ATP Rankings Report – As of Aug. 5, 2024

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Those who competed at the Olympics had themselves a time – especially Novak Djokovic.

But those who didn’t, tried to improve their lot at the Mubadala Citi DC Open. And it was Sebastian Korda, whose sister Nelly is prepping to play in the golf event at the Olympics this week, who took the big prize.

The biggest of his career. He’s the first American to win in D.C. since 2007 (they thought they might get a Shelton v Tiafoe final; in the end it was Korda v Cobolli).

He won the tournament his father won back in 1992, when he wasn’t even a twinkle in Petr’s and Regina’s eyes.

For the complete, updated ATP Tour rankings for Monday, click here.

WTA Rankings Report – As of Aug. 5, 2024

Hubert Hurkacz (POL): No. 7 ===========> No. 6 (Hurkacz had knee surgery and missed the Olympics. But the silver lining for him is that Alex de Minaur dropped some points – and Hurkacz, who is planning to return this week in Montreal – sits at a career high No. 6. He has a first-round bye and will play either Gaël Monfils or a qualifier).

***Hurkacz on the practice court in Montreal Sunday.***

Tommy Paul (USA): No. 13 ===========> No. 12 (Olympic bronze medallist in doubles, Paul also made the quarterfinals in singles and, with his doubles partner Taylor Fritz dropping more points than he did Monday, eases past him and back to his career high of No. 12. With that, he becomes the No. 1 American even as the top three are No. 12, No. 13 and No. 14. He’s set to play Luciano Darderi in the first round in Montreal and has a lot of points to defend).

***Fritz and Paul combined for a doubles bronze in Paris. But Paul slipped past his bud in the rankings as they did it to become the new U.S. No. 1).***

Sebastian Korda (USA): No. 22 ===========> No. 18 (A career high for Korda after the biggest tournament title of his career in D.C. He’s into the top 20 for the first time. And he’s the fourth member of that club amongst the Americans. His first-round opponent in Montreal is Vasek Pospisil).

Flavio Cobolli (ITA): No. 48 ===========> No. 33 (Cobolli admitted he was “dead” after winning the first set of the D.C. final. Still, that effort moves him into seeding territory for the US Open, and to a career high. He comes to Montreal, dead, and has to face the probably even deader local guy Félix Auger-Aliassime).

Fabio Fognini (69): No. 74 ===========> No. 69 (The 37-year-old is still grinding out the Challengers. And in making the semis in San Marino, is back into the top 70).

Alexandre Muller (FRA): No. 99 ===========> No. 77 (Muller wins the San Marinon Challenger do move up more than 20 spots. Normally, he’d be well into the US Open main draw. But it comes after the deadline and so, at the moment, he’s five out).

Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS): No. 91 ===========> No. 81 (Kokkinakis doesn’t appear 100 per cent; he and Frances Tiafoe pulled out of their planned doubles in Atlanta and in D.C. He lost in the second round in singles in D.C. But he won his firstround qualifyig match Saturday in Montreal. In all, he’s up 10 spots).

***Denis Shapovalov was defaulted in D.C. But there might still be a happy ending.***

Denis Shapovalov (CAN): No. 139 ===========> No. 106 (We don’t know if Shapovalov will get these points back. But this is what his ranking would have looked like if he hadn’t been defaulted in the quarterfinals in D.C., and forfeited them. That progress does appear in Monday’s official rankings, though; he likely is getting them back on appeal. It was a terrible end to a renaissance week for him – just in time for the meat of the hard-court season. He drew a qualifier in the first round in Montreal).

Gabriel Diallo (CAN): No. 158 ===========> No. 142 (A good step up for the Montrealer, who makes the quarterfinals at a Challenger on his college turf in Kentucky. He drew No. 16 seed Karen Khachanov in the first round of Montreal, though).

Joao Fonseca (BRA): No. 214 ===========> No. 166 (Already at a career high, the 17-year-old reaches another one after winning the Lexington Challenger. Nice work).

August Holmgren (DEN): No. 249 ===========> No. 167 (The 26-year-old Dane, who went through the US College system, wins a Challenger in Porto and breaks into the top 200 for the first time at age 26).

Reilly Opelka (USA): No. 371 ===========> No. 324 (Three weeks ago, Opelka had no ranking. But even though he lost in the second round in D.C., he still makes another move).

Steven Diez (CAN): No. 462 ===========> No. 541 (Diez, a new father, has been in and out on the circuits this year. But now that he’s outside the top 500, at age 33, he probably has to start thinking about whether he wants to make any decisions).

Tallon Griekspoor (DEN): No. 28 ===========> No. 40 (Griekspoor’s Olympic adventure ended in the second round. And he sacrificed his points from last year’s D.C. final to do it. And so he pushes himself out of a seed at the US Open. Probably. He lost first round in both Canada and Cincinnati a year ago, so there’s room. He’s got Lorenzo Sonego in the first round)

Jaume Munar (ESP): No. 72 ===========> No. 92 (Not a great couple of weeks for Munar, who lost in the first round of the Olympics. At the same time, he drops his points from winning the San Marino Challenger a year ago).

Luca Nardi (ITA): No. 78 ===========> No. 95 (It’s a transition thing; Nardi drops his points from winning the 2023 Porto Challenger because he makes it straight into D.C. But then he loses in the first round when he retired down 1-4 in the third set).

Andy Murray (GBR): No. 117 ===========> No. 136 (Sir Andy won’t care, because he’s done. He’s chomping down donuts and watching events at the Olympics right now. Life is good).

J.J. Wolf (USA): No. 143 ===========> No. 162 (Wolf, currently mulletless, drops his points from making the quarterfinals a year ago in Washington. He lost in the second round this year after squeezing into the main draw. He, Terence Atmane and Mattia Bellucci are in Montreal, but ended up just short of making it into the qualifying).

***J.J. Wolf was practicing Sunday in Montreal. But he didn’t squeeze into the qualifying as an alternate.***

Daniel Evans (GBR): No. 58 ===========> No. 176 (Save some sympathy for the 34-year-old Brit, who was the defending champion in D.C. but gave it up to play the Olympics, and to partner with Andy Murray in the final tournament of his career. He lost in the second round of singles, and in the quarters of the doubles with Murray. And his ranking took a SERIOUS hurt).

Dominic Thiem (AUT): No. 145 ===========> No. 211 (Another player who is way down this week, out of the top 200, is Thiem. He’s playing sparingly, and it kind of seems like he’s just marking time until he officially ends his career at home in Austria in the fall).