Rune Cracks Top 50, Mover Of Week

  • Posted: May 02, 2022

Rune Cracks Top 50, Mover Of Week

ATPTour.com looks at the top Movers of the Week in the ATP Rankings, as of Monday, 2 May 2022

No. 45 Holger Rune, +25 (Career High)
The #NextGenATP Dane cracks the Top 50 in the ATP Rankings for the first time after marching to a maiden tour-level title at the BMW Open by American Express in Munich without dropping a set. Rune notched a first Top 10 win over Alexander Zverev in the second round and celebrated his 19th birthday by dropping just two games in a stunning quarter-final win over Emil Ruusuvuori. He then lifted the trophy after Botic van de Zandschulp retired in the championship match. Read Munich Final Report & Watch Highlights.

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No. 31 Botic van de Zandschulp, +9 (Career High)
The 26-year-old continued his solid rise with a run to a first ATP Tour final in Munich, jumping nine places to a career-high No. 31 after a productive week in Bavaria. The Dutchman took out second seed Casper Ruud in an impressive straight-sets win and battled past the in-form Miomir Kecmanovic in the semi-finals before he was forced to retire from his encounter with Rune.

No. 40 Sebastian Baez, +19 (Career High)
The 2021 Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals semi-finalist joins Rune in breaking the Top 50 after a stirring run to the title at the Millennium Estoril Open. The unseeded 21-year-old beat 2018 winner Joao Sousa, former World No. 3 Marin Cilic and defending champion Albert Ramos-Vinolas on the way to the championship match in Portugal, where he dominated fifth seed Frances Tiafoe to clinch a maiden ATP Tour title. Read Estoril Final Report & Watch Highlights.

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Other Notable Top 100 Movers
No. 20 Grigor Dimitrov, +2
No. 25 Frances Tiafoe, +4 (Career High)
No. 30 Sebastian Korda, +7 (Career High)
No. 32 Miomir Kecmanovic, +6 (Career High)
No. 53 Oscar Otte, +9 (Career High)
No. 84 Alejandro Tabilo, +7 (Career High)

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