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Mon Oct 19 · Today in tennis

Davidovich Fokina climbs to No. 13, Chwalinska debuts at No. 11, and the Fall Qualifier is Oct 24-25.

Updated Monday, October 19, 2026

  • New ATP rankings: Shanghai champion Davidovich Fokina jumps 13 places to a career-high No. 13, Jodar is No. 11 and Djokovic slips to No. 12.
  • New WTA rankings: Wuhan champion Chwalinska rises to No. 11 and Kartal jumps 121 places to No. 49, but both pulled out of this week's events with injuries.
  • Close to home: Pumpkins & Paddles is Fri, Oct 23 and the junior Fall Qualifier is Oct 24-25, both at the Neills Creek courts behind Harnett Central. Share a local event · All the news
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  • Davidovich Fokina climbs to No. 13. The Shanghai champion jumps 13 places to a career-high No. 13 in Monday's ATP rankings. Runner-up Rafael Jodar moves up two to No. 11, Daniil Medvedev moves up one to No. 5, and Novak Djokovic slips four places to No. 12. ATP · Rankings
  • Chwalinska makes her Top 20 debut at No. 11. Wuhan champion Maja Chwalinska rises from No. 22 to No. 11 in Monday's WTA rankings. Runner-up Sonay Kartal jumps from No. 170 to No. 49, Jelena Ostapenko climbs from No. 34 to No. 24 and Ann Li from No. 31 to No. 25. WTA rankings
  • Chwalinska and Kartal pull out this week. Chwalinska withdrew from Ningbo with a left thigh injury, and lucky loser Daria Snigur takes her place against qualifier Katarzyna Kawa. Kartal withdrew from Osaka with a knee injury, and lucky loser Kayla Day plays Kimberly Birrell (3). Ningbo draw · Osaka draw
  • Seeds fall on Monday. In Osaka, Ashlyn Krueger beat Janice Tjen (6) 6-4, 6-4 and Lilli Tagger beat Liudmila Samsonova (5) 6-3, 6-3. In Ningbo, Leylah Fernandez beat Elise Mertens (7) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. In Almaty, Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Thiago Agustin Tirante (8) 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-4. WTA · ATP
  • Doubles titles in Shanghai and Wuhan. Lucas Miedler and Neil Oberleitner beat Francisco Cabral and JJ Tracy 6-3, 6-4 for the Shanghai crown. In Wuhan, top seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani beat Storm Hunter and Katerina Siniakova (3) 7-5, 6-4. ATP · WTA
  • Pumpkins & Paddles is Fri, Oct 23, and the Junior Fall Qualifier is Oct 24-25. Both are at the Neills Creek courts behind Harnett Central. Qualifier sign-up closes Oct 22 on UTR. Big NC

Updated Monday, October 19, 2026. Older stories live in the Archive.

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  • ATP rankings, Oct 19. The top 10: Sinner, Zverev, Alcaraz, Shelton, Medvedev (up 1), Cobolli (up 1), Auger-Aliassime (down 2), de Minaur (up 1), Tiafoe (up 1) and Fils (up 1). Jodar is No. 11, Djokovic No. 12 and Davidovich Fokina No. 13. Gea rises 12 places to No. 44, and Vacherot drops 18 to No. 32. ATP
  • WTA rankings, Oct 19. The top 10 is unchanged: Rybakina, Sabalenka, Andreeva, Pegula, Gauff, Svitolina, Muchova, Noskova, Swiatek and Kostyuk. Chwalinska is next at No. 11, ahead of Jovic (12), Shnaider (13) and Bencic (14). WTA
  • Shanghai and Wuhan, the finals. Davidovich Fokina (25) d. Jodar (12) 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 for his third tour title and first at Masters 1000 level. Chwalinska (16) d. Kartal 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 for her first WTA title. ATP · WTA
  • Shanghai and Wuhan doubles. Miedler and Oberleitner d. Cabral and Tracy 6-3, 6-4. Dabrowski and Stefani (1) d. Hunter and Siniakova (3) 7-5, 6-4. ATP · WTA
  • Andreescu wins in Rovereto. Bianca Andreescu, the 2019 US Open champion, came back from 5-2 down in the first set to beat Dominika Salkova (6) 7-6(2), 6-2 for the WTA 125 title. She climbs 36 places to No. 132. WTA
  • This week on the ATP Tour (Oct 19-25). Brussels: Fils (1), Lehecka (2) and F. Cerundolo (3) top the draw, and main-draw play starts Monday. Almaty: Medvedev (1), Darderi (2), Bublik (3) and Rublev (4) lead the field. Monday in Almaty: Diaz Acosta d. Tirante (8) 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-4, Duckworth d. Kecmanovic 6-4, 6-3, and Mannarino d. Vukic 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3. Brussels draw · Almaty results
  • This week on the WTA Tour (Oct 19-25). Ningbo (WTA 500): Rybakina (1), Swiatek (2), Kostyuk (3) and Jovic (4) are the top seeds. Fernandez d. Mertens (7) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 and Cirstea (8) d. qualifier Shi 6-3, 6-2. Osaka (WTA 250): Li (1) and Stearns (2) lead the draw. Tagger d. Samsonova (5) 6-3, 6-3, Gibson (4) d. qualifier Dart 7-5, 7-6(6), Golubic d. Hontama 6-3, 6-1 and Tararudee d. Quevedo 7-5, 6-3. Ningbo draw · Osaka draw
  • US Open archive: Rybakina · Zverev · Women · Men
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  • Americans in the ATP rankings. Ben Shelton stays No. 4. Frances Tiafoe moves up one to No. 9, Taylor Fritz drops two to No. 14, Tommy Paul climbs three to No. 15 after his Shanghai quarterfinal, Brandon Nakashima rises two to No. 17 and Learner Tien slips one to No. 18. ATP
  • Americans in the WTA rankings. Jessica Pegula (4) and Coco Gauff (5) hold their places, and Iva Jovic is No. 12. Ann Li rises six places to No. 25 after her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal in Wuhan. Ashlyn Krueger climbs from No. 68 to No. 55 and Caty McNally from No. 70 to No. 59. WTA
  • Stephens wins in Oklahoma. Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion, beat 16-year-old Kristina Liutova to win the ITF W100 title in Edmond. She rises 15 places to No. 118, her highest ranking since February 2025. WTA
  • Krueger wins, McNally retires in Osaka. Krueger beat Tjen (6) 6-4, 6-4 on Monday. McNally retired with a low back injury trailing qualifier Sinja Kraus 6-4, 3-1. WTA
  • Americans still to play this week. Osaka on Tuesday: Li (1) vs qualifier E. Jones, Stearns (2) vs Siniakova, qualifier Claire Liu vs Linette, qualifier Mary Stoiana vs Oliynykova (7), and lucky loser Kayla Day vs Birrell (3). Ningbo: lucky loser Alycia Parks plays Bejlek on Tuesday, and Jovic (4) has a first-round bye. Brussels: Michelsen (5) plays qualifier Guerrieri on Monday, and Giron is also in the draw. Almaty: Kovacevic vs Tsitsipas (7). Osaka · Ningbo · Brussels · Almaty
  • College and USTA: catch the latest on the official USTA and NCAA pages below.
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  • Pumpkins & Paddles, Fri, Oct 23, 5-7 PM. Halloween pickleball night at the Neills Creek courts behind Harnett Central, 2529 Harnett Central Rd, Angier. Beginner (social) and Intermediate+, $10 per player, with costumes, candy and a round robin. Details and sign-up
  • Junior Fall Qualifier, Oct 24-25. Juniors play co-ed UTR singles (UTR 1.0-4.99) at the Neills Creek courts behind Harnett Central. $50 with UTR Power, $63 regular. Register by Oct 22 on UTR or bignctennis.com.
  • More dates. Junior qualifiers are also set for Nov 14-15 and Dec 5-6, and the next Wake County singles flex leagues run Nov 11 to Dec 15 (sign up by Tue, Nov 10, 5 PM ET). Big NC
  • Summer District Slam Angier Aug 29-30 (UTR 381597) winners (archive): Div1 Hunter Harris · Div2 Daniel Butenko · Div3 Kenan Aghajanian
  • Club: UTR 12785 · Flex leagues: wakecountyflex.com
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