Ferrero continues rise in Entry rankings

Juan Carlos Ferrero continued his rise up the world rankings on Monday, jumping two places to a career-high fourth after reaching the final of the Hamburg Masters Series tournament at the weekend.

Albert Portas, the qualifier who upset his fellow Spaniard to win his first title in Hamburg, broke into the top 20 thanks to that victory which moved him up 22 places.

Brazil's Gustavo Kuerten held on to the top spot, 385 points ahead of Russian Marat Safin.

The Entry System rankings are based on results over a rolling 12-month period and are used to determine seedings for tournaments.

Top 20 (previous week's positions in parentheses):

1. (1.) Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil) 4,150 points 21 tournaments

2. (2.) Marat Safin (Russia) 3,765 26

3. (3.) Andre Agassi (U.S.) 3,595 20

4. (6.) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) 2,830 25

5. (4.) Pete Sampras (U.S.) 2,814 17

6. (7.) Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) 2,615 22

7. (5.) Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) 2,605 31

8. (8.) Patrick Rafter (Australia) 2,215 21

9. (9.) Magnus Norman (Sweden) 2,035 26

10. (11.) Sebastien Grosjean (France) 2,030 26

11. (10.) Tim Henman (Britain) 1,950 26

12. (12.) Arnaud Clement (France) 1,900 27

13. (13.) Alex Corretja (Spain) 1,825 25

14. (14.) Thomas Enqvist (Sweden) 1,725 23

15. (15.) Jan-Michael Gambill (U.S.) 1,605 27

16. (19.) Franco Squillari (Argentina) 1,493 27

17. (17.) Mark Philippoussis (Australia) 1,480 23

18. (18.) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 1,480 27

19. (16.) Wayne Ferreira (South Africa) 1,440 22

20. (42.) Albert Portas (Spain) 1,350 29