De Minaur Makes Top 50 Breakthrough, Mover Of The Week

  • Posted: Aug 06, 2018

De Minaur Makes Top 50 Breakthrough, Mover Of The Week

ATPWorldTour.com looks at the top Movers of the Week in the ATP Rankings, as of Monday, 6 August 2018

No. 45 (Career High) Alex de Minaur, +27
The #NextGenATP Australian continued his meteoric rise up the ATP Rankings, breaking into the Top 50 for the first time with a 27-position rise to No. 45. De Minaur won four matches, including three three-set victories, en route to the Citi Open final, where he lost to World No. 3 Alexander Zverev. Having begun the year at No. 208, he soon reached his first ATP World Tour title match in January at the Sydney International (l. to Medvedev). Read More & Watch Washington, D.C. Final Highlights

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No. 44 (Career High) Nicolas Jarry, +9
The 22-year-old Chilean also made his Top 50 breakthrough (at No. 44) after a semi-final run at the Generali Open (l. to Istomin). With a 22-16 record on the season, Jarry has advanced to four tour-level semi-finals (or better), highlighted by a runner-up finish in February at the Brasil Open (l. to Fognini). He began 2018 at No. 113.

No. 77 Martin Klizan, +35
The 29-year-old jumped 35 places to No. 77 in the ATP Rankings after maintaining his perfect record in ATP World Tour finals (6-0) with victory in Kitzbühel (d. Istomin). The Slovakian won seven matches, including three in qualifying and a second-round win over No. 8-ranked Dominic Thiem. Klizan, who ranked a career-high No. 24 on 27 April 2015, dropped to as low as No. 181 on 26 February this year. Read More & Watch Kitzbühel Final Highlights

Other Notable Top 100 Movers This Week
No. 21 (Career High) Marco Cecchinato, +1
No. 27 (Career High) Stefanos Tsitsipas, +5
No. 37 Andrey Rublev, +9
No. 67 (Career High) Cameron Norrie, +7
No. 75 Denis Istomin, +20
No. 76 Denis Kudla, +9
No. 97 Paolo Lorenzi, +13

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