Ranking Risers: Which British players rose up the rankings in July?
With the grass court season having wrapped up for another year, many of the Brits have reaped the rewards of incredible runs at The Championships, Wimbledon as well as carrying their form through the following tournaments.
With that being said, let’s take a look at which players found themselves jumping up the ATP and WTA rankings in July.
Skupski is back on top of the world
July saw Neal Skupski and Dutch partner Wesley Koolhof finally get their hands around a maiden Grand Slam title together at Wimbledon. The pair dropped only one set en route to the final where they claimed the men’s doubles crown after dispatching Marcelo Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 6-4, 6-4.
A first Grand Slam title together also saw Skupski and Koolhof return to the top of the ATP rankings as joint world No.1s.
Boulter and Burrage break into WTA top 100
With a first WTA title under her belt from the Rothesay Nottingham Open in June, British No.1 Katie Boulter continued where she left off as she progressed further up the rankings. A strong run to the third round at Wimbledon proved to be the catalyst for the 27-year-old's leap in July - where she took down Daria Savilla and Viktorya Tomoza before bowing out to 2022 champion Elena Rybakina. Boulter has concluded another fantastic month at a career-high ranking of world No.76.
Jodie Burrage also hit a significant milestone last month, when she clocked a first Grand Slam win after bypassing Caty McNally 6-1, 6-3 in the opening round at Wimbledon. As a result, Burrage joined Boulter in the top 100 for the first time, having climbed 34 places in the rankings to end the month at world No.94.
Bains and Lumsden rewarded for historic Wimbledon run
Naiktha Bains and Maia Lumsden made headlines when they became the first British women’s doubles pair to reach the quarter-finals in SW19 since 1983. The British duo dispatched 11th seeds Anna Danilina and Yifan Xu in the opening round before defeating Magda Linette and Bernarda Pera, and Viktoria Hruncakova and Terez Mihalikova to reach the quarters where their dream run eventually came to an end.
The pair, who have won four ITF-level doubles titles each this season, will carry plenty of confidence with them throughout the rest of the season as they hunt down a maiden WTA title.
Bains rose 79 places in July to become doubles world No.9u4, while Lumsden ended the month ranked just below at No.95 – their highest rankings to date.
Broady edges closer to his career best ranking; Choinski reaches new heights
Liam Broady not only caused one of the upsets of the tournament but also recorded the biggest win of his career when he knocked out fourth seed Casper Ruud in the second round of Wimbledon.
The triumphant five set victory marked Broady’s first win against a top 5 player and led him to sail through to the third round in SW19 for the second time in his career, where he eventually fell short to Denis Shapovalov in four sets. His memorable run led him to rise to world No.125 – just nine places behind his career-best ranking.
Meanwhile, Jan Choinski’s first ever Grand Slam win against Dusan Lajovic led him to rise to world No.146 in the ATP rankings.