Delpo Continues Climb As London Is Calling
No. 6 Juan Martin del Potro, +2
The Argentinean continues his rise up the ATP Rankings with his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown at the BNP Paribas Open. The 29-year-old saved three match points to beat Roger Federer in a thrilling Indian Wells final and moved up two spots to No. 6, his highest position since 24 February 2014 (No. 5). He also passed 400 match wins with victory over Milos Raonic in the semi-finals. Read & Watch Final Highlights
The former World No. 4 is also in good shape for a place at the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 11-18 November 2018, for the first time since 2013. Del Potro has a 17-3 match record this year, including two titles from finals (22 tour-level trophies overall), and is No. 2 in the year-to-date ATP Race To London behind Federer. Del Potro has made four appearances at the season finale (7-8 record), highlighted by a run to the 2009 title match (l. to Davydenko).
No. 10 (Career High) Lucas Pouille, +2
The Frenchman has broken into the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings for the first time at No. 10 after a strong start to 2018 that includes a 1-2 record in finals. Pouille came within one victory of the Top 10 at the recent Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, but lost to Roberto Bautista Agut in the title match.
No. 14 Sam Querrey, +7
The 30-year-old American jumped six positions to No. 14 in the ATP Rankings, three places off his career-high of No. 11 (26 February 2018), after reaching the BNP Paribas Open quarter-finals (l. to Raonic). Querrey has an 0-4 record in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-finals. Read: Querrey - My Masters 1000
No. 25 Milos Raonic, +13
The Canadian and former World No. 3, who continues to recover from a series of injury, moved up 13 places to No. 25 after advancing to his third semi-final (or better) in four years at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Raonic, who on 26 February this year was ranked No. 40, reached the 2016 final (l. to Djokovic).
No. 36 Borna Coric, +13
With a new team and renewed focus, the 21-year-old Croatian beat No. 9-ranked Kevin Anderson en route to the Indian Wells semi-finals, his first at Masters 1000-level, where he lost to Roger Federer in three sets. Coric, now 11-4 on the year, moved up 13 positions to No. 36 – three places off his career-high of No. 33 on 27 July 2015.
Other Notable Top 100 Movers This Week
No. 23 (Career High) Hyeon Chung, +3
No. 31 Philipp Kohlschreiber, +6
No. 52 Daniil Medvedev, +5
No. 60 (Career High) Marton Fucsovics, +5
No. 75 Mirza Basic, +7
No. 81 Pierre-Hugues Herbert, +12
No. 82 Marcos Baghdatis, +20
No. 83 Mikhail Kukushkin, +6
No. 87 Nicolas Kicker, +7
No. 90 Jeremy Chardy, +10
No. 92 Dudi Sela, +5
No. 95 (Career High) Matteo Berrettini, +13
No. 97 Marco Cecchinato, +10