{"id":614,"date":"2012-01-02T07:01:45","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T12:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heavytopspin.com\/?p=614"},"modified":"2012-01-02T07:01:45","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T12:01:45","slug":"prospect-rankings-january-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/02\/prospect-rankings-january-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospect Rankings: January 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the 2012 season underway, it’s time for a look at the highest-ranked youngsters. In the “Under 23” category, you’ll see mostly familiar names. I like this list because it’s a useful reminder of who is still on the way up–Donald Young was disappointing for so long that we forget he could still mount an impressive career. To a lesser extent, the same can be said about Benoit Paire.<\/p>\n

After Bernard Tomic’s and Benjamin Mitchell’s birthdays in the last few months, the “Under 19” cupboard is bare. It will be interesting to see who emerges from that group.<\/p>\n

UNDER 23\n25   Kei Nishikori         JPN  12\/29\/89  \n31   Milos Raonic          CAN  12\/27\/90  \n39   Donald Young          USA   7\/23\/89  \n42   Bernard Tomic         AUS  10\/21\/92  \n76   Grigor Dimitrov       BUL   5\/16\/91  \n79   Ryan Harrison         USA    5\/7\/92  \n81   Cedrik-Marcel Stebe   GER   10\/9\/90  \n95   Benoit Paire          FRA    5\/8\/89  \n117  Martin Klizan         SVK   7\/11\/89  \n119  Vasek Pospisil        CAN   6\/23\/90  \n125  Richard Berankis      LTU   6\/21\/90  \n133  Thomas Schoorel       NED    4\/8\/89  \n135  Alessandro Giannessi  ITA   5\/30\/90  \n136  Pablo Carreno         ESP   7\/12\/91  \n144  Evgeny Donskoy        RUS    5\/9\/90  \n157  Facundo Bagnis        ARG   2\/27\/90  \n163  Maxime Teixeira       FRA   1\/18\/89  \n165  Aljaz Bedene          SLO   7\/18\/89  \n166  Federico del Bonis    ARG   10\/5\/90  \n172  Gastao Elias          POR  11\/24\/90  <\/pre>\n
UNDER 21\n42   Bernard Tomic      AUS  10\/21\/92  \n76   Grigor Dimitrov    BUL   5\/16\/91  \n79   Ryan Harrison      USA    5\/7\/92  \n136  Pablo Carreno      ESP   7\/12\/91  \n173  Tsung-Hua Yang     TPE   3\/20\/91  \n184  Javier Marti       ESP   1\/11\/92  \n198  Laurynas Grigelis  LTU   8\/14\/91  \n222  Andrey Kuznetsov   RUS   2\/22\/91  \n227  Benjamin Mitchell  AUS  11\/30\/92  \n275  James Duckworth    AUS   1\/21\/92  \n276  Denis Kudla        USA   8\/17\/92  \n277  Facundo Arguello   ARG    8\/4\/92  \n287  Guilherme Clezar   BRA  12\/31\/92  \n290  Mirza Basic        BIH   7\/12\/91  \n293  Julien Obry        FRA    9\/4\/91  \n321  Nicolas Pastor     ARG   3\/12\/91  \n328  Agustin Velotti    ARG   5\/24\/92  \n331  Kevin Krawietz     GER   1\/24\/92  \n339  Damir Dzumhur      BIH   5\/20\/92  \n345  Yuki Bhambri       IND    7\/4\/92<\/pre>\n
UNDER 19\n453  Roberto Carballes-Baena      ESP    3\/23\/93  \n463  Tiago Fernandes              BRA    1\/29\/93  \n466  Taro Daniel                  JPN    1\/27\/93  \n486  Andres Artunedo-Martinavarr  ESP    9\/14\/93  \n530  Jason Kubler                 AUS    5\/19\/93  \n569  Bruno Sant'Anna              BRA    7\/12\/93  \n578  Edoardo Eremin               ITA    10\/5\/93  \n603  Jiri Vesely                  CZE    7\/10\/93  \n612  Joao Pedro Sorgi             BRA   10\/18\/93  \n638  Dominic Thiem                AUT     9\/3\/93  \n643  Oliver Golding               GBR    9\/29\/93  \n662  Liam Broady                  GBR     1\/4\/94  \n680  Juan Ignacio Londero         ARG    8\/15\/93  \n715  Hong Chung                   KOR    5\/16\/93  \n726  George Morgan                GBR     2\/7\/93  \n728  Sebastien Boltz              FRA     4\/5\/93  \n739  Denis Yevseyev               KAZ    5\/22\/93  \n785  Bjorn Fratangelo             USA    7\/19\/93  \n788  Matias Sborowitz             CHI     7\/9\/93<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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