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ATPWorldTour.com looks at the top Movers of the Week in the ATP Rankings, as of Monday, 21 May 2018
It's only the fifth month of the 2018 ATP World Tour season, but already No. 1 in the ATP Rankings has changed hands four times.
Rafael Nadal started the season at the top spot. Roger Federer took over on 19 February, then Nadal again on 2 April, only for Federer, once more, to take back control on 14 May. Nadal wrestled back No. 1 on Monday.
The four changes at No. 1 this season are the most since 2003, when there were five. The all-time record for most changes is 10, which happened in 1983.
No. 1 Rafael Nadal, +1
Nadal is back at No. 1 in the ATP Rankings. It's a familiar spot for the Spaniard, who's beginning his 174th week at the top spot.
The 31-year-old won his eighth Internazionali BNL d'Italia title on Sunday, beating Alexander Zverev for the fifth time in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series (5-0). Nadal was dominant in nearly every area during the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament, but especially when returning. The Spaniard won 45 per cent of his return games (22/49), including five of 11 against Zverev.
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No. 4 Marin Cilic, +1
Before Rome, the Croatian was 0-5 in Masters 1000 quarter-finals on clay. Make that 1-5. Cilic snapped his losing streak in the Rome quarter-finals against Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta before falling to eventual finalist Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals.
The 29-year-old Cilic is now one spot away from matching his career-high ATP Ranking of No. 3, which he held as recently as 22 April.
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No. 12 Diego Schwartzman, +3
In a sport increasingly played by men taller than 6'3”, the 5'7” Schwartzman should serve as an inspiration to anyone looking to pick up a racquet. The Argentine is at a career-high ATP Ranking of No. 12 after making the second round in Rome (l. to Paire).
Schwartzman has been on an upward trend all season. He started 2018 at No. 26.
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No. 17 Kyle Edmund, +2
The top Brit is another player who just seems to continue climbing the ATP Rankings. Edmund set a new career-high ATP Ranking by making the third round in Rome (l. to Zverev).
Two weeks ago, at the Mutua Madrid Open, the Brit reached his maiden Masters 1000 quarter-final (l. to Shapovalov). The 23-year-old Edmund is now 17-9 on the year. He finished 2017 an even 30-30.
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No. 19 Fabio Fognini, +2
The home crowd was loving it. Fabio Fognini, Italy's No. 1, was up a set against seven-time champion Rafael Nadal in the Rome quarter-finals. Fognini's lead didn't last – Nadal advanced 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 – but the 30-year-old Fognini delivered his best Internazionali BNL d'Italia.
The Sanremo native had never reached the quarter-finals in Rome, but beat Gael Monfils, No. 8 Dominic Thiem and Peter Gojowczyk of Germany to earn the quarter-final matchup against Nadal.

Nadal sits comfortably in third in ATP Race To London after claiming eighth Rome title
Just two months ago, Alexander Zverev was 36th in the ATP Race To London. Following an 8-4 start to 2018, failing to reach a final in his first four events, the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals qualifier was not even the top-ranked German in the Race (Peter Gojowczyk, 28th).
But Zverev, who reached three out of the next four ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals, including Sunday’s championship match at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, has soared into the Race lead with 3,135 points. Last year, the final qualifier for the year-end championship was Jack Sock, who finished the Race with 2,765 points.
So the Monte-Carlo resident has put himself in a strong position to make a return trip to London, even though he was unable to retain his title at the Foro Italico, falling in a tight three-setter against Rafael Nadal. But he is not the only one in a good spot to return to the British capital for the season finale, to be held from 11-18 November.
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Players' positions in the Race this time of the season have proven to be a strong predictor for how the rest of the push to The O2 goes. Over the past five years, players inside the Top 8 of the Race after the fifth Masters 1000 event of the season have booked their spot at The O2 in London 93 per cent (37/40) of the time.
With the exception of three players who qualified for the season finale, but withdrew due to injury, only three Top 8 occupants post-Rome have failed to make the Nitto ATP Finals in the past five Races: 7th Novak Djokovic (2017), 8th David Goffin (2016, alternate) and 8th Grigor Dimitrov (2014). While Djokovic fell off due to injury last year, not playing after Wimbledon, Goffin and Dimitrov both finished their respective Races in 11th place.
Season Finale Appearances For Current Race's Top 8
Player ATP Race To London Points Season Finale Appearances
1st Alexander Zverev 3,135 1
2nd Roger Federer 3,110 15
3rd Rafael Nadal 3,040 8
4th Juan Martin del Potro 2,300 4
5th Marin Cilic 2,010 3
6th Dominic Thiem 1,625 2
7th Kevin Anderson 1,440 0
8th Hyeon Chung 1,380 0 *ATP Race To London standings as of 21 May 2018
In the past five years, all players positioned first to sixth at this stage of the season qualified for the November showdown. That means that in addition to Race-leader Zverev, Roger Federer (3,110 points), Rafael Nadal (3,040 points), Juan Martin del Potro (2,300 points), Marin Cilic (2,010 points) and Dominic Thiem (1,625 points) — second through sixth place in the Race — are in prime position. That should be no surprise, as the quintet has combined for 32 appearances at the season-ending championships.
Nadal has made up major ground — shocking nobody — during the clay-court season, claiming 2,680 points in the past month with 11th titles in Monte-Carlo and Barcelona as well as his eighth triumph in Rome. That is more than a resurgent Del Potro has earned in all of 2018. But nonetheless, the Argentine put himself in the thick of the Race with his maiden Masters 1000 victory in Indian Wells as he seeks qualification for the first time since 2013, and his fifth appearance overall.
Cilic helped his cause by advancing to his first clay-court semi-final at the Masters 1000 level in Rome, where he fell in a battle against Zverev. Thiem has also made good progress toward a third consecutive trip to the Greenwich peninsula by accruing 1,220 points so far this year.
Meanwhile, two players who have not competed at the season finale are currently inside the cut. Seventh-placed Kevin Anderson (1,440 points) has been a model of consistency this year, sitting tied for fifth on the ATP World Tour with 20 wins (20-8), having reached at least the quarter-finals at three of the four Masters 1000 events he has played (Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid). Hyeon Chung, the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals champion, has used his Australian Open semi-final showing as well as quarter-final appearances in Indian Wells and Miami to catapult himself into the Race’s eighth spot, holding 1,380 points.
But Anderson and Chung, as well as the rest of the field, have two capable rivals to keep an eye on, including reigning season finale winner Grigor Dimitrov, who occupies the 10th spot (1,275 points), and four-time Nitto ATP Finals champion Novak Djokovic, who shot up 50 spots to 25th in the Race (695 points) with his first semi-final of the year in Rome.
Just 425 points separates 8th-placed Chung and 17th-placed Belgian David Goffin, a surprise finalist last year in London. Within that spread, three-time O2 participant Monte-Carlo finalist and Rome quarter-finalist Kei Nishikori has moved into qualifying contention despite winning just four tour-level matches in the first three months of the season during his comeback from injury.
So while recent history is on the Top 8’s side, you can be sure the likes of Nishikori, Dimitrov and Djokovic will be looking to break that pattern in the lead-up to London.

ATPWorldTour.com looks at the top Movers of the Week in the ATP Rankings, as of Monday, 28 May 2018

No. 45 Marton Fucsovics, +15
The 26-year-old breaks into the Top 50 of the ATP Rankings for the first time, after a 15-place rise with his first ATP World Tour trophy at the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open. The Budapest resident ousted Peter Gojowczyk 6-2, 6-2 to become the first Hungarian to claim a tour-level crown since 1982, when former World No. 12 Balazs Taroczy won the last of his 13 titles in Hilversum, Netherlands. Fucsovics began the 2018 season at No. 85. Read More & Watch Geneva Final Highlights

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No. 65 Gilles Simon, +10
The 33-year-old Frenchman jumped 10 spots to No. 65 in the ATP Rankings, after advancing to the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon title match, where he lost to No. 8-ranked Austrian Dominic Thiem 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-1. Former World No. 6 Simon, who is now 13-7 in ATP World Tour finals, dropped to as low at No 90 on 13 November 2017.

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No. 85 Cameron Norrie, +17
The 22-year-old moved up 17 places to break into the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings for the first time. The British No. 3, behind Kyle Edmund and Andy Murray, reached his first ATP World Tour semi-final at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon (l. to Simon). He recorded the first Top 10 victory of his career over No. 10-ranked John Isner in the quarter-finals.

Other Notable Top 100 Movers This Week
No. 43 (Career High) Peter Gojowczyk, +6
No. 60 Dusan Lajovic, +8
No. 83 Mikhail Kukushkin, +8