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One ATP 500 and a pair of weather-wracked ATP 250s meant three different champions last week on the ATP Tour.
In Barcelona, a rematch of the Monte Carlo final between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud, with the Norwegian finally winning at the 500 level – the biggest title of his career.
In Munich, in the icy cold rain, 33-year-old Jan-Lennard Struff is another tribute to persistence, as he wins the first ATP Tour title of his career.
And in Bucharest, strongman Marton Fucsovics wins his first title in six years.
So – a lot of happy stories.
Meanwhile, Carlos Alcaraz’s arm injury meant he couldn’t defend his title in Barcelona. And that reduces his lead over No. 4 Daniil Medvedev to just a little over 1,000 points. He has another 1,000 to defend from Madrid a year ago, which looks unlikely at this point. So the gap may well narrow even more.
No changes in the top 20, though there are a TON of moves below that – many of them you see outlined below with a healthy dose of Argentina.
For the complete, updated ATP Tour rankings for Monday, click here.

Taylor Fritz (USA): No. 15 =========> No. 13 (Good move for Fritz to take the late entry into Munich, even if he froze his tuchus off and lost in the final. It moves him back up two spots and he retakes the No. 1 American ranking).

Jan-Lennard Struff (GER): No. 28 =========> No. 24 (Struff’s unexpected title at home in Germany gives him a nice bump, to within three spots of his career high. He needs it; he was a surprise finalist in Madrid a year ago. And so he starts with 20 spots in the rankings – minus whatever he can do this week – at risk).

Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG): No. 30 =========> No. 27 (A career high for the Argentine, who reaches the Barcelona semifinals. As you scroll down, you’ll he’s one of many young Argentines – the eldest of them, at barely 24 – to make moves this week).
Arthur Fils (FRA): No. 36 =========> No. 32 (If Monday’s rankings were used – they’re not – Fils would be seeded, at age 19, in his home Grand Slam at Roland Garros).


Alejandro Tabilo (CAN): No. 41 =========> No. 38 (He’s, technically, the second highest-ranked Canadian, just a few spots behind Félix Auger-Aliassime at No. 34. But he represents Chile. It’s a career high for him after a great week during which he made the Bucharest semifinals).

Mariano Navone (ARG): No. 52 =========> No. 41 (It’s been a rapid rise for the 23-year-old Argentine, who reached the final in Bucharest, falling to the more experienced Marton Fucsovics. Navone began the season in the Australian Open qualifying, ranked No. 125; now, he’s a point away from the top 40).

Facundo Diaz Acosta (ARG): No. 53 =========> No. 47 (Another 23-year-old Argentine is into the top 50, at a career high, after making the Barcelona quarterfinals).
Marton Fucsovics (HUN): No. 82 =========> No. 53 (Fucsovics, whose career high of No. 31 came in 2019, wins Bucharest as an unseeded player and takes a big step towards getting his ranking back where it should be. He was pleased).

Cristian Garin (CHI): No. 106 =========> No. 92 (The former No. 17 jumps back into the top 100 after making the Munich semifinals. It’s a week too late to get straight into Roland Garros. But if he continues to play this way he has the quality to get through qualifying if he has to) (Madrid Qs: [15] seed/Halys)

Francisco Comesaña (ARG): No. 115 =========> No. 96 (The third of the Argentine 23-year-olds moves into the top 100 by winning the Challenger in Oeiras, Portugal. Comesaña was ranked No. 259 a year ago, and this is new territory for him – again, a week too late for Roland Garros) (Madrid Qs: [21] seed/vs Vavassori).
Zizou Bergs (BEL): No. 107 =========> No. 103 (Already at a career high, the 24-year-old Belgian set a new mark by winning the Tallahassee Challenger. He got a wild card into Madrid this week, which is a great opportunity to get into the top 100 for the first time)(Madrid: MD WC)
Gregoire Barrere (FRA): No. 128 =========> No. 108 (The former No. 49 was having trouble winning a match and questioning his future. So this nice result – a run from the qualifying to the semis in Bucharest – will do him a lot of good)(Madrid Qs: vs [8] Kokkinakis).
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA): No. 162 =========> No. 124 (The tall drink of water from France moves to another career high with a win in the Acapulco Challenge. To say the least, his serve is his superpower).

Lloyd Harris (RSA): No. 171 =========> No. 149 (Harris’s return from injury has been slower than he would have liked. But he had some success in Asia last week, winning a Challenger in Gwangju. He’s playing another in Shenzhen this week).
Alexis Galarneau (CAN): No. 170 =========> No. 161 (After a late start to the season because of injury, Galarneau had a productive stint on the Challenger circuit in Mexico. And with a semifinal in Acapulco last week, including a win over the No. 1 seed Rinky Hijikata – ranked No. 77 – he’s at a career high).
Joao Fonseca (BRA): No. 276 =========> No. 242 (The 17-year-old rising star lost in the Bucharest quarterfinals to Cana-Chilean Tabilo in a marathon – 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 . But he makes another nice jump, to another career high. And he should be able to squeeze into the Roland Garros qualifying on his own ranking).

Rafael Nadal (ESP): No. 644 =========> No. 512 (Nadal’s actual ranking – not that it matters – is so low what he jumps 132 spots just with a first-round win in the rond of 64 in Barcelona. He’s in the Madrid draw, so let’s see what he can do)(Madrid: MD PR).

Lorenzo Musetti (ITA): No. 24 =========> No. 29 (Musetti lost in the second round of Barcelona, dropping the points he earned a year ago by making the semifinals. He’s less than 100 points away from being unseeded in Paris, with 100 points to defend in Madrid and Rome).

Daniel Evans (GBR): No. 49 =========> No. 69 (Evans’s ranking is diving quickly, not helped by his first-round loss in Barcelona to Brandon Nakashima. He is 3-10 on the season and has won one match since February).

Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG): No. 90 =========> No. 104 (Another Argentine 23-year-old – what a crop this has turned out to be – but this one went in the wrong direction after not defending points from winning the Morelos Challenger last year last year. He didn’t play last week)(Madrid Qs: [5] seed/vs Droguet).
Dominic Thiem (AUT): No. 105 =========> No. 110 (Thiem went down meekly in the first round in Munich. So let’s see what he can do as he has to play the qualifying in Madrid this week)Madrid Qs: [14] seed/vs Meligeni Alves).
Botic van de Zandschulp (NED): No. 89 =========> No. 115 (The 28-year-old, who is having trouble stringing victories together, has dropped out of the top 100 with his second-round loss in Munich. He drops points from making the final in Munich a year ago, beating Taylor Fritz in the semis and going down in a third-set tiebreak to champion Holger Rune. He did secure a spot in the main draw in Paris).


Denis Shapovalov (CAN): No. 121 =========> No. 132 (Shapovalov’s record in tournaments he takes wild cards into is … not great. And so it was in Bucharest where he lost rather meekly in the first round to craft French lefty Corentin Moutet. He used his protected ranking to get into Madrid).

Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG): No. 153 =========> No. 179 (The 22-year-old lefty from – here we go again – Argentina falls to 100 spots below his career high of No. 79, reached in Jan. 2022. He’s seeing countrymen his age roll past him. And his first-round loss at the Oeiras Challenger didn’t help his cause. He’ll try again in Rome this week).
Abdullah Shelbayh (JOR): No. 226 =========> No. 255 (Shelbayh, now 20 and from Jordan, got into the top 200 fairly quickly. But he’s hit somewhat of a plateau, and he drops points from qualifying and making the second round of an ATP 250 in Bosnia last year, after losing in the first round of qualifying in Barcelona as he tried to go up in class. He did get an IMG gift in Madrid, a wild card into the qualifying. Let’s see what he can do there).









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