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Draper, Mpetshi Perricard among biggest Top 100 movers in 2024

At the end of the ATP Tour season, players and their teams take stock of the year that was. There are many ways to measure success, but the PIF ATP Rankings provide the truest tracking of a player's fortunes over the course of a campaign.

For rising stars like Jack Draper, Alejandro Tabilo, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Jacob Fearnley — plus resurgent veteran Lucas Pouille — their rises in the PIF ATP Rankings are proof positive of standout seasons. All five are among our list of biggest movers in the 2024 year-end Top 100.

Jack Draper, up 46 places to No. 15
Great Britain's Draper, who will turn 23 on 22 December, claimed his first two career titles this season in Stuttgart and Vienna. His ATP 500 crown in Austria lifted him to a career-high PIF ATP Ranking of No. 15, which he celebrated with a Top 10 win against Taylor Fritz the following week at the Rolex Paris Masters.

Draper reached the Adelaide final in his first tournament of 2024, and it proved to be a sign of things to come. He finished the season with a 39-22 record and more than $2.7 million in prize money, more than doubling his previous career earnings.

Alejandro Tabilo, up 62 places to No. 23
Tabilo hit a career-high PIF ATP Ranking of No. 19 in July and finished the year inside the Top 25 after starting it as the World No. 85. His rise of 62 places is the most among the Top 30, edging out Tomas Machac, who climbed 53 places to end the year at No. 25.

Like Draper, Tabilo won his first two titles in 2024. The 27-year-old showcased his versatility across all three surfaces by lifting titles in Auckland (hard) and Mallorca (grass) and reaching the final in Santiago (clay).

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, up 175 places to No. 31
The 21-year-old Frenchman also won his first two titles in 2024, triumphing on home soil in Lyon and in Basel. Mpetshi Perricard hit a high of No. 30 in the PIF ATP Rankings in November and finished the year one spot below that peak.

The 6-foot-8 power hitter with a one-handed backhand earned five Top 30 wins across his two title runs, including straight-sets wins against Felix Auger-Aliassime, Holger Rune and Ben Shelton at the Basel ATP 500 in October. He ran his winning streak to six with a three-set win against Frances Tiafoe at the Rolex Paris Masters before ending his season on home soil with a hard-fought defeat to Karen Khachanov. All signs point to a continued rise for Mpetshi Perricard in 2025.

Jacob Fearnley, up 540 places to No. 98
After notching a win at Wimbledon in his major main-draw debut, Fearnley pushed Novak Djokovic to four tough sets in the second round. Just five weeks earlier, the Briton was plying his trade at the college level, leading Texas Christian University to its first NCAA title.

After five years with the Horned Frogs, Fearnley's top-level talent was primarily on display on the ATP Challenger Tour during the second half of the 2024 season. He finished the year with four Challenger titles, at one point winning 17 consecutive matches and three straight events at that level to hit a career-high of World No. 89 in November.

Lucas Pouille, up 231 places to No. 99
Former Top 10 Frenchman Pouille is back in the Top 100 of the PIF ATP Rankings after a 2024 campaign that included two ATP Challenger Tour titles — his first trophies at any level since 2019. The 30-year-old also reached the Wimbledon third round as a qualifier with main-draw wins against Laslo Djere and Thanasi Kokkinakis, his furthest advance at a major since 2019.

His hot finish to the year bodes well for a further resurgence in 2025: Pouille reached three Challenger finals in France to close the season, taking the title in one of those events and earning a place in the year-end Top 100.

Other Top 100 Movers Of 100+ Places
Jakub Mensik, up 118 places to No. 48

Shang Juncheng, up 135 places to No. 50

Buyunchaokete, up 102 places to No. 66