Cecchinato Continues Rise, Mover Of The Week

  • Posted: Jul 23, 2018

Cecchinato Continues Rise, Mover Of The Week

ATPWorldTour.com looks at the top Movers of the Week in the ATP Rankings, as of Monday, 23 July 2018

No. 22 (Career High) Marco Cecchinato, +5
The Italian, who was at No. 107 in the ATP Rankings on 5 March this year, continues his dramatic rise to a career-high No. 22, after a five-spot rise with his second ATP World Tour title at the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag (d. Pella). Read More & Watch Highlights

The 25-year-old captured his first ATP World Tour title as a lucky loser at the Gazprom Hungarian Open (d. Millman) on 29 April, which resulted in a 33-place rise from No. 92 to No. 59, and went on to reach the Roland Garros semi-finals (l. to Thiem).

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No. 34 Steve Johnson, +14
The American clinched his fourth ATP World Tour crown (4-1) — his second on grass courts (also 2016 Nottingham) — with victory over first-time tour-level finalist Ramkumar Ramanathan at the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open. The 28-year-old moves up 14 positions to No. 34, which remains 13 places off his career-high of No. 21 (25 July 2016). Read More & Watch Highlights

No. 57 Guido Pella, +15
The 28-year-old from Argentina has returned to the Top 60 for the first time since 30 April (No. 60) after reaching the Umag final. Pella, who has jumped 15 places to No. 57, came through a trio of three-setters — against Taro Daniel in the first round, Aljaz Bedene in the second round and Robin Haase in the semi-finals — en route to his third ATP World Tour final (0-3). His career-high is No. 39 on 21 March 2016.

Other Notable Top 100 Movers This Week
No. 73 (Career High) Cameron Norrie, +4
No. 76 Evgeny Donskoy, +7
No. 82 Federico Delbonis, +5
No. 91 Vasek Pospisil, +7

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