This is not an official publication of the ATP Tour. I do not work for the ATP Tour. The ranking positions and points contained within this message are from the ATP Tour; however, all opinions are my own. And, oh boy, are there opinions in here. If you're still interested.... Rankings as of April 8, 1996 TABLE OF CONTENTS: * Tournament Summary * Mindless Chat * Rankings * Movers and Losers NEW TOURNAMENTS ON THE COMPUTER: 1995 TOURNAMENTS FALLING OFF: None (Davis Cup) Estoril (32 draw, clay) Johannesburg (32 draw, hardcourt) TOURNAMENTS THIS WEEK: Estoril (32 draw, clay) New Delhi (32 draw, clay) Hong Kong (32 draw, hardcourt) Never let it be said that I didn't do the least I could do.... I found the latest Top *100* (no more than that) on ESPN's Web Site, and so I now pass it on to you. (Hey, it's SOMETHING!). I won't say much about it, other than to say that Sergi Bruguera is the Mover of the Week with a big ONE-point gain (I guess he must have withdrew too late from Estoril or Johannesburg last year, and so has been under the penalty of having his ranking best on his best 13 results for the past 52 weeks. Now the penalty ends and, lo and behold, his 14th best result was a one-point gain. THAT'll teach you, Sergi!) See you next week, hopefully with a complete update. Points Points Diff. Rank This Last Since Rank Player Diff. Week Week +/- Jan. 1 ---- -------------------- ----- ------ ------ ---- ------ 1 Muster, Thomas 0 4382 4470 -88 -92 2 Sampras, Pete 0 4310 4310 0 -532 3 Agassi, Andre 0 4194 4194 0 -571 4 Chang, Michael 0 3863 3863 0 652 5 Becker, Boris 0 3698 3698 0 373 6 Ivanisevic, Goran 0 3444 3444 0 1583 7 Courier, Jim 0 2525 2525 0 54 8 Kafelnikov, Yevgeny 0 2456 2456 0 -104 9 Enqvist, Thomas 0 2182 2182 0 -323 10 Ferreira, Wayne 0 2122 2122 0 -22 11 Bruguera, Sergi 0 1686 1685 1 20 12 Rosset, Marc 0 1683 1683 0 292 13 Boetsch, Arnaud 0 1603 1603 0 73 14 Stich, Michael 0 1560 1560 0 -167 15 Rios, Marcelo 1 1427 1427 0 263 16 Medvedev, Andrei -1 1423 1440 -17 37 17 Martin, Todd 0 1351 1351 0 83 18 Washington, MaliVai 1 1272 1272 0 115 19 Schaller, Gilbert 1 1228 1260 -32 -28 20 Furlan, Renzo 1 1201 1201 0 269 21 Costa, Alberto -3 1179 1348 -169 2 22 Woodforde, Mark 0 1135 1135 0 399 23 Pioline, Cedric 0 1108 1108 0 391 24 Krajicek, Richard 0 1099 1099 0 -657 25 Siemerink, Jan 0 1066 1066 0 -160 26 Haarhuis, Paul 0 1059 1059 0 -207 27 Woodbridge, Todd 0 1037 1037 0 126 28 Costa, Carlos 0 1034 1034 0 111 29 Berasategui, Alberto 1 1009 1009 0 97 30 Philippoussis, Mark 1 1004 1004 0 83 31 Novak, Jiri 2 997 997 0 277 32 Black, Byron -3 985 1032 -47 140 33 Forget, Guy 1 985 985 0 355 34 Ulihrach, Bohdan -2 983 1001 -18 -30 35 Vacek, Daniel 0 976 976 0 -76 36 Gaudenzi, Andrea 0 972 974 -2 -234 37 Voinea, Adrian 0 957 957 0 253 38 Frana, Javier 0 920 920 0 226 39 Steven, Brett 0 895 895 0 58 40 Prinosil, David 0 892 892 0 146 41 Korda, Petr 0 875 875 0 31 42 Hlasek, Jakob 0 870 870 0 -6 43 Carbonell, Tomas 0 869 869 0 266 44 Gustafsson, Magnus 0 864 864 0 326 45 Clavet, Francisco 0 861 861 0 110 46 Rusedski, Greg 0 854 854 0 1 47 Dewulf, Filip 0 849 852 -3 186 48 Bjorkman, Jonas 1 821 821 0 -110 49 Edberg, Stefan 1 818 818 0 -359 50 Tillstrom, Mikael 1 808 808 0 388 51 Sanchez, Javier -3 800 843 -43 -68 52 Burillo, Jordi 0 799 799 0 27 53 Larsson, Magnus 0 795 795 0 -539 54 El Aynaoui, Younes 0 777 777 0 343 55 Karbacher, Bernd 0 774 774 0 -72 56 Stoltenberg, Jason 0 761 761 0 195 57 Moya, Carlos 0 761 761 0 76 58 Gumy, Hernan 0 748 748 0 75 59 Henman, Tim 0 738 738 0 247 60 Carlsen, Kenneth 0 731 731 0 93 61 Arrese, Jordi 0 727 728 -1 -6 62 Schalken, Sjeng 0 726 726 0 74 63 Corretja, Alex 0 716 725 -9 -39 64 Joyce, Michael 1 713 713 0 211 65 Reneberg, Richey 1 705 705 0 6 66 Matsuoka, Shuzo 1 680 680 0 8 67 Woodruff, Chris 1 677 677 0 345 68 Eltingh, Jacco 1 674 674 0 -105 69 Ruud, Christian 1 670 670 0 -1 70 Kucera, Karol 1 668 668 0 42 71 McEnroe, Patrick 1 661 661 0 -232 72 Pescosolido, Stefano 1 655 655 0 13 73 Dosedel, Slava 1 643 648 -5 -50 74 Steeb, Carl-Uwe 1 635 635 0 -13 75 Spadea, Vincent 1 625 625 0 60 76 Goellner, Marc 1 624 624 0 50 77 Raoux, Guillaume -13 618 725 -107 41 78 Meligeni, Fernando 0 610 610 0 -54 79 Draper, Scott 0 603 603 0 37 80 Tarango, Jeff 0 597 597 0 9 81 Dreekmann, Hendrik 0 586 586 0 92 82 Van Herck, Johan 0 586 586 0 131 83 Wheaton, David 0 581 581 0 -197 84 Alami, Karim 0 581 581 0 -37 85 Wilander, Mats 0 575 575 0 -195 86 Volkov, Alexander 0 571 571 0 -192 87 Apell, Jan 0 560 560 0 26 88 Chesnokov, Andrei 0 545 545 0 25 89 Rafter, Patrick 0 523 523 0 -127 90 Tebbutt, Michael 0 519 519 0 25 91 Pereira, Nicolas 1 514 514 0 125 92 Goossens, Kris 1 511 511 0 6 93 Mantilla, Felix 1 508 508 0 -44 94 Hadad, Mauricio 1 507 507 0 40 95 Holm, Henrik 1 503 503 0 -66 96 Golmard, Jerome 2 500 500 0 -34 97 Lapentti, Nicolas 2 499 499 0 56 98 Damm, Martin 2 492 492 0 -202 99 Johansson, Tbomas 3 475 475 0 71 100 Fetterlein, Frederik 3 474 474 0 -28 Points Points This Last Points Rank Player Week Week +/- ---- -------------------- ------ ------ ------ MOVER: 11 Bruguera, Sergi 1686 1685 1 LOSERS: 61 Arrese, Jordi 727 728 -1 36 Gaudenzi, Andrea 972 974 -2 47 Dewulf, Filip 849 852 -3 73 Dosedel, Slava 643 648 -5 63 Corretja, Alex 716 725 -9 16 Medvedev, Andrei 1423 1440 -17 34 Ulihrach, Bohdan 983 1001 -18 19 Schaller, Gilbert 1228 1260 -32 51 Sanchez, Javier 800 843 -43 32 Black, Byron 985 1032 -47 1 Muster, Thomas 4382 4470 -88 77 Raoux, Guillaume 618 725 -107 21 Costa, Alberto 1179 1348 -169 The ATP determines its rankings on a Best-14 basis over a rolling 52-week calendar--this means that the points given for a player's best 14 results over the previous 52 weeks make up the player's computer point total. 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