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22 Grigor Dimitrov 22 29
23 Marin Cilic 23 22
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26 Karen Khachanov 26 24
27 Lorenzo Sonego 27 26
28 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 28 46
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Lloyd Harris 39 40
Botic van de Zandschulp 40 41
Pedro Martinez 42 45
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Marcos Giron 53 54
Laslo Djere 54 62
David Goffin 55 47
Tallon Griekspoor 56 58
Arthur Rinderknech 57 59
Benjamin Bonzi 58 63
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Benoit Paire 60 61
Lorenzo Musetti 61 83
Oscar Otte 62 72
Emil Ruusuvuori 63 81
Maxime Cressy 65 69
Dominik Koepfer 66 64
Daniel Altmaier 67 67
Adrian Mannarino 68 68
Jan-Lennard Struff 69 60
Holger Rune 70 79
Soonwoo Kwon 71 70
Hugo Gaston 72 65
James Duckworth 73 71
Jiri Vesely 74 73
Kamil Majchrzak 75 75
Brandon Nakashima 76 76
Nick Kyrgios 77 77
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John Millman 79 74
Richard Gasquet 80 84
Andy Murray 81 85
Pablo Andujar 82 80
Joao Sousa 83 87
Denis Kudla 84 82
Hugo Dellien 85 92
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Jordan Thompson 87 86
Jiri Lehecka 88 99
Ricardas Berankis 89 90
Thanasi Kokkinakis 90 88
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Dominic Thiem 93 51
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Tomas Martin Etcheverry 95 95
Mikael Ymer 97 96
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Roberto Carballes Baena 100 78
Peter Gojowczyk 101 101
Alexei Popyrin 108 98
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Aljaz Bedene 165 75 (PR)
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16 Feliciano Lopez 116 119
17 Fernando Verdasco 118 120
18 Stefan Kozlov 122 121
19 Jack Draper 124 122
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/16 - 6/5 2022

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2 Jaume Munar 99 99
3 Thiago Monteiro 103 103
4 Daniel Elahi Galan 105 105
5 Norbert Gombos 106 106
6 Pablo Cuevas 107 107
7 Taro Daniel 110 110
8 Juan Pablo Varillas 111 111
9 Sam Querrey 112 112
10 Juan Manuel Cerundolo 113 113
11 Yannick Hanfmann 114 114
12 Gianluca Mager 115 115
13 Feliciano Lopez 116 116
14 Fernando Verdasco 118 118
15 Chun-hsin Tseng 119 119
16 Corentin Moutet 120 120
17 Radu Albot 121 121
18 Stefan Kozlov 122 122
19 Bernabe Zapata Miralles 123 123
20 Jack Draper 124 124
21 Mats Moraing 126 126
22 Marc-Andrea Huesler 127 127
23 Aleksandar Vukic 128 128
24 Christopher O'Connell 129 129
25 Elias Ymer 130 130
26 Nuno Borges 131 131
27 Philipp Kohlschreiber 132 132
28 Juan Ignacio Londero 134 134
29 Andrej Martin 135 135
30 Andreas Seppi 136 136
31 Zdenek Kolar 137 137
32 Emilio Gomez 138 138
Jack Sock 139 139
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Ernesto Escobedo 141 141
J.J. Wolf 142 142
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Tomas Machac 144 144
Roman Safiullin 145 145
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Tomas Barrios Vera 147 147
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Tennys Sandgren 172 172
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Franco Agamenone 176 176
Jesper De Jong 177 177
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Michael Mmoh 179 179
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Jay Clarke 191 191
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Mirza Basic 215 215
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Tung-Lin Wu 221 221
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12 Marius Copil 234 234
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16 Duje Ajdukovic 238 238
17 Brayden Schnur 239 239
18 Hiroki Moriya 240 240
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20 Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 241 241
21 Andrea Pellegrino 242 242
22 Vitaliy Sachko 243 243
23 Alexander Shevchenko 245 245
24 Lukas Klein 301 245 (PR)
25 Gerald Melzer 246 246
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/16 - 6/5 2022

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2 Paula Badosa 2 3
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4 Aryna Sabalenka 4 4
5 Maria Sakkari 5 5
6 Anett Kontaveit 6 6
7 Karolina Pliskova 7 7
8 Danielle Collins 8 8
9 Garbiñe Muguruza 9 10
10 Ons Jabeur 10 9
11 Emma Raducanu 11 12
12 Jelena Ostapenko 12 11
13 Belinda Bencic 13 13
14 Jessica Pegula 14 14
15 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 15 15
16 Coco Gauff 16 16
17 Victoria Azarenka 17 18
18 Elena Rybakina 18 19
19 Angelique Kerber 19 17
20 Leylah Fernandez 20 21
21 Simona Halep 21 20
22 Madison Keys 22 22
23 Daria Kasatkina 23 26
24 Tamara Zidansek 24 27
25 Veronika Kudermetova 25 29
26 Liudmila Samsonova 26 31
27 Sorana Cirstea 27 24
28 Elise Mertens 28 23
29 Elina Svitolina 29 25
30 Petra Kvitova 30 28
31 Camila Giorgi 31 30
32 Marketa Vondrousova 32 32
Amanda Anisimova 33 33
Alizé Cornet 34 34
Jil Teichmann 35 37
Naomi Osaka 36 35
Anhelina Kalinina 37 36
Ajla Tomljanovic 38 42
Viktorija Golubic 39 39
Shuai Zhang 40 41
Clara Tauson 41 38
Alison Riske 42 43
Sloane Stephens 43 44
Yulia Putintseva 44 52
Ekaterina Alexandrova 45 40
Jasmine Paolini 46 48
Sara Sorribes Tormo 47 49
Shelby Rogers 48 46
Tereza Martincova 49 50
Aliaksandra Sasnovich 50 51
Katerina Siniakova 51 45
Nuria Parrizas Diaz 52 55
Camila Osorio 53 47
Madison Brengle 54 57
Kaia Kanepi 55 54
Magda Linette 56 58
Elena-Gabriela Ruse 57 56
Petra Martic 58 60
Alison Van Uytvanck 59 59
Marta Kostyuk 60 53
Mayar Sherif 61 62
Irina-Camelia Begu 62 63
Ann Li 63 65
Andrea Petkovic 64 67
Beatriz Haddad Maia 65 61
Ana Konjuh 66 64
Karolina Muchova 67 66
Anna Bondar 68 72
Maryna Zanevska 70 68
Caroline Garcia 71 69
Qinwen Zheng 72 71
Varvara Gracheva 73 73
Arantxa Rus 74 74
Anna Kalinskaya 75 75
Rebecca Peterson 76 77
Marie Bouzkova 77 78
Greet Minnen 79 79
Lucia Bronzetti 80 89
Martina Trevisan 81 84
Kaja Juvan 82 81
Panna Udvardy 83 82
Clara Burel 84 76
Xinyu Wang 85 86
Claire Liu 86 83
Kristina Kucova 87 80
Magdalena Frech 88 87
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 89 88
Lauren Davis 90 85
Dalma Galfi 91 92
Dayana Yastremska 92 93
Oceane Dodin 93 94
Misaki Doi 94 95
Ana Bogdan 95 91
Kamilla Rakhimova 96 96
Diane Parry 97 99
Qiang Wang 98 97
Kristina Mladenovic 99 100
Harriet Dart 102 101
Bianca Andreescu 111 22 (SR)
Tatjana Maria 112 100 (SR)
Danka Kovinic 114 98
Astra Sharma 148 90
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/16 - 6/5 2022

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8 Donna Vekic 108 108
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11 Rebecca Marino 113 113
12 Viktoriya Tomova 115 115
13 Zarina Diyas 116 116
14 Nadia Podoroska 117 117
15 Ekaterine Gorgodze 118 118
16 Vitalia Diatchenko 119 119
17 Aleksandra Krunic 120 120
18 Katie Volynets 121 121
19 Xiyu Wang 123 123
20 Lesia Tsurenko 124 124
21 Mihaela Buzarnescu 125 125
22 Maddison Inglis 126 126
23 Hailey Baptiste 127 127
24 Laura Pigossi 128 128
25 Coco Vandeweghe 129 129
26 Mai Hontama 130 130
27 Cristina Bucsa 131 131
28 Rebeka Masarova 133 133
29 Daria Saville 134 134
30 Anna Blinkova 135 135
31 Kateryna Baindl 136 136
32 Reka Luca Jani 139 139
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 140 140
Ylena In-Albon 141 141
Yue Yuan 142 142
Daria Snigur 143 143
Tessah Andrianjafitrimo 144 144
Elina Avanesyan 145 145
Fiona Ferro 146 146
Su Jeong Jang 147 147
Paula Ormaechea 150 150
Lucrezia Stefanini 152 152
Mirjam Bjorklund 153 153
Anastasia Gasanova 154 154
Julia Grabher 155 155
Sara Errani 156 156
Elisabetta Cocciaretto 157 157
Katarzyna Kawa 158 158
Olga Danilovic 159 159
Stefanie Voegele 160 160
Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik 161 161
Mariam Bolkvadze 162 162
Alycia Parks 163 163
Polona Hercog 164 164
Arianne Hartono 165 165
Olivia Gadecki 166 166
Asia Muhammad 167 167
Robin Anderson 168 168
Renata Zarazua 169 169
Christina Mchale 171 171
Despina Papamichail 172 172
Caroline Dolehide 173 173
Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 175 175
Anastasia Tikhonova 176 176
Marina Melnikova 177 177
Olga Govortsova 178 178
Rebecca Sramkova 179 179
Francesca Jones 180 180
Storm Sanders 181 181
Arina Rodionova 182 182
Valentini Grammatikopoulou 183 183
Suzan Lamens 184 184
Jamie Loeb 185 185
Grace Min 186 186
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Lizette Cabrera 188 188
Usue Maitane Arconada 189 189
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Emina Bektas 191 191
Dea Herdzelas 192 192
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Laura Siegemund 196 196
Catherine Mcnally 197 197
Ysaline Bonaventure 198 198
Katarina Zavatska 199 199
Seone Mendez 200 200
Anastasia Zakharova 201 201
Raluka Serban 202 202
Simona Waltert 203 203
Veronica Cepede Royg 204 204
Linda Fruhvirtova 205 205
Richel Hogenkamp 206 206
Federica Di Sarra 207 207
Moyuka Uchijima 208 208
Oksana Selekhmeteva 209 209
Ellen Perez 210 210
Aliona Bolsova 211 211
Andrea Lazaro Garcia 212 212
Louisa Chirico 213 213
Francesca Di Lorenzo 214 214
Yuliya Hatouka 215 215
Katharina Gerlach 217 217
Hanna Chang 218 218
Yuki Naito 219 219
Fernanda Contreras Gomez 220 220
Joanne Zuger 221 221
Leolia Jeanjean 222 222
Ipek Oz 223 223
Anastasia Kulikova 224 224
Katie Swan 225 225
Isabella Shinikova 227 227
Priscilla Hon 254 132 (SR)
Georgina Garcia Perez 271 192 (SR)
Xinyun Han 534 207 (SR)
Varvara Flink 640 150 (SR)
Eugenie Bouchard 1437 118 (SR)
Monica Puig - 103 (SR)
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15 Conny Perrin 240 240
16 Kathinka Von Deichmann 241 241
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20 Marcela Zacarias 244 244
21 Timea Babos 246 246
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/16 - 6/5 2022

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Will Kenin ever play again?
Or is she going for the Andreescu/Del Potro record of playing the least amount possible?

Has she given any reason for this very prolonged absence?
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/16 - 6/5 2022

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While she didn't play after Wimbledon last year she has already played 6 tournaments this year (admittedly none in the last 6 weeks so something is askew)
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/16 - 6/5 2022

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Starting with Osaka winning 2018 USO, here, in my opinion,

Osaka : Called out by all Slams after saying she won't do pressers then withdrew due to having mental illness. Her clay record is not good and some people say Osaka did not want to deal with that part of the season. Also, first Slam win marred by Serena reaction to Ramos on getting a warning from coach.

Barty: Retired from tennis after winning 2 out of the last 3 Slams. Guess the pandemic really dictated her career with all the covid rules in place.

Halep: Being coached by Serena's ex-coach after splitting with Cahill. Also, changed coaches at least one.

Andreescu : Had a red hot few months beginning with Indian Wells capped off by winning Cananda and USO in the process.

Kenin : Career year in 2020 winning AO and making final at French. This reminds me of Bouchard year in 2015.

Swiatek: She may be the one who establishes dominance in WTA if she does not get burnout, bored or want new challenges like Barty.

Krejickova: Think she may be the one-hit wonder. Making one final and winning it like Majoli. She does have success in doubles and mixed doubles.

Raducanu : Know that she is young but winning USO and getting all marketing endorsements have put a bullseye on her back especially with her ability to retain a consistent coach. As of today, think USO may be the only Slam final she ever play.

Out of the ladies mentioned, I think Andreescu and Raducanu are overhyped like Sharapova when the Williams Sisters were dominating.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/16 - 6/5 2022

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I don't think anybody disliked Sharapova on court more than I did, but overhyped is not something that comes to mind when I think of her. The woman won 5 slams and made several other finals.
I don't see Iga burning out ever. She reminds me a bit of Graf: she likes being #1, and she really hates losing. We saw it at the Olympics, when she lost and was seen crying off court. I think that will carry for quite a while.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/16 - 6/5 2022

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For all the media talk praising Sharapova like she was the next big thing, she underperformed expectations and again, she was overhyped IMO.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/16 - 6/5 2022

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patrick wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 6:46 pm For all the media talk praising Sharapova like she was the next big thing, she underperformed expectations and again, she was overhyped IMO.
Anyone who wins Wimbledon at 17 years old will be overhyped.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/16 - 6/5 2022

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At that time, media said Sharapova was the best thing to happen since "slice bread" and expectations went through the roof.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/16 - 6/5 2022

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patrick wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:28 pm At that time, media said Sharapova was the best thing to happen since "slice bread" and expectations went through the roof.
And Becker and Chang and Arias and Bassett and Rinaldi and Kelesi and Austin and Jaeger...
Par for the course when young players make a splash.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/16 - 6/5 2022

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To win 5 slams in that era (including all 4 slams) was mighty impressive from Sharapova. Once Serena started on her journey to a 20-2 H2H and people realised that her Wimbledon win over Serena was a fluke, I think the expectation died down a tad.
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Re: ATP WTA GS Roland Garros 5/16 - 6/5 2022

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Kenin has an ankle injury that she announced before withdrawing from Miami
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