The Rankings Thread (ATP)

[herios]

New career high this week:

56. Alexander Zverev 18y
63. John Millman 26y

How come Taylor Fritz is not making your list.

Fritz is #102, up from 145. Huge jump.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/rankings-history

No worries, Fritz will make my list very soon.

By the way, he defends almost nothing until June, Fritz will keep making new highs, if he keeps getting wins and points.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Thiem has now entered into top 16 with a SF showing in Rio. If he could maintain his spot in top 16, draw will become easier for him for the rest of the year.

 

[tented]

New rankings for February 22, 2016.

 

[Backhand_DTL]

Thiem has now entered into top 16 with a SF showing in Rio. If he could maintain his spot in top 16, draw will become easier for him for the rest of the year.

While it is surely useful to be a seed in Masters 1000 events I'm always wondering if being seeded between 13 and 16 for the Grand Slams really is preferable to be seeded between 17 and 24.

It definitely makes it easier to reach the 4th Round but then you are supposed to meet someone seeded 1-4 there, so the chances of going further are rather small. With the lower seeding, there's a 50% chance to meet someone from the 5-8 bracket, so getting to the 4th Round is harder but reaching the quarter finals might be a greater possibility once you get there.

But being seeded in Masters will also help in scoring the points needed to reach the more desirable 9-12 range, so overall it's probably a good thing for almost any player.

 

[britbox]

22 February 2016

1 Novak Djokovic 16,790
2 Andy Murray 8,855
3 Roger Federer 8,795
4 Stan Wawrinka 5,870
5 Rafael Nadal 4,880
6 Kei Nishikori 4,235
7 Tomas Berdych 3,990
8 David Ferrer 3,915
9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,950
10 Richard Gasquet 2,760
11 John Isner 2,585
12 Marin Cilic 2,555
13 Milos Raonic 2,450
14 Kevin Anderson 2,200
15 Dominic Thiem 2,020
16 David Goffin 1,970
17 Gael Monfils 1,950
18 Roberto Bautista Agut 1,935
19 Gilles Simon 1,895
20 Benoit Paire 1,686
21 Bernard Tomic 1,675
22 Viktor Troicki 1,625
23 Jack Sock 1,570
24 Feliciano Lopez 1,495
25 Martin Klizan 1,420
26 Grigor Dimitrov 1,375
27 Pablo Cuevas 1,305
28 Philipp Kohlschreiber 1,285
29 Fabio Fognini 1,260
30 Jeremy Chardy 1,255
31 Ivo Karlovic 1,245
32 Alexandr Dolgopolov 1,240
33 Nick Kyrgios 1,240
34 Steve Johnson 1,215
35 Thomaz Bellucci 1,200
36 Joao Sousa 1,146
37 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 1,135
38 Borna Coric 1,066
39 Andreas Seppi 1,050
40 Leonardo Mayer 1,045
41 Tommy Robredo 1,035
42 Guido Pella 1,018
43 Sam Querrey 1,015
44 Nicolas Mahut 980
45 Vasek Pospisil 970
46 Gilles Muller 970
47 Teymuraz Gabashvili 918
48 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 903
49 Federico Delbonis 895
50 Nicolas Almagro 879
51 Lukas Rosol 872
52 Paolo Lorenzi 855
53 Andrey Kuznetsov 853
54 Aljaz Bedene 842
55 Jiri Vesely 840
56 Alexander Zverev 821
57 Marcos Baghdatis 805
58 Adrian Mannarino 800
59 Fernando Verdasco 785
60 Rajeev Ram 772
61 John Millman 766
62 Robin Haase 762
63 Denis Istomin 752
64 Denis Kudla 749
65 Inigo Cervantes 747
66 Hyeon Chung 735
67 Pablo Carreno Busta 734
68 Juan Monaco 730
69 Paul-Henri Mathieu 729
70 Pablo Andujar 725
71 Ernests Gulbis 721
72 Daniel Munoz de la Nava 720
73 Simone Bolelli 715
74 Victor Estrella Burgos 705
75 Sam Groth 691
76 Dusan Lajovic 688
77 Santiago Giraldo 682
78 Mikhail Youzhny 680
79 Donald Young 672
80 Evgeny Donskoy 668
81 Ivan Dodig 668
82 Kyle Edmund 653
83 Diego Schwartzman 649
84 Mikhail Kukushkin 647
85 Illya Marchenko 645
86 Ricardas Berankis 631
87 Taro Daniel 619
88 Lucas Pouille 619
89 Yen-Hsun Lu 614
90 Dudi Sela 613
91 Marco Cecchinato 608
92 Sergiy Stakhovsky 593
93 Marcel Granollers 591
94 Benjamin Becker 591
95 Damir Dzumhur 588
96 Facundo Bagnis 587
97 Jerzy Janowicz 585
98 Filip Krajinovic 585
99 Daniel Gimeno-Traver 582
100 Dustin Brown 572

 

[herios]

New career high this week:

15. Dominic Thiem 22y
42. Guido Pella 25y
60. Rajeev Ram 31y
61. John Millman 26y
65. Inigo Cervantes 26y
82. Kyle Edmund 21y
87. Taro Daniel 23y

 

[herios]

New career high this week:

15. Dominic Thiem 22y
42. Guido Pella 25y
60. Rajeev Ram 31y
61. John Millman 26y
65. Inigo Cervantes 26y
82. Kyle Edmund 21y
87. Taro Daniel 23y

 

[britbox]

 

[britbox]

Taylor Fritz wiil overtake Zverev by six months in becoming the youngest Top 100 player.

 

[herios]

Taylor Fritz wiil overtake Zverev by six months in becoming the youngest Top 100 player.

At the same time, Zverev was younger when he entered the top 100. He was 18y and 1 month, now Taylor is 18y and 4 months.
In development, Taylor trails him with 3 months. With time, this will not matter much. I am just comparing them, as far as how quickly they are developing.

 

[britbox]

29 February 2016

[parsehtml]
<table class="ranking-table" cellpadding="5">
<tbody><tr>
<th align="center">Rank</th>
<th align="center">Previous Rank</th>
<th align="left">Name</th>
<th align="left">Country</th>
<th align="left">Ranking Points</th>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="left">

Novak Djokovic

</td>
<td align="left">

Serbia

</td>
<td align="left">16,580</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="left">

Andy Murray

</td>
<td align="left">

Great Britain

</td>
<td align="left">8,765</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="left">

Roger Federer

</td>
<td align="left">

Switzerland

</td>
<td align="left">8,295</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="left">

Stanislas Wawrinka

</td>
<td align="left">

Switzerland

</td>
<td align="left">6,325</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="left">

Rafael Nadal

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">4,810</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="left">

Kei Nishikori

</td>
<td align="left">

Japan

</td>
<td align="left">4,030</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">7</td>
<td align="center">7</td>
<td align="left">

Tomas Berdych

</td>
<td align="left">

Czech Republic

</td>
<td align="left">3,900</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="left">

David Ferrer

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">3,505</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="left">

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">2,950</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="left">

Richard Gasquet

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">2,715</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">11</td>
<td align="center">11</td>
<td align="left">

John Isner

</td>
<td align="left">

USA

</td>
<td align="left">2,585</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">12</td>
<td align="center">12</td>
<td align="left">

Marin Cilic

</td>
<td align="left">

Croatia

</td>
<td align="left">2,555</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">13</td>
<td align="center">13</td>
<td align="left">

Milos Raonic

</td>
<td align="left">

Canada

</td>
<td align="left">2,450</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">14</td>
<td align="center">15</td>
<td align="left">

Dominic Thiem

</td>
<td align="left">

Austria

</td>
<td align="left">2,430</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">15</td>
<td align="center">14</td>
<td align="left">

Kevin Anderson

</td>
<td align="left">

South Africa

</td>
<td align="left">2,065</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">16</td>
<td align="center">16</td>
<td align="left">

David Goffin

</td>
<td align="left">

Belgium

</td>
<td align="left">1,970</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">17</td>
<td align="center">17</td>
<td align="left">

Gael Monfils

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">1,950</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">18</td>
<td align="center">18</td>
<td align="left">

Roberto Bautista Agut

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">1,935</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">19</td>
<td align="center">19</td>
<td align="left">

Gilles Simon

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">1,895</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">20</td>
<td align="center">21</td>
<td align="left">

Bernard Tomic

</td>
<td align="left">

Australia

</td>
<td align="left">1,885</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">21</td>
<td align="center">20</td>
<td align="left">

Benoit Paire

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">1,651</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">22</td>
<td align="center">24</td>
<td align="left">

Feliciano Lopez

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">1,630</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">23</td>
<td align="center">22</td>
<td align="left">

Viktor Troicki

</td>
<td align="left">

Serbia

</td>
<td align="left">1,580</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">24</td>
<td align="center">23</td>
<td align="left">

Jack Sock

</td>
<td align="left">

USA

</td>
<td align="left">1,570</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">25</td>
<td align="center">27</td>
<td align="left">

Pablo Cuevas

</td>
<td align="left">

Uruguay

</td>
<td align="left">1,510</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">26</td>
<td align="center">26</td>
<td align="left">

Grigor Dimitrov

</td>
<td align="left">

Bulgaria

</td>
<td align="left">1,420</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">27</td>
<td align="center">33</td>
<td align="left">

Nick Kyrgios

</td>
<td align="left">

Australia

</td>
<td align="left">1,420</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">28</td>
<td align="center">25</td>
<td align="left">

Martin Klizan

</td>
<td align="left">

Slovakia

</td>
<td align="left">1,420</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">29</td>
<td align="center">32</td>
<td align="left">

Alexandr Dolgopolov

</td>
<td align="left">

Ukraine

</td>
<td align="left">1,330</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center">28</td>
<td align="left">

Philipp Kohlschreiber

</td>
<td align="left">

Germany

</td>
<td align="left">1,330</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">31</td>
<td align="center">29</td>
<td align="left">

Fabio Fognini

</td>
<td align="left">

Italy

</td>
<td align="left">1,260</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">32</td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="left">

Jeremy Chardy

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">1,255</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">33</td>
<td align="center">35</td>
<td align="left">

Thomaz Bellucci

</td>
<td align="left">

Brazil

</td>
<td align="left">1,200</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">34</td>
<td align="center">31</td>
<td align="left">

Ivo Karlovic

</td>
<td align="left">

Croatia

</td>
<td align="left">1,200</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">35</td>
<td align="center">34</td>
<td align="left">

Steve Johnson

</td>
<td align="left">

USA

</td>
<td align="left">1,190</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">36</td>
<td align="center">43</td>
<td align="left">

Sam Querrey

</td>
<td align="left">

USA

</td>
<td align="left">1,175</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">37</td>
<td align="center">36</td>
<td align="left">

Joao Sousa

</td>
<td align="left">

Portugal

</td>
<td align="left">1,146</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">38</td>
<td align="center">37</td>
<td align="left">

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">1,135</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">39</td>
<td align="center">57</td>
<td align="left">

Marcos Baghdatis

</td>
<td align="left">

Cyprus

</td>
<td align="left">1,060</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">40</td>
<td align="center">39</td>
<td align="left">

Andreas Seppi

</td>
<td align="left">

Italy

</td>
<td align="left">1,050</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">41</td>
<td align="center">40</td>
<td align="left">

Leonardo Mayer

</td>
<td align="left">

Argentina

</td>
<td align="left">1,045</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">42</td>
<td align="center">42</td>
<td align="left">

Guido Pella

</td>
<td align="left">

Argentina

</td>
<td align="left">1,018</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">43</td>
<td align="center">41</td>
<td align="left">

Tommy Robredo

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">1,010</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">44</td>
<td align="center">45</td>
<td align="left">

Vasek Pospisil

</td>
<td align="left">

Canada

</td>
<td align="left">995</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">45</td>
<td align="center">44</td>
<td align="left">

Nicolas Mahut

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">972</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">46</td>
<td align="center">46</td>
<td align="left">

Gilles Muller

</td>
<td align="left">

Luxembourg

</td>
<td align="left">970</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">47</td>
<td align="center">38</td>
<td align="left">

Borna Coric

</td>
<td align="left">

Croatia

</td>
<td align="left">921</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">48</td>
<td align="center">47</td>
<td align="left">

Teymuraz Gabashvili


</td>
<td align="left">

Russia

</td>
<td align="left">918</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">49</td>
<td align="center">48</td>
<td align="left">

Albert Ramos

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">903</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">50</td>
<td align="center">51</td>
<td align="left">

Lukas Rosol

</td>
<td align="left">

Czech Republic

</td>
<td align="left">897</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">51</td>
<td align="center">49</td>
<td align="left">

Federico Delbonis

</td>
<td align="left">

Argentina

</td>
<td align="left">895</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">52</td>
<td align="center">54</td>
<td align="left">

Aljaz Bedene

</td>
<td align="left">

Great Britain

</td>
<td align="left">877</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">53</td>
<td align="center">67</td>
<td align="left">

Pablo Carreno Busta

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">864</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">54</td>
<td align="center">52</td>
<td align="left">

Paolo Lorenzi

</td>
<td align="left">

Italy

</td>
<td align="left">855</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">55</td>
<td align="center">53</td>
<td align="left">

Andrey Kuznetsov

</td>
<td align="left">

Russia

</td>
<td align="left">853</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">56</td>
<td align="center">55</td>
<td align="left">

Jiri Vesely

</td>
<td align="left">

Czech Republic

</td>
<td align="left">840</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">57</td>
<td align="center">62</td>
<td align="left">

Robin Haase

</td>
<td align="left">

Netherlands

</td>
<td align="left">832</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">58</td>
<td align="center">56</td>
<td align="left">

Alexander Zverev

</td>
<td align="left">

Germany

</td>
<td align="left">821</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">59</td>
<td align="center">65</td>
<td align="left">

Inigo Cervantes

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">821</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">60</td>
<td align="center">58</td>
<td align="left">

Adrian Mannarino

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">800</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">61</td>
<td align="center">50</td>
<td align="left">

Nicolas Almagro

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">789</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">62</td>
<td align="center">60</td>
<td align="left">

Rajeev Ram

</td>
<td align="left">

USA

</td>
<td align="left">772</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">63</td>
<td align="center">66</td>
<td align="left">

Hyeon Chung

</td>
<td align="left">

Korea

</td>
<td align="left">764</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">64</td>
<td align="center">59</td>
<td align="left">

Fernando Verdasco

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">750</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">65</td>
<td align="center">64</td>
<td align="left">

Denis Kudla

</td>
<td align="left">

United States

</td>
<td align="left">749</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">66</td>
<td align="center">74</td>
<td align="left">

Victor Estrella Burgos

</td>
<td align="left">

Dominican Republic

</td>
<td align="left">745</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">67</td>
<td align="center">76</td>
<td align="left">

Dusan Lajovic

</td>
<td align="left">

Serbia

</td>
<td align="left">733</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">68</td>
<td align="center">72</td>
<td align="left">

Daniel Munoz-de la nava

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">732</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">69</td>
<td align="center">69</td>
<td align="left">

Paul-Henri Mathieu

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">729</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">70</td>
<td align="center">85</td>
<td align="left">

Illya Marchenko

</td>
<td align="left">

Ukraine

</td>
<td align="left">728</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">71</td>
<td align="center">70</td>
<td align="left">

Pablo Andujar

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">725</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">72</td>
<td align="center">71</td>
<td align="left">

Ernests Gulbis

</td>
<td align="left">

Latvia

</td>
<td align="left">721</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">73</td>
<td align="center">63</td>
<td align="left">

Denis Istomin

</td>
<td align="left">

Uzbekistan

</td>
<td align="left">717</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">74</td>
<td align="center">79</td>
<td align="left">

Donald Young

</td>
<td align="left">

USA

</td>
<td align="left">711</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">75</td>
<td align="center">61</td>
<td align="left">

John Millman

</td>
<td align="left">

Australia

</td>
<td align="left">711</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">76</td>
<td align="center">78</td>
<td align="left">

Mikhail Youzhny

</td>
<td align="left">

Russia

</td>
<td align="left">700</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">77</td>
<td align="center">75</td>
<td align="left">

Sam Groth

</td>
<td align="left">

Australia

</td>
<td align="left">691</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">78</td>
<td align="center">73</td>
<td align="left">

Simone Bolelli

</td>
<td align="left">

Italy

</td>
<td align="left">690</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">79</td>
<td align="center">84</td>
<td align="left">

Mikhail Kukushkin

</td>
<td align="left">

Kazakhstan

</td>
<td align="left">682</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">80</td>
<td align="center">81</td>
<td align="left">

Ivan Dodig

</td>
<td align="left">

Croatia

</td>
<td align="left">678</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">81</td>
<td align="center">102</td>
<td align="left">

Taylor Harry Fritz

</td>
<td align="left">

United States

</td>
<td align="left">674</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">82</td>
<td align="center">80</td>
<td align="left">

Evgeny Donskoy

</td>
<td align="left">

Russia

</td>
<td align="left">668</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">83</td>
<td align="center">82</td>
<td align="left">

Kyle Edmund

</td>
<td align="left">

England

</td>
<td align="left">663</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">84</td>
<td align="center">77</td>
<td align="left">

Santiago Giraldo

</td>
<td align="left">

Colombia

</td>
<td align="left">657</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">85</td>
<td align="center">83</td>
<td align="left">

Diego Schwartzman

</td>
<td align="left">

Argentina

</td>
<td align="left">649</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">86</td>
<td align="center">86</td>
<td align="left">

Richard Berankis

</td>
<td align="left">

Lithuania

</td>
<td align="left">631</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">87</td>
<td align="center">87</td>
<td align="left">

Taro Daniel

</td>
<td align="left">

Japan

</td>
<td align="left">619</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">88</td>
<td align="center">88</td>
<td align="left">

Lucas Pouille

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">619</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">89</td>
<td align="center">90</td>
<td align="left">

Dudi Sela

</td>
<td align="left">

Israel

</td>
<td align="left">613</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">90</td>
<td align="center">91</td>
<td align="left">

Marco Cecchinato

</td>
<td align="left">

Italy

</td>
<td align="left">608</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">91</td>
<td align="center">99</td>
<td align="left">

Daniel Gimeno-Traver

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">602</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">92</td>
<td align="center">93</td>
<td align="left">

Marcel Granollers

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">591</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">93</td>
<td align="center">95</td>
<td align="left">

Damir Dzumhur

</td>
<td align="left">

Bosnia

</td>
<td align="left">588</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">94</td>
<td align="center">89</td>
<td align="left">

Yen-Hsun Lu

</td>
<td align="left">

Chinese Taipei

</td>
<td align="left">587</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">95</td>
<td align="center">96</td>
<td align="left">

Facundo Bagnis

</td>
<td align="left">

Argentina

</td>
<td align="left">587</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">96</td>
<td align="center">97</td>
<td align="left">

Jerzy Janowicz

</td>
<td align="left">

Poland

</td>
<td align="left">585</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">97</td>
<td align="center">98</td>
<td align="left">

Filip Krajinovic

</td>
<td align="left">

Serbia

</td>
<td align="left">585</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">98</td>
<td align="center">68</td>
<td align="left">

Juan Monaco

</td>
<td align="left">

Argentina

</td>
<td align="left">580</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">99</td>
<td align="center">119</td>
<td align="left">

Yuichi Sugita

</td>
<td align="left">

Japan

</td>
<td align="left">580</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">100</td>
<td align="center">100</td>
<td align="left">

Dustin Brown

</td>
<td align="left">

Germany

</td>
<td align="left">572</td>
</tr>

</tbody></table>
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[tented]

New rankings for February 29, 2016.

 

[herios]

New career high this week:

14. Dominic Thiem 22y
59. Inigo Cervantes 26y
68. Daniel Munoz de la Nava 34y
81. Taylor Fritz 18y
99. Yuichi Sugita 27y


Dominic gains another spot. The two Spanish clay courters, Cervantes and De la Nava, who broke into the top 100 at the same time, in November 2015, being the finalists at the Challenger tour finals, keep on climbing.
Two new players are breaking in the top 100 this week:
Taylor Fritz becomes the youngest in the top 100 and another Japanese player, Sugita, who is not the youngest.

 

[herios]

New career high this week:

14. Dominic Thiem 22y
59. Inigo Cervantes 26y
68. Daniel Munoz de la Nava 34y
81. Taylor Fritz 18y
99. Yuichi Sugita 27y


Dominic gains another spot. The two Spanish clay courters, Cervantes and De la Nava, who broke into the top 100 at the same time, in November 2015, being the finalists at the Challenger tour finals, keep on climbing.
Two new players are breaking in the top 100 this week:
Taylor Fritz becomes the youngest in the top 100 and another Japanese player, Sugita, who is not the youngest.

 

[El Dude]

The Race to London rankings are interesting:

1. Djokovic
2. Murray
3. Thiem
4. Wawrinka
5. Raonic
6. Bautista Agut
7. Cuevas
8. Federer
9. Nishikori
10. Ferrer
11. Tomic
12. Monfils
13. Berdych
14. Troicki
15. Klizan
16. Querrey
17. Kyrgios
18. Dimitrov
19. Pella
20. Fritz
21. Nadal

bold players were born 1989 or later.

Clearly it is too early to take much stock, but there's been enough action to take some stock. Clearly the big story is Thiem, who looks like a legit top 10 player. Bautista Agut, Cuevas, Querrey, etc, are having good years. And of course there's Fritz, and the falling Nadal.

 

[Kieran]

Thiem number 3. That's a great start for him. At least 4 of the top 20 there are not "next generation" - they're the generation that's even next to them! :clap

 

[El Dude]

I just put the younger generation players, born 1989 or later, in bold. That's an encouraging sign.

Guido Pella kind of came out of nowhere.

 

[Fiero425]

I just put the younger generation players, born 1989 or later, in bold. That's an encouraging sign.

Guido Pella kind of came out of nowhere.

:clap Bout time too! Noticed Nadal (#21) isn't even in the top 20! That Qatar final just wasn't enough with heroics of Thiem & Cuevas! :snicker :laydownlaughing :angel:

 

[Great Hands]

I'm keen to see how the guys who've made strides in the 250s and 500s (Thiem, Kyrgios, Klizan etc) do in the Masters events. Next month should be interesting...

 

[Kieran]

I'm keen to see how the guys who've made strides in the 250s and 500s (Thiem, Kyrgios, Klizan etc) do in the Masters events. Next month should be interesting...

It should be. And let's not forget that although I like him so far this season, Thiem is already 22. The Big 3 all had begun their slam winning careers by that age, and we're celebrating him winning a 500, as if it's an unheard of thing. I'm not slating him, by the way, I'm just thinking out loud about a confab I had with a fellow poster today, one whose opinion I respect. I suppose we expect players to peak later now, because of the physicality of the sport, and this is true, but really, don't all young great prodigy champs also have a mental maturity and fortitude that's beyond their years, and this is something that the generation(s) that followed the Big 3 sorely lack?

I hope this pattern gets broken by Thiem, Fritz and Nick, and they don't hang around ringing the doorbell until it's politely opened, but instead they dig deep, and kick the damned door down!