New WTA Career-High Rankings, May 25, 2015
Player name
|
New CHR
|
Last wk
*= previous CHR
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+ from last week
|
Pvs CHR
If prior to last wk
|
Date achieved
If prior to last wk
|
Alexa Guarachi
|
403
|
425*
|
+22
|
5/11/2015
| |
Nadja Gilchrist
|
451
|
471*
|
+20
| ||
Ellie Halbauer
|
499
|
524
|
+25
|
500
|
4/27/2015
|
| Ingrid Neel |
507
|
554
|
+47
|
550
|
5/11/2015
|
Nicole Frenkel
|
538
|
540
|
+2
|
539
|
5/11/2015
|
Marie Norris
|
757**
|
762*
|
+6
| ||
Kylie McKenzie
|
908
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
Super short list this week, thanks in part to an relative dearth of mid-level tournaments, as players in the 100-150 range were playing Roland Garros qualies. But we still have seven players, consisting of two former SEC college players (of special interest given that this week is the NCAA tournament!) and five teens.
The Raleigh $25K - featuring an all-American final of Julia Boserup and Samantha Crawford - got us our youngsters' highs. The biggest news was from 16-year-old Kylie McKenzie, who beat fellow wild card, 17-year-old Nicole Frenkel in the first round, and then veteran Alexandra Mueller to reach the quarterfinals, where she fell to top seed Florencia Molinero of Argentina. This marks McKenzie's rankings debut, so a huge party is in order. I'll bring the chips.
16-year-old Ingrid Neel also reached the quarters in Raleigh, beating 17-year-old Ellie Halbauer in the second round, accounting for the rises of both young women. Frenkel got a point for her first-round appearance, as did qualifier Marie Norris (also age 17).
The former college women had to travel a good deal further. In China, former University of Alabama star Alexa Guarachi had a nice run to the quarters of the $50K in Wuhan, at which she came thisclose to beating eventual finalist Liu Chang, falling 64 67(4) 26 in a hard-hitting, thoroughly enjoyable match.
Lastly, former University of Georgia Bulldog Nadja Gilchrist's fantastic run in Sharm El Sheikh came to a conclusion with a finals appearance (following her title the week before and semifinal the week before that). The three-week trip took her from #547 to her current spot at #451. Brava!
**Edited on June 9 to add: Marie Norris' ranking was initially listed - at least on the WTA/ATP app - as 756. Dozens of other players in her range were similarly given rankings off by 1 or 2 spots from the current May 25 listing, but only hers affected the CHR list.
New ATP Career-High Rankings, May 25, 2015
16-year-old Ingrid Neel also reached the quarters in Raleigh, beating 17-year-old Ellie Halbauer in the second round, accounting for the rises of both young women. Frenkel got a point for her first-round appearance, as did qualifier Marie Norris (also age 17).
The former college women had to travel a good deal further. In China, former University of Alabama star Alexa Guarachi had a nice run to the quarters of the $50K in Wuhan, at which she came thisclose to beating eventual finalist Liu Chang, falling 64 67(4) 26 in a hard-hitting, thoroughly enjoyable match.
Lastly, former University of Georgia Bulldog Nadja Gilchrist's fantastic run in Sharm El Sheikh came to a conclusion with a finals appearance (following her title the week before and semifinal the week before that). The three-week trip took her from #547 to her current spot at #451. Brava!
**Edited on June 9 to add: Marie Norris' ranking was initially listed - at least on the WTA/ATP app - as 756. Dozens of other players in her range were similarly given rankings off by 1 or 2 spots from the current May 25 listing, but only hers affected the CHR list.
New ATP Career-High Rankings, May 25, 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
|
153
|
156
|
+3
| ||
Dennis Novikov
|
184
|
185*
|
+1
| ||
Frances Tiafoe
|
287
|
291
|
+4
| ||
Alexander Sarkissian
|
312
|
314*
|
+2
| ||
Stefan Kozlov
|
373
|
417
|
+44
|
406
|
2/16/2015
|
Peter Kobelt
|
459
|
485
|
+26
|
480
|
4/6/2015
|
Deiton Baughman
|
502
|
512*
|
+10
| ||
Tommy Paul
|
528
|
610
|
+82
|
596
|
5/4/2015
|
Wil Spencer
|
570
|
597*
|
+27
| ||
Taylor Fritz
|
761
|
821
|
+60
|
803
|
3/23/2015
|
Dennis Uspensky
|
1158
|
1210*
|
+52
| ||
Alex Rybakov
|
1221
|
1273
|
+52
|
1257
|
2/23/2015
|
Dominic Cotrone
|
1663
|
n/a
|
n/a
| ||
Stephen Madonia
|
1747
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
Not included: Matt Seeberger (1364 / +2)
The top four gents on this list made it via others' falling, but everyone else gained points in various futures tournaments.
Mexico F3: In Mexico City, Stefan Kozlov made his second final in two weeks, and made our list for the first time since February. Added to this past week's success at MEX F4 in Cordoba, it's great to see Koz getting his mojo back. I'm looking forward to a fruitful summer from the Floridian, who is defending one lonely point until the US Open. Fellow teen Deiton Baughman had an impressive win (considering he was just in Nigeria the week before!) over #2 seed Alex Sarkissian in the second round, accounting for their rises, but lost in a third set tiebreak to Luis Martinez of Venezuela. Then he went home.
Spain F13/Valldoreix: As I wrote about last week, Tommy Paul celebrated his 18th birthday with 5 three-set wins to grab his first pro title and climb to the outskirts of the Top 500. Along the way, he beat 17-year-old Taylor Fritz in the semis. Alex Rybakov picked up a point by beating Spaniard Jaume Munar, who was #3 in the world in juniors a few months ago.
Israel F6/Akko: #2 seed Peter Kobelt reached his 4th career final - all in the past 12 months - with four straight set wins, before falling to Israeli Edan Leshem. Unfortunately, he's 0-4 in those finals, but still he's well inside the Top 500 just in time for his points from last summer's terrific run to start coming off.
Mexico F3: In Mexico City, Stefan Kozlov made his second final in two weeks, and made our list for the first time since February. Added to this past week's success at MEX F4 in Cordoba, it's great to see Koz getting his mojo back. I'm looking forward to a fruitful summer from the Floridian, who is defending one lonely point until the US Open. Fellow teen Deiton Baughman had an impressive win (considering he was just in Nigeria the week before!) over #2 seed Alex Sarkissian in the second round, accounting for their rises, but lost in a third set tiebreak to Luis Martinez of Venezuela. Then he went home.
Mexico- 1
Deiton- 0
The Flu in Mexico> everything else #SlimRising #GetMeHome
— Deiton Baughman (@deiton_baughman) May 16, 2015
USA F16/Tampa: An impressive 7 of 8 quarterfinalists here represented the USA - all but eventual champion Thales Turini of Brazil. One of them was Wil Spencer, who upset #2 seed Darian King to reach the quarterfinals and pick up 2 more points. Another quarterfinalist was rankings newbie Dominic Cotrone. The dreadlocked University of South Florida transfer (who sat out this year of college ball) got a wild card and beat another former Florida State Seminole Jean-Yves Aubone, and then qualifier (and fellow ATP rankings newbie) Stephen Madonia. Gaining 1 point was wild card Dennis Uspensky, by virtue of his win over qualifier Patrick Daciek.Spain F13/Valldoreix: As I wrote about last week, Tommy Paul celebrated his 18th birthday with 5 three-set wins to grab his first pro title and climb to the outskirts of the Top 500. Along the way, he beat 17-year-old Taylor Fritz in the semis. Alex Rybakov picked up a point by beating Spaniard Jaume Munar, who was #3 in the world in juniors a few months ago.
Israel F6/Akko: #2 seed Peter Kobelt reached his 4th career final - all in the past 12 months - with four straight set wins, before falling to Israeli Edan Leshem. Unfortunately, he's 0-4 in those finals, but still he's well inside the Top 500 just in time for his points from last summer's terrific run to start coming off.
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