WTA, ATP Rankings: Pegula new World No. 3, Zhizhen Zhang enters prime 100 to make historical past for China in males’s tennis

Right here is all it is advisable to know concerning the newest WTA and ATP Rankings launched on October 24, 2022.

WTA

American Jessica Pegula reached a brand new career-high rating of three after profitable the WTA1000 occasion in Guadalajara, the largest title she has ever clinched.

Greek Maria Sakkari, who misplaced to Pegula within the ultimate, moved up one place to fifth.

Pegula’s compatriot Gauff, who reached the quarterfinals in Mexico, additionally reached a brand new career-high rating of 4. Identical was the case for Russians Daria Kasatkina and Veronika Kudermetova, who're new World No. 8 and 9 respectively after each climbed up three spots.

Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia moved up 4 locations to sixth regardless of dropping within the Spherical of 16 in Mexico as different prime 10 gamers reminiscent of Anett Kontaveit, Paula Badosa, Aryna Sabalenka and Simona Halep dropped factors from final yr.

Additionally, Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur and Jessica Pegula have been joined by Gauff, Sakkari, Garcia, Sabalenka and Kasatkina to finish the lineup for the WTA FInals which will likely be held in Fort Price between October 31 and November 6.

For India, Karman Thandi turned nation’s top-ranked singles participant as she made a major bounce of 91 locations to 217th after profitable the W60 title in Saguenay, Canada.

ATP

Danish teenager Holger Rune climbed two spots and reached a brand new career-high rating of 25 after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas within the ultimate of the ATP250 occasion in Stockholm. Rune is simply the second teenager on the ATP Tour to win a number of titles with the opposite being World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain.

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime clinched his second title in two weeks after beating American Sebastian Korda within the European Open ultimate to maneuver up one spot to ninth and hold his hopes for a spot within the ATP Finals alive.

For Korda, it was second loss within the finals in two weeks. Nonetheless, he continued to rise within the rankings as he moved up three spots to thirty third.

The third title-winner of the week, Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti, too reached a brand new career-high rating of twenty third after beating compatriot Matteo Berrettini within the ultimate in Naples to climb one spot. Berrettini moved up two locations to 14th.

Zhizhen Zhang turned the first-ever Chinese language man to enter ATP prime 100. Zhang, regardless of his loss to American Mackenzie McDonald within the quarterfinals in Naples, climbed up 12 spots to grow to be World No. 97.