Echoes
11-30-2010, 09:39 PM
With my obsession to have everything in order, I've made an attempt at an Open Era ranking to date. It took a long time but just a few minutes everyday is not excessive.
It's only an attempt because so many tournaments are still missing from my archives, most particularly in the first 5 years of the era and exo tournaments in the 80's, or else it's very difficult to rate if they were ATP equivalents or Challenger equivalents and to know how big the draw was.
Here the players still active are in italics and the players from before the OE in bold (born in 1948 or before). You'll understand that these players cannot be rated at their true value. I'll soon come up with my point system. It's an evolutive system that takes into account the fact that the Australian Open was less prestigious in the late 70's and early 80's, for example.
(Dopers lose their points at the moment of their positive tests - e.g. Korda at Wimbledon 1998 - could have been stricter but I don't want to make ungrounded allegation)
Don't take it too seriously, it's just fun.
1 Ivan Lendl 586pts
2 Jimmy Connors 576
3 John McEnroe 477
4 Roger Federer 463
5 Pete Sampras 427
6 Andre Agassi 418,5
7 Björn Borg 353
8 Boris Becker 342,5
9 Stefan Edberg 326,5
10 Guillermo Vilas 295,5
11 Ilie Nastase 291
12 Rafael Nadal 287
13 Rod Laver 261
14 Mats Wilander 253
15 Arthur Ashe 224,5
16 Stan Smith 205,5
17 John Newcombe 200
18 Tom Okker 193,5
19 Andy Roddick 188
19 Michael Chang 188
21 Ken Rosewall 185,5
22 Lleyton Hewitt 183,5
23 Jim Courier 180
24 Yevgeni Kafelnikov 178,5
25 Manuel Orantes 174
26 Vitas Gerulaitis 165,5
27 Thomas Muster 162,5
28 Goran Ivanisevic 159,5
29 Novak Djokovic 144,5
30 Yannick Noah 137,5
31 Brian Gottfried 134,5
32 Raul Ramirez 125
32 Gustavo Kuerten 125
34 Andres Gomez 122
35 Michael Stich 119,5
36 Carlos Moya 119
37 Roscoe Tanner 117
38 Juan Carlos Ferrero 111
39 Eddie Dibbs 110
40 Marat Safin 106
41 Tony Roche 104,5
42 Wojtek Fibak 102,5
43 Nicolay Davydenko 101,5
44 Jan Kodes 99,5
44 Pat Rafter 99,5
46 Anders Jarryd 96
47 Sergi Bruguera 95,5
48 Richard Krajicek 94,5
48 Marcelo Rios 94,5
50 Harold Solomon 93
51 Miroslav Mecir 91,5
52 David Nalbandian 91
53 Tim Henman 90
54 Andy Murray 89,5
55 Alex Corretja 88,5
55 Emilio Sanchez 88,5
57 Jonas Björkman 81,5
58 Petr Korda 80,5
59 Gene Mayer 78,5
59 Johan Kriek 78,5
61 Todd Martin 76,5
61 Adriano Panatta 76,5
61 Wayne Ferreira 76,5
61 Brad Gilbert 76,5
64 Tomas Smid 75,5
66 Jose Luis Clerc 75
67 Henri Leconte 74,5
68 Thomas Enqvist 73,5
68 Jose Higueras 73,5
68 Tim Mayotte 73,5
71 Guy Forget 73
72 Fernando Gonzalez 72,5
73 Tommy Haas 71,5
74 Albert Costa 70,5
75 Marty Riessen 67,5
76 Pat Cash 66
77 Todd Woodbridge 65,5
78 Sébastien Grosjean 63,5
79 Bob Lutz 62
80 Sandy Mayer 61,5
81 Balazs Taroczy 61
82 Mark Philippoussis 60,5
83 Cédric Pioline 58,5
83 Greg Rusedski 58,5
83 Mark Woodforde 58,5
86 Kevin Curren 56,5
86 Andres Gimeno 56,5
88 Cliff Richey 56
88 Andrei Medvedev 56
88 Dick Stockton 56
91 Guillermo Coria 55
91 David Ferrer 55
91 John Alexander 55
94 Aaron Krickstein 54
95 Vijay Amritraj 53,5
96 Joachim Nyström 53
97 Victor Pecci sr 52,5
97 Eliot Teltscher 52,5
99 James Blake 51,5
99 Tommy Robredo 51,5
99 Alberto Berasategui 51,5
102 Mark Edmondson 51
102 Tom Gorman 51
102 Jaime Fillol sr 51
102 Ivan Ljubicic 51
106 Marc Rosset 50,5
106 Bob Hewitt 50,5
108 Magnus Gustafsson 49,5
108 Nicolas Kiefer 49,5
110 Brian Teacher 49
110 Peter Fleming 49
112 Robin Söderling 48,5
113 Karel Novacek 48
114 Thomas Johansson 47,5
115 Felix Mantilla 47
116 Cliff Drysdale 46,5
117 Roy Emerson 45
118 Juan Martin Del Potro 44,5
119 Magnus Norman 44
120 Andrei Chesnokov 43
120 Paul Haarhuis 43
120 Frew McMillan 43
123 Magnus Larsson 42
123 Jiri Novak 42
125 Gaston Gaudio 41,5
126 Roger Taylor 41
127 Sjeng Schalken 40
127 Fabrice Santoro 40
127 Guillermo Canas 40
130 Onny Parun 39,5
130 Peter McNamara 39,5
130 Corrado Barazzutti 39,5
130 Heinz Gunthardt 39,5
130 Jakob Hlasek 39,5
130 Clark Graebner 39,5
136 Jacco Eltingh 39
136 Mike Bryan 39
138 Mikhail Youzhny 38,5
138 Daniel Nestor 38,5
138 Martin Jaite 38,5
141 Alex Metreveli 38
141 Javier Sanchez 38
141 Bob Bryan 38
144 Tomas Berdych 37,5
144 Zeljko Franulovic 37,5
146 Jonas Svensson 36,5
147 Fred Stolle 36
147 Pancho Gonzales 36
149 Kim Warwick 35
149 Dominik Hrbaty 35
149 John Fitzgerald 35
149 Younes El Aynaoui 35
153 Radek Stepanek 34,5
153 Arnaud Clément 34,5
153 Nicolas Lapentti 34,5
153 Marc Cox 34,5
153 Max Mirnyi 34,5
158 Rainer Schuettler 34
158 Jimmy Arias 34
158 Mardy Fish 34
158 Kent Carlsson 34
158 Guillermo Perez-Roldan 34
158 Wally Masur 34
158 Phil Dent 34
165 Ramesh Krishnan 33,5
165 Scott Davis 33,5
167 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 32
167 Nikki Pilic 32
167 MaliVai Washington 32
170 Mario Ancic 31,5
170 Paolo Bertolucci 31,5
170 Byron Black 31,5
173 Richard Gasquet 31
173 Bill Scanlon 31
175 Karl Meiler 30,5
176 Karol Kucera 30
176 Hans Gildemeister 30
176 Marcos Baghdatis 30
176 Gael Monfils 30
180 David Wheaton 29,5
180 Sergio Casal 29,5
182 Tim Wilkison 29
182 Mark Knowles 29
184 Fernando Verdasco 28,5
184 Tim Gullikson 28,5
186 Sherwood Stewart 27,5
187 Henrik Sundström 27
187 Amos Mansdorf 27
187 Francisco Clavet 27
187 Leander Paes 27
191 Colin Dibley 26,5
191 Jan Siemerink 26,5
191 Michael Llodra 26,5
194 Martin Damm 25,5
194 Rick Leach 25,5
196 Alexander Volkov 25
196 Hank Pfister 25
196 Jaime Yzaga 25
196 Richey Reneberg 25
196 Mahesh Bhupathi 25
By nations (based on the top200 player ranking):
United States 4896
Australia 1726
Sweden 1566,5
Spain 1531,5
Czech Republic 994,5
Argentina 676,5
Germany 649
France 597,5
Switzerland 592,5
Russia 530,5
Netherlands 436,5
United Kingdom 313,5
Croatia 311,5
South Africa 301
Romania 291
Chile 249
Austria 162,5
Ecuador 156,5
Slovakia 191
Serbia 144,5
India 139
Mexico 125
Brazil 125
Canada 38,5
Cyprus 30
Bahamas 29
Israel 27
Peru 25
It's only an attempt because so many tournaments are still missing from my archives, most particularly in the first 5 years of the era and exo tournaments in the 80's, or else it's very difficult to rate if they were ATP equivalents or Challenger equivalents and to know how big the draw was.
Here the players still active are in italics and the players from before the OE in bold (born in 1948 or before). You'll understand that these players cannot be rated at their true value. I'll soon come up with my point system. It's an evolutive system that takes into account the fact that the Australian Open was less prestigious in the late 70's and early 80's, for example.
(Dopers lose their points at the moment of their positive tests - e.g. Korda at Wimbledon 1998 - could have been stricter but I don't want to make ungrounded allegation)
Don't take it too seriously, it's just fun.
1 Ivan Lendl 586pts
2 Jimmy Connors 576
3 John McEnroe 477
4 Roger Federer 463
5 Pete Sampras 427
6 Andre Agassi 418,5
7 Björn Borg 353
8 Boris Becker 342,5
9 Stefan Edberg 326,5
10 Guillermo Vilas 295,5
11 Ilie Nastase 291
12 Rafael Nadal 287
13 Rod Laver 261
14 Mats Wilander 253
15 Arthur Ashe 224,5
16 Stan Smith 205,5
17 John Newcombe 200
18 Tom Okker 193,5
19 Andy Roddick 188
19 Michael Chang 188
21 Ken Rosewall 185,5
22 Lleyton Hewitt 183,5
23 Jim Courier 180
24 Yevgeni Kafelnikov 178,5
25 Manuel Orantes 174
26 Vitas Gerulaitis 165,5
27 Thomas Muster 162,5
28 Goran Ivanisevic 159,5
29 Novak Djokovic 144,5
30 Yannick Noah 137,5
31 Brian Gottfried 134,5
32 Raul Ramirez 125
32 Gustavo Kuerten 125
34 Andres Gomez 122
35 Michael Stich 119,5
36 Carlos Moya 119
37 Roscoe Tanner 117
38 Juan Carlos Ferrero 111
39 Eddie Dibbs 110
40 Marat Safin 106
41 Tony Roche 104,5
42 Wojtek Fibak 102,5
43 Nicolay Davydenko 101,5
44 Jan Kodes 99,5
44 Pat Rafter 99,5
46 Anders Jarryd 96
47 Sergi Bruguera 95,5
48 Richard Krajicek 94,5
48 Marcelo Rios 94,5
50 Harold Solomon 93
51 Miroslav Mecir 91,5
52 David Nalbandian 91
53 Tim Henman 90
54 Andy Murray 89,5
55 Alex Corretja 88,5
55 Emilio Sanchez 88,5
57 Jonas Björkman 81,5
58 Petr Korda 80,5
59 Gene Mayer 78,5
59 Johan Kriek 78,5
61 Todd Martin 76,5
61 Adriano Panatta 76,5
61 Wayne Ferreira 76,5
61 Brad Gilbert 76,5
64 Tomas Smid 75,5
66 Jose Luis Clerc 75
67 Henri Leconte 74,5
68 Thomas Enqvist 73,5
68 Jose Higueras 73,5
68 Tim Mayotte 73,5
71 Guy Forget 73
72 Fernando Gonzalez 72,5
73 Tommy Haas 71,5
74 Albert Costa 70,5
75 Marty Riessen 67,5
76 Pat Cash 66
77 Todd Woodbridge 65,5
78 Sébastien Grosjean 63,5
79 Bob Lutz 62
80 Sandy Mayer 61,5
81 Balazs Taroczy 61
82 Mark Philippoussis 60,5
83 Cédric Pioline 58,5
83 Greg Rusedski 58,5
83 Mark Woodforde 58,5
86 Kevin Curren 56,5
86 Andres Gimeno 56,5
88 Cliff Richey 56
88 Andrei Medvedev 56
88 Dick Stockton 56
91 Guillermo Coria 55
91 David Ferrer 55
91 John Alexander 55
94 Aaron Krickstein 54
95 Vijay Amritraj 53,5
96 Joachim Nyström 53
97 Victor Pecci sr 52,5
97 Eliot Teltscher 52,5
99 James Blake 51,5
99 Tommy Robredo 51,5
99 Alberto Berasategui 51,5
102 Mark Edmondson 51
102 Tom Gorman 51
102 Jaime Fillol sr 51
102 Ivan Ljubicic 51
106 Marc Rosset 50,5
106 Bob Hewitt 50,5
108 Magnus Gustafsson 49,5
108 Nicolas Kiefer 49,5
110 Brian Teacher 49
110 Peter Fleming 49
112 Robin Söderling 48,5
113 Karel Novacek 48
114 Thomas Johansson 47,5
115 Felix Mantilla 47
116 Cliff Drysdale 46,5
117 Roy Emerson 45
118 Juan Martin Del Potro 44,5
119 Magnus Norman 44
120 Andrei Chesnokov 43
120 Paul Haarhuis 43
120 Frew McMillan 43
123 Magnus Larsson 42
123 Jiri Novak 42
125 Gaston Gaudio 41,5
126 Roger Taylor 41
127 Sjeng Schalken 40
127 Fabrice Santoro 40
127 Guillermo Canas 40
130 Onny Parun 39,5
130 Peter McNamara 39,5
130 Corrado Barazzutti 39,5
130 Heinz Gunthardt 39,5
130 Jakob Hlasek 39,5
130 Clark Graebner 39,5
136 Jacco Eltingh 39
136 Mike Bryan 39
138 Mikhail Youzhny 38,5
138 Daniel Nestor 38,5
138 Martin Jaite 38,5
141 Alex Metreveli 38
141 Javier Sanchez 38
141 Bob Bryan 38
144 Tomas Berdych 37,5
144 Zeljko Franulovic 37,5
146 Jonas Svensson 36,5
147 Fred Stolle 36
147 Pancho Gonzales 36
149 Kim Warwick 35
149 Dominik Hrbaty 35
149 John Fitzgerald 35
149 Younes El Aynaoui 35
153 Radek Stepanek 34,5
153 Arnaud Clément 34,5
153 Nicolas Lapentti 34,5
153 Marc Cox 34,5
153 Max Mirnyi 34,5
158 Rainer Schuettler 34
158 Jimmy Arias 34
158 Mardy Fish 34
158 Kent Carlsson 34
158 Guillermo Perez-Roldan 34
158 Wally Masur 34
158 Phil Dent 34
165 Ramesh Krishnan 33,5
165 Scott Davis 33,5
167 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 32
167 Nikki Pilic 32
167 MaliVai Washington 32
170 Mario Ancic 31,5
170 Paolo Bertolucci 31,5
170 Byron Black 31,5
173 Richard Gasquet 31
173 Bill Scanlon 31
175 Karl Meiler 30,5
176 Karol Kucera 30
176 Hans Gildemeister 30
176 Marcos Baghdatis 30
176 Gael Monfils 30
180 David Wheaton 29,5
180 Sergio Casal 29,5
182 Tim Wilkison 29
182 Mark Knowles 29
184 Fernando Verdasco 28,5
184 Tim Gullikson 28,5
186 Sherwood Stewart 27,5
187 Henrik Sundström 27
187 Amos Mansdorf 27
187 Francisco Clavet 27
187 Leander Paes 27
191 Colin Dibley 26,5
191 Jan Siemerink 26,5
191 Michael Llodra 26,5
194 Martin Damm 25,5
194 Rick Leach 25,5
196 Alexander Volkov 25
196 Hank Pfister 25
196 Jaime Yzaga 25
196 Richey Reneberg 25
196 Mahesh Bhupathi 25
By nations (based on the top200 player ranking):
United States 4896
Australia 1726
Sweden 1566,5
Spain 1531,5
Czech Republic 994,5
Argentina 676,5
Germany 649
France 597,5
Switzerland 592,5
Russia 530,5
Netherlands 436,5
United Kingdom 313,5
Croatia 311,5
South Africa 301
Romania 291
Chile 249
Austria 162,5
Ecuador 156,5
Slovakia 191
Serbia 144,5
India 139
Mexico 125
Brazil 125
Canada 38,5
Cyprus 30
Bahamas 29
Israel 27
Peru 25