yaeh, top 8 should be the next target.

I suppose we should start this week by congratulating Rodger Federer on breaking yet another world record, and a particularly big one at that. He's now spent the longest single period of time at the top of the rankings. With every new week he spends on the top spot (a considerable time after this I fear) he sets a new record. So although this thread is traditionally about the British guys we'll have a big  for him.

Ok, that done, we all know it was another big week for the Murray boys, but what have the rest of the guys been up to and where do Jamie and Andy's results put them in world standings?
 
Singles

Big 4 first:

Andy successfully defends his Memphis points from last year by reaching the SF which is enough to retain his place at 13

Tim manages to climb (again) without lifting a finger going +1 to 37 

Boggo Still floating around that 150 mark with a -1 this week to 151

Richard Bloomfield sticks at 187   
 
 
Other big movers:
 
Greg slips further still falling -29 this week to 242 (GB no 8) Retirement anyone 

And Joshua Goodall's continues to creep toward the top 200 with another +1 to put him 210

Jamie Baker also builds on last weeks success, albeit slowly with +2 to 235

Biggest mover in singles this week unfortunately isn't anything to get excited about. Arvind Palmer loses -223 places and slips out of the top 500 to 555

Couple of other double figure moves further down the table. David Brewer is up +15 to 909 and Matthew Smith +11 to 644

Quite a good week for the singles overall, now doubles:

Doubles

The big 4:

Jamie Murray continues to announce himself on the world in spectacular fashion by winning his 3rd title in a row boosting him +9 places to 44 (he even now makes it onto the ATP rankings front page!) 

James Auckland also climbing that little bit. He's back =1 to 62    

 
Jamie Delgado's regains the lost places from last week going +2 to come in at 109


Andy back gaining on no 3 again +4 this week to 110 (but, again, are we really bothered?) 

Others:

Quite a good week for the doubles rankings.

Ross Hutchins replaces Goodall as No 5 with a climb of +17 to 150
 
Josh Goodall also climbs +1 to world no. 158

And that's kind of the headlines. Following someone in particular you can check it out here:

Singles

Doubles

Just one more for the lads, and lets hope for that IW WC for Jamie and Booty. Surely they have to get it now?!

Great round-up as usual Lorna. Great to see Jamie so high up.

He plays the challenger in Sarajevo. I think it's week beginning 12th March.

Little news summary for this week.

With the Murrays out of action for the week you'd expect it to be quiet on the boards but the return of Tim Henman to the tour after a long time off with injury saw this didn't happen. Also, the board was buzzing with news that a young guy by the name of Youzhny was making a big footprint on the game. Oh, and a star studded audience turned out earlier in the week to watch Boggo lose. So all of this has done what to our ranking places?
 
Singles

Big 4 first:

Andy being out of action this week gave Djokovic the oppertunity to make some points on him, which he did, (only 15 though, so nothing to worry about) and he slips -1 to 14 
Good news is these guys seem to be pulling away from Gasquet who's trailing 110 points behind Andy.

Tim, despite winning his first match back has managed to slip out of the top 40 -7 to 44 

Boggo Still floating around that 150 mark slips again -2 this week to 153

Richard Bloomfield starts the catchup going +11 to  176    
 
 
Other big movers:

A lot of big movers in the singles this week:
 
Greg slips further still falling -3 this week to 245

And Joshua Goodall slips back a little -1 to put him 213

Jamie Baker unfortunately has big disappointment this week by falling -14 to 249

Biggest mover in singles this week is a whopping -396 places. And the honour goes to David Sherwood who now sits at 1173

A whole host of other 3-figure movements this week, unfortunately most of them in the wrong direction, the biggest drops going to Ian Flannagan and Colin Fleming. 

But two outside ranked youngsters (well 18 year olds) had big results this week both of them reaching new career highs.

Edward Corrie is +100 to 1313 and Matthew Illingworth +117 to 1411 

Big week in singles, now doubles:

Doubles

The big 4:

Jamie Murray, losing 129 places in his singles ranking but yet sitting on the sidelines waiting for an alternate place has clearly decided on his career path, and no wonder as his doubles ranking continues to climb +1 places to 43

James Auckland also climbing that little bit. He's back into the top 60 with a climb of +3 to 59     

 
Andy and Jamie Delgado switch places again this week as Andy goes +1 to 109    

And Jamie Delgado loses -4 to come in at 113

Others:

Quite a bad week for the doubles on the whole as all the big movement is on the downward scale.

David Sherwood manages to be the biggest mover in both singles and doubles this week with a -305 to 829
 
Richard Bloomfield and Martin Lee drop -28 and -31 respectively to world no. 365 and 215

And that's kind of the headlines. Following someone in particular you can check it out here, and you should really give it a look as there was a LOT of movement outside the big 4 this week:

Singles

Doubles

Still waiting on that IW WC for Jamie and Booty...

Good luck to all for next week!   

Jamie Murray = 43( +1)   

Wow!

Yeah I just noticed that. Hopefully they will carry on playing together this year. It would be great to see Jamie in the top 20 of doubles.

sorry i really havent had time to do the updates on the 1st post this week... sooo much homework but i will do it next week

Ok folks, first Masters of the season, big action for Andy this week in singles as we know, couple of matches under the belt for Tim across singles and doubles and Jamie gets his WC. Other than that Jamie Baker has a big win taking another Futures title elsewhere this week. So how do the rankings look? 
 
Singles

Big 4 first:

Andy gave another huge performance this week reching his second MS semi moving him +2 to 12

(do we all know he's currently no 6 in the race this year?) 

Check out here for advanced rankings calculations going into Miami.

Tim, back in action this week, although dissapointingly with a loss slips another -3 to 47 

Boggo puts himself back in the top 150 again going +3 this week to 150

Richard Bloomfield loses a lot gained last week dropping back -7 to  183    
 
 
Other big movers:

A lot of movement in the singles again this week. Good results first:

Alan Mackin manages to move +12 to 263

Tom Rushby also moves up the rankings going +21 to 649

Biggest gain this week goes to Miles Kasiri who climbs +104 to 1307

 

And the drops:

Greg slips further still falling -12 this week to 257 Davis cup what??? I here you cry!

Joshua Goodall slips back a little -1 to put him 214

Jamie Baker unfortunately, despite the best result he could have got this week falls -20 to 269



LOTS of other big movement this week though so do check it out.

Big week in singles, now doubles:

Doubles

The big 4:

Jamie Murray, for the first time in weeks his doubles ranking stays put at 43

James Auckland also remaining static this week at 59 
 
Andy, not content with a career high in singles this week 'does the double' with a career high here +19 to 90   

And Jamie Delgado loses -1 to come in at 114

Others:

3 HUGE movers in the doubles table this week and in the upward direction  :

Tim Henman, as we know, partnered Andy this week and brought his doubles ranking +240 to 272

Ian Flanagan is +158 to 760

But our biggest mover award goes to Jamie Baker who climbs a massive +393 to 858 


And that's kind of the headlines. Following someone in particular you can check it out here, and you should really give it a look as there was a LOT of movement outside the big 4 this week. Like I say, you should give it a look as there were far too many big results to post:

Singles

Doubles

Miami starts Friday, other brits in action in Futures around the globe. Keep an eye here for the news. (not that we're all that great at keeping it up to date!)

Good luck to all for next week!   

Update please