SIGNIFICANT RANKING CHANGES FOR THE WEEK OF 07.23.2018
David Ferrer gets the mover of the week honors this week; unfortunately for the Spaniard, he was unable to defend his title in Bastad from the previous year and his ranking took another dip. He is one of the hardest workers on the tennis court; yet, he continues to struggle following his return from foot injury to find his top form.
With all the changes happening in his life recently, one wonders just how committed is he to tennis. Despite this recent set back, Ferrer will continue to fight to regain his place amongst the top echelon of tennis and probably will continue to fight until the day his body can no longer give him the results that he wants. At thirty-six, the question is how many more years does he have realistically, especially when his game is based on his defensive skills?
| PLAYERS (within the top 100) | SPOTS MOVED | NEW RANK |
| David Ferrer (ESP) | DOWN 23 | 62 |
| Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) | DOWN 15 | 78 |
| Guido Pella (ARG) | DOWN 15 | 57 |
| Steve Johnson (USA) | UP 14 | 34 |
| Matthew Ebden (AUS) | DOWN 12 | 55 |
| Andrey Rublev (RUS) | DOWN 11 | 46 |
| Ana Bogdan (ROU) | DOWN 21 | 87 |
| Bernarda Pera (USA) | DOWN 17 | 95 |
| Polona Hercog (SLO) | UP 15 | 75 |
| Alize Cornet (FRA) | UP 14 | 34 |
| Irina-Camelia Begu | DOWN 14 | 56 |
| Yafan Wang (CHN) | UP 13 | 71 |
| Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) | UP 12 | 92 |
| Tatjana Maria (GER) | DOWN 12 | 81 |
ATP TOUR: all top ten members remained the same from the previous week. The only minor change was Dominic Thiem and John Isner traded positions (#8 and #9 respectively).
WTA TOUR: all top ten members remained the same and maintained their exact positions from the previous week.
SOURCE OF IMAGE: Zimbio.com (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Europe: David Ferrer)
