Adam Walton’s return to the highest 100 headlines the largest strikes within the newest rankings.
29 October 2024 | Jackson Mansell
Males’s singles
Australia once more has 10 males inside the highest 100, following Adam Walton’s run on the Taipei Challenger.
Rising 11 locations after reaching his first remaining in 5 months, Walton is now world No.92 within the ATP Tour rankings. His Taipei marketing campaign included defeating fellow Aussie Aleksandar Vukic within the semifinal – his greatest win by rating since July.
Rinky Hijikata has shot up the rankings as soon as once more, climbing seven spots to world No.76. The 23-year-old reclaimed the crown on the Metropolis of Playford Worldwide, becoming a member of James Duckworth as the one two-time champion.
In the meantime, Alex de Minaur is one step nearer to the ATP Finals in Turin after reaching the semifinals in Vienna. To safe the ultimate spot, De Minaur should shut a niche of 165 factors between him and Andrey Rublev on the Paris Masters this week.
| AUSSIE TOP 10 | ||
| Participant | Rating | Transfer |
| Alex de Minaur | No.10 | 0 |
| Alexei Popyrin | No.24 | +1 |
| Jordan Thompson | No.28 | +1 |
| Aleksandar Vukic | No.69 | +3 |
| Chris O’Connell | No.71 | 0 |
| Rinky Hijikata | No.76 | +7 |
| James Duckworth | No.77 | -8 |
| Thanasi Kokkinakis | No.87 | -2 |
| Adam Walton | No.92 | +11 |
| Max Purcell | No.94 | -1 |
Ladies’s singles
After successful the title in Playford final weekend, Maddison Inglis has risen to her highest WTA rating in two years.
Ascending 16 locations to world No.158, Inglis avenged her most up-to-date tour losses to Talia Gibson, en path to her first title since April.
Regardless of the loss within the Playford semifinals, Gibson has achieved a brand new profession excessive. Her spectacular kind over the previous two months has boosted the West Australian to world No.126. Previous to her defeat to Inglis, Gibson was on a 17-match successful streak.
One other massive riser this week was Jaimee Fourlis, who has bolted to world No.293. With a rise of 48 locations following her semifinal look on the W100 occasion in Tyler, Texas, Fourlis is inside the highest 300 for the primary time since Might.
| AUSSIE TOP 10 | ||
| Participant | Rating | Transfer |
| Ajla Tomljanovic | No.85 | -4 |
| Olivia Gadecki | No.87 | -4 |
| Maya Joint | No.110 | 0 |
| Kimberly Birrell | No.115 | -4 |
| Daria Saville | No.118 | -4 |
| Arina Rodionova | No.119 | -3 |
| Talia Gibson | No.126 | +3 |
| Maddison Inglis | No.158 | +16 |
| Taylah Preston | No.160 | +2 |
| Destanee Aiava | No.182 | +4 |
Males’s doubles
After successful Olympic gold with Matt Ebden earlier this 12 months, John Friends has received the Swiss Indoors title with Brit Jamie Murray. Defeating the No.1 seeds in Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic, the win has seen Friends re-enter the highest 40.
As for his Olympic associate, Ebden climbed one spot to world No.6, following his quarterfinal berth in Vienna with Rohan Bopanna. It signifies that Ebden has booked his ticket to the ATP Finals in Turin.
Hijikata has additionally jumped again into the highest 100, reaching the quarterfinals in Playford with American Mac Kiger. The Australian Open 2023 champion moved up three spots to world No.99.
Playford doubles champion Thomas Fancutt has achieved a brand new career-high, rising 11 locations to world No.125.
| AUSSIE TOP 10 | ||
| Participant | Rating | Transfer |
| Jordan Thompson | No.5 | 0 |
| Matt Ebden | No.6 | +1 |
| Max Purcell | No.10 | 0 |
| John Friends | No.39 | +8 |
| John-Patrick Smith | No.63 | 0 |
| Matthew Romios | No.97 | +1 |
| Rinky Hijikata | No.99 | +3 |
| Thomas Fancutt | No.125 | +11 |
| Luke Saville | No.132 | -2 |
| Calum Puttergill | No.138 | +4 |
Ladies’s doubles
Maya Joint has damaged into the highest 200 for the primary time after making the semifinals on the Tampico WTA 125 occasion in Mexico. Pairing with fellow Aussie Astra Sharma, the duo had their deepest run thus far.
Australia has one other entrant within the high 200 in Fourlis, who additionally made the semifinals of her W100 event in Tyler, Texas. Sitting at world No.189, it marks the primary time Fourlis has been inside the highest 200 in nearly three years.
In different movers, Petra Hule and Alexandra Osborne had been rewarded for his or her respective ITF triumphs this week, rising considerably to achieve the highest 250.
| AUSSIE TOP 10 | ||
| Participant | Rating | Transfer |
| Ellen Perez | No.15 | -3 |
| Storm Hunter | No.31 | -6 |
| Olivia Gadecki | No.95 | -1 |
| Destanee Aiava | No.158 | +4 |
| Maya Joint | No.188 | +13 |
| Jaimee Fourlis | No.189 | +17 |
| Maddison Inglis | No.191 | +4 |
| Talia Gibson | No.200 | -6 |
| Kimberly Birrell | No.206 | -6 |
| Alana Parnaby | No.221 | -4 |
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