ATP Rankings Changes

After a grand slam tournament, significant rankings changes can take place.  Here they are:

The Men

Dominic Thiem moved up 8 places and is now #8 in the world.  This guy is clearly knocking on the door. 

Albert Ramos-Vinolas had a great tournament and moved up 23 places to #32.  He may well be seeded at Wimbledon.

Other big movers were:

Dustin Brown.  Up 30 places to #86.  Will surely make Wimbledon main draw.

Ernests Gulbis.  Up 21 to #59.

Mikhail Kukushkin.  Up 22 to #61.

The women:

Garbine Muguruza is now #2 in the world.  Need anything more be said?  She has a lot of points to defend at Wimbledon, where she reached the final last year. 

Venus Williams move up 2 spots and is now in the world’s top 10 at #9.

The Cinderella girls include:

Kiki Bertens.  Up 29 spots to #27, a ranking the will likely get her seeded at Wimbledon.

Yulia Putintseva.  Up 25 spots to #35. 

Shelby Rogers.  Up 48 spots(!) to #60.

Tsvetana Pironkova.  Up 31 spots to #71.

Final take on the French: 

Spaniards did well, winning men’s doubles and women’s singles.  Garbine Muguruza made a lot of noise.  The tournament was marred by dank weather and injury issues.  Injuries led to withdrawals or retirements by several top players – Azarenka, Federer, Nadal, Tsonga.  Fans were a bit unruly at times, and there were many line calls that did not match the findings of the Hawkeye system employed by the networks.