Medvedev Breaks Into Top 5, Mover Of The Week

  • Posted: Aug 19, 2019

Medvedev Breaks Into Top 5, Mover Of The Week

ATPTour.com looks at the top Movers of the Week in the ATP Rankings, as of Monday, 19 August 2019

No. 5 (Career High) Daniil Medvedev, +3
Competing in his third final in as many weeks, the 23-year-old claimed his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the Western & Southern Open. Medvedev, who finished as runner-up at the Citi Open and Coupe Rogers, dropped one set en route to the trophy with wins against Kyle Edmund, Benoit Paire, Jan-Lennard Struff, Andrey Rublev, World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and David Goffin.

The Russian now leads the ATP Tour with 44 victories this season, three wins ahead of Coupe Rogers champion and ATP Race To London leader Rafael Nadal. After becoming the fifth player from his country to lift a Masters 1000 trophy, Medvedev jumps to a career-high No. 5 in the ATP Rankings. Read More and Watch Highlights.

No. 10 (Career High) Roberto Bautista Agut, +1
The Spaniard advanced to his third Masters 1000 quarter-final of the year in Cincinnati. Bautista Agut defeated Hubert Hurkacz and Next Gen ATP Finals contenders Frances Tiafoe and Miomir Kecmanovic to reach the last eight in Ohio, before falling to Richard Gasquet in three sets. Bautista Agut becomes the 19th Spaniard to reach the Top 10 in ATP Rankings history (since 1973).

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Spaniards To Reach The Top 10 Of The ATP Rankings

Player Career-High ATP Ranking Date Achieved
Carlos Moya 1 15 March 1999
Juan Carlos Ferrero 1 8 September 2003
Rafael Nadal 1 18 August 2008
Manuel Orantes 2 23 August 1973
Alex Corretja 2 1 February 1999
Sergi Bruguera 3 1 August 1994
David Ferrer 3 8 July 2013
Tommy Robredo 5 28 August 2006
Jose Higueras 6 13 June 1983
Albert Costa 6 22 July 2002
Juan Aguilera 7 17 September 1984
Emilio Sanchez 7 30 April 1990
Alberto Berasategui 7 14 November 1994
Fernando Verdasco 7 20 April 2009
Nicolas Almagro 9 2 May 2011
Carlos Costa 10 18 May 1992
Felix Mantilla 10 8 June 1998
Pablo Carreno Busta 10 11 September 2017
Roberto Bautista Agut 10 19 August 2019

No. 15 David Goffin, +4
The 2017 Nitto ATP Finals runner-up advanced to his first Masters 1000 championship match in Cincinnati. After beating Taylor Fritz, Guido Pella and Adrian Mannarino to reach his fifth Masters 1000 semi-final, the Belgian overcame Gasquet to break through to his first final at the level. Despite his loss to Medvedev, Goffin climbs four positions to No. 15 in the ATP Rankings.

No. 34 Richard Gasquet, +22
Gasquet reached his first Masters 1000 semi-final in more than six years in Cincinnati. The Frenchman, whose last final-four appearance at the level came at the 2013 Miami Open presented by Itau, beat Andy Murray, Federico Delbonis, Diego Schwartzman and Bautista Agut to claim his place in the semi-finals, where he fell to Goffin in straight sets. Gasquet soars 22 places to No. 34 in the ATP Rankings.

Other Notable Movers
No. 47 Andrey Rublev, +23
No. 49 (Career High) Miomir Kecmanovic, +9
No. 58 Daniel Evans, -14
No. 59 Yoshihito Nishioka, +18
No. 64 Pablo Carreno Busta, -11
No. 80 Aljaz Bedene, +10
No. 93 Leonardo Mayer, -11
No. 96 Marius Copil, -11

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