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The Dubai final never happened because of an injury to Tallon Griekspoor. But the news out of there was that the finalists in both singles and doubles, their teams and a lot of officials – are unable to get out of Dubai because of the hostilities.
They have a window as they won’t play until later in the week – in Griekspoor’s case, not at all because of his injury.
In Acapulco, Cobolli gets on the winning track with a title.
And in Santiago, Luciano Darderi finishes off the South American clay swing with a title.
And there are a ton of career highs to report as well.
Flavio Cobolli (ITA): No. 20 ==========> No. 15
(Cobolli really struggled to start the season. But he took advantage of early exits by the top four seeds in Acapulco to take the title and move into the top 15 for the first time).
Frances Tiafoe (USA): No. 28 ==========> No. 22
(Tiafoe’s career is sort of in flux at the moment. But he scrambled well in Acapulco, making it all the way to the final and making a nice jump in the rankings).
Arthur Rinderknech (FRA): No. 31 ==========> No. 28
(The Frenchman edges back into the top 30 with a run to the quarterfinals in Dubai).
Gabriel Diallo (CAN): No. 41 ==========> No. 38
(Diallo didn’t play last week, but still sneaks back into the top 40. He’ll hope for a good draw at Indian Wells, where he sneaked in as a lucky loser a year ago).
Alejandro Tabilo (CHI): No. 42 ==========> No. 40
(The Chilean-Canadian had a good South American swing: a quarterfinal in Buenos Aires, a final in Rio and another quarter at home in Santiago .. He’s back in the top 40 for the first time since last May, after starting the season at No. 82).
Jenson Brooksby (USA): No. 49 ==========> No. 41
(Brooksby has been pretty quiet this year but he made a nice run to the quarterfinals in Dubai).
Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB): No. 84 ==========> No. 58
(Kecmanovic shocked Alexander Zverev in the first round in Acapulco, and got to the semifinals to make a nice jump).
Yannick Hanfmann (GER): No. 81 ==========> No. 65
(The 34-year-old German finished off the South American clay swing in style by making the final in Santiago).
Rafael Jodar (ESP) No. 114 ==========> No. 103
(Another career high for the 19-year-old, who has a wild card into Indian Wells).
Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP): No. 124 ==========> No. 107
(The qualifier won a round in Dubai – Beating Denis Shapovalov – and makes a nice move).
Yibing Wu (CHN): No. 142 ==========> No. 112
(After a couple of years battling injuries, the 26-year-old is winning matches and made the quarterfinals in Acapulco, losing to eventual champion Cobolli).
Gael Monfils (FRA): No. 170 ==========> No. 148
(The 39-year-old is on a farewell tour buttressed by wild cards and marked by ceremonies. But winning a match in Acapulco moves him up).
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA): No. 182 ==========> No. 157
(The 34-year-old Frenchman, whose career high of No. 36 came in Feb. 2019, made the final of the Saint-Brieuc Challenger).
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Jakub Mensik (CZE) (No. 12)
Flavio Cobolli (ITA) (No. 15)
Térence Atmane (FRA) (No. 52)
Vit Kopriva (CZE) (No. 62)
Ignacio Buse (PER) (No. 63)
Patrick Kypson (USA) (No. 95) (Top 100 debut)
Vilius Gaubas (LTU) (No. 101)
Rafael Jodar (ESP) (No. 103)
Sho Shimabukuro (JPN) (No. 113)
Coleman Wong (HKR) (No. 123)
Federico Cina (ITA) (No. 183)
Diego Dedura (GER) (No. 291)
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Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN): No. 8 ==========> No. 9
(Auger-Aliassime had a good run in Dubai, but it ended in the semis rather than in the final, so he slips behind Ben Shelton and down to No. 9).
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP): No. 14 ==========> No. 19
(The conditions were good for the Spaniard to finally pick off his first career title. But he went out rather ignonimiously to … Mattia Bellucci in the second round of Acapulco).
Denis Shapovalov (CAN): No. 36 ==========> No. 39
(Shapovalov did well in Dallas to back up most of his points from winning the title a year ago. But not so much since; he lost to qualifier Carreño Busta in the first round of Dubai).
Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE): No. 30 ==========> No. 43
(After going into Dubai as the defending champion, Tsitsipas loses to Ugo Humbert in the first round and falls out of the top 40 for the first time since May, 2018)
Tomas Machac (CZE): No. 32 ==========> No. 50
(Machac hasn’t ben able to stay on court for the last few months. And he withdrew from Acapulco, where he won the title a year ago to take a big hit in the rankings).
Matteo Berrettini (ITA): No. 57 ==========> No. 66
(Berrettini is back, but it hasn’t clicked in yet. He made the second round in Buenos Aires, the quarters in Rio and went out in the first round in Santiago to Emilio Nava of the U.S. in Santiago)
Eliot Spizzirri (USA): No. 67 ==========> No. 78
(Spizzirri, who reached his career high just a few weeks ago … didn’t play Acapulco and drops more than 10 spots after losing the points from his Challenger title in San Diego a year ago. He’s withdrawn from Indian Wells, too. It’s going to be an interesting transition year for him as he did really well on the Challenger circuit last year, and must defend those points at a much higher level).
Quentin Halys (FRA): No. 68 ==========> No. 102
(Halys drops out of the top 100 for the first time since Sept. 2024 after getting a tough first-round draw against Jack Draper in Dubai. A year ago, he qualified and made it all the way to the semis, beating Rublev and Bautista Agut en route).
Brandon Holt (USA): No. 166 ==========> No. 229
(Holt, the son of tennis legend Tracy Austin, has been out of commission since losing in the second round of qualifying at the Australian Open. He loses points from winning the Bengaluru Challenger a year ago).
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