ATP Rankings Report – As of Sept. 16, 2024

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There are no points for Davis Cup (there were, once upon a time, but that’s a long story).

So while there is an updated ATP Tour rankings list, it doesn’t include all of those who took part – whether it was in the group stages of the finals, or in the Group I and Group II ties.

So there are no changes in the top 35. And most of the moves are either players winning Challengers – or players who won Challengers a year ago who didn’t defend those points.

WTA Rankings Report – As of Sept. 16, 2024

For the complete, updated ATP Tour rankings for Sept. 16,
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Christopher O’Connell (AUS): No. 87 =========> No. 75 (O’Connell is already in China, playing the Challenger in Guangzhou and winning it in a third-set tiebreak after losing the first set 6-1).

Quentin Halys (FRA): No. 108 =========> No. 98 (Halys didn’t win his home-country Challenger in Rennes, but he made the final and so moved back into the top 100).

***AMAZING trophy for Fearnley (Pic: ATP Challenger Tour)***

Jacob Fearnley (GBR): No. 164 =========> No. 129 (Fearnley, 23 and out of the U.S. college system, beat an entire roster of French players, in France, to win the Challenger there and move to a career high. He lost the first set 6-0 to Quentin Halys before coming back to win in three. And he started it by dropping a baguette and a bagel on Benoit Paire in the first round, following it up with a straight-sets win over No. 1 seed Adrian Mannarino in the quarterfinals).

Andrea Pellegrino (ITA): No. 175 =========> No. 144 (Pellegrino, 27, is close to a career high after making the final of the Szczecin, Poland Challenger last week. He’s dropping 125 points next week, though when the points from his title in Bad Waltersdorf last year fall off).

***Tien at the Roland Garros junior boys’ event in 2023***

Learner Tien (USA): No. 193 =========> No. 151 (Tien just keeps winning matches, and he’s tired for the No. 150 spot, a new best after winning the Challenger in Las Vegas. Three of his matches went three sets, and he got a retirement after the first set from Bernard Tomic in the quarterfinals).

Guy Den Ouden (NED): No. 341 =========> No. 277 (The Dutchman, 22, wins the Challenger in Dobrich, Bulgaria on clay without dropping a set. He beat Canadian Liam Draxl in the second round. It’s a career high).

Federico Coria (ARG): No. 79 =========> No. 93 (Coria made the semis at the Challenger in Szczecin, but he won it a year ago, so he wasn’t able to defend all the points).

Francisco Comesana (ARG): No. 91 =========> No. 100 (Comesana didn’t play last week, and so didn’t defend hi final at a Challenger in Bolivia).

Yunchaokete Bu (CHN): No. 113 =========> No. 124 (In the absence of top Chinese players Shang and Zhang, Bu ended up playing No. 1 in a lower-level Davis Cup tie on the weekend. Which meant he couldn’t defend his points from a year ago).

Zachary Svajda (USA): No. 112 =========> No. 135 (Svajda also didn’t play last week, and he was defending a title at the Cary NC Challenger. He has a couple of other U.S.-based Challenger titles to defend before the end of the year. So he’d best get back at it if he can).

Maxime Cressy (FRA): No. 160 =========> No. 212 (Cressy won the Challenger in Rennes a year ago, with some excellent victories along the way. But he chose to play in Guangzhou instead this year – and lost in the first round. He drops out of the top 200 with that hit).