Rankings movers of the week: Novikov, Seeberger (up)

Dennis Novikov reached the doubles final of the Savannah
Challenger with Julio Peralta. 2014 photo by Paul Bauman

   Dennis Novikov of San Jose jumped 44 places to a career-high No. 243 in doubles this week.

   The 21-year-old former UCLA star reached the final of the $50,000 Savannah Challenger on clay last week with Julio Peralta of Chile.

   Novikov dropped two spots in singles from his career high of No. 190.

   Matt Seeberger, 30, of Los Altos is close behind Novikov in doubles. 

   Seeberger rose 36 notches to a career-high No. 261 by advancing to the quarterfinals of the $100,000 Guadalajara Challenger on hardcourts with Jason Jung of Torrance in the Los Angeles area.

WORLD RANKINGS

   Players with Northern California ties ranked in the top 1,000 in the world (change from last week in parentheses):

Men

   Collin Altamirano, 19-year-old Sacramentan -- No. 883 in singles (no change).

   Bob Bryan, 36-year-old former Stanford star -- Career-high No. 1 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.

   Mike Bryan, 37-year-old former Stanford star -- Career-high No. 1 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.

   Bradley Klahn, 24-year-old former Stanford star -- No. 230 in singles (-1), No. 151 in doubles (-3).
   Scott Lipsky, 33-year-old former Stanford star -- No. 33 in doubles (+1), unranked in singles.

   Mackenzie McDonald, 20-year-old Piedmont resident -- No. 535 in singles (+1), No. 560 in doubles (-1).

   Dennis Novikov, 21-year-old San Jose resident -- No. 192 in singles (-2), career-high No. 243 in doubles (+44).

   Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, 35-year-old member of Sacramento-based California Dream in World Team Tennis (2015) -- No. 48 in doubles (+2).
   Sam Querrey, 27-year-old San Francisco native and former Sacramento Capital in World TeamTennis (2012-13) -- No. 38 in singles (no change), No. 59 in doubles (+1).

   Tennys Sandgren, 23-year-old member of California Dream -- No. 259 in doubles (+10), No. 449 in singles (+14).

   Matt Seeberger, 30-year-old Los Altos resident -- Career-high No. 261 in doubles (+36).
   Dmitry Tursunov, 32-year-old resident of Folsom in Sacramento area -- No. 201 in singles (-4), No. 325 in doubles (-2).

Women

   Kristie Ahn, 22-year-old former Stanford star -- No. 525 in singles (+2), No. 603 in doubles (+2).

   CiCi Bellis, 16-year-old resident of Atherton in San Francisco Bay Area -- No. 173 in singles (no change).

   Alexandra Facey, 22-year-old resident of Cameron Park in Sacramento area -- No. 727 in doubles (no change).

   Kat Facey, 22-year-old resident of Cameron Park in Sacramento area -- No. 727 in doubles (no change).

   Jarmila Gajdosova, 28-year-old member of California Dream (2015) -- No. 49 in singles (no change), No. 54 in doubles (no change).

   Anabel Medina Garrigues, 32-year-old member of California Dream (2015) -- No. 35 (-1) in doubles, No. 519 (+7) in singles.
   Nicole Gibbs, 22-year-old former Stanford star -- No. 94 in singles (+2), No. 991 in doubles (-1). 

   Michaela Gordon, 15-year-old resident of Saratoga in San Francisco Bay Area -- No. 712 in singles (+37).

    Lejla Hodzic, 29-year-old former Stanford standout -- No. 752 in doubles (-1).

    Raquel Kops-Jones, 32-year-old San Jose resident and former Cal star -- No. 14 in doubles (-1), No. 790 in singles (+4).

   Maria Sanchez, 25-year-old Modesto product -- No. 104 in doubles (+2), No. 184 in singles (-1).

   Allie Will, 24-year-old native of San Mateo in San Francisco Bay Area -- No. 214 in doubles (+3), No. 576 in singles (-1).
   Carol Zhao, 19-year-old Stanford sophomore -- No. 287 in singles (+3), No. 501 in doubles (+4).