Fed Cup
No news that we know of. There is a fairly big Challenger this week, at Dothan, but it hasn’t produced any major stories that we know of.
This Week’s Movers — Women
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: Alexandra Cadantu — Moved 22 places, from #117 to #95.
Cadantu qualified for Katowice and made the semifinal.
Runner-Up: Annika Beck — Moved 14 places, from #74 to #60
Beck was the other Katowice semifinalist.
Biggest Percentage Mover — Cut Ranking By Highest Percent (Top 100)
Leader: Beck, cut ranking 19%
Runner-Up: Cadantu, 19%
Biggest Loser — Most Places Lost (Top 100)
Loser: Petra Martic — Dropped 9 places, from #91 to #100
Last year, Martic was a Copenhagen semifinalist. This year, she fell in the Katowice quarterfinal.
Biggest Percentage Loser — Worst Percentage Increase in Ranking (Top 100)
Loser: Carla Suarez Navarro, ranking increased 4 places, 21%, from #19 to #23.
Last year, Suarez Navarro was a Barcelona semifinalist. This year, she didn’t play.
Ranking Notes
Obviously a very quiet week. Beck and Cadantu were the only players to rise more than 15%; Suarez Navarro was the only player to fall more than 10%.
Our Personal Picks for “Best Mover of the Week”
These are subjective picks!
Beck and Cadantu had the same result, and effectively the same percentage move. But Beck hit a career high. So we’ll go with Beck.
Topics: Alexandra Cadantu, Annika Beck, Sports, Tennis News, women tennis news, Wta