ATP Rankings Report – As of June 17, 2024

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Alex de Minaur is the No. 7 player in the world, after winning the singles title in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Sunday.

As it happens, it’s the second time this year and he and lady love Katie Boulter have won titles on the same weekend.

How MUCH do we love this couple. No issues with their relationship interfering with their careers. On the contrary; their support of each other is only making them better.

WTA Rankings Report – As of June 17, 2024

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Alex de Minaur (AUS): No. 9 ===========> No. 7 (The last time an Australian man was ranked this high was Lleyton Hewitt, all the way back in 2006. And it’s not about big power, or huge weapons – other than a quick pair of legs. It’s about hard work and dedication and continuous improvement as de Minaur wins in the Netherlands. He faces the dangerous Lorenzo Musetti in the first round of Queen’s Club).

Sebastian Korda (USA): No. 26 ===========> No. 23 (Korda’s been in a bit of a career plateau – if you can call it that at 23 – and so getting to the ‘s-Hertogenbosch final was a nice step up for him. He also ties his career high.. He gets Karen Khachanov at Queen’s Club).

Jack Draper (GBR): No. 40 ===========> No. 31 (Draper, 22, has had his challenges physically as he’s risen up the ranks. But he’s a true talent. And winning the Stuttgart tournament with a nice comeback over Matteo Berrettini is an impressive feat. He bags his first career ATP Tour title at home, and also puts himself in a situation where he can be seeded at Wimbledon. Draper gets clay-courter Mariano Navone at Queen’s Club).

Luciano Darderi (ITA): No. 41 ===========> No. 34 (Darderi is still on the clay. And the 22-year-old wins the Perugia Challenger to reach a new career high. He’d need a couple of withdrawals to get a seed at Wimbledon. But it might be doable. He gets Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round of Halle, with a quick turnaround from the dirt).

Matteo Berrettini (ITA): No. 95 ===========> No. 65 (Berrettini probably didn’t expect much of himself, after missing Roland Garros because he wasn’t quite ready to return from injury, and perhaps feeling a little pressure because the Stuttgart title sponsor is his own sponsor. But he had a great week. And he’s getting his actual ranking up to where it’s now better than his protected ranking. Qualifier Alex Michelsen is his first opponent in Halle).

Hugo Gaston (FRA): No. 82 ===========> No. 69 (Gaston, 23, moves back into the top 70 with a title at the Lyon Challenger. He now has a quick tuaround to the grass; he’s playing the Ilkley Challenger this week).

Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG): No. 181 ===========> No. 154 (He’s sort of been the forgotten Cerundolo, after his big brother broke through near the top of the rankings. But he makes a move this week after winning the Challenger in Lima, Peru).

Milos Raonic (CAN): No. 197 ===========> No. 186 (Raonic makes a rankings move after making the ‘s-Hertogenbosch quarters, losing to eventual champion de Minaur. He’s playing Cameron Norrie in the first round of Queen’s Club, and waiting good news on a wild card from the All-England Club).

Kamil Majchrzak (POL): No. 295 ===========> No. 205 (Majchrzak, coming back from the abyss after a doping suspension wiped out his ranking, went from the qualifying to the title at the Bratislava Challenger)

Tallon Griekspoor (NED): No. 23 ===========> No. 27 (Griekspoor didn’t defend his title, won at home in the Netherlands. But he still made the semis and that’s a pretty good defence. He got the bad fortune of drawing new world No. 1 Jannik Sinner in the first round of Halle. Although that might be the best time to get him).

Jordan Thompson (AUS): No. 37 ===========> No. 43 (Thompson, who made the final last year, loses in the first round of ‘s-Hertogenbosch and so drops out of the top 40. He gets No. 7 seed Holger Rune first up at Queen’s Club).

Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN): No. 72 ===========> No. 87 (Back woes have sidelined the Finnish player a fair bit this season, although he did get a match on the grass at Surbiton during the second week of Roland Garros. And he drops points from a year ago, when he reached the ‘s-Hertogenbosch semis).

Andy Murray (GBR): No. 97 ===========> No. 129 (Murray is out of the top 100 after a Herculean effort to get back in after his hip replacement. And he might never see it again. He has a wild card into Queen’s Club, and will play qualifier Alexei Popyrin. But he spoke this week of perhaps calling it a day at Wimbledon, or at the Olympics).

Gabriel Diallo (CAN): No. 165 ===========> No. 176 (Diallo drops his points from a Nottingham Challenger quarterfinals a year ago, after losing in the first round. He may have been ill; he withdrew from the doubles for that reason. But he qualified at the Ilkley Challenger this week).

Alexander Ritschard (SUI): No. 152 ===========> No. 184 (A week after reaching a career high at age 30, Ritschard drops down again after losing in the first round of the Lyon Challenger. A year ago, he made the final. Tennis is a tough, tough sport).

Kei Nishikori (JPN): No. 286 ===========> No. 400 (Nishikori came back at Roland Garros after a long injury layoff. But his hip acted up; he hopes to be back for Eastbourne, the week before Wimbledon. But in the meantime he drops his points from winning the Palma del Mar Challenger a year ago, in a previous comeback).