By Nick Georgandis
The men who played the best on the court on Sunday were rewarded in kind in Monday’s newest ATP rankings, along with a pair of seasoned veterans.
Former No. 1 American Andy Roddick moved up five spots to No. 22 in the world following his title at Atlanta on Sunday.
It’s the second title of 2012 for Roddick, who improved to 18-12 on the season. The 2003 US Open winner will turn 30 in five weeks, but upset No. 11 John Isner in the semifinals before rallying past Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller for the title.
The surprising Juan Monaco, who has won three titles at age 28 after winning just three in the first nine years of his career, moved up four sports to No. 10 in the world after claiming the title at Hamburg Saturday, defeating Germany’s Tommy Haas.
Monaco is 31-10 on the year to date, and making his first career appearance in the Top 10. He entered the 2012 season ranked No. 26.
Having a late-career revival of his own, Haas jumped 14 spots to No. 35 overall with his finals appearance at Hamburg.
The 34-year-old Haas was in his second final of the season. He has moved up a staggering 170 spots since the start of the year when he was ranked 205th, and was last ranked in the Top 35 on June 21, 2010.
But the biggest leap in the Top 100 came from Brazil’s Thomas Bellucci, who vaulted 20 spots to No. 40 following his upset win over Janko Tipsarevic in the Gstaad final on Sunday.
The 24-year-old Bellucci improved to 20-14 on the year and won his first title since Santiago in 2010.
The top 10 remained unchanged other than Monaco, who replaced Hamburg semifinalist Nicolas Almagro, down two spots to No. 12.
Twenty-two-year-old Canadian Vasek Pospisil made his first career appearance in the Top after winning the Challenger title at Granby. Pospisil moved up 24 spots to No. 85.
On the WTA Tour, there was barely a whisper among the Top 20, although Carlsbad champion Dominika Cibulkova moved up one spot to No. 13 in the world, bumping Vera Zvonareva back to No. 14.
The former world No. 2, Zvonareva has been idle since Wimbledon and just 9-8 to date in 2012.
Since reaching the finals of the Tokyo Pan-Pacific last September, Zvonareva is 12-13 overall.
The only other movement in the WTA Top 20 saw Nadia Petrova move up to No. 19, pushing Jelena Jankovic back to 20th.