By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday 20 August 2024
Not since 1996 have so many Americans populated the Top-20 of the ATP and WTA rankings.
As of Tuesday, August 20, 10 Americans are inside the Top-20 in the WTA and ATP rankings – five per tournament – making it the first time there have been five men and five women in the Top-20 since Week 7 October. , 1996.
Frances Tiafoe BECOME UNITED Taylor FritzBen Shelton, Tommy Paul and Sebastian Korda on the men’s side, while in third place Coco Gauffin sixth place Jessica Pegula on the women’s side they are joined by Danielle Collins, Emma Navarro and Madison Keys.
Congratulations to the American men and women on a ranking achievement that hasn’t happened since 1996! pic.twitter.com/oNSQCLSliT
— TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) August 20, 2024
It’s a testament to the depth of the talent pool on both sides of the tournament, but it’s not all perfect — the Americans are still searching for their first men’s Grand Slam winner since 2003, and there’s not one talent in the Top-10.
Tiafoe, who reached his first Masters 1000 final in Cincinnati, returned to the Top-20 on Tuesday. He is one of three active American men to reach at least the semi-finals at a major, along with Ben Shelton and Tommy Paul – an American has not reached a major final since Andy Roddick at Wimbledon in 2009.
On the women’s side, Gauff is the only Grand Slam champion among current Americans in the Top-20. She won the US Open title in 2023, becoming the first American women’s Slam champion since Sofia Kenin in 2020.
