New USA Career-High Rankings, Sept. 21 & 28

Periodically I will bring you a list of USAmerican players who have reached a new career-high ranking (CHR) in the previous weeks. 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.

Guide: 

• If a player's ranking is a new career high, it will be noted in bold. 
• If the ranking tied his or her previous career high, it will be noted with an asterisk.* 
• If the ranking marks his or her debut in the ranking it will be noted in red.

New WTA Career-High Rankings, September 21 & 28, 2015

Player name	9/21/15 ranking	9/28/15 ranking	Previous CHR	Date achieved
Samantha Crawford	178	188	217	9/14/2015
Danielle Lao	280	276	288	8/17/2015
Robin Anderson	404	371	406	9/14/2015
Nicole Frenkel	419	423*	423	9/14/2015
Julia Jones	563	490	567	9/14/2015
Raveena Kingsley	648	650*	650	9/14/2015
Maegan Manasse	851	739	832	8/24/2015
Sophie Chang	807	784	808	8/24/2015
Sabrina Santamaria	872	811	819	8/2/2010
Nicole Coopersmith	892	901	897	9/14/2015
Ena Shibahara	n/a	1050	n/a	n/a
Amy Zhu	1111	1081	1082	7/13/2015

Quebec City WTA: First she qualified, then she recorded two big WTA main draw wins ... two big straight set wins. This result allowed 2012 US Open Junior champion Samantha Crawford to break into the Top 200, where she'll reside at least for the rest of the year (and likely much longer). Danielle Lao (USC) also picked up 12 points from a first round qualifying win.

Albuquerque $75K: The following week, Lao got another 10 points for a first round win over Louisa Chirico. Wild card Julia Jones (Ole Miss) won a round there as well to account for her jump into the Top 500, as did qualifier Robin Anderson (UCLA), now into the Top 400. In qualies, Sabrina Santamaria (USC) garnered two wins (3 points) while Sophie Chang got one (1 point).

Redding $25K: Chang joined Amy Zhu and Maegan Manasse (California) in qualifying for the main draw at this Northern California tournament (that I had the pleasure of attending and writing about). Manasse then won a round (good for 5 points), as did wild card Jones. Nicole Frenkel and rankings newbie Ena Shibahara (WC) each got a point for playing first round matches.

Others: Nicole Coopersmith and Raveena Kingsley both moved up when others ahead of them had points fall off.

New ATP Career-High Rankings, September 21 & 28, 2015

Player name	9/21/15 ranking	9/28/15 ranking	Previous CHR	Date achieved
Jack Sock	28*	27	28	8/24/2015
Denis Kudla	76	73	74	8/24/2015
Dennis Novikov	163	144	184	5/25/2015
Alexander Sarkissian	185	183	193	9/14/2015
Frances Tiafoe	251	252	253	9/14/2015
Kevin King	277	282	284	9/14/2015
Tommy Paul	344	351	345	9/14/2015
Deiton Baughman	415	372	408	7/20/2015
Sekou Bangoura	461	419	429	7/27/2015
Wil Spencer	522	519	555	9/14/2015
Jared Hiltzik	616	611	615	8/3/2015
Eric Johnson	707	709	717	9/14/2015
William Bushamuka	962	960	964	9/14/2015
Nathan Pasha	963	944	1124	6/29/2015
Hunter Nicholas	986*	969	986	9/14/2015
Konrad Zieba	1142	1155	2150	9/14/2015
Gonzalez Austin	1205	1117	1202	9/14/2015
Nicholas Reyes	1494	1496	1519	6/8/2015
Tim Kopinski	1613	1436	1582	9/14/2015
Tom Fawcett	n/a	1612	1974	9/8/2014

Cary & Columbus Challengers: Dennis Novikov (UCLA) was the megastar champion of these two non-USTA challengers that garnered him 160 points and vaulted him 40 spots into the Top 150. He still has several runs from Futures late last year that he'll be defending points from, but now he'll have some seeds in challengers, and just a few more wins should keep him in good stead going into 2016, giving him a foundation for a push to the Top 100.

Kevin King (Georgia Tech) had a run to the quarters in Cary, while Sekou Bangoura (Florida) got to the quarters in Columbus.

Nanchang Challenger: Alexander Sarkissian (Pepperdine) reached the quarters!

USA F26/Claremont: 19-year-old Deiton Baughman won his 3rd Futures title and is now in the Top 400. Gonzalez Austin (Vanderbilt) and Tom Fawcett (Stanford) picked up a couple of points by making the quarterfinals. Hunter Nicholas (San Diego State) also had a win.

CAN F9 & F10: Nathan Pasha (Georgia) reached the semis of the first of 2 Toronto tournaments, while Wil Spencer (Georgia) and Bangoura both reached the quarters. Jared Hiltzik (Illinois) won a round in the second of the 2 Toronto tournaments.

ISR F11 & F12: Eric Johnson (USC) won a round at Kiriyat Gat and then reached the quarters in Meitar.

POL F4 & F5: Tim Kopinski (Illinois) qualified and won a round in the first of these two tournaments, and Konrad Zieba (Northwestern) qualified and got to the semis in the second.

EGY F30: Nicholas Reyes reached his first career quarterfinal.

Sock, Kudla, Tiafoe, Paul, and Bushamuka moved up thanks to others moving down.