Hubert Hurkacz hits new career-high of No. 7, Tommy Paul becomes new American men’s No. 1

There’s a slew of notable ranking moves this week following three 500-level grass-court events at Halle, Queen’s Club and Berlin.

First up, something that may have major implications, literally—Carlos Alcaraz needed to reach the final of Queen’s Club to keep his No. 2 ranking, but he fell in the second round of the ATP 500 event, so he dips from No. 2 to No. 3, and Novak Djokovic rises from No. 3 to No. 2.

With the seeds for Wimbledon being made this week, that would mean Jannik Sinner and Djokovic (if he plays) would be the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, and Alcaraz the No. 3 seed—the Spaniard potentially having to go through both Sinner and Djokovic to defend his title.

A little further down, there’s a new career-high ranking for Hubert Hurkacz, who rises from No. 9 to No. 7—jumping over his previous personal best of No. 8—after reaching the final of the ATP 500 event in Halle, where he finished runner-up to Sinner in two tie-breaks.

Hurkacz already held the record for highest-ranked Polish player in ATP rankings history, and he now one-ups his own record. He’s one of four Polish players to reach the Top 10 in ATP or WTA rankings history.

HIGHEST-RANKED POLISH PLAYERS IN ATP OR WTA RANKINGS HISTORY (since 1973 and 1975):
~ Iga Swiatek [career-high No. 1 in 2022]
~ Agnieszka Radwanska [career-high No. 2 in 2012]
~ Hubert Hurkacz [career-high No. 7 in 2024]
~ Wojtek Fibak [career-high No. 10 in 1977]

Meanwhile, Tommy Paul rises from No. 13 back to his previous career-high ranking of No. 12 after winning the biggest title of his career at Queen’s Club, and by switching spots with Taylor Fritz—who goes from No. 12 to No. 13—Paul becomes the new American men’s No. 1.

And there’s more good news for American men’s tennis—Sebastian Korda cracks the Top 20, rising from No. 23 to No. 20 after reaching the semifinals of Queen’s Club, where he fell to Paul. Korda is the second U.S. man born in the 2000s to crack the Top 20, after Ben Shelton.

Anna Kalinskaya also makes her Top 20 debut on the WTA rankings, jumping from No. 24 to No. 17 after reaching the final of the WTA 500 event in Berlin, where she finished runner-up to Jessica Pegula, 6-7 (0), 6-4, 7-6 (3), after holding five match points.

Kalinskaya has risen almost 100 spots in the last eight months—she was ranked No. 115 last October, returned to the Top 100 in November, broke into the Top 50 in January after reaching her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open, the Top 30 in February after reaching her first WTA 1000 final in Dubai and now the Top 20.

And last but certainly not least, two more debuts on the ATP rankings: Great Britain’s Jack Draper rises from No. 31 to No. 29, his Top 30 debut, after reaching the quarterfinals of Queen’s Club, where he recorded the biggest win of his career en route against Alcaraz; and China’s Zhang Zhizhen rises from No. 42 to No. 33, his Top 40 debut, after making it to the semifinals in Halle, where he defeated No. 5-ranked Daniil Medvedev along the way for his equal-best career win.