New USA Career-High Ranking, August 3, 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 generally will not be included unless they have earned at least one point since the prior ranking period. See all the CHR posts.

New WTA Career-High Rankings, August 3, 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
Ellie Halbauer	428	429*	+1
Nicole Frenkel	458	509*	+51
Alexa Graham	562	602	+40	593	6/29/2015
Julia Jones	635	743*	+108
Lauren Herring	730	n/a	n/a	800	11/1/2010
Kylie McKenzie	778	781*	+3
Sophie Chang	832	1060	+228	1055	7/13/2015
Keri Wong	902	924*	+22
Andie Daniell	928	1182	+254	1106	2/2/2015
Tina Tehrani	944	1008	+64	949	4/13/2015
Karyn Guttormsen	1021	1041*	+20

Yet another week in which the top women were not reaching new personal highs. There hasn't been a WTA tournament in the states for a few months now, and as noted in the most recent TWiAT, the US Open Wild Card Challenge tournaments weren't nearly as fruitful for Americans as they were last year.  A few players did have good weeks, but Bethanie Mattek-Sands, for instance (up 15 spots to re-enter the Top 100) may not ever pass her top ranking of #30, while Samantha Crawford (up 27 spots to #223) surely will surpass #218, just not this week.

As for the rest:

Lexington $50K: 17-year-old Nicole Frenkel lost her final round of qualies to Nicha Lertpitaksinchai but received a Lucky Loser entry, then beat Jacqueline Cako and Sophie Chang before losing to eventual champ Nao Hibino. Amazingly, she was still in the wild card chase until that loss. 18-year-old Chang, who was also a Lucky Loser, upset Caitlyn Whoriskey to earn her new ranking. Keri Wong picked up a point by winning her first round of qualifying match.

Julia Jones
(c) Ole Miss

Evansville $10K: It was a huge week (two weeks ago) for Lauren Herring, the University of Georgia star, who qualified and then won this Indiana event. In the final, she beat fellow SECer Andie Daniell (Alabama), who in turn beat 17-year-old Alexa Graham in the semis.

Sharm El Sheikh $10K: Yet another SECer, Ole Miss' Julia Jones, followed up her final the week before with a title here. Oklahoma State's Karyn Guttormsen won a match at this tournament as well.

Maaselk $10K: Tina Tehrani reached the quarters of this Belgian event.

Ellie Halbauer and Kylie McKenzie moved up thanks to others moving down.

New ATP Career-High Rankings, August 3, 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
Denis Kudla	79	94	+15	90	7/8/2013
Bjorn Fratangelo	110	120*	+10
Jared Donaldson	150	156	+6	152	6/8/2015
Mitchell Krueger	241	272*	+31
Eric Quigley	305	308*	+3
Stefan Kozlov	354	356*	+2
Tommy Paul	429	434*	+5
Andre Dome	437	534	+97	531	7/20/2015
Michael Mmoh	486	624	+138
Jared Hiltzik	615	705	+90	704	7/20/2015
Clay Thompson	687	750	+63	744	7/13/2015
William Bushamuka	963	968*	+5
Eric Johnson	964	1248	+284	1247	7/20/2015
Hunter Nicholas	987	996	+9	989	6/22/2015
Frederick Saba	1146	1193	+47	1191	7/20/2015
Gonzales Austin	1244	1586	+342	1275	9/10/2012
Kyle Koch	1404	n/a	n/a
Liam Caruana	1565	1746*	+181
Denny Fafek	1747	n/a	n/a
Grayson Goldin	1747	n/a	n/a
Sameer Kumar	1747	n/a	n/a
Robbie Bellamy	1861	n/a	n/a

Not included: Dominic Cotrone (1099), Matt Seeberger (1200), Anderson Reed (1722), Matthew Gamble (1861), Mitchell Stewart (1861), Logan Smith (2069).

LOTS.

Atlanta 250: Tough to beat the Denis Kudla story, reaching his first ATP semifinal (as a qualifier!) with wins over his contemporaries Ryan Harrison and Jack Sock. His fellow qualifier Jared Donaldson also picked up a win, against fellow-fellow qualifier Somdev Devvarman (a very nice win).

Lexington Challenger: Big Game Bjorn (working on that one) Fratangelo reached the semis, as did Mega Mitch (definitely working on that one) Krueger, buoying both to right around a couple of big places to hang their hats - Bjorn ever so close to that Top 100 and direct entry into majors; Mitch near where you want to be for direct entry into major qualifying. Both are in the running for the US Open Wild Card, with Fratangelo in much better shape (77 points to 44, with Krueger needing a final in Aptos to pass him; Sekou Bangoura also would need a final, while everyone else would need a title).

(Also of note: Ryan Sweeting re-entered the ATP rankings for the first time since last February with a first round win over qualifier Carsten Ball.)

USA F23/Godfrey: Winner -- Michael Mmoh. Runner-Up -- Jared Hiltzik. Semifinalists -- Evan King and Clay Thompson. Quarterfinalists -- Kyle Koch and Gonzales Austin (both qualifiers). Second rounders: Frederick Saba, Liam Caruana, and welcome-to-the-rankings Sameer Kumar and Grayson Goldin. Big tourney a couple of weeks back.

CAN F5/Vancouver: Winner - Andre Dome. Semifinalist - Eric Johnson. Second rounders (both rankings newbies, both qualifiers) Robbie Bellamy and Denny Fafek.

Eric Quigley, Stefan Kozlov, Tommy Paul, William Bushamuka, and Hunter Nicholas moved up thanks to others moving down.