February 28th Rankings

Andy Roddick's rise continues, as he comes up one spot to 7th, dropping Stanislas Wawrinka.

Winners:
Acapulco
#1 David Ferrer ESP (6)
1st round Adrian Ungur ROU (177)| 6-1 6-2
2nd round Santiago Gonzalez MEX (362) | 6-2 6-2
Quarters #7 Juan Monaco ARG (57) | 2-6 7-5 6-2
Semis #6 Alexandr Dolgopolov UKR (27) | 5-7 6-1 6-1
Final #3 Nicolas Almagro ESP (15) | 7-6(4) 6-7(2) 6-2
Average Opponent Rank 127.6

Delray Beach
Juan Martin del Potro ARG (n/a)
1st round Richard Berankis LTU (53) | 6-4 6-1
2nd round Teymuraz Gabashvili RUS (94) | 6-1 6-1
Quarters #5 Kevin Anderson RSA (49) | 6-4 6-4
Semis #2 Mardy Fish USA (11) | 6-1 7-5
Final #6 Janko Tipsarevic SRB (40) | 6-4 6-4
Average Opponent 49.4

Dubai
#2 Novak Djokovic SRB (3)
1st round Michael Llodra FRA (24) | 6-3 6-3
2nd round Feliciano Lopez ESP (42) | 6-3 2-6 6-4
Quarters Florian Mayer GER (26) | 7-5 6-1
Semis #3 Tomas Berdych CZE (9) | 6-7(5) 6-2 4-2 Ret.
Final #1 Roger Federer SUI (2) | 6-3 6-3
Average Opponent 20.6

David Ferrer took the 500 level title in Acapulco. He had two fairly easy matches to open the tournament, but then had three games against seeded teams, with all three taking him to three sets. However, he pulled out victories in all matches, including coming from behind against Monaco and Dolgopolov.

Juan Martin del Potro isn't yet ranked, as he's not at the 25-match cutoff, but based on his recent results, it looks like he's rounding back into form, and he should be back in the top 25 soon enough. He had an excellent week at Delray Beach, not dropping a set. Only one serious challenge was there, in Mardy Fish, but del Potro still did well to take the title.

The biggest event of the week was in Dubai, where Novak Djokovic continued his run as the hottest player on tour in 2011. He faced four top 30 opponents, and while he lost a set in the semis to Berdych, he took a relatively easy win over Federer in the final.


Challengers:
Casablanca: Evgeny Donskoy RUS (167) d. #7 Alessio di Mauro ITA (118)
Wolfsburg: Ruben Bemelmans BEL (143) d. Dominik Meffert GER (149)

Futures:
Turkey F6: Cedrik-Marcel Stebe GER (231)
Croatia F2: Nikola Mektic CRO (239)
USA F5: Nicholas Monroe USA (320)
Australia F1: James Lemke AUS (334)

Riser of the Week (top 100):
Florian Mayer GER (26), Up 8
Mayer has quietly had a solid season this year, and is working his way up into the top 25. He had two wins this week in Dubai, beating Jarkko Nieminen (45) and Andrey Golubev (60), before losing to the eventual champion, Djokovic.

Riser of the Week (other):
Evgeny Donskoy RUS (167), Up 52
Donskoy's win in Casablanca moves him into the top 200, as he racked up some very solid wins. He beat Alessio di Mauro (118) in the final, but also took out Bastian Knittel (164), Olivier Patience (166) and Jaroslav Pospisil (104).

Dropper of the Week (top 100):
Ernests Gulbis LAT (34), Down 7
After a couple of early losses in recent tournaments, Gulbis did manage a win in Dubai, before losing to Sergiy Stakhovsky (58). Last year, though, he had won the Delray Beach tournament, and without that victory he falls away from the top 25.

Dropper of the Week (other):
Henri Kontinen FIN (211), Down 33
Odd for such a young player to be featured here, but the 20-year-old Finn dropped after losing a Futures win from last season that saw him beat Alexander Peya (243) and Dennis Bloemke (273).


1 (1). Rafael Nadal ESP - 836.9
Last week: None

2 (2). Roger Federer SUI - 820.4
Last week: Dubai F (l. Djokovic)

3 (3). Novak Djokovic SRB - 817.0
Last week: Dubai W

4 (4). Robin Soderling SWE - 802.5
Last week: None

5 (5). Andy Murray GBR - 798.7
Last week: None

6 (6). David Ferrer ESP - 791.9
Last week: Acapulco W

7 (8). Andy Roddick USA - 784.5
Last week: None

8 (7). Stanislas Wawrinka SUI - 783.9
Last week: Acapulco QF (l. Dolgopolov)

9 (9). Tomas Berdych CZE - 782.9
Last week: Dubai SF (l. Djokovic)

10 (10). David Nalbandian ARG - 779.7
Last week: None

11 (13). Mardy Fish USA - 773.6
Last week: Delray Beach SF (l. del Potro)

12 (12). Gael Monfils FRA - 773.5
Last week: None

13 (11). Jurgen Melzer AUT - 772.6
Last week: None

14 (14). Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA - 772.2
Last week: None

15 (15). Nicolas Almagro ESP - 770.5
Last week: Acapulco F (l. Ferrer)

16 (17). Fernando Verdasco ESP - 767.2
Last week: Acapulco R32 (l. Bellucci)

17 (16). Mikhail Youzhny RUS - 764.6
Last week: Dubai R32 (l. Simon)

18 (19). Gilles Simon FRA - 756.9
Last week: Dubai QF (l. Gasquet)

19 (21). Richard Gasquet FRA - 754.1
Last week: Dubai SF (l. Federer)

20 (18). Viktor Troicki SRB - 753.8
Last week: Dubai R32 (l. Kohlschreiber)

21 (20). Philipp Kohlschreiber GER - 752.0
Last week: Dubai R16 (l. Petzschner)

22 (23). Lleyton Hewitt AUS - 751.1
Last week: None

23 (24). Marin Cilic CRO - 748.8
Last week: None

24 (25). Michael Llodra FRA - 746.4
Last week: Dubai R32 (l. Djokovic)

25 (22). Ivan Ljubicic CRO - 745.9
Last week: Dubai R32 (l. Bubka)


In: Michael Llodra
Out: Juan Carlos Ferrero