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Class of 2022

114 ATP players first appeared in the top 500 in 2022. 70 are there now, 15 in the top 100; the best of the class is Ben Shelton at No. 4. Biggest climb: Arthur Fils, No. 479 on debut to No. 11 today.

Men (ATP) Women (WTA)

114Debuted in 2022

70In the top 500 now

15In the top 100 now

No. 4Best: Ben Shelton

#	Player	Debut	Debut rank	Now	Best	Climb
1	Ben Shelton USA	2022-06-06	442	No. 4	4	▲ 438
2	Arthur Fils FRA	2022-03-21	479	No. 11	11	▲ 468
3	Jakub Mensik CZE	2022-12-19	407	No. 15	12	▲ 392
4	Valentin Vacherot MON	2022-02-14	480	No. 19	16	▲ 461
5	Arthur Fery GBR	2022-10-24	477	No. 36	33	▲ 441
6	Daniel Merida Aguilar ESP	2022-09-26	470	No. 41	39	▲ 429
7	Luca Van Assche FRA	2022-01-17	495	No. 42	40	▲ 453
8	Mariano Navone ARG	2022-07-11	354	No. 45	29	▲ 309
9	Raphael Collignon BEL	2022-07-11	451	No. 47	37	▲ 404
10	Roman Andres Burruchaga ARG	2022-05-09	442	No. 56	56	▲ 386
11	Ethan Quinn USA	2022-09-26	489	No. 57	45	▲ 432
12	Hamad Medjedovic SRB	2022-04-11	490	No. 76	56	▲ 414
13	Terence Atmane FRA	2022-07-11	432	No. 83	41	▲ 349
14	Mattia Bellucci ITA	2022-05-09	411	No. 88	63	▲ 323
15	Adam Walton AUS	2022-10-24	465	No. 99	74	▲ 366
16	Valentin Royer FRA	2022-05-09	499	No. 104	54	▲ 395
17	Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard FRA	2022-08-01	493	No. 105	29	▲ 388
18	Martin Damm USA	2022-07-11	482	No. 106	90	▲ 376
19	Bu Yunchaokete CHN	2022-07-11	382	No. 111	64	▲ 271
20	Gabriel Diallo CAN	2022-08-29	335	No. 122	33	▲ 213
21	Pablo Llamas Ruiz ESP	2022-06-06	498	No. 140	116	▲ 358
22	Mark Lajal EST	2022-09-26	480	No. 143	140	▲ 337
23	Tristan Schoolkate AUS	2022-06-06	466	No. 152	95	▲ 314
24	Francesco Maestrelli ITA	2022-06-06	393	No. 171	108	▲ 222
25	Clement Chidekh FRA	2022-07-11	438	No. 177	176	▲ 261
26	Lukas Neumayer AUT	2022-04-11	474	No. 183	157	▲ 291
27	Jack Pinnington Jones GBR	2022-06-06	500	No. 192	132	▲ 308
28	Keegan Smith USA	2022-03-21	475	No. 194	192	▲ 281
29	Remy Bertola SUI	2022-06-06	497	No. 204	174	▲ 293
30	Liam Draxl CAN	2022-09-26	496	No. 209	113	▲ 287
31	Felix Gill GBR	2022-03-21	490	No. 211	211	▲ 279
32	Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg FRA	2022-08-01	464	No. 217	193	▲ 247
33	Max Houkes NED	2022-09-26	364	No. 222	222	▲ 142
34	Francesco Passaro ITA	2022-03-21	483	No. 223	89	▲ 260
35	Alejandro Moro Canas ESP	2022-03-21	476	No. 228	142	▲ 248
36	Maks Kasnikowski POL	2022-09-26	497	No. 235	168	▲ 262
37	Henri Squire GER	2022-02-14	479	No. 239	169	▲ 240
38	August Holmgren DEN	2022-11-21	482	No. 242	141	▲ 240
39	Leandro Riedi SUI	2022-04-11	341	No. 243	116	▲ 98
40	Abedallah Shelbayh JOR	2022-09-26	492	No. 250	181	▲ 242
41	Juncheng Shang CHN	2022-03-21	441	No. 253	47	▲ 188
42	James McCabe AUS	2022-07-11	445	No. 255	164	▲ 190
43	Martin Krumich CZE	2022-06-06	427	No. 257	249	▲ 170
44	Daniel Rincon ESP	2022-07-11	488	No. 260	185	▲ 228
45	Charles Broom GBR	2022-04-11	497	No. 262	235	▲ 235
46	Cezar Cretu ROU	2022-04-11	471	No. 272	230	▲ 199
47	Pedro Boscardin Dias BRA	2022-05-09	452	No. 284	222	▲ 168
48	Jerome Kym SUI	2022-08-01	489	No. 285	123	▲ 204
49	Alastair Gray GBR	2022-02-14	494	No. 286	248	▲ 208
50	Sergey Fomin UZB	2022-06-06	408	No. 288	287	▲ 120
51	Guy Den Ouden NED	2022-03-21	480	No. 303	147	▲ 177
52	Sandro Kopp AUT	2022-11-21	471	No. 308	280	▲ 163
53	Max Hans Rehberg GER	2022-10-24	428	No. 309	230	▲ 119
54	Ugo Blanchet FRA	2022-05-09	474	No. 320	139	▲ 154
55	Philip Sekulic AUS	2022-10-24	493	No. 336	225	▲ 157
56	Valerio Aboian ARG	2022-08-29	485	No. 350	350	▲ 135
57	Eduardo Ribeiro BRA	2022-11-21	486	No. 355	320	▲ 131
58	Mathys Erhard FRA	2022-07-11	491	No. 360	249	▲ 131
59	Marko Topo SRB	2022-08-01	498	No. 362	235	▲ 136
60	Eliakim Coulibaly CIV	2022-10-24	485	No. 369	263	▲ 116

A player's class is the year they first appeared in the weekly top 500. Our stored lists begin in 2015 and are sampled every four weeks before 2024, so a brief visit to the top 500 in the earlier years can be missed.