Jessica Pegula in the fourth round of the 2023 Australian Open, Melbourne
Jessica Pegula in the fourth round of the 2023 Australian Open, Melbourne | (Photo by Robert Prange/Getty Images)

Tennis | Rankings Report | Jessica Pegula makes top ten return after Canada title and Cincinnati final

By Tony Fairbairn

  • Jessica Pegula has returned to the world’s top ten after winning the title in Toronto and reaching the Cincinnati final
  • Frances Tiafoe is in the world’s top 20 while Alexei Popyrin and Paula Badosa make significant climbs up the rankings
  • There are rankings rises for Harriet Dart and Jack Draper ahead of the US Open
CINCINNATI, USA – Jessica Pegula is back into the world’s top ten after a title in Toronto as well as a final in Cincinnati.

 

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ATP Rankings and Brits Top 10

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Frances Tiafoe is back into the world’s top 20 after reaching the final in Cincinnati. The American gained his form and confidence with wins over Lorenzo Musetti, Jiri Lehecka and Holger Rune with the American now at 20 in the world heading into the US Open. The player that Tiafoe lost to in the final was world number one Jannik Sinner who still remains at the top of the world rankings as the Italian looks for a second Grand Slam title of his career.

Elsewhere, Alexei Popyrin made a big jump inside the world’s top 30 after winning his maiden Masters 1000 title in Montreal. Popyrin defeated Ben Shelton, Grigor Dimitrov, Hubert Hurkacz and Andrey Rublev on his way to the landmark title and is now 28 in the world. There was also a five place rise up the rankings for Alex Michelsen who is now at 52 in the world while Damir Dzumhur climbed up 19 places to 81 in the world.

Meanwhile in ranking falls, last year’s Cincinnati quarter-finalist Max Purcell dropped down 23 places to 91 in the world. Meanwhile Emil Ruusuvuori is down ten places to 83 in the world as Dusan Lajovic went down 12 places to 66 in the world rankings. As for Constant Lestienne, the Frenchman falls out of the world’s top 100 and goes down 22 places to 110 in the world.

As for the Brits, Jack Draper has climbed up three places to 25 in the world after reaching the quarter-finals in Cincinnati. There was an eight place fall for Dan Evans as the gap between him and the world’s top 100 gets bigger with each week with the Brit now at 186 in the world. While Arthur Fery climbed up nine places to 229 in the world.

ATP

  1. Jannik Sinner (ITA) – 9,760 points
  2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) – 7,460
  3. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) – 7,360
  4. Alexander Zverev (GER) – 7,035
  5. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) – 6,275
  6. Andrey Rublev (RUS) – 4,805
  7. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) – 4,055
  8. Casper Ruud (NOR) – 3,855
  9. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) – 3,655
  10. Alex De Minaur (AUS) – 3,435

ATP Brits

  1. Jack Draper (25 in the world) – 1,695 points
  2. Cameron Norrie (47) – 1,120
  3. Billy Harris (104) – 552
  4. Jacob Fearnley (159) – 363
  5. Dan Evans (186) – 324
  6. Paul Jubb (192) – 309
  7. Oliver Crawford (225) – 260
  8. Arthur Fery (229) – 252
  9. Charles Broom (255) – 222
  10. Jan Choinski (280) – 199

 

 

WTA Rankings and Brits Top 10

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The main headline of the rankings report is Jessica Pegula’s consistent improvement as the American is back inside the world’s top ten. Pegula successfully defended her title in Canada by claiming the trophy in Toronto and went all the way to the final in Cincinnati. As a result Pegula has climbed up four places to six in the world and will now aim to complete a perfect American swing at the US Open.

The winner of Cincinnati was Aryna Sabalenka as the Australian Open champion cruised through the field including thrashing Iga Swiatek in the semi-finals. Now Sabalenka has reclaimed her spot as world number two as she looks to go one step further than last year and finally win the US Open title.

In other significant ranking news Jelena Ostapenko is at ten in the world after dropping down in the rankings in recent weeks. There is a nine place climb up the rankings for Paula Badosa who is now at 27 in the world. There’s also a nine place rise for Elina Avanesyan after the Armenian lucky loser reached the third round in Cincinnati and is now at 51 in the world.

In terms of British interest Harriet Dart is up one place to 76 in the world but Katie Boulter has fallen down the rankings by two places to 32 in the world. Emma Raducanu remains at 71 in the world after her great run at Wimbledon and in Washington a few weeks ago.

WTA

  1. Iga Swiatek (POL) – 10,695 points
  2. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) – 8,016
  3. Coco Gauff (USA) – 6,743
  4. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) – 5,931
  5. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) – 5,168
  6. Jessica Pegula (USA) – 5,160
  7. Qinwen Zheng (CHN) – 3,980
  8. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) – 3,571
  9. Maria Sakkari (GRE) – 3,515
  10. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) – 3,428

WTA Brits

  1. Katie Boulter (32 in the world) – 1,715 points
  2. Emma Raducanu (71) – 907
  3. Harriet Dart (76) – 874
  4. Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (144) – 530
  5. Sonay Kartal (163) – 458
  6. Heather Watson (191) – 372
  7. Francesca Jones (192) – 370
  8. Jodie Burrage (230) – 311
  9. Amarni Banks (246) – 291
  10. Emily Appleton (369) – 163

 

 


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