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INDIAN WELLS, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 19: Taylor Fritz returns a shot to Andrey Rublev of Russia during the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 19, 2022 in Indian Wells, California. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Tennis | Rankings Report | Taylor Fritz and Jessica Pegula earn ranking climbs after reaching maiden Grand Slam final

Tony Fairbairn
Tennis

By Tony Fairbairn

  • Taylor Fritz is back in the world’s top ten after reaching his first Grand Slam final.
  • Jessica Pegula also reached her first Grand Slam final and has risen to three in the world.
  • Jack Draper makes his top 20 debut after reaching a first Grand Slam semi-final
NEW YORK, USA – Taylor Fritz and Jessica Pegula have earned significant ranking climbs after reaching their first Grand Slam final at the US Open.

 

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ATP Rankings and Brits Top 10

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Taylor Fritz’s incredible run to a first Grand Slam final highlights this week’s rankings report. The American produced an outstanding run to the US Open final as he beat three former finalists in the form of Matteo Berrettini, Casper Ruud and Alexander Zverev to become the first male American since Andy Roddick in 2009 to reach a Grand Slam final. Despite falling short to world number one Jannik Sinner, Fritz returns to the world’s top ten as he is at seven in the world.

In the semi-finals Fritz won a historic five set epic against Frances Tiafoe after Tiafoe continued where he left off in Cincinnati. Tiafoe produced some stunning performances as he backed up his run to the final in Cincinnati to reach a second semi-final at the US Open. As a result Tiafoe has climbed up four places to 16 in the world as he continues to make big strides of improvement in his game.

Other significant ranking news sees Zverev replace Novak Djokovic as world number two with the Serb’s third round exit to Alexei Popyrin resulting in his dropping down two places to four in the world. Speaking of Popyrin, the Australian moved up four places to 24 in the world while Brandon Nakashima climbed up ten places to 40 in the world after reaching the fourth round at the US Open. There was also a 15 place drop down the rankings for Rinky Hijikata to 77 in the world as Denis Shapovalov is back into the world’s top 100.

As for the Brits, the main headline is Jack Draper’s run to a first Grand Slam semi-final with the British number one winning 15 consecutive sets on his way to the last four. The breakthrough achievement from Draper sees the Brit make his top 20 debut, climbing up five place in the rankings. Cameron Norrie is out of the world’s top 50 after missing the US Open due to injury while Jan Choinski climbed up 100 places to 176 in the world as Choinski not only qualified for the US Open but followed that up by winning the Tulin Challenger.

 

ATP

  1. Jannik Sinner (ITA) – 11,180 points
  2. Alexander Zverev (GER) – 7,075
  3. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) – 6,690
  4. Novak Djokovic (SRB) – 5,560
  5. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) – 5,475
  6. Andrey Rublev (RUS) – 4,645
  7. Taylor Fritz (USA) – 4,060
  8. Hubert Hurkacz (POL) – 4,060
  9. Casper Ruud (NOR) – 4,010
  10. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) – 3,965

 

ATP Brits

  1. Jack Draper (20 in the world) – 2,315 points
  2. Cameron Norrie (52) – 1,030
  3. Billy Harris (101) – 552
  4. Jacob Fearnley (164) – 363
  5. Jan Choinski (176) – 339
  6. Dan Evans (178) – 334
  7. Paul Jubb (189) – 313
  8. Oliver Crawford (232) – 260
  9. Arthur Fery (258) – 217
  10. Charles Broom (260) – 217

 

 

WTA Rankings and Brits Top 10

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On the WTA side, there was also a first-time Grand Slam finalist that is American as Jessica Pegula continued her incredible form to reach the US Open final. Pegula was ruthless for the majority of the tournament as she beat former Grand Slam champions Sofia Kenin and Iga Swiatek on her way to the final. Despite losing a tight final to Aryna Sabalenka, Pegula is back into the world’s top three as she aims to finish the season strong.

As for Sabalenka, it was a third Grand Slam title as she claimed a maiden title in New York with a fearless display over the fortnight. Now Sabalenka is just under 2,000 points away from Swiatek as Sabalenka now targets ending the season as world number one with Sabalenka joining Swiatek as players who have qualified for the WTA finals in Saudi Arabia.

Other significant ranking moves have seen defending champion Coco Gauff move down three places to six in the world. Meanwhile Emma Navarro, the player that knocked Gauff out of the tournament, is now a top ten player for the first time in her career as she is at eight in the world. There is also a five place rise for Beatriz Haddad Maia while quarter-finalist Paula Badosa is now a top 20 player again after climbing up nine places in the rankings. In terms of ranking drops, Ons Jabeur drops five places and is out of the world’s top 20 while Madison Keys is down ten places to 24 in the world.

As for the Brits, Harriet Dart climbed up six places to enter the world’s top 70 while Yuriko Lily Miyazaki couldn’t repeat her US Open success from last year and dropped down 22 places to 166 in the world as a result. An honourable mention goes to Mingge Xu who climbed up 108 places to 488 in the world.

 

WTA

  1. Iga Swiatek (POL) – 10,885 points
  2. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) – 8,716
  3. Jessica Pegula (USA) – 6,220
  4. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) – 5,871
  5. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) – 5,398
  6. Coco Gauff (USA) – 4,983
  7. Qinwen Zheng (CHN) – 3,980
  8. Emma Navarro (USA) – 3,810
  9. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) – 3,631
  10. Maria Sakkari (GRE) – 3,515

 

WTA Brits

  1. Katie Boulter (35 in the world) – 1,655 points
  2. Harriet Dart (70) – 924
  3. Emma Raducanu (72) – 917
  4. Sonay Kartal (151) – 486
  5. Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (166) – 450
  6. Francesca Jones (177) – 410
  7. Heather Watson (184) – 390
  8. Amarni Banks (259) – 275
  9. Jodie Burrage (279) – 240
  10. Emily Appleton (382) – 158