Alex de Minaur’s run to the Paris Masters quarterfinals has lifted him into the driving force’s seat to qualify for the season-ending championships.
Melbourne, Victoria, 5 November 2024 | Dan Imhoff
Males’s singles
Alex de Minaur’s late-season sprint for a maiden ATP Finals berth is on monitor after leaping to inside two spots of his career-best rating following his Paris Masters quarterfinal run.
The 25-year-old avenged his US Open quarterfinal defeat to Jack Draper earlier than he fell to former champion and 13th seed Holger Rune 6-4 4-6 7-5, however it was sufficient to bump the Australian as much as world No.8.
Crucially, it moved him above Andrey Rublev and Grigor Dimitrov within the Race to Turin.
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Jordan Thompson’s run to a maiden ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal in Paris additionally lifted him two locations to a career-high world No.26 following his three wins, which included a 3rd this season over top-10 rival Casper Ruud.
Thanasi Kokkinakis’ first ATP Challenger title on house soil in Sydney over Rinky Hijikata boosted his mark eight locations to again inside the highest 80.
| AUSSIE TOP 10 | ||
| Participant | Rating | Transfer |
| Alex de Minaur | No.8 | +2 |
| Alexei Popyrin | No.24 | 0 |
| Jordan Thompson | No.26 | +2 |
| Aleksandar Vukic | No.69 | 0 |
| Chris O’Connell | No.71 | 0 |
| Rinky Hijikata | No.73 | +14 |
| James Duckworth | No.77 | 0 |
| Thanasi Kokkinakis | No.79 | +8 |
| Adam Walton | No.90 | +2 |
| Max Purcell | No.98 | -4 |
Girls’s singles
Priscilla Hon’s current run of kind carried to the Hong Kong WTA 250 occasion the place she reached the second spherical, every week after qualifying in Tokyo.
Hon fell to eventual champion Diana Shnaider in straight units, however her rating soared 18 locations to again inside the highest 200 to her highest mark since April.
Hon’s win over wild card Eudice Chong was her first tour-level principal draw win since she beat the identical opponent in the identical spherical in Hong Kong final yr.
| AUSSIE TOP 10 | ||
| Participant | Rating | Transfer |
| Ajla Tomljanovic | No.84 | +1 |
| Olivia Gadecki | No.90 | -3 |
| Kimberly Birrell | No.112 | +3 |
| Maya Joint | No.116 | -1 |
| Daria Saville | No.118 | 0 |
| Arina Rodionova | No.119 | 0 |
| Talia Gibson | No.126 | 0 |
| Taylah Preston | No.155 | +5 |
| Maddison Inglis | No.161 | -3 |
| Priscilla Hon | No.192 | +18 |
Males’s doubles
Again-to-back ATP Challenger titles for Blake Ellis and Thomas Fancutt have boosted the pair’s doubles rankings to respective career-high marks.
The duo’s Sydney triumph lifted Ellis 15 locations to world No.138, whereas Fancutt improved 4 spots to world No.121.
Max Purcell grew to become Australia’s second-highest ranked doubles participant after Matt Ebden dropped outdoors the highest 10.
Purcell remained regular as world No.10 after he and Thompson reached the Paris Masters semifinals.
| AUSSIE TOP 10 | ||
| Participant | Rating | Transfer |
| Jordan Thompson | No.5 | 0 |
| Max Purcell | No.10 | 0 |
| Matt Ebden | No.11 | -5 |
| John Friends | No.43 | -4 |
| John-Patrick Smith | No.64 | -1 |
| Rinky Hijikata | No.99 | 0 |
| Matthew Romios | No.100 | 0 |
| Thomas Fancutt | No.121 | +4 |
| Luke Saville | No.132 | 0 |
| Blake Ellis | No.138 | +15 |
Girls’s doubles
Destanee Aiava and Maddison Inglis fell simply in need of defending their W75 Sydney title however their runner-up exhibiting was sufficient to make sure boosts of their stay doubles rankings.
Aiava rose three locations to world No.164, whereas Inglis moved up two spots to world No.205.
The Sydney champions, Taylah Preston and Lizette Cabrera, have been additionally elevated two locations of their respective rankings – Preston to a career-best world No.256 and Cabrera to world No.271.
| AUSSIE TOP 10 | ||
| Participant | Reside rating | Transfer |
| Ellen Perez | No.14 | +1 |
| Storm Hunter | No.31 | 0 |
| Olivia Gadecki | No.102 | +1 |
| Destanee Aiava | No.164 | +3 |
| Maya Joint | No.186 | +1 |
| Jaimee Fourlis | No.187 | +1 |
| Kimberly Birrell | No.201 | +3 |
| Maddison Inglis | No.205 | +2 |
| Daria Saville | No.228 | -2 |
| Alana Parnaby | No.230 | -2 |
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