Arthur Fils
reached the best ranking of his career after reaching the semifinals of the
Hamburg Open.
Despite
being eliminated in the semifinals, the 19-year-old continues to climb in the
rankings and advanced 24 spots to sit at world No. 47, entering the top-50 for
the first time in his career.
Just two
months ago, Fils was outside the top-100, but with a great week at the Lyon
Open, he won his first ATP title by defeating Francisco Cerundolo in the final
and climbed to world No. 63.
This week,
he played at the Hamburg Open, where he reached his maiden ATP 500 semifinal,
but fell to the local and eventual champion
Alexander Zverev by 6-2, 6-4.
On his way
to the semifinals, Fils defeated Daniel Elahi Galán and Dusan Lajovic, and had
an incredible match against Casper Ruud in the quarterfinals, defeating him
6-0, 6-4.
Zverev also
had positive results during the week, as he moved up three places after winning
the Hamburg Open for the first time and securing his 20th title of his career.
With the 500 points earned, he climbed to world No. 16 and is on his way to
return to the top ranks of the ATP ranking.
German
tennis player currently stands tenth in the ATP race to the Finals and doesn’t
defend points for the rest of the season, as he only played until the French
Open last year, giving him high chances of further ascending if he achieves
some good results.
Other
players who had significant improvements in the ranking were
Alexei Popyrin,
champion of the ATP 250 Croatian Open Umag, who climbed 33 positions to reach
his best ranking as world No. 57. Also, the finalist
Stan Wawrinka climbed 23
places to return to the top-50 for the first time since October 2021.
Aleksander
Vukic, the runner-up in the Atlanta Open, where he was defeated by Taylor
Fritz, also achieved the best ranking of his career by climbing 20 positions to
reach a career-high No. 62.