Norrie replaces Draper as British number one - but for how long?
Cameron Norrie has replaced Jack Draper as the British men's number one - but it is a position which could change hands several times this year. Both players lost in the Indian Wells quarter-finals last week, and Draper - who was defending the title and 1,000 ranking points to boot - has fallen 12 places to 26th in the world as a consequence. Norrie, meanwhile, has climbed five spots to 24th to become British number one for the second time in his career.
"It's a nice thing, obviously, but I'm not really thinking about that too much," Norrie, 30, told BBC Sport. He was impressed that Draper, working his way back to full sharpness after a long arm injury lay-off, managed to reach the last eight in Indian Wells. Draper defeated Novak Djokovic along the way before losing to Daniil Medvedev.
"It's unfortunate Jack's been out with injury but I just want to say that was extremely impressive - his second tournament back and he's already competing at that level," Norrie said. "I don't think there's too many players that can do that. I was out with injury for three or four months and it took me four or five tournaments to really start feeling OK.
"He's already competing with the best. I think we are going to be battling for the spot for the rest of the year. " There are just 43 points and two places between Norrie and Draper in the rankings.
Neither has a good record at the Miami Open, which starts later this week, and they have virtually no points to defend there from last year. Draper could retake pole position immediately if he goes at least a round further than Norrie in Florida. After that, the pendulum may swing Norrie's way, as Draper had impressive results during last year's European clay-court swing, including a run to the Madrid final and the quarter-finals in Rome.