By Chris Oddo | @HetFanChild | Monday October 23, 2023
For the primary time since 1997, 4 American males are within the ATP’s Prime 15.
Based mostly on his title run in Tokyo, 21-year-old Ben Shelton rounds out the quartet at quantity 15. He joins quantity 14 Frances Tiafoeno.12 Tommy Paul and no.9 Taylor Fritz to match Pete Sampras (No. 1), Michael Chang (No. 2), Andre Agassi (No. 8) and Todd Martin (No. 12), the American quartet that final carried out the trick in 1997.
We’re right here πΊπΈ https://t.co/TrFU9JOOVm
β Taylor Fritz (@Taylor_Fritz97) October 23, 2023
Shelton has gone 14-2 in his final sixteen video games. He began the season ranked 96th on this planet, however rose by way of a quarterfinal on the Australian Open and a semifinal on the US Open.
There are at present seven American males within the Prime-50 and 9 complete within the Prime-60.
All enterprise this week. 1st title within the books! Arigato TokyoβΌοΈπͺπ½ππ―π΅ pic.twitter.com/lpjIohqJPR
β Ben Shelton (@BenShelton) October 22, 2023