{"id":172303,"date":"2025-10-01T07:45:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/172303\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T07:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:45:05","slug":"american-players-struggles-continue-as-he-loses-in-shanghai-masters-qualifying-and-has-no-tour-wins-since-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/172303\/","title":{"rendered":"American player’s struggles continue as he loses in Shanghai Masters qualifying and has no Tour wins since April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One former top 30 player is already out of the Shanghai Masters before the main draw has even started.<\/p>\n

There are currently two ATP<\/a> 500 tournaments taking place in Asia, with Jannik Sinner<\/a> competing in Beijing, while Carlos Alcaraz continues to make history in Japan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following the conclusion of those two tournaments, attention will swiftly turn to the Shanghai Masters, where Novak Djokovic could face a Grand Slam champion<\/a> in his opening match.<\/p>\n

It will also see the return of Ben Shelton, who faces a tough test in Shanghai<\/a> in what is his first tournament on the ATP Tour since suffering a shoulder injury at the US Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Shelton<\/a> will help fly the flag for American tennis at the Shanghai Masters<\/a>, one of his compatriots has already been knocked out ahead of the main draw getting underway.<\/p>\n

\"ChristopherPhoto by Tim Ireland\/Getty Images for ITFChris Eubanks\u2019 struggles continue after Shanghai Masters qualifying defeat<\/p>\n

Chris Eubanks<\/a> reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon<\/a> in 2023 and has a career-high ranking of world number 29, but things have not been so smooth sailing for him recently.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old has only won two Grand Slam main draw matches since then, with his last coming at the Australian Open<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n

It has also been a long time since Eubanks has won a main draw match on the ATP Tour, which came when Kei Nishikori<\/a> retired against him at the clay court tournament in Houston back in April.<\/p>\n

Eubanks has mainly been competing on the ATP Challenger Tour since then, but he does also occasionally play in qualifying for higher-level tournaments.<\/p>\n

This includes the Shanghai Masters, where Eubanks won his first qualifying match, before losing to world number 149 Ugo Blanchet in straight sets.<\/p>\n

As a result, Eubanks\u2019 poor season continues and he does not appear to be climbing to his previous heights any time soon.<\/p>\n

What has happened to Chris Eubanks\u2019 ranking in 2025?<\/p>\n

Eubanks suffered a dramatic drop down the ATP rankings last year after he was unable to defend any of his Wimbledon quarterfinal points.<\/p>\n

Despite falling outside the top 100, Eubanks admitted that he felt that he had \u2018lifted a weight\u2019 off his shoulders.<\/p>\n

However, this has not translated into his results, with Eubanks only winning seven of his last 23 matches of any sort.<\/p>\n

This has subsequently caused Eubanks to fall even further down the rankings to world number 182, which is his lowest ranking since 2021.<\/p>\n

Eubanks, who also now sometimes has media opportunities<\/a>, is now scheduled to head back to the ATP Challenger Tour after his Shanghai Masters exit.<\/p>\n

The American will now head to Europe for Challenger tournaments in Roanne and Olbia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One former top 30 player is already out of the Shanghai Masters before the main draw has even…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[1308,77300,31742,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-172303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-chris-eubanks","10":"tag-shanghai-masters","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}