American women are doing well in the rankings. There are currently three American women in the top ten, led by Coco Gauff, who is the youngest of the three. The two oldest are Danielle Collins and Jessica Pegula. Why are the American women having more consistent success in the top ten than the men? While there are five American men currently in the top twenty, they cannot seem to play consistent quality tennis week in and week out to get to the top ten and remain in the top ten. Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe have flirted with the top ten in recent years.

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Will The American Men Step Up This Season?

There is one major left in the season and two Masters 1000 events, if they can step up their game there can be at least two American men who end their season ranked in the top ten. I am not holding my breath though because they have just not stepped up when opportunity presented itself. Nevertheless, we as fans can continue to hope. The question I want answered is, what is motivating the American men?

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Top 100 ATP Ranking Changes

ATP	RANKING CHANGES	CURRENT RANK
Max Purcell (AUS)	DOWN  23	91
Damir Dzumhur (BIH)	UP  19	81
Dsusan Lajovic (SRB)	DOWN  12	66
Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN)	DOWN  10	83

ATP & WTA Top Ten Ranking Changes

ATP: there were no changes in the top ten. The top four players are still: [1] Jannik Sinner; [2] Novak Djokovic; [3] Carlos Alcaraz; and [4] Alexander Zverev.

WTA: there were major changes in the top ten members. Sabalenka and Rybakina traded places. Pegula is back in the top ten. Qinwen Zheng climbed one spot to #7. Barbora Krejcikova is back in the top ten at #10. The top four players are: [1] Iga Swatek; [2] Aryna Sabalenka; [3] Coco Gauff; and [4] Elena Rybakina.

There are three American women in the top ten: [3] Coco Gauff, [6] Jessica Pegula, and [9] Danielle Collins.

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