Coco Gauff of the U.S. reacts after missing a shot against Russia’s Mirra Andreeva during their third round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
After another French Open has come and gone without an American singles player in the semi-finals, the early momentum from a strong run of form at the start of the 2023 tennis season is beginning to fade.
On the women’s side, Coco Gauff was able to make the quarterfinals of the French Open after advancing to the finals last year, but she, again, lost to world number one Iga Swiatek. The loss dropped her down one in the WTA rankings to seventh in the world.
Fellow American Jessica Pegula also dropped two spots in the WTA rankings, down to fifth in the world, after losing in the third round of the French Open to Belgian Elise Mertens.
Madison Keys also dropped three spots to 23rd, Sloane Stephens dropped eight spots to 38th, and Shelby Rogers dropped 13 spots down to 47th.
The American women had just a small bit of good news with Bernarda Pera climbing nine spots up to 27th in the world after losing in the fourth round of the French Open to 6th-ranked Ons Jabeur.
Things were no better on the men’s side.
The two highest-ranked American men both lost in the third round of the French Open; however, both held their rankings with Taylor Fritz staying 8th in the world and Frances Tiafoe holding firm at 12th.
Tommy Paul gained one spot to 16th in the world, Sebastian Korda dropped one spot to 31st, Ben Shelton gained one spot to 35th, and both Maxime Cressy and J.J. Wolf gained five spots to 40th and 45th respectively.
However, since tennis rankings work by awarding points based on how you did in a tournament as compared to your last showing at that tournament, all of Cressy, Wolf, and Shelton were helped by being young players who didn’t compete at the previous French Open.
All three men lost in the…
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