New USA Career-High Rankings, May 18, 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, May 18, 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
Bjorn Fratangelo	147	152*	+5		5/4/2015
Jared Donaldson	156	159*	+3
Dennis Novikov	185	189	+4	188	5/4/2015
Daniel Nguyen	241	244*	+3
Frances Tiafoe	291	292*	+1
Alexander Sarkissian	314	351*	+37
Eric Quigley	354	396	+42	392	4/27/2015
Deiton Baughman	512	525*	+13
Wil Spencer	597	602*	+5
Cameron Silverman	1164	1232*	+68
Dennis Uspensky	1210	1276	+66	1274	4/6/2015
Frederick Saba	1449	1549*	+100

Not included: Clay Thompson (1147 / +2), Matt Seeberger (1366 / +4)

It was a slow week for men, featuring no big breakthroughs at the Rome Masters, and some disappointing results in challengers. Donaldson got a win in Bordeaux, while Novikov got one in Heilbronn. Fratangelo did reach the quarters in Heilbronn, with a big win over Dustin Brown in the first round, but his loss after being up a set on Alexander Zverev took some of the shine off. Nonetheless - welcome to the Top 150, Bjorn! Glad to see your nice year continuing.

Everything else happened a week ago in Futures:

Nigeria F2: Great run to the final for Eric Quigley, with wins over compatriots Deiton Baughman (QF) and Evan Song (SF). Quigley is in the Top 250 of the race - if he can maintain this level, the US Open qualies isn't outside the realm of possibilities. Baughman, meanwhile, is continuing to impress and gain new fans for his grinding efforts.

Mexico F2: Alexander Sarkissian won his third title since leaving college with an NCAA runners up trophy - one in each major North American country.

USA F15: Neither Stefan Kozlov's final nor Sekou Bangoura's semifinal got them to new career highs. Instead, Wil Spencer's quarterfinal and three second round appearances brought appearances on this list: Cameron Silverman (LL), Dennis Uspensky (WC), and Frederick Saba (Q).

In Moving Up Thanks to Others Moving Down News: Frances Tiafoe and Daniel Nguyen fit the bill here.

New WTA Career-High Rankings, May 18, 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	16	17*	+1		4/13/2015
Lauren Embree	262	265*	+3
Caitlin Whoriskey	268	271*	+3		5/4/2015
Nadja Gilchrist	471	525*	+54
Erica Oosterhout	745	748*	+3
Marie Norris	762	768*	+6
Sofia Kenin	772	775*	+3
Dasha Ivanova	828	836	+8	831	4/27/2015
Kristina Smith	904	932	+28	927	4/27/2015
Eva Raszkiewicz	929	934*	+5
Raveena Kingsley	940	945	+5	942	4/27/2015
Malika Rose	966	972	+6	970	5/4/2015
Caroline Dolehide	972	978	+6	976	4/13/2015
Jessica Golovin	1178	1212	+34	1203	2/2/2015

If it was a slow week for the men, it was muuuch worse for the women. Only three players on this list added even one point, and only one added more than a point.

That one case was Madison Keys over Madison Brengle, but her rise was much more due to Sara Errani failing to defend her Rome final points. A Keys first round loss would have had the same effect. But hey! Look! Keys with that win was guaranteed a Top 16 seed at Roland Garros, meaning she'll avoid Serena Williams (and Maria Sharapova, and Simona Halep) until at least the 4th round! So perfect time for your Sweet 16 Ranking!

The other two players to add one point each were (1) Kristina N. Smith who got a bye through qualies and who then beat a 14-year-old Greek wildcard at the $10K in Mytilene, Greece. I'm not kidding about the bye through qualies - there were 8 qualifying spots, but only 6 competitors. So yeah. and (2) Jessica Golovin, who also beat a 14-year-old wildcard, this one at the $15K in Obregon, Mexico. (She won 6-0 6-0. On Cinco de Mayo no less!)

Literally everyone else? Rose due to others' falling.

Next week we'll have the results of this past week's Futures events, plus a few ATP and WTA events featuring a good number of Americans. Hopefully a couple of big names will do well there. And then after that, a week's break ... and then the French Open results on June 8! That could prove quite eventful.

Or not.