Dino Prizmic has high hopes for himself after his breakthrough run continued at the Italian Open.<\/strong><\/p>\n Prizmic had to come through qualifying in Rome, but he now finds himself in the last-16 of a Masters 1000 tournament for the first time.<\/p>\n The Croatian has already knocked out two seeded players in the Italian capital, with Prizmic beating Novak Djokovic<\/a> and Ugo Humbert.<\/p>\n This has backed up Prizmic\u2019s wins over Ben Shelton<\/a> and Matteo Berrettini<\/a> in Madrid, and he has now revealed his ranking goal for the end of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n Prizmic was ranked as low as world number 394 last year after a difficult period with a wrist injury, but he has made big strides up the rankings since then.<\/p>\n The 20-year-old was even ranked outside the top 120 at the start of the season, but Prizmic is now at a career-high of world number 79.<\/p>\n After beating Humbert 6-1, 7-5, Prizmic was asked if he has any targets in mind for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n Prizmic revealed that he is hoping to be in the top 30 by the end of the 2026 season, as well as remaining healthy.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe for me goal is to be top 30 at the end of the year,\u201d Prizmic said in his post-match press conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n Prizmic added, \u201cTop 30, yeah. First of all, I just want to stay healthy and play as much as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n Prizmic has already confirmed that he will better his career-high ranking after the Italian Open, but it is just not yet clear how high he will be after the tournament.<\/p>\n The former French Open<\/a> junior champion is currently at world number 68 in the live rankings, but Prizmic could take that even further.<\/p>\n Prizmic could even achieve his goal of making the top 30 already if he was to win the Italian Open<\/a> title.<\/p>\n Before he can think about winning the title, Prizmic will focus on his next opponent in Karen Khachanov<\/a>.<\/p>\n If Prizmic is able to beat Khachanov then he will break inside the top 60 for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"Dino](\"https:\/\/cdn1.tennishead.net\/uploads\/106\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275199817-1024x682.jpg\")
<\/div>Dino Prizmic targets top 30 debut by the end of the year<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>Where could Dino Prizmic be ranked after the Italian Open?<\/h2>\n
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\n Italian Open 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n Where Dino Prizmic would be at the live rankings<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Fourth Round<\/td>\n No.68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Quarterfinal<\/td>\n No.55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Semifinal<\/td>\n No.39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Final<\/td>\n No.31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Champion<\/td>\n No.24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n