(Rankings as of 11/14/1994) So, you're looking at this list, and the first thing that pops into your mind is, "Hey, Pete Sampras just won in Antwerp! Sure, he won it last year, so he was defending a lot of points, but how could he lose 262 of them?" And, while you're pondering that, maybe your eyes slip down the list to the #9 spot, and you begin to wonder how Michael Stich could replace a 1993 Quarterfinal finish in Antwerp with a 1994 first-round loss and lose *455* points. Don't fret! Remember, points from the ATP year-end championships in Frankfurt age off the computer a mere 51 weeks later (instead of the usual 52)--this is so that players' results from last year's tournament don't figure into who makes it into this year's field. And so the Top 8 on this list are the the 1994 Cast of Characters in Frankfurt; Sampras, Ivanisevic, Becker, and Edberg make up Group A, while Agassi, Bruguera, Chang, and Berasategui form Group B. But back to last week. Alexander Volkov finished his year nicely, with a win on his home turf (well, carpet), a 12-spot leap on the computer, and the coveted Mover of the Week title. Alex Corretja won his first ATP tour event, ending his year at #22. And Magnus Larsson, despite losing in the Antwerp final to Pete Sampras, moves to #19 and ends the year in the Top 20. The Loser of the Week contest is terribly skewed by the Frankfurt point situation, but folks like Cedric Pioline (hey! my fave!), Andrei Medvedev, and Magnus Gustafsson suffered good old fashioned 52-weeks-later point losses. Next week at the ATP Points Update: The year-end rankings, the Mover of the Year, the Loser of the Year, and all sorts of statistical goodies. This Rank Points Points Diff. Diff. Week's Last Rank This Last Since since Rank Player Week Diff. Week Week +/- Jan. 3 June 6 ------ ----------------------- ---- ----- ------ ------ ---- ------ ------ 1 Sampras, Pete 1 0 4579 4841 -262 451 -679 2 Agassi, Andre 2 0 3065 3065 0 1893 1642 3 Bruguera, Sergi 5 2 2937 2937 0 347 234 4 Ivanisevic, Goran 4 0 2936 2977 -41 750 252 5 Becker, Boris 3 -2 2848 2977 -129 890 653 6 Chang, Michael 7 1 2627 2642 -15 473 190 7 Berasategui, Alberto 8 1 2470 2532 -62 1544 672 8 Edberg, Stefan 9 1 2438 2466 -28 -133 -367 9 Stich, Michael 6 -3 2380 2835 -455 -1065 -668 10 Martin, Todd 10 0 2307 2307 0 612 84 11 Kafelnikov, Yevgeny 11 0 2172 2172 0 1734 770 12 Ferreira, Wayne 12 0 2121 2121 0 843 727 13 Courier, Jim 13 0 1909 1909 0 -1481 -534 14 Rosset, Marc 15 1 1765 1782 -17 280 357 15 Medvedev, Andrei 14 -1 1655 1784 -129 -760 -909 16 Muster, Thomas 16 0 1616 1616 0 -417 -475 17 Krajicek, Richard 17 0 1407 1407 0 -165 254 18 Korda, Petr 18 0 1395 1340 55 -347 -556 19 Larsson, Magnus 22 3 1323 1212 111 462 250 20 Stoltenberg, Jason 19 -1 1288 1276 12 511 444 21 Rafter, Patrick 20 -1 1258 1236 22 652 77 22 Corretja, Alex 25 3 1256 1116 140 679 398 23 Eltingh, Jacco 26 3 1209 1090 119 599 473 24 Gaudenzi, Andrea 24 0 1183 1164 19 571 171 25 Volkov, Alexander 37 12 1126 873 253 -256 -163 26 Karbacher, Bernd 27 1 1091 1071 20 466 629 27 Costa, Carlos 23 -4 1084 1211 -127 -60 -357 28 Novacek, Karel 30 2 1079 1014 65 -333 430 29 Dosedel, Slava 28 -1 1066 1053 13 465 89 30 Washington, MaliVai 29 -1 1020 1020 0 -153 40 31 Yzaga, Jaime 31 0 998 988 10 18 -217 32 Chesnokov, Andrei 32 0 971 971 0 -123 120 33 Gustafsson, Magnus 21 -12 969 1230 -261 -617 -982 34 Reneberg, Richey 33 -1 914 895 19 -83 -22 35 Palmer, Jared 48 13 903 768 135 465 199 36 Krickstein, Aaron 35 -1 902 885 17 155 -131 37 Haarhuis, Paul 36 -1 886 879 7 79 -270 38 Clavet, Francisco 44 6 884 821 63 406 884 39 Wheaton, David 40 1 874 854 20 229 425 40 Forget, Guy 38 -2 868 868 0 609 868 41 Furlan, Renzo 41 0 865 853 12 275 39 42 Sanchez, Javier 39 -3 844 863 -19 -112 -396 43 Woodforde, Mark 43 0 842 842 0 -220 103 44 Schaller, Gilbert 42 -2 832 851 -19 255 181 45 Adams, Chuck 68 23 823 622 201 224 215 46 Santoro, Fabrice 45 -1 814 814 0 172 814 47 Vacek, Daniel 50 3 812 750 62 414 78 48 Skoff, Horst 46 -2 802 802 0 216 240 49 Delaitre, Olivier 64 15 792 662 130 232 187 50 Bjorkman, Jonas 54 4 783 714 69 284 311 51 Costa, Alberto 49 -2 766 766 0 N/A 243 52 Pioline, Cedric 34 -18 766 895 -129 -1246 -910 53 Boetsch, Arnaud 52 -1 745 725 20 -599 -697 54 Lendl, Ivan 51 -3 742 742 0 -620 -347 55 Braasch, Karsten 47 -8 732 789 -57 122 -57 56 Zoecke, Marcus 56 0 728 705 23 460 728 57 Davin, Franco 53 -4 724 724 0 269 234 58 Kucera, Karol 62 4 723 669 54 461 723 59 Fromberg, Richard 55 -4 723 707 16 -118 218 60 Enqvist, Thomas 57 -3 692 692 0 160 19 61 Filippini, Marcelo 58 -3 687 687 0 147 687 62 Carbonell, Tomas 60 -2 685 685 0 161 73 63 Roux, Lionel 61 -2 672 672 0 N/A 672 64 Rikl, David 59 -5 671 686 -15 171 -94 65 Agenor, Ronald 63 -2 663 663 0 41 -321 66 Dreekmann, Hendrik 66 0 663 654 9 N/A 9 67 Stark, Jonathan 67 0 651 652 -1 -222 -134 68 Black, Byron 76 8 640 575 65 83 54 69 Holm, Henrik 65 -4 630 660 -30 -70 -275 70 Hlasek, Jakob 70 0 620 600 20 28 -65 71 Mansdorf, Amos 75 4 619 583 36 -534 -144 72 McEnroe, Patrick 69 -3 608 608 0 20 -30 73 Mattar, Luiz 78 5 608 571 37 14 -185 74 Bates, Jeremy 73 -1 591 591 0 106 124 75 Sanchez, Emilio 72 -3 569 594 -25 -249 569 76 Gilbert, Brad 80 4 565 565 0 -364 -357 77 Renzenbrink, Joern 81 4 563 563 0 158 72 78 Tarango, Jeff 79 1 562 569 -7 47 82 79 Spadea, Vince 82 3 560 560 0 N/A 560 80 Goellner, Marc 71 -9 559 595 -36 -420 -45 81 Grabb, Jim 83 2 550 550 0 358 550 82 Martinez, Oscar 85 3 544 544 0 N/A 544 83 Arrese, Jordi 74 -9 531 585 -54 -80 -178 84 Mronz, Alexander 99 15 530 488 42 222 530 85 Siemerink, Jan 87 2 528 528 0 -122 12 86 Steven, Brett 77 -9 526 574 -48 -262 -19 87 Pozzi, Gianluca 89 2 522 522 0 90 522 88 Apell, Jan 91 3 512 512 0 239 512 89 O'Brien, Alex 90 1 511 515 -4 133 511 90 Woodbridge, Todd 92 2 510 510 0 92 510 91 Meligeni, Fernando 93 2 510 510 0 32 59 92 Steeb, Carl-Uwe N/A N/A 509 N/A N/A 4 509 93 Leconte, Henri 94 1 503 503 0 31 -268 94 Fleurian, Jean-Philippe 95 1 499 499 0 62 -77 95 Gross, Oliver 96 1 496 496 0 N/A 496 96 Olhovskiy, Andrei 88 -8 496 524 -28 -112 16 97 Jonsson, Lars 97 0 496 496 0 177 21 98 Ondruska, Marcos 98 0 488 488 0 -232 488 99 Kulti, Nicklas 84 -15 488 546 -58 -249 -45 100 Damm, Martin 86 -14 488 532 -44 -75 -168 Rank Points Points This This Last Points Week Player Week Week +/- ---- ----------------------- ------ ------ ------ MOVERS: 25 Volkov, Alexander 1126 873 253 45 Adams, Chuck 823 622 201 22 Corretja, Alex 1256 1116 140 35 Palmer, Jared 903 768 135 49 Delaitre, Olivier 792 662 130 LOSERS: 5 Becker, Boris 2848 2977 -129 15 Medvedev, Andrei 1655 1784 -129 52 Pioline, Cedric 766 895 -129 33 Gustafsson, Magnus 969 1230 -261 1 Sampras, Pete 4579 4841 -262 9 Stich, Michael 2380 2835 -455 NEWCOMERS: 92 Steeb, Carl-Uwe 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