France’s Luca Van Assche will rise to a career-high No. 34 in the ATP rankings on Monday, the reward for his run to the semi-finals of the Paris Masters 1000.

The 22-year-old climbs from No. 47, the ranking he held when he played the Rolex Paris Masters this week. He also moves up from French No. 4 to French No. 2, behind Arthur Fils.

In the last 16, he beat Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 in 2 hours 40 minutes. He then edged Australia’s Rinky Hijikata 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-5 in 2 hours 45 minutes to reach the last four. That made him the second-youngest Frenchman to reach the semi-finals at the event, after Richard Gasquet in 2007. His run ended on Saturday against American third seed Ben Shelton, the World No. 4, who won 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in 2 hours 17 minutes. A place in the final would have lifted Van Assche to No. 28. “I know that I can go toe to toe with a player like Shelton today,” he said in his press conference.

The new ranking caps a season in which Van Assche has kept crossing new lines. In July, he won his first ATP title in Estoril, beating Alexander Blockx 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in the final. On the way to that title, he beat Rublev, then No. 14 in the world, for the biggest win of his career. He came into the Paris semi-final with a 16-12 record in 2026 and without a win in five matches against top-10 players. A former junior World No. 1, he won the 2021 Roland-Garros boys’ singles title by beating Fils.

His next stop is not settled yet. “I don’t know yet. I’m still in the draw, and then I will see with my team,” Van Assche said when asked about Stockholm.

Speaking in French at his press conference, he played down any talk of chasing a seeding. “I will be 34 in the ranking. It’s a very good ranking. It’s very positive,” he said. “But above all, I will try to remain focused on my game, on learning new skills, on progressing, and then the ranking will follow.”