THIS WEEK: Pat Rafter may have gone one step further this
year, but he falls from 6 to 8 (ATP #21 -> #14) because the quality
of his opposition was unarguably inferior this year. In 1999 he got
over Bjorkman, Enqvist, Becker, and Martin before losing to Agassi;
this year the equivalent rounds had Woodbridge, Schuttler, Johansson,
Popp and then a win over Agassi.
The jaw-droppingly unbelievable rise of Vladimir Voltchkov
from the qualifiers to the semi-finals could not have been predicted
on recent form. Last issue, we had Voltchkov ranked 199th (ATP #237),
and 167th on grass. He is now ranked at 91 (ATP #69), the biggest
climb we have ever seen into the top 100. Voltchkov was ranked 21 on
clay before the 1999 French Open, but was named "one to watch" last
February (http://www.rankingsoftware.com/tennis/rst990209.htm).
Jan-Michael Gambill has reached a new high at 25 (ATP #56 ->
#37) after beating seeds Hewitt and Enqvist, and an honourable loss
to Sampras in the quarter-finals.
SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #M120. 11th July 2000
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Rank Name Rating Rank ATP
Points Change Rank
1 Andre Agassi 1266 0 1
2 Pete Sampras 1230 0 3
3 Magnus Norman 1185 +1 2
4 Gustavo Kuerten 1185 -1 4
5 Lleyton Hewitt 1169 0 8
6 Alex Corretja 1070 +1 10
7 Thomas Enqvist 1063 +1 6
8 Patrick Rafter 1036 -2 14
9 Cedric Pioline 1024 0 7
10 Greg Rusedski 1018 0 26
11 Nicolas Kiefer 1011 +2 13
12 Tim Henman 1010 -1 16
13 Richard Krajicek 1006 -1 25
14 Juan Carlos Ferrero 995 0 12
15 Tommy Haas 995 +3 21
16 Albert Costa 986 +1 17
17 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 986 -1 5
18 Karol Kucera 983 -3 50
19 Todd Martin 955 0 29
20 Nicolas Lapentti 952 0 11
21 Mark Philippoussis 939 +3 18
22 Marcelo Rios 938 -1 24
23 Sebastien Grosjean 931 0 27
24 Nicolas Escude 931 -2 19
25 Jan-Michael Gambill 924 +7 37
26 Andreas Vinciguerra 914 -1 49
27 Slava Dosedel 909 0 56
28 Jason Stoltenberg 905 +2 81
29 Marat Safin 901 -3 9
30 Younes El Aynaoui 897 -2 15
31 Michael Chang 887 0 22
32 Carlos Moya 882 -3 54
33 Wayne Ferreira 874 +3 30
34 Roger Federer 870 0 39
35 Byron Black 869 +9 34
36 Karim Alami 858 -3 31
37 Marc Rosset 850 +5 28
38 Mariano Puerta 850 -3 23
39 Chris Woodruff 848 -1 64
40 Magnus Larsson 843 -3 51
41 Jerome Golmard 839 -1 61
42 Sjeng Schalken 839 -3 52
43 Hicham Arazi 837 0 36
44 Francisco Clavet 836 +1 46
45 Jiri Novak 830 -4 44
46 Fabrice Santoro 824 +4 32
47 Andrei Pavel 821 0 38
48 Agustin Calleri 815 +12 84
49 Magnus Gustafsson 810 +9 66
50 Gaston Gaudio 807 -4 42
55 Jim Courier 784 -7 94
56 Mariano Zabaleta 784 -7 43
57 Franco Squillari 783 -1 20
65 David Prinosil 746 +15 67
67 Olivier Rochus 742 NQ 88
78 Alexander Popp 720 +19 74
91 Vladimir Voltchkov 687 +108 69
Rating Winners: (All results at Wimbledon unless noted)
Vladimir Voltchkov +181 (SF+Q 00, 1R 99)
Jan-Michael Gambill +54 (QF 00, 2R 99)
Agustin Calleri +50 (W Venice Chal. 00)
Byron Black +42 (QF 00, 1R 99)
Magnus Gustafsson +37 (3R 00, 1R 99)
Rating Losers:
Patrick Rafter -51 (SF 99, RU 00)
Greg Rusedski -32 (4R 99, 1R 00)
Cedric Pioline -31 (QF 99, 2R 00)
Jim Courier -23 (4R 99)
Pete Sampras -22 (W 99, W 00)
[ wo - walkover, wd - withdrew, ret - retired, def - defeated ]
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