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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three events last week – a 500 in Hamburg, and 250s on hard in Atlanta and on clay in Umag – mean plenty of moves even if some of the better players did take part in these post-Wimbledon events.

There are no changes in the top 10, although Casper Ruud distanced himself a bit from Tsitsipas (No. 5), and Taylor Fritz’s fains and Jannik Sinner’s losses move those two closer together at No. 9 and No. 10.

WTA Rankings Report – As of July 31, 2023

For the complete, updated ATP Tour rankings – and there a TON of moves, far more than we could outline here – click here.

ON THE UPSWING

Alexander Zverev (GER): No. 19 ========> No. 15 (Even is there are a lot of things swirling off the court, Zverev returned to his hometown tournament in Hamburg for the first time in several years – and won it for the first time to move back into the top 15).

Christopher Eubanks (USA): No. 32 ========> No. 29 (Another gain for Eubanks, who moves into the top 30 for the first time).

Laslo Djere (SRB): No. 47 ========> No. 38 (Djere made the final in Hamburg, beating Etcheverry, Pella, Musetti and Zhang on the way. Heck of a week, and he’s back in the top 40 for the first time since before the pandemic).

Arthur Fils (FRA): No. 73 ========> No. 47 (Fils moves into the top 50 for the first time, after beating Lajovic and Ruud and making the Hamburg semifinals. He began the season just outside the top 250. At 19, he’s the future of French tennis).

Stan Wawrinka (SUI): No. 72 ========> No. 49 (At long last, Wawrinka moves back into the top 50 for the first time since Oct. 2021, even though he was denied in the Umag final. He was pretty emotional about it, too).

Zhizhen Zhang (CHN): No. 78 ========> No. 53 (Zhang is back up again, within one of his career high, after a semifinal in Hamburg).

Alexei Popyrin (AUS): No. 90 ========> No. 57 (A title in Umag for Popyrin – the first of his career – and a career high).

Aleksandar Vukic (AUS): No. 82 ========> No. 62 (The fairly obscure Aussie is at a career high after making the final in Atlanta. When he made his Roland Garros debut in 2020, he was No. 193 – and he posted a comeback win in the first round of qualifying over a kid ranked four spots ahead of him – guy named Carlos Alcaraz).

Luca Van Assche (FRA): No. 77 ========> No. 68 (Behind Fils, Van Assche is another young Frenchman on the comeup after making the Hamburg quarterfinals. He had just one match at the ATP level before this year, and began 2023 at No. 139).

David Goffin (BEL): No. 111 ========> No. 100 (After nine weeks outside the top 100, Goffin is back in, barely, after making the semifinals of a Challenger on clay in Verona, Italy).

Guido Pella (ARG): No. 228 ========> No. 199 (The former No. 20 is back into the top 200, as he works to rebuild a ranking that, well, he didn’t have a ranking to start the 2023 season. Two months ago he was at No. 423, so it’s moving).

Bernard Tomic (AUS): No. 344 ========> No. 333 (Tomic has been on the Futures and Challenger circuit since after the 2022 Australian Open. Although it’s going very slowly in terms of moving him up).

Kei Nishikori (JPN): No. 439 ========> No. 353 (Nishikori had no ranking when he came back less than two months ago. After three Challengers and one ATP, he’s up to No. 353. Nishikori meets another player on the comeback trail, Lloyd Harris, in the first round in D.C. Tuesday).

Matija Pecotic (CRO): No. 611 ========> No. 435 (Remember Pecotic? He was the guy working in the financial services industry in South Florida and playing a little tennis on the side, who got into the qualifying in Delray Beach, beat Tennys Sandren in qualifying and Jack Sock in the first round and got a lot of press. In early May, he won a $15K in Florida. And last week, he went from the qualifying to the final at the Salinas Cahellenger in Ecuador).

ON THE DOWNSWING

Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP): No. 25 ========> No. 32 (The veteran Spaniard won Kitzbuhel last year, so those points dropped off as he isn’t playing it this year, and so has no opportunity to get them back).

Brandon Nakashima (USA): No. 58 ========> No. 70 (Nakashima made the quarters in Atlanta last year, but lost in the second round this year – hence the drop).

Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP): No. 65 ========> No. 82 (A semifinalist in Kitzbuhel a year ago, but lost in the first round in Umag this year. He came there straight from a slog through to the Gstaad final the previous week, so not easy).

Ilya Ivashka (BLR): No. 91 ========> No. 113 (Ivashka made the semis in Atlanta a year ago. But he hasn’t played since Wimbledon – including this week in D.C. So he drops out of the top 100).

Jenson Brooksby (USA): No. 101 ========> No. 132 (Brooksby made the final in Atlanta last year. But he has played just two events this year, and is on the shelf after surgery – and doing commentary on Tennis Channel this week).

Alexis Galarneau (CAN): No. 162 ========> No. 192 (Galarneau won his first career Challenger 10 days ago in Granby. But he made the final at a Challenger in Winnipeg a year ago, and this year tried his luck in the D.C. 500 qualies. He won a round, but lost the final round to Bjorn Fratangelo. And so drops those points. He’s still 100 spots ahead of where he was when he arrived in Winnipeg a year ago).

Kyle Edmund (GBR): No. 430 ========> No. 460 (Edmund, who has been dealing with a bad knee for years, came back in fits and starts this season. But he hasn’t played since retiring in the semifinals of a $25K ITF in Italy in mid-May).