Men Tennis Update – Kitzbuhel, Los Angeles, Ranking

Written by: on 23rd July 2012
Tennis French Open 2012
Men Tennis Update - Kitzbuhel, Los Angeles, Ranking

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Kitzbuhel

Singles – First Round: (5) M Klizan def. (WC) D Thiem 6-1 3-6 7-5

Dominic Thiem falls to 1-4 in his ATP career.

Singles – First Round: J Zopp def. (6) G Garcia-Lopez 6-1 6-3

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez has had some decent clay results over the years, but he just can’t seem to be consistent on the stuff. Of course, he won’t have to worry about it for another half year or so.

Singles – First Round: (Q) A Veic def. (8) B Kavcic 6-1 6-2

Blaz Kavcic now has a three match losing streak. Antonio Veic earns his first ATP win since Belgrade.

Singles – First Round: (Q) A Balazs def. (WC) M Fischer 6-3 1-6 7-6(7-2)

Attila Balazs has only three ATP events — but he has four wins and only two losses. Interest results, at the very least.

Singles – First Round: F Volandri def. A Giannessi 1-6 6-4 6-3

Filippo Volandri breaks a five match losing streak that hit his ranking hard this week (see the Feature).

Doubles – First Round: Bednarek/Kowalczyk def. (3) Kohlmann/F Mayer 6-1 6-2

Doubles – First Round: (WC) Kohlschreiber/Tumphart def. Rosol/Zeballos 5-7 6-4 10-5 (Match TB)

This is hard to believe. Philipp Kohlschreiber played last week. He’s playing on grass next week. And he signed up for singles and doubles here, and the doubles with an unknown?

Doubles – First Round: Norman/Waske def. Ramirez Hidalgo/Ramos 7-6(7-2) 6-2

Los Angeles

Later

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

This Week’s Movers — Men

Each week, Daily Tennis will look at the biggest movers of the week, looking at how they did what they did.

Biggest Upward Mover — Most Places Moved (Top 100)

Leader: Vasek Pospisil — Moved 24 places, from #109 to #85.

Pospisil won the Granby $50K Challenger to halt what had been a bit of a slump.

Runner-Up: Thomaz Bellucci — Moved 20 places, from #60 to #40

Bellucci won Gstaad to continue a ten match winning streak.

Biggest Percentage Mover — Cut Ranking By Highest Percent (Top 100)

Leader: Bellucci, cut ranking 33%.

Runner-Up: Juan Monaco — Moved 4 places, 29%, from #14 to #10

Monaco won Hamburg to reach the Top Ten for the first time.

Biggest Loser — Most Places Lost (Top 100)

Loser: Rui Machado — Dropped 22 places, from #98 to #120

Last year at this time, Machado won the Poznan Challenger.

Biggest Percentage Loser — Worst Percentage Increase in Ranking (Top 100)

Loser: Filippo Volandri, ranking increased 21 places, 27%, from #78 to #99.

Volandri last year won the Orbetello Challenger.

Ranking Notes

This was a week with some surprisingly substantial rankings moves. Bellucci, up 33%. Monaco, up 29%. Tommy Haas, up 27%, to #35. Pospisil, up 22%. Also, Paul-Henri Mathieu rose 19%, but that still leaves him at #140. Atlanta champion Andy Roddick rose 19%, to #22.

On the down side, Volandri fell 27%, Mikhail Kukushkin lost 24% (to #61), Machado gave up 22%, Ryan Harrison lost 21% (to #52), Cedrik-Marcel Stebe fell 20% (to #100) and Nicolas Almagro lost 20% (to #12).

Our Personal Picks for “Best Mover of the Week”

These are subjective picks!

Tricky. Bellucci had the biggest move and won a title. Monaco had the #2 move, won a bigger title — and hit the Top Ten. A close call, but we’ll go with Monaco because of the Top Ten spot.

©Daily Tennis News Wire








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