April 25th Rankings

Jurgen Melzer rises into thetop 10, after making the quarterfinals in Barcelona; he displaces Tomas Berdych, who drops to 12th, and Juan Martin del Potro, who goes down one spot to 10th.

Winners:

Barcelona
#1 Rafael Nadal ESP (1)
1st round Bye
2nd round Daniel Gimeno-Traver ESP (86) | 6-1 6-1
3rd round Santiago Giraldo COL (55) | 6-3 6-1
Quarters #7 Gael Monfils FRA (11) | 6-2 6-2
Semis Ivan Dodig CRO (59) | 6-3 6-2
Final #4 David Ferrer ESP (6) | 6-2 6-4
Average Opponent Rank 43.4

Another dominant win for Nadal, who faced absolutley no pressure in winning in Barcelona, only once getting pushed as far as 6-4. It looks like another season of clay superiority for Rafa, based on the first two evvents.

Challengers:
Napoli: Thomas Schoorel NED (83) d. #2 Filippo Volandri ITA (98) | 6-2 7-6(4)
Santos: #7 Joao Souza BRA (222) d. #5 Diego Junqueira ARG (159) | 6-4 6-2

Futures:
Argentina F1: Facundo Arguello ARG (257)
Brazil F10: Nicolas Santos BRA (666)
China F4: Kyu-Tae Im KOR (n/a)
France F7: Jonathan Eysseric FRA (301)
India F4: Vishnu Vardhan IND (390)
Italy F6: Daniel Koellerer AUT (219)
Turkey F14: Arnau Brugues-Davi ESP (216)


Riser of the Week (top 100):
Robin Haase NED (38), Up 7
Haase didn't do much this week, getting a win against Flavio Cipolla (160) before losing to Gael Monfils (11), but the Dutchman's rise came as a result of dropping a very poor challenger result from last year, where he lost to Noam Okun (361) in the first round.

Riser of the Week (other):
Joao Souza BRA (222), Up 42
Souza won the Santos challenger with some solid wins against some solid regulars of the South American swing, including Andres Molteni (218), Ricardo Mello (114) and Diego Junqueira (159).

Dropper of the Week (top 100):
Thiemo de Bakker NED (61), Down 14
de Bakker hasn't played since Indian Wells, and didn't defend his excellent result from last year's Barcelona, which saw him beat Alejandro Falla (129), Juan Carlos Ferrero (n/a) and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (17), before losing to Robin Soderling (4). Without those points, he drops a fair distance, out of the top 50.

Dropper of the Week (other):
Dominik Meffert GER (148), Down 37
The German veteran lost in the first round of qualifying for Barcelona, falling against Simon Greul (147). He also dropped a challenger win from last season, that included him beating Mello (114) and Junqueira (159).


1 (1). Rafael Nadal ESP - 839.2
Last week: Barcelona W

2 (2). Novak Djokovic SRB - 826.9
Last week: None

3 (3). Roger Federer SUI - 822.4
Last week: None

4 (4). Robin Soderling SWE - 796.8
Last week: Barcelona R32 (l. Dodig)

5 (5). Andy Murray GBR - 795.9
Last week: None

6 (6). David Ferrer ESP - 791.6
Last week: Barcelona F (l. Nadal)

7 (7). Stanislas Wawrinka SUI - 782.3
Last week: None

8 (8). David Nalbandian ARG - 777.1
Last week: None

9 (11). Jurgen Melzer AUT - 775.3
Last week: Barcelona QF (l. Ferrer)

10 (9). Juan Martin del Potro ARG - 774.2
Last week: None

11 (13). Gael Monfils FRA - 774.1
Last week: Barcelona QF (l. Nadal)

12 (10). Tomas Berdych CZE - 773.5
Last week: None

13 (12). Mardy Fish USA - 773.1
Last week: None

14 (14). Andy Roddick USA - 770.4
Last week: None

15 (15). Nicolas Almagro ESP - 770.1
Last week: Barcelona SF (l. Ferrer)

16 (16). Richard Gasquet FRA - 765.9
Last week: Barcelona R16 (l. Monfils)

17 (17). Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA - 763.1
Last week: None

18 (18). Viktor Troicki SRB - 760.8
Last week: None

19 (19). Gilles Simon FRA - 758.1
Last week: None

20 (20). Mikhail Youzhny RUS - 758.1
Last week: None

21 (23). Lleyton Hewitt AUS - 753.0
Last week: None

22 (22). Marin Cilic CRO - 751.0
Last week: None

23 (21). Fernando Verdasco ESP - 748.4
Last week: None

24 (24). Philipp Kohlschreiber GER - 747.0
Last week: None

25 (27). Tommy Robredo ESP - 746.5
Last week: None

In: Tommy Robredo
Out: Michael Llodra