At 6’11” the twenty-one-year-old American proved that height is not an obstacle on the tennis court. Moving well despite his height, Opelka fought his way through the draw and the number one seed to get to his first ATP World Tour title. Winning that first title is never easy and Opelka showed his composure after he served for the match in the second set and failed to convert; showing no negativity, he went right back to work. Brayden Schnur made him earn the title and the American can shake the monkey off his back now. He is a champion on the ATP World Tour and that will boost his confidence tremendously going forward. Winning the New York Open title propelled the American to a career high of fifty-six and gave him the honors of mover of the week.
| PLAYERS | SPOTS MOVED | NEW RANKING |
| Reilly Opelka (USA) | UP 33 | 56 CAREER HIGH |
| Stan Wawrinka (SUI) | UP 27 | 41 |
| Aljaz Bedene (SLO) | DOWN 26 | 83 |
| Federico Delbonis (ARG) | DOWN 16 | 80 |
| Pablo Cuevas (URU) | UP 15 | 63 |
| Ugo Humbert (FRA) | UP 13 | 75 CAREER HIGH |
| Tomas Berdych (CZE) | DOWN 12 | 71 |
| Andreas Seppi (ITA) | DOWN 12 | 52 |
| Jaume Munar (ESP) | UP 11 | 66 CAREER HIGH |
| Ernests Gulbis (LAT) | UP 10 | 74 |
| Maximilian Marterer (GER) | DOWN 10 | 95 |
| Gael Monfils (FRA) | UP 10 | 23 |
| Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) | UP 29 | 98 |
ATP: the top ten members remained the same; however, Roger Federer and Kei Nishikori traded places to #7 and #6 respectively.
WTA: there was some reshuffling amongst the top ten. Simona Halep, Sloane Stephens and Elina Svitolina each moved up one spot to #2, #3 and #6 respectively. Petra Kvitova fell two spots to #4. Angelique Kerber fell one spot to #7. Serena Williams is back in the top 10 at #10. Caroline Wozniacki fell out of the top 10 to #14. a
