ATP Rankings Report – As of Sept. 23, 2024 (updated)

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The updated ATP Tour rankings list came out Monday, even though the ATP Tour events in China are on a Wednesday-to-Tuesday sked last week, and there are players still in action in the Chengdu and Hangzhou tournaments.

Next week should be even more fun! The finals in Beijing are Wednesday, and in Tokyo they’re on Tuesday. And they’ll probably have a Monday update again!!

It’s not doing much for continuity and viewing habits, that’s for sure.

We’ve updated the original post to reflect the moves made by the finalists in Chengdu and Hangzhou, where the tournaments ended Tuesday night.

For the complete ATP Tour rankings effective Sept. 23, click here.

WTA Rankings Report – As of Sept. 23, 2024

Brandon Nakashima (USA): No. 39 ==========> No. 36 (A semifinal effort in Hangzhou gets the American to another career high. Clearly he’ll be gunning for a seed in Australia, and he’s not far at all from getting it).

Zhizhen Zhang (CHN): No. 48 ==========> No. 41 (Zhang ws looking for his 1st career ATP Tour title. And he was looking for it at home in China. He came close in a tight, well-played match against the comebacking Marin Cilic. Maybe just a hint of too many nerves he couldn’t quite shake).

Juncheng Shang (CHN): No. 67 ==========> No. 52 (Shang moves up to a new career high after winning his first career ATP Tour title at home in China. He looked unruffled through it all, too).

Jaume Munar (ESP): No. 74 ==========> No. 62 (A good effort to win the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger, and a nice leap for the veteran Spaniard, whose career high is No. 52).

Yannick Hanfmann (GER): No. 95 ==========> No. 82 (The veteran German gives himself some wiggle room for the Australian Open, with a nice run to the semifinals in Chengdu).

Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA): No. 96 ==========> No. 87 (The former No. 58 makes the Bad Waltersdorf final and also gives himself some wiggle room to start the 2025 Grand Slam season).

Yunchaokete Bu (CHN): No. 124 ==========> No. 96 (The 22-year-old breaks into the top 100 for the first time with a semifinal effort at the Hangzhou tournament. A big deal for the kid with the heartrending back story).

Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ): No. 112 ==========> No. 100 (The 36-year-old is back into the top 100 for the first time since May 2021 with a quarterfinal effort in Hangzhou. You kind of thought he was done there, for awhile. But tennis players are never done. And as it was, Kukushkin was a bit of a late bloomer, with his career high of No. 39 coming in early 2019, when he was already over 30).

Lucas Pouille (FRA): No. 142 ==========> No. 124 (There’s a nice series of Challengers in France – prime time for French players in this tranche of the rankings to make a move. Pouille made the final in Saint-Tropez, and moves up. He’s in Orléans this week).

Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN): No. 160 ==========> No. 136 (The former No. 78, now 32, qualifies and makes the quarterfinals in Hangzhou to move up. He lost in the first round of qualifying in Tokyo on Monday, though).

Gijs Brouwer (NED): No. 223 ==========> No. 162 (Big leap for the 28-year-old Dutchman, who went from the qualifying to the title in Saint-Tropez. It’s his first career Challenger title).

Alibek Kachmazov (RUS): No. 252 ==========> No. 179 (A career high and a premiere in the top 200 for the fairly obscure 22-year-old from Russia, who went from the qualifying to the semifinals in Chengdu).

Marin Cilic (CRO): No. 777 ==========> No. 212 (It has to be a TON of fun to move up more than 550 spots just on the basis of a good week. But for former No. 3 Marin Cilic, who has barely played in two years, the notion of making an ATP Tour final in his first event back at that. level has to be even better – never mind winning it. A great moment for him after saving match points in the first round. Next up – in a hurry – a first-round match in Beijing against … Kei Nishikori. There’s a certain symmetry to that, barely a decade past their US Open final).

Kyle Edmund (GBR): No. 417 ==========> No. 367 (The former No. 14, who has been struggling with a knee issue for years now and is already 29, just keeps grinding. He qualified at the Columbus Challenger and made the semifinals there).

Karen Khachanov (RUS): No. 23 ==========> No. 27 (Khachanov loses in the second round in Hangzhou, and drops the points from winning Zhuhai –the former home of the Hangzhou event – a year ago).

Roman Safiullin (RUS): No. 56 ==========> No. 69 (Safiullin loses in the second round in Chengdu, and drops points from making the final a year ago. He beat Nakashima, Dan Evans, Jordan Thompson and musetti and lost a tight one to Alexander Zverev in the final. He’s playing the qualifying in Beijing on Tuesday).

Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG): No. 91 ==========> No. 112 (The 25-year-old Argentine drops out of the top 100 as he didn’t play last week, and drops points from winning the Challenger in Antofagasta last year. He’s there again this week; last year he spent the rest of 2023 after the US Open on dirt Challenger in South America, and has a final to defend in a couple of weeks).

Constant Lestienne (FRA): No. 103 ==========> No. 138 (Lestienne was on the borderline for a main-entry spot in Australia. But after losing in the first round of Saint-Tropez and dropping his points from winning the title there a year ago, it’s all to do again. Lestienne was inside the top 50 in February, so it’s not going great).

Aslan Karatsev (RUS): No. 115==========> No. 139 (Was his rise to No. 14 all a mirage? Karatsev began the knee with a knee injury that required surgery, and it’s been a bit of a grind since then. He lost in the first round of Hangzhou and drops his points from making the semis in Zhuhai last year. He’s playing the Challenger in Thailand this week – and, crucially, he has finals points from the 500 in Tokyo to defend in a few week’s time, all the while not even playing Tokyo in its earlier time slot this week).

Mackenzie McDonald (USA): No. 149 ==========> No. 172 (Another drop for McDonald, who lost in the qualifying in Hangzhou and drops his points from making the Zhuhai quarterfinals last year. He’s playing the Thailand Challenger this week).

Alexis Galarneau (CAN): No. 218 ==========> No. 254 (Ouch for Galarneau, who lost in the second round of the Columbus Challenger after making the final last year. He headed right there from mostly being a cheerleader at the Davis Cup group stages, which might be worth a nice paycheque but didn’t do much for his momentum coming out of the summer. He’s at a similar Challenger in Charleston this week, but needs to move up to even make the qualifying in Melbourne. He lost first round last year, so it’s all upwards from there).

Liam Broady (GBR): No. 343 ==========> No. 481 (It’s been a tough year for the 30-year-old, whose career high of No. 93 came exactly a year ago. He got into the main draw in Saint-Tropez as a lucky loser, but lost in the second round. And he drops his points from making the final there a year ago).

Vasek Pospisil (CAN): No. 656 ==========> No. 774 (It’s hard to know where the 34-year-old Canadian is going from here, other than getting some nice coin from playing Davis Cup. You would think that he could made a nice living as a doubles specialist with the right partner. But right now his challenge is just being healthy and staying on the court).