February 21st Rankings

Just one top 10 change, as Memphis winner Andy Roddick moves up two places to 8th, switching spots with David Nalbandian, now 10th.

Winners:
Buenos Aires
#1 Nicolas Almagro ESP (15)
1st round Pablo Galdon ARG (328) | 6-1 6-2
2nd round Leonardo Mayer ARG (81) | 6-7(3) 6-1 6-3
Quarters Jose Acasuso ARG (n/a) | 7-5 6-3
Semis #6 Tommy Robredo ESP (30) | 7-5 6-1
Final #8 Juan Ignacio Chela ARG (35) | 6-3 3-6 6-4
Average Opponent Rank 118.5

Marseille
#1 Robin Soderling SWE (4)
1st round Bye
2nd round Nicolas Mahut FRA (74) | 7-6(8) 7-6(5)
Quarters #8 Michael Llodra FRA (26) | 6-1 6-4
Semis Dmitry Tursunov RUS (66) | 7-5 6-1
Final Marin Cilic CRO (24) | 6-7(8) 6-3 6-3
Average Opponent 47.5

Memphis
Andy Roddick USA (8)
1st round Richard Berankis LTU (52) | 4-6 6-2 6-3
2nd round Janko Tipsarevic SRB (42) | 6-1 7-6(8)
Quarters Lleyton Hewitt AUS (23) | 4-6 6-3 6-4
Semis Juan Martin del Potro ARG (n/a) | 6-3 6-4
Final Milos Raonic CAN (70) | 7-6(7) 6-7(11) 7-5
Average Opponent 46.8

Almagro's second straight title saw him get some fairly easy matches in the first few rounds, but then saw him beat Robredo fairly easily, then take out Chela in three sets, as he continues one of the stronger early season runs.

Robin Soderling was another player who kept his roll going, as he went to a second straight title in Marseille. He was fortunate to see al, the top seeded players lose before facing him, but still needed to see off a good challenge from Marin Cilic in the final.

One of the matches of the season took place in Memphis, where the final saw a great win for Andy Roddick over the rising star, Milos Raonic. Roddick didn't face a seeded opponent en route to the final, but it was still a tough road, with young talents Raonic and Berankis, the veteran Hewitt, and a returning del Potro.


Challengers:
Meknes: #4 Jaroslav Pospisil CZE (107) d. Guillermo Olaso ESP (290)

Futures:
Spain F6: Pedro Clar-Rossello ESP (315)
Croatia F1: Marcel Zimmermann GER (230)
Turkey F5: Cedrik-Marcel Stebe GER (274)


Riser of the Week (top 100):
Milos Raonic CAN (70), Up 16
Raonic earns this honour for the second straight week after making the final in Memphis. He beat Fernando Verdasco (17) for the second time, as well as beating Radek Stepanek (43) and Mardy Fish (13), before falling to Roddick.

Riser of the Week (other):
Marcel Zimmermann GER (230), Up 39
The 26-year-old German won a futures title in Croatia, with his best wins coming in the last couple of matches, over Timo Nieminen (357) and Mirza Basic (317). The victory lifted him into the top 250.

Dropper of the Week (top 100):
Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP (25), Down 6
Ferrero, who has not played since the US Open, was on a huge hot streak at this point last year, having won the event in Buenos Aires, beating Juan Monaco (54) and David Ferrer (6) along the way. Without that result, he comes very close to falling out of the top 25.

Dropper of the Week:
Stephane Robert FRA (160), Down 37
Robert won a challenger this week last year, featuring a big final win over Alexandr Dolgopolov (31). He was inactive this week, sending him out of the top 150.


1 (1). Rafael Nadal ESP - 837.5
Last week: None

2 (2). Roger Federer SUI - 821.8
Last week: None

3 (3). Novak Djokovic SRB - 816.7
Last week: None

4 (4). Robin Soderling SWE - 802.8
Last week: Marseille W

5 (5). Andy Murray GBR - 797.1
Last week: None

6 (6). David Ferrer ESP - 792.8
Last week: None

7 (7). Stanislas Wawrinka SUI - 786.0
Last week: Buenos Aires SF (l. Chela)

8 (10). Andy Roddick USA - 784.5
Last week: Memphis W

9 (9). Tomas Berdych CZE - 782.4
Last week: Marseille QF (l. Cilic)

10 (8). David Nalbandian ARG - 779.9
Last week: Buenos Aires QF (l. Robredo)

11 (11). Jurgen Melzer AUT - 773.8
Last week: Marseille QF (l. Tursunov)

12 (12). Gael Monfils FRA - 773.7
Last week: None

13 (14). Mardy Fish USA - 773.0
Last week: Memphis SF (l. Fish)

14 (13). Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA - 771.7
Last week: Marseille QF (l. Youzhny)

15 (17). Nicolas Almagro ESP - 770.4
Last week: Buenos Aires W

16 (16). Mikhail Youzhny RUS - 768.9
Last week: Marseille SF (l. Cilic)

17 (15). Fernando Verdasco ESP - 768.3
Last week: None

18 (18). Viktor Troicki SRB - 755.5
Last week: None

19 (21). Gilles Simon FRA - 755.0
Last week: Marseille R16 (l. Youzhny)

20 (26). Philipp Kohlschreiber GER - 752.2
Last week: None

21 (24). Richard Gasquet FRA - 752.0
Last week: None

22 (20). Ivan Ljubicic CRO - 751.7
Last week: Marseille R16 (l. Tursunov)

23 (25). Lleyton Hewitt AUS - 751.1
Last week: Memphis QF (l. Roddick)

24 (28). Marin Cilic CRO - 748.9
Last week: Marseille F (l. Soderling)

25 (19). Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP - 747.5
Last week: None


In: Philipp Kohlschreiber, Marin Cilic
Out: Ernests Gulbis, Michael Llodra