New USA Career-High Rankings, September 15, 2014

Each week I will endeavor to bring you a list of USAmerican players who have reached a new career-high ranking. This list is not exhaustive but will cover most players in the Top 1000. 

New WTA career-high rankings, September 15, 2014

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
Shelby Rogers	70	79*	+9
Madison Brengle	112	117	+5	115	8/11/2014
Allie Kiick	136	138	+2	137	8/4/2014
Asia Muhammad	244	285*	+41
Sanaz Marand	253	268	+15	264	5/5/2014
Danielle Lao	369	375*	+6
Tori Kinard	370	373*	+3
Tornado Alicia Black	459	465*	+6
Caitlin Whoriskey	460	466*	+6
Christina Makarova	584	587	+3	586	7/21/2014
Alexa Guarachi	596	602*	+6
Anamika Bhargava	608	609*	+1
Nadja Gilchrist	654	655*	+1
Ellie Halbauer	693	694*	+1
Julia Elbaba	695	696*	+1
Alexandra Riley	750	758*	+8

This is a long list, but as you can see, there are only three players whose ranking increased more than a handfull - all three of them were, like me, in Quebec!  It was super excellent to watch Rogers, Muhammad and Marand (as well as Brengle and Lao) play in person. Muhammad was in particular exciting as she came back from a break down in the third in three successive matches, although she lost in a third set tiebreak (to Rogers) in that final match.

In the next few months, I'll be looking to see if Rogers can break the Top 50, Brengle the Top 100, and Muhammad the Top 200.  As for Marand, it's great to see her progress again after a bit of a slip over the summer.  She has 42 points to defend through the end of the year so some good ITF events are a must if she wants to make the Australian Open qualifying cut (hint: she does).

New ATP career-high rankings, September 15, 2014

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
Daniel Nguyen	384	401	+17	397	8/25/2014
Connor Smith	381	395*	+14
Ernesto Escobedo	462	465*	+3
Sekou Bangoura	498	541	+43	535	8/11/2014
Evan Song	533	573	+40
Kyle McMorrow	681	684*	+3
Justin Shane	1112	1256	+144	1215	2/10/2014

An impressively tiny group this week, with nobody in the Top 300 moving up (due in part to the absence of challengers in North America and futures in the USA).  The two biggest movers, Bangoura and Shane, got their points at the Canada Futures tournament a week ago: Bangoura reached the semis while Shane got to the quarters.  Nguyen also reached the CAN F9 semifinal.  For his part, Song reached the final of the Mexico Futures that same week.

More names should appear in the next couple of weeks as there will be increased opportunities for points at challenger and ATP World Tour events.  In the meantime, congratulations to the seven men above!

New USA Career-High Rankings, September 8, 2014

Each week I will endeavor to bring you a list of USAmerican players who have reached a new career-high ranking. This list is not exhaustive but will cover most players in the Top 1000. 

New ATP career-high rankings, September 8, 2014

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
Steve Johnson	47	51	+4	49	8/18/2014
Austin Krajicek	164	202	+38	188	7/14/2014
Connor Smith	395	478*	+83
Ernesto Escobedo	465	509*	+44	509	8/18/2014
Evan Song	573	588	+15	578	7/28/2014
Kyle McMorrow	684	697*	+13
Peter Kobelt	692	701	+9	698	8/18/2014
Collin Altamirano	749	837*	+90
Stefan Kozlov	760	851	+91	839	6/9/2014
Oscar Fabian Matthews	1024	1045	+21	1042	7/21/2014
Erik Elliott	1338	1446	+108	1398	6/9/2014
Joseph Digiulio	1452	1604	+52	1542	7/7/2014
Tom Fawcett	1977	1983*	+6

The US Open was a big disappointment for US men, some of whom, with better results, could have made big moves.  Johnson, despite losing in the first round in a very memorable way, moved up due to others not defending points.  But still: welcome to the Top 50, sir!  Extremely well deserved.  Three players who did post wins, in qualies, were Escobedo, Altamirano, and Kozlov, the latter two of whom are separated by one (1) ranking point.

Krajicek's win in Medellin had to feel good after a number of rough losses all year.  He played tremendously all week (also winning the doubles crown) and is now well positioned for upcoming challengers, where he may well be seeded, and not too much coming off through the end of the year.

Edit: Connor Smith's entry last week was incorrect. 

New WTA career-high rankings, September 8, 2014

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
Shelby Rogers	79	86*	+7		8/11/2014
Nicole Gibbs	101	135*	+34
Asia Muhammad	285	288*	+3
Tori Kinard	373	389*	+16	388	8/18/2014
Danielle Lao	375	381	+6	379	8/18/2014
Danielle Muresan	421	424	+3	422	8/18/2014
CiCi Bellis	431	1208	+777	1204	5/19/2014
Katerina Stewart	442	532	+90	526	8/4/2014
Tornado Alicia Black	465	570	+105	566	8/11/204
Caitlin Whoriskey	466	572	+106	482	5/27/2013
Jennifer Brady	524	536*	+12
Alexa Guarachi	602	603*	+1
Anamika Bhargava	609	641*	+31
Nadja Gilchrist	655	867*	+212
Ellie Halbauer	694	699*	+5		8/11/2014
Julia Elbaba	696	703*	+7
Alexandra Riley	758	767*	+9
Marie Norris	923	941	+18	938	8/4/2014
Kaitlyn McCarthy	1165	1170	+5	1166	7/28/2014

A huge haul this week compared to last.  Some nice wins in New York: Bellis most prominently, Gibbs with a longer run, and Stewart, Black, and Whoriskey in qualies.  How impressive is it to have four top-500 debutantes in the same week from the same country?

The other huge mover is Nadja Gilchrist, who reached the semis of the $25K in Winnipeg a few weeks ago and who is now 17-5 this year.  Outside the Top 1000 a month ago, it's exciting times for the former Bulldog.