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2044 has arrived!
Sri Lanka Annual Rankings Update
Anil Mehul -- 2nd to 1st singles. Well, there's nowhere to go but down. Chances of winning another five Masters this year aren't great, but clearly the goal here is stay on top for as long as possible, or at least as close to it. Realistically, I'll still be surprised if Iglar doesn't rebound with a strong year. At 73-9, he won four fewer matches than the previous year -- but more importantly, also lost four fewer and of course there were a lot more titles as well as repeating and Wimbledon and the World Tour Finals.
Girish Girsh -- 11th to 5th singles. Gradual improvement and Girsh should bypass Marcek and even probably Benda this year. This will probably be the season that he catches Mehul in terms of overall skill, but it remains to be seen if he can beat him when it counts on the court. A variety of unlikely events have resulted in nearly a two-year drought between meetings; Mehul has won all three. It seems inevitable that the two will start playing and bumping into each other on a more regular basis. Girsh has done well in the smaller events the last couple of years, but needs to become a threat to go all the way in the big ones to advance further. 65 wins was 10 more than his previous best.
Prakash Mooljee -- 1828th to 232nd singles, 2873rd to 2120th doubles. Doubles didn't go so hot, but Mooljee dominated in amateur and futures play on his own, with an astounding 52 wins and only one defeat. Sometime early this year we'll see how he handles the jump to challengers, but first up he'll get his Slam debut at the Australian Open in a few weeks. A great first year in the professional ranks, but he'll be stepping up to stiffer competition soon.
Anil Manohar -- 2324th to 2193rd singles, 574th to 499th doubles. Pretty good year, but the big news for Manohar is that this will be his last season on tour. He's up another .05 to 4.43 in the trainer evaluation, but will spend much of this year saving up the necessary experience to make the jump. He'll almost certainly stay in the 4.4-4.5 range, but progress is quite slow for him now and there's little reason for him to keep playing longer. Plus, it's just time for a new phenom with Mooljee established now as a tour player.
Manager Ranking -- 4th to 3rd, 25.6k points to 30.6k. Unexpectedly, hayato did just enough to stay ahead of me by about a thousand points at the moment. He's got a solid Top-10 player in Gaskell, and while Hammerstein would be better in singles he is now the world's #1 in doubles. Still, I should catch him soon.
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