Thanks again, DJ, for keeping lazy people ( who moi? ) up-to-date. It's good to know that the guys ( and gals) out there are making sure and steady progress.
How long can we expect these improvements to continue?? We have another 9 career highs this week.
393 James Ward 727 Matt Illingworth 806 Jamie Feaver 921 Josh Milton 967 Jonny Kinsella 987 Dan Smethurst - Dan breaks into the world's top 1000 for the first time 1012 David Rice 1279 Alexander Farquharson - Alex makes his debut in the rankings 1551 Nick Cavaday - as does Nick
The sole doubles improvement is shown by Chris Eaton at 374
Well done, guys!
It's now possible to be in the World top 1000 without being in the British top 25! That's the strange situation in which The Wardinator finds himself.
This week's big news is the first ATP success for Ross Hutchins, who took the China Open doubles title with his Australian partner, Steven Huss - and without dropping a set! Great stuff, Ross!
DJ wrote:It's now possible to be in the World top 1000 without being in the British top 25! That's the strange situation in which The Wardinator finds himself.
Back in October 2005, we had 37 players in the top 1000 and our 25th best player was Andrew Kennaugh, ranked, 736 - Morgan Phillips ranked 743 wouldn't have made it. We're still way off that, the high for this decade I think, but things are certainly looking up this year compared with the disaster that was 2007.
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Thanks for that insight, Steven. Should be even better next week, with David Rice (1) and Colin Fleming (4, after tomorrow's 3), having points to add; Colin will definitely be into the top 1000, 900 probably, David very probably so, in the lower mid-900s.
560 Dan Evans 824 Sean Thornley 908 Josh Milton 944 Jonny Kinsella 996 Burnham Arlidge - Burnham's debut in the world top 1000 1204 Nick Cavaday - a jump of more than 300 spots 1431 Ben Pritchard - like Nick, up 300+ places 1854 Neil Pauffley - Neil's debut in the singles charts
In doubles, David Brewer enters the top 500 for the first time at 469
Ross Hutchins is upto 74 in the doubles rankings (Stephen Huss upto 49 !)
That matches his career high. I was hoping he would get a bigger lift than 12 places...Huss rose 23 places.
Well done !
It's not mentioned here because this is a list of NEW Career Highs, not repeats of previous highs. Just think, once Andy reaches number 1, he'll never get a mention again - gee, life's tough at the top.
This week sees six new singles career highs and three in doubles:
Singles
377 James Ward 559 Dan Evans 861 Josh Milton - first time in the top 900 for Josh 981 David Rice - David's top 1000 debut 1354 Tim Bradshaw - more than 100 places above Tim's previous best
Doubles
372 Chris Eaton 751 Dan Evans - a jump of over 30 spots 1509 Dan Cox
Denia, last bastion of Spanish Spain as you head down the east coast; apres cela, c'est le fish&chips culture! Lovely wee place, we've been there six of the last seven October weeks - the rain is warm! Hoping to spot Rob Dee in a Spanish pro tournament thereabouts ...
Just back from a couple of weeks o'er t'pond and, I hope, in time to wish you buen viaje. I have just spent a pleasant few minutes catching up with all the improved rankings of the boys.