Alex de Minaur (AUS): No. 8 ===========> No. 6(De Minaur regained the two spots he lost last Monday, when his finalist points from Rotterdam 2025 fell off. He did one better in his third time in the final, winning the title).
Frances Tiafoe (USA): No. 30 ===========> No. 28 (Tiafoe has been so crazy quiet in 2026, you almost forget he’s there. He gets some points in Dallas, but only wins one round).
Denis Shapovalov (CAN): No. 40 ===========> No. 35 (Shapovalov dropped 15 spots last week when his points from the 2025 Dallas title fell off. He made the semis this time – barely beaten by Ben Shelton. But that only claws back five spots).
Marin Cilic (CRO): No. 61 ===========> No. 43 (The 37-year-old is back into the top 50 with a run to the semifinals in Dallas).
Botic van de Zandschulp (NED): No. 65 ===========> No. 55 (At home, the Dutchman makes the quarterfinals).
Raphael Collignon (BEL): No. 69 ===========> No. 59 (This 24-year-old’s rise doesn’t get talked about much. But exactly a year after he broke into the top 100, he’s into the top 60 after he wins the Challenger in Pau and is at a new career best. Two years ago at this time, he was barely inside the top 450).
Christopher O’Connell (AUS): No. 119 ===========> No. 95 (The Aussie is back into the top 100 after qualifying and making the quarters in Rotterdam).
Stan Wawrinka (SUI): No. 106 ===========> No. 98 (Stan the Man is back in the top 100! He won a match in Rotterdam and finally makes that move, after being falling outside the top 100 nearly a year and a half ago, after Wimbledon 2024. He doesn’t have all that many points to defend until Roland Garros, with the exception of a Challenger final in Aix-en-Provence in late April. But those points should drop off after the RG entry deadline. So he looks good not to need a wild card. Even though they would give him one if he needed it).
Jack Pinnington Jones (GBR): No. 181 ===========> No. 138 (The 22-year-old Brit, issued from the US college system, sort of had a result out of nowhere in Dallas when he qualified and made the quarterfinals to get to a new career high. It’s familiar territory for him as he starred at Texas Christian University in nearby Fort Worth).
Alexis Galarneau (CAN): No. 236 ===========> No. 230 (It’s been a tough year or so for the amiable Canadian, who took advantage of a good draw in Baton Rouge as the No. 1 seed and made the final. But once there, he couldn’t pull the trigger).
Zhizhen Zhang (CHN): No. 365 ===========> No. 319 (Zhang is coming back from injury. And made a good decision to play the Challenger in Brisbane – with a quick side trip to Bahrain in late January. He won it. He’s into the Doha main draw this week …, with a short turnaround, though. And a long trip. If you’re keeping track, that’s home, to Sydney, to Melbourne, to Bahrain, to Guangzhou for Davis Cup, to Brisbane and now to Doha in six weeks so far in 2026. Zhang hadn’t played at the Challenger level since he did the US clay-court Challenger swing nearly three years ago).
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Luciano Darderi (ITA) (No. 21) Raphaël Collignon (BEL) (No. 59) Emilio Nava (USA) (No. 76) Ignacio Buse (PER) (No. 91) Rafael Jodar (ESP) (No. 118) Martin Damm (USA) (No. 125) Dane Sweeny (AUS) (No. 134) Jack Pinnington-Jones (GBR) (No. 138)
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Joao Fonseca (BRA): No. 33 ===========> No. 38 (Not TOO much damage done, as Fonseca finally starts his season in earnest on the South American swing after going to Australia and losing in four sets in his only match there. He began in Buenos Aires, where he burst on the scene a year ago with the title. He lost in the second round, though. And now heads home to Rio).
Marton Fucsovics (HUN): No. 49 ===========> No. 61 (The Hungarian get worked hard to get back into the top 50. But he lost in the first round in Rotterdam and drops points from winning a Challenger in Bahrain a year ago)
Marcos Giron (USA): No. 59 ===========> No. 64 (Giron got a tough draw in Dallas and lost in the first round to top seed Taylor Fritz. Barely. His points from making the quarterfinals in Delray Beach a year ago fall off).
Lorenzo Sonego (ITA): No. 60 ===========> No. 65 (Idle last week, Sonego drops points from the Marseille ATP 250, which is relocating to Lyon for 2026 and will only take place in October).
Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB): No. 66 ===========> No. 83 (Kecmanovic made the quarters in Dallas, but the points from his title in Delray Beach last year fell off concurrently. So it might not be as bad as all that, because he can work on that this week. He has a good draw with an opening round against Mattia Bellucci).
Laslo Djere (SRB): No. 91 ===========> No. 114 (Djere lost in the first round of Buenos Aires, after making the semifinals a year ago and losing to Fonseca. It drops him basically where he was before that tournament. Which means he didn’t make much headway in 2025).
Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP): No. 105 ===========> No. 123 (The 34-year-old lost in the first round of qualifying in Rotterdam and didn’t defend the points he earned a year ago, winning a Challenger in Tenerife. He did qualify in Doha, though, so hopefully can make some of it up against the mercurial No. 3 seed Alexander Bublik in the first round)
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA): No. 171 ===========> No. 190 (Herbert didn’t play last week, and so drops his Marseille points from a year ago … He did qualify in Doha this week, though and gets countryman Valentin Royer in the first round).
Michael Mmoh (USA): No. 300 ===========> No. 355 (The talented but injury-stricken Mmoh showed some signs of life to start the season with a run at the ATP 250 in Hong Kong. But, entered in the Australian Open qualifying with his protected ranking of No. 117, he didn’t make the starting line. He drops his points from a decent run in Dallas a year ago, and on the weekend he lost in the first round of the qualifying in Delray Beach).
