Ranking Reaction: Nick Kyrgios back in Top 40 after winning Washington, D.C.

After winning the ATP 500 event in Washington, D.C., Nick Kyrgios soars from No. 63 to No. 37 on the ATP rankings this week, his highest ranking since he was ranked No. 23 the week of February 24th, 2020—which was almost two and a half years ago.

The Australian’s rebound up the rankings has been incredible this year. He was ranked No. 137—exactly 100 spots below where he is now—in the last week of February, but he’s gone 26-6 since then, highlighted by reaching his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, winning his seventh career ATP title in Washington, D.C., three more semifinals in Houston, ’s-Hertogenbosch and Halle, plus the quarterfinals of Indian Wells.

On top of that, had he earned the usual 1,200 points for reaching a major final at Wimbledon, the former No. 13 would likely be back inside the Top 20 by now.

And on top of that, he only has 15 points to defend the entire rest of the year. From this point until the end of the year last year, he only played two events—the Masters 1000 in Canada and the US Open. He fell in the first round in Toronto (5 ranking points) and in the first round in Flushing Meadows (10 ranking points).

Needless to say, Kyrgios’ rise back up the rankings is only just beginning.

The Australian isn’t the only notable mover on the ATP rankings this week: Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka jumps 42 spots from No. 96 to No. 54 after reaching the biggest final of his career in Washington, D.C., where he fell to Kyrgios, 6-4, 6-3; Sweden’s Mikael Ymer rises 39 spots from No. 115 to No. 76 after reaching the semifinals in D.C., where he, too, fell to Kyrgios in straight sets; and just a week after making his Top 100 debut, American J.J. Wolf jumps from No. 99 to No. 84 after reaching the biggest quarterfinal of his career in the American capital, where he fell to Andrey Rublev.

And though he ended up winning the title anyway, just by reaching the final at the ATP 250 event in Los Cabos, Daniil Medvedev assured himself of hanging onto No. 1 until at least the end of the US Open, where he's the defending champion.

Meanwhile, over on the WTA rankings, the most notable move is Daria Kasatkina not only returning to the Top 10, but also setting a new career-high ranking.

The Russian had previously peaked at No. 10 for 14 consecutive weeks between October 2018 and January 2019, but fell as low as No. 75 in 2020 and 2021.

Today, after winning the WTA 500 event in San Jose—her fifth career WTA title—Kasatkina rises from No. 12 to a new personal best of No. 9 on the WTA rankings.

Also, the woman Kasatkina defeated for the title, American Shelby Rogers, makes her Top 30 debut, jumping from No. 45 to No. 30 after reaching the biggest final of her career in San Jose. Along the way she recorded the 24th and 25th Top 20 wins of her career against Maria Sakkari and Veronika Kudermetova.