After claiming his second ATP Challenger title of the season, Australian Jordan Thompson is on the rise in the latest ATP singles rankings.
Australia, 26 September 2022 | Leigh Rogers
Men’s singles
Jordan Thompson has climbed to world No.85 in the latest ATP Tour men’s singles rankings after winning an ATP Challenger title in America. The 28-year-old jumps up 13 places following his victory in Columbus.
It is Thompson’s ninth career ATP Challenger title and his second this season. Thompson has now won eight of his past nine matches and improved his ranking 17 spots in the past fortnight.
What a forehand, @jordanthommmo2 💥
The 🇦🇺 gets past Gomez 7-6(6), 6-2 in Columbus to claim his second #ATPChallenger title of the year! pic.twitter.com/rnAsmmNIcN
— ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) September 25, 2022
Rinky Hijikata reached the semifinals in Colombus, helping him rise 16 spots to a career-high world No.195.
Chris O’Connell has also made a significant rise, improving 25 places to world No.105 after advancing to his first ATP-level semifinal in San Diego.
Dane Sweeny makes his top-300 debut this week, rising 35 spots to world No.282 following his success on the Australian Pro Tour. The 21-year-old claimed back-to-back titles in Darwin, which takes his ITF title tally this season to five.
James McCabe (up 12 places to world No.430) and Adam Walton (up six spots to world No.502) have also set new career-highs after strong performances on the Australian Pro Tour.
| AUSSIE TOP 10 | ||
| Player | Rank | Move |
| Nick Kyrgios | No.20 | 0 |
| Alex de Minaur | No.22 | 0 |
| Thanasi Kokkinakis | No.80 | +1 |
| Jordan Thompson | No.85 | +13 |
| Alexei Popyrin | No.90 | 0 |
| Jason Kubler | No.99 | 0 |
| James Duckworth | No.101 | -18 |
| Chris O’Connell | No.105 | +25 |
| John Millman | No.108 | -5 |
| Aleksandar Vukic | No.144 | -6 |
Women’s singles
Ajla Tomljanovic returns to a career-high world No.34 in the latest WTA Tour women’s singles rankings.
The 29-year-old will finish the year as the top-ranked Australian, after the resurgent Daria Saville suffered a devastating season-ending knee injury in Tokyo last week.
Don’t worry about me btw. I feel bad that everyone is so worried. I’m ok I promise. It’s just shit luck
— Daria Saville (@Daria_gav) September 21, 2022
Kimberly Birrell returns to the Australian top 10, rising 33 spots to world No.276 after reaching the second round at a WTA tournament in Seoul last week. It is the 24-year-old’s highest…
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