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Old 05-19-2019, 03:29 PM   #1009
Brian Swartz
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Join Date: May 2006
Q3 Rankings Update

1. John Hart(28, IRE) - 13,730

A little more breathing room now for Hart, who now turns his attention to his last decent chance at adding the one thing he's missing, a USO title, to his trophy case.

2. Nicolas Perez(23, ARG) - 10,110

Perez continues to gradually pull away from the field, but still has some work to do to stake his claim to the top spot. The '66 Summer Olympics are being held in Tunisia, not exactly a tennis power - that makes a busy summer even more so.

3. Brian Meikeljohn(28, IND) - 6,780

Meikeljohn's recent absences leave a gaping hole in the tour. The question on everyone's mind here is whether or not he plans to return.

4. Barry Molyneaux(28, USA) - 6,755

Probably will slide back up to the #3 soon.

5. Seamus Hughes(28, IRE) - 5,025

Hughes could potentially get back to his career-high of 4th if Meikeljohn doesn't come back.

6. Isa Solheim(27, DEN) - 4,945

Fresh off a Wimbledon semi, equalling his best performance at any Slam, Solheim is also potentially poised to grab that spot.

7. Ali Solberg(26, SWE) - 4,580

Solberg is having a bit of an off year, but hasn't been terrible. It doesn't take much to slip in this environment, but he's still only a good tournament or two from being talked about a lot more.

8. Srba Dogic(24, CRO) - 4,275

Up and down, not making any big noise overall.

9. Calisto Aviles(22, ESP) - 3,405

The big question here is how much advantadge Aviles can take of the better draws his RG trophy will afford him. He'll struggle off the dirt relatively speaking.

10. Ollie Haas(24, NLD) - 3,270

Haas is the flavor of the month after reaching the Wimbledon final. Much like Aviles though, he figures to have trouble duplicating that success on the hardcourts.

12. Sushant Chiba(30, SRI)

Tennis's unquestioned elder statesman had a nice run on the turf, but I'll be very surprised if he can replace his hardcourt points from last year (USO QF, China Open 500 champion). It's not certain, but he probably drops down another tier by the end of the year.

14. Lucas Perez(23, ARG)

Probably shouldn't have skipped Madrid as well as he played on the clay. Perez played well enough at Wimbledon to inspire hope he might continue getting decent results on his off surfaces.

15. Emilien Mathou(25, FRA)

Continues to slowly strengthen his resume. It's worth noting that Mathou has over 2900 points - 11-15 here are not far at all off the first page.

16. Tim de Jong(25, NLD)

18. Chisulo Mpakati(22, ZIM)

Laminated into his upper-teens position, it seems.

19. Il-Sung Jung(24, KOR)

Still playing both singles and doubles. Still paying the price.

20. Samuel Aas(26, SWE)

Has had some moments this year, but so far unable to recapture last season's magic. Aas appears to now be on the downslope of his career. It seems he'll end up just short of the Top 10, with #12 his top mark.

21. Harald Wentz(23, AUT)

A couple early losses on clay, but overall quite consistent and continuing to rise.

22. Constantino Gonzoles(25, ARG)

Looks like 'good journeyman' is about the best we'll ever say about him.

23. Clavet Moniotte(25, FRA)

27. Algot Hakanson(24, SWE)

28. Amrik Kasaravalli(24, SRI)

It's still a question whether he'll be able to remain inside the bubble. A few big Challenger wins will drop off in the next several weeks. Amrik needs another breakthrough at some point this summer.

29. Acke Kjaerstad(23, SWE)

30. William Todhunter(25, AUS)

Good showing at Wimbledon, but up and down overall as are so many of these players.

32. Santino Belmon(24, ITA)

With Rhodes, Balzer, and Stachovksy all headed south and some lesser veteran lights dropping out of the Top 32 entirely, a more natural mix of ages is starting to emerge.

55. Joao Narciso(22, BRA)

Two Masters and four Slams in the last year, and has lost in the first round of all of them. Was credible against Chiba at Wimbledon. A slow upward trend continues.

100. Marcel Bonner(25, DEU)

Bonner has now slashed his ranking at the start of the year in half. Of late he's been splitting his tournaments between challengers and small professional events, but hasn't seen a great deal of success in the latter.

177. Nasir Chittoor(19, SRI)

Soon he'll embark on the first leg of his challenger journey. Would have been nice to qualify during one of his Slam attempts. Depending on how things go he may or may not try again at the USO.

189. Tommy Fitzpatrick(20, IRE)

Still the better player, he's only been passed by Nasir because Fitzpatrick is scheduling more aggressively. Both of them are just making their way into their new phase.

217. Mike Ferry(18, GBR)

Won a round at Wimbledon before losing to Mathou. Having home-crowd advantadge there will be a boon every year for these guys.

235. Mark Smith(19, GBR)

Also got through the first round at Wimbledon. That's more than either of my players can say. .

253. Rakesh Kayeeda(19, SRI)

A couple of recent FT2 titles have moved Kayeeda steadily upwards.

256. Ritwik Intodia(19, SRI)

Two peas in a pod it seems.

471(D). Satyagit Guha(19, SRI)

827th singles. Guha will have another amateur title drop off in a month, so we'll see if he's able to replace those points or not. Still quite a ways to go to get on the national doubles team, but there is definite progress.
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