Eurosport - Wed, 14 May 10:27:00 2008
EXCLUSIVE! David Ferrer breaks into the top-five of our latest ATP claycourt rankings after a runner-up showing in Barcelona last week.
Rafael Nadal retained all of his points from Barcelona with a record fourth straight title, while Ferrer improved on his semi-finals showing from 2007 to move up two places to fifth.
Fernando Gonzalez was the week's other big mover, climbing four places to sixth thanks to his Munich Open crown.
Last year's Munich champion, German Philipp Kohlschreiber, dropped out of the top 20 after withdrawing from the tournament due to injury.
Guillermo Canas was the other big loser this week falling seven places to 20th for failing to defend his runner-up points from Barcelona.
Stan "The Swiss number two Man" Wawrinka, meanwhile, improved nine places to crack into Kohlschreiber's vacated 20th position with his semi-finals performance in the Catalan capital.
2008 Claycourt Rankings - ATP world ranking in brackets
1. [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP) 37 - Even
2. [1] Roger Federer (SUI) 21 - Even
3. [4] Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 12 - Even
4. [21] Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 11 - Even
5. [5] David Ferrer (ESP) 10 - Up two
6. [11] Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 10 - Up four
7. [13] Carlos Moya (ESP) 10 - Down two
8. [3] Novak Djokovic (SRB) 9 - Down two
9. [7] David Nalbandian (ARG) 9 - Down one
10. [14] Juan Monaco (ARG) 8 - Down one
11. [16] Tommy Robredo (ESP) 7 - Even
12. [20] Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 7 - Even
13. [41] Jose Acasuso (ARG) 5 - Up one
14. [26] Igor Andreev (RUS) 4 - Up one
15. [34] Gilles Simon (FRA) 4 - Up one
16. [42] Filippo Volandri (ITA) 4 - Up one
17. [19] Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 3 - Up four
18. [23] Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 3 - Up one
19. [24] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 3 - Up ten
20. [30] Guillermo Canas (ARG) 3 - Down seven
Formula:
10 winner; 6 runner-up; 4 semi-finalist; 2 quarter-finalist: 2007 French Open
5 winner; 3 runner-up; 2 semi-finalist; 1 quarter-finalist: Monte Carlo Masters, Rome Masters, Hamburg Masters, 2006 French Open
3 winner; 2 runner-up; 1 semi-finalist: Vina del Mar, Costa Do Suaipe, Buenos Aires, Acapulco, Estoril, Valencia, Houston, Barcelona, Munich, Poertschach, Casablanca, Sopot, Stuttgart, Gstaad, Bastad, Kitzbuhel, Amersfoort, Umag, Bucharest, 2005 French Open
1 bonus point for any semi-final or better at French Open 2001-2004
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