New USA Career-High Rankings, June 22, 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, June 22, 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
Alexander Sarkissian	208	210	+2		6/08/2015
Deiton Baughman	425	509	+84	502	5/25/2015
Tommy Paul	445	451*	+6
Andre Dome	580	601*	+30
Michael Mmoh	612	617	+5	614	6/8/2015
Raymond Sarmiento	692	702*	+10
Mico Santiago	719	731*	+14
Hunter Nicholas	989	992*	+3
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski	990	994*	+4
Cameron Silverman	1069	1096*	+27
Frederick Saba	1204	1440	+236	1436	6/8/2015
Raleigh Smith	1216	1270*	+54
Nicolas Podesta	1463	1617	+154	1568	11/10/2014
Quentin Monaghan	1764	n/a	n/a

Not included: Collin Johns (1038 / +1)

There was not much going on at the ATP level for American men last week - John Isner beating Jared Donaldson 7-6(11) 6-4 then Feliciano Lopez 7-6(5) 6-7(9) 7-6(4) was about it - and Denis Kudla's Challenger title got him to #104, a bit off his career high of #90. So to the Futures we go!

Hong Kong F1: Alexander Sarkissian reached the final, retiring down 1-4 to Ti Chen of Taiwan. However, all that work was only worth 10 points, and thus just the two ranking spots. Looking like Sark's days in the Futures may be a thing of the Past, for now at least.

Bosnia & Herzegovina F5: Deiton Baughman had a brilliant week, picking up his first second pro title in Sarajevo, on clay no less! The #6 seed dropped just 12 games in his first three matches, then beat top seed Nils Langer after dropping the first sets, and finally came from a break down in the third to win the final. Unfortunately Baughman lost first round twice since then (once in the Netherlands, once in Belgium) - just showing how tough the grind can be for youngsters out there.

USA F16B: Tennys Sandgren took the title in Charlottesville and the other three semifinalists (Collin Altamirano, Ryan Haviland, and Ernesto Escobedo) didn't match their career highs - although Escobedo is just 7 off. However a few first round wins did make a difference: Mico Santiago over an Aussie qualifier, Raymond Sarmiento over an American qualifier, and qualifier Quentin Monaghan (Notre Dame) over Andrew Carter to pick up his first career ATP point.

Mexico F6: Andre Dome reached the semis in Manzanillo but withdrew before his semifinal against eventual champion Tigre Hank. Hopefully it's not too serious - he's only defending three points until December. Great, great opportunities to continue his upward climb.

Israel F8: Cameron Silverman picked up a win against an Israeli qualifier, while Raleigh Smith beat an Israeli wild card.

Lebanon F2: Frederick Saba (Duke) reached his first career quarterfinal.

Turkey F23: 18-year-old Nicolas Podesta beat a Turkish wild card in the first round.

Tommy Paul, Michael Mmoh, Hunter Nicholas and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski all advanced when others fell.


New WTA Career-High Rankings, June 22, 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
Katerina Stewart	159	160	+1
Lauren Embree	253	254	+1
Alexa Graham	627	628*	+1
Erica Oosterhout	740	743*	+3
Marie Norris	749	742*	+3
Dasha Ivanova	777	812*	+35
Caroline Price	893	n/a	n/a
Madeleine Kobelt	1056	1088	+32	1077	6/8/2015

Tiny moves all the way down to Dasha Ivanova, who got 2 points by virtue of two wins at the Manzanillo, Mexico $10K before retiring in the quarters. Madeleine Kobelt qualified and picked up a win in the same tournament. Both women lost to top seed Fernanda Brita (CHI), who herself lost the semifinal to USC's Giuliana Olmos (MEX).

And then there's Caroline Price. In only her third career pro main draw, the recent UNC Tarheel (now pro) won her first five career main draw matches to take the $10K title in Charlotte, NC, where her dad is a basketball coach. 12 huge points for the tall lefty. Here is a great interview with her prior to her amazing week.