SIGNIFICANT RANKING CHANGES FOR THE WEEK OF 10.01.2018
The mover of the week honors go to twenty-three year old Yoshihito Nishioka; he defied the odds to claim his first career singles ATP World Tour title in his first attempt. It was a battle, but he defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert in three sets to claim the Shenzhen Open title. He was also rewarded with cracking the top hundred for the first time in his career. Now comes the challenge for this young Japanese player, keep that level of play up week in and week out. Yet, I got the impression that he would not let it get to his head and rather would use it as a stepping stone to bigger titles. Unfortunately, he has drawn Nick Kyrgios as his first round opponent in his next tournament, the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships. His confidence will certainly be tested, and who knows, he may just pull off another upset.
| PLAYERS (within the top 100) | SPOTS MOVED | NEW RANK |
| Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) | UPÂ 76 | 95 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â CAREER HIGH |
| Bernard Tomic (AUS) | UPÂ 47 | 76 |
| Aljaz Bedene (SLO) | UPÂ 14 | 64 |
| Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) | UPÂ 14 | 53 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â CAREER HIGH |
| Michael Mmoh (USA) | UPÂ 12 | 96 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â CAREER HIGH |
| Anastasia Potapova (RUS) | UPÂ 39 | 93 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â CAREER HIGH |
| Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) | DOWNÂ 15 | 56 |
| Magda Linette (POL) | DOWNÂ 14 | 84 |
| Maria Sakkari (GRE) | DOWNÂ 14 | 43 |
| Elena Vesnina (RUS) | DOWNÂ 13 | 96 |
| Timea Babos (HUN) | DOWNÂ 12 | 68 |
| Mona Barthel (GER) | UPÂ 11 | 83 |
| Viktorija Golubic (SUI) | UPÂ 11 | 89 |
| Sofia Kenin (USA) | UPÂ 11 | 51 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â CAREER HIGH |
| Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) | DOWNÂ 10 | 65 |
ATP TOUR: there were no changes in the top twenty members. They all maintained their exact positions from the previous week and Rafael Nadal is still atop the rankings.
WTA TOUR: the top ten members remained the same; however, there were some changes in their ranking positions. Petra Kvitova and Elina Svitolina each moved up one spot to #4 and #5 respectively. Naomi Osaka moved up two places to #6 and Caroline Garcia fell four places to #8. Simona Halep remains at #1.
SOURCE OF IMAGE: Zimbio.com (Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images AsiaPac: Yoshihito Nishioka)
