New USA Career-High Rankings, Oct.26 - Nov. 9, 2015

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.

This here is the penultimate new CHR update for 2015. I'll post a final one in a few weeks. Enjoy!

Guide:

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

New ATP Career-High Rankings, October 26-November 9, 2015

Player name	10/26/15 ranking	11/2/15 ranking	11/9/15 ranking	Previous CHR	Date achieved
Jack Sock	29	25	26	27	9/28/2015
Steve Johnson	33	31	32	37	11/3/2014
Austin Krajicek	94	100	101	96	10/19/2015
Jared Donaldson	135	133	140	142	9/14/2015
Dennis Novikov	142	138	142	144	9/28/2015
Frances Tiafoe	226	226*	221	228	10/19/2015
Taylor Fritz	228	205	207	232	10/19/2015
Tommy Paul	320	316	263	321	10/19/2015
Deiton Baughman	341	354	358	352	10/12/2015
Michael Mmoh	385	448	451	472	10/19/2015
Peter Kobelt	446	445	446	459	6/8/2015
Mackenzie McDonald	460	454	456	457	10/12/2015
Wil Spencer	478	478*	482	481	10/19/2015
Noah Rubin	553	537	317	526	10/19/2015
Ernesto Escobedo	541	408	393	462	9/15/2014
Alexios Halebian	655	651	653	658	10/19/2015
Eric Johnson	724	711	669	704	10/5/2015
Nathan Pasha	917	918	925	920	10/19/2015
Winston Lin	933*	938	916	933	10/12/2015
Dennis Uspensky	1057	1021	1024	1045	9/21/2015
Gonzales Austin	1087	933	941	1084	10/12/2015
Robert Galloway	1435	1434	1435	1544	10/12/2015
Nicolas Podesta	1461	1460	1355	1447	10/5/2015
Max David Schnur	1597	1629	1636	n/a	n/a
Maksim Tikhomirov	1624	1123	1126	1644	9/16/2013
John Lamble	1664	1347	1221	1841	4/20/2015
Anderson Reed	1713	1694	1482	1678	9/14/2015
Nathaniel Lammons	2000	1990	1999	n/a	n/a

Highlights:

Jack and Steve: These guys had just tremendous European indoor swings. Jack Sock reached the final of Stockholm 250 and the semis of Basel 500, beating three Top 15 players along the way. He lost to guys ranked 5 and 3 in the world, respectively. Steve Johnson paralleled Sock's success with a final at Vienna 500 and Valencia 50, beating two Top 20 players along the way. He had excruciatingly close three-set losses to guys ranked 8 and 24 in the world, respectively. Both guys will be hoping to get ready for the huge opportunities that await them in January: Sock has nothing to defend and could be a Top 24 seed at the Australian Open, while Johnson has a shot at a seeding at a major for the first time.

Those teens AGAIN: 9 of them on this list. Yeesh! The biggest story is Noah Rubin, who won the Charlottesville Challenger, vaulting him into the lead for the USTA's Australian Open wild card. His opponent in the final, Tommy Paul, is getting close to a direct entry into Australian Open qualifying. Jared Donaldson, of course, is a sure thing to get there, as is Taylor Fritz (the new #2 American teen) and likely Frances Tiafoe (a couple of wins in Knoxville and/or Champaign will ice it). Ernesto Escobedo had a big run to the semis of the Monterrey, Mexico Challenger, losing a tough one to top seed Victor Estrella Burgos. Deiton Baughman got to the semis of a Futures in Houston, where he had to retire against eventual titlist Michaol Mmoh. And Dennis Uspensky got his first completed match, and point, since July at a Futures in Spain.

Breakthroughs: Eric Johnson is now in the Top 700 with a run to the ISR F15 semis. Gonzales Austin is Top 1000 thanks to a run to the GRE F8 semis. And newly Top 1500 are Maksim Tikhomirov (TUN F27 QF, TUN F28 SF), John Lamble (ISR F14 QF), Robert Galloway (point in Turkey), and Anderson Reed (point in Venezuela).

New WTA Career-High Rankings, October 26-November 9, 2015

Player name	10/26/15 ranking	11/2/15 ranking	11/9/15 ranking	Previous CHR	Date achieved
Samantha Crawford	172	172*	172*	175	10/10/2015
Kristie Ahn	223*	217	208	223	10/12/2015
Robin Anderson	359	324	319	361	10/5/2015
Nadja Gilchrist	397	404	399	449	7/13/2015
Usue Arconada	473	448	443	465	7/27/2015
Alexa Graham	474	477	476	482	10/19/2015
Julia Jones	490*	489	485	490	9/28/2015
Raveena Kingsley	610	613	611	643	10/19/2015
Sofia Kenin	716	624	620	661	9/14/2015
Jaeda Daniel	718	727	731	749	8/24/2015
Amy Zhu	805	814	813	1043	10/19/2015
Sophie Chang	812	731	734	784	9/28/2015
Nicole Coopersmith	826	809	808	825	10/19/2015
Yuki Kristina Chiang	881	724	696	924	8/10/2015
Kaitlyn McCarthy	884	726	730	821	6/8/2015
Ena Shibahara	1071	904	909	1050	9/28/2015
Ashley Kratzer	1151	1119	1116	1141	10/19/2015
Jessica Wacnik	n/a	n/a	746	n/a	n/a

Highlights:

Rock Hill & Florence: Two $25Ks in South Carolina toward the end of October inform our November 2nd and 9th CHRs. In Rock Hill, Amy Zhu (University of Michigan) qualified and reached the quarters with a win over #4 seed (and former WTA #11) Shahar Peer, before falling to eventual champion Jennifer Brady. Raveena Kingsley (WC) also won a round, beating #2 seed Cagla Buyukakcay. In Florence, unseeded Robin Anderson upset the #2 seed (also Buyukakcay) on her way to the semis, where she lost to eventual champion Grace Min. Three qualifiers also are on our list: Sophie Chang, who then upset #7 seed Paula Ormaechea; Sofia Kenin, who then beat Chang to reach the quarterfinals (where she lost to Anderson); and Kaitlyn McCarthy, who also reached the quarters, beating #4 seed Elitsa Kostova along the way.

Macon & Waco: Following that, the USTA Australian Open Wild Card Challenge got underway with two $50Ks. Anderson beat #3 seed Sachia Vickery in Macon, Georgia before falling to fellow former UCLA Bruin Brady. And last week in Waco Texas, Kristie Ahn won two matches before falling to fellow former USC Trojan Nicole Gibbs.

Canada: Finally, two $50s in Canada. In Saguanay, Quebec, Nadja Gilchrist got to her first $50K semifinal and Samantha Crawford got to the quarters. Both lost to eventual champion Jovana Jaksic. The following week in Toronto, Ahn got to the quarters and Crawford got to the second round. Again, both lost to Jaksic.

Australia: A tournament won by an American (Asia Muhammad), the $50K in Canberra was also notable for the breakthrough of Jessica Wacnik, the former Boston College Golden Eagle (originally from the Chicago area - woo!) who qualified and reached the quarterfinals. Welcome to the WTA rankings, Jessica! (Thanks to Jason Huntington for noting her initial absence from the list!)

Finally, Yuki Kristina Chiang has been playing the Australian circuit for the past 5 weeks. She qualified successfully for 2 tournaments and was Lucky Loser in two others. She also reached her first quarterfinal at the $25K level, in Brisbane.