Here are the Vols' updated ATP Tour rankings as of Aug. 15, 2011. Listed by highest singles ranking first. The number in parenthesis denotes change from previous week:
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Tennys Sandgren
Singles:Â 586Â (+134)
Doubles:Â 1479 (-23)
Note:Â Jumped up to a career-best No. 586 after 18 points were added for his championship run at the Decatur (Ill.) Futures ... Lost last week to eighth-seeded Wayne Odesnik at the Binghamton Challenger ... Off this week.
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Rhyne Williams
Singles:Â 616 (+3)
Doubles:Â 1024 (-2)
Note:Â Lost in opening round of the Binghamton Challenger to eventual champion Paul Capdeville ... Lost in his opening-round qualifying match of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati to top qualifying seed Radek Stepanek 7-6, 6-1 ... Next event will be the eight-player USTA US Open Wild Card Playoff in College Park, Md. The winner receives a wild card to the main draw of the US Open.
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John-Patrick Smith
Singles:Â 719 (+2)
Doubles:Â 797 (+48)
Note:Â Up to a career-best No. 797 in doubles after he and Ben Rogers reached the semifinals of the Decatur (Ill.) Futures. His previous career best was No. 799 in 2008 ... Last week, reached the quarterfinals of the Edwardsville (Ill.) Futures in singles ... Edwardsville tournament marks the end of Smith's US tour before he goes home to Australia.
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Boris Conkic
Singles:Â 967 (-7)
Doubles:Â 889 (-108)
Note:Â Last week, reached the second round of the Tatry Open in Slovakia ... Scheduled to play the Gorenje Open in hometown of Novi Sad, Serbia, this week.
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Ben Rogers
Singles:Â N/A
Doubles:Â 596 (+24)
Note:Â Ranked in the top 600 in doubles for the first time in his career, thanks to a semifinal appearance in the Decatur (Ill.) Futures with John-Patrick Smith ... Lost in the opening round of the Edwardsville (Ill.) Futures in doubles.
