen	698	716	+18	714	3/9/2015
Rianna Valdes	716	743*	+37
Claire Liu	823	1215*	+392
Jessica Failla	825	848	+23	839	3/2/2015
Sofia Kenin	826	849*	+23
Jessica Ho	828	851*	+23
Brynn Boren	865	n/a	n/a	1035	8/2/2010
Alexa Graham	910	917*	+7
Terri Fleming	959	967	+8	965	2/23/2015
Dasha Ivanova	972	979	+7	978	2/23/2015
Caroline Dolehide	977	984*	+7
Yuki Christina Chiang	996	n/a	n/a
Kaitlyn McCarthy	1001	1037*	+36
Tina Tehrani	1016	1056	+40	1038	2/2/2015
Alexandra Valenstein	1107	1158	+51	1146	1/12/2015
Malika Rose	1171	1215	+44	1183	3/2/2015
Sophie Chang	1171	n/a	n/a
Carolyn Xie	1209	n/a	n/a

Sooooooooo yeah. Lots. Because there are so many this week, I'm just going to give you the highlights.

You're welcome.

Miami: Madison Brengle and CiCi Bellis (WC) each won a round, while Ingrid Neel (QWC) won a round of qualies.

Osprey $50K: Brengle reached the final; Louisa Chirico got to the quarters.

Palm Harbor $25K: Katerina Stewart qualified and won the dang thing, while Halbauer qualified and reached the 2nd round.

Irapuato (Mexico) $25K: Alexandra Morozova and Brynn Boren (USC) both qualified and won a round, while Carolyn Xie's wild card gave her enough tournament appearances (3) so that she could officially be ranked - despite losing 6-2 6-0 to Arantxa Rus (LL).

Orlando $10K: Claire Liu (WC) won! Stewart and Rianna Valdes reached the quarters. Kelly Chen (Q) and Sofia Kenin (SE) each won a round, as did rankings debutante Sophie Chang.

Metepec (Mexico) $10K: Nadja Gilchrist was a quarterfinalist, while Jessica Failla, Malika Rose, and another rankings new arrival, Yuki Christina Chiang (Pepperdine) reached the 2nd Round.

Other $10Ks: Alexandra Valenstein (Q) won a round at Heraklion, Greece; Tina Tehrani (Q) won a round at Antalya, Turkey.

Edited to add! Nicole Frenkel moved up a few spots into a new career high (although didn't add points), but we neglected to include her originally and we're real sorry.