XL Bermuda Open this weekend.

The diminutive Colombian, winner of the $43,000 singles prize at the Open, yesterday achieved his highest career ranking as he soared 35 points to crack the ATP Tour's top 100.

He's now perched at No. 79 compared to his 114 ranking when he entered the tournament a week ago.

Hadad, 23, defeated Javier Frana of Argentina 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-4 during Saturday's final at Coral Beach and Tennis Club. Hadad's previous career best was 85 in September, 1994.

Frana, 28, also made substantial gains, going from No. 104 while he was in Bermuda to 74 yesterday. The jump of 30 points puts him at his highest ranking since he was at 48 in January, 1994.

The two other semi-finalists at the Open -- Bryan Shelton and Vince Spadea of the US -- also improved on their rankings.

The 29-year-old Shelton, a fan favourite at Coral Beach last week, suffered a heart-breaking loss to Hadad in the semi-finals when he lost a couple of nail-biting tie-breaks. Shelton, however, found solace in his difficult defeat by jumping 13 spots to 77. Before the Bermuda tournament he was ranked at 90.

Spadea is one of the rising young stars of the pro tour and is now on the verge of cracking the top 50 for the first time. He's now at 55, an improvement of five points from when he arrived in Bermuda. The 20-year-old, who was seeded fifth here, was beaten in the Open semi-finals by Frana 7-6 (7-5), 6-1.

Two quarter-finalists -- Michael Tebbutt of Australia and Karsten Braasch of Germany -- also saw their rankings jump.

Tebbutt, who defeated the Open's top seed Todd Martin 7-5, 6-3 in the second round, made his way into the top 100 for the first time in his career going from 102 to 95 for an improvement of seven spots.

Braasch also climbed seven points going from No. 83 at the beginning of the tournament to 76. Braasch, with his unorthodox serve, lost his quarter-final showdown to Spadea.

Australian Jason Stoltenberg, the Open's second seed and runner-up in the doubles final with partner Brett Steven, stayed at No. 25. Stoltenberg lost his quarter-final match to Frana.

Another Australian quarter-finalist, Jamie Morgan, actually lost some ground going from 101 to 102.

There was little movement for other seeded players at the Open.

Martin stayed at No. 14 in the world while Martin Sinner of Germany made further inroads into the Top 50 and is now ranked at 49.

Steven, who suffered a surprise first round loss to Hadad, is now at No. 51.

He began the tournament with a ranking of 52.

Patrick McEnroe, loser in the first round to Karim Alami of Morocco, made no improvement on his ranking of 65 while Fernando Meligeni of Brazil skidded three spots and is now at 66. Christian Ruud of Norway went from 68 to 69.

Mats Wilander of Sweden, who cracked the top 100 following his strong showing at the Lipton Championships, is now at 100 after starting the Bermuda tournament at 96.

Doubles champions Grant Connell and Martin, playing in their first tournament together, are on the team rankings and at No. 52. Connell, fifth in individual doubles, stayed at No. 5 but continues to make gains on Paul Haarhuis and Jacco Eltingh of Holland, who are third and fourth respectively.