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Originally Posted by TT Rules

Random Questions


Ranking System

The ranking system will remain the same (4 "mandatory" Grand Slams + 14 best others), but 0's for missing a Slam (which the player could have played with his ranking) will be added just like in the ATP. WTF points will be counted as an extra 19th tournament.

Revised Ranking Points Breakdown

- 0 points for R1 losses (except in GS, which are mandatory)

- GS = 1000, 700, 450, 250, 150, 75, 35, 5 (Qualifying: 20, 13, 6)
- Masters = 500, 350, 225, 125, 75, 35, 0 (Qualifying: 20, 13)
- 500 = 300, 210, 135, 75, 25, 0 (Qualifying: 15, 7)
- 250 = 200, 140, 90, 50, 20, 0 (Qualifying: 10, 5)
- Masters (7 rounds) = 500, 350, 225, 125, 75, 40, 15, 0 (Qualifying: 20, 13)
- 500 (6 rounds) = 300, 210, 135, 75, 40, 15, 0 (Qualifying: 15, 7)
- 250 (6 rounds) = 200, 140, 90, 50, 25, 10, 0 (Qualifying: 10, 5)
- Challenger category 1 - ATP's $100,000 or higher = 120, 84, 54, 28, 12, 0 (+5 for qualifier)
- Challenger category 2 - ATP's $75,000+H or lower = 90, 63, 40, 21, 9, 0 (+3 for qualifier)
- WTF = 100 (round robin win), 200 (SF win), 250 (F win)
- ChTF = 25 (round robin win), 35 (SF win), 50 (F win)
- WTC =

Singles
1st R: +25
2nd R: +25
3rd R: +25
*Finals: +75
**Bonus Points: +50

Doubles
1st R: +25
2nd R: +25
3rd R: +25
*Finals: +75
**Bonus Points: +50

* Player who only play the finals will be awarded points from the previous round
** Players must win all 4 matches and be part of the winning team in order to earn the Bonus Points

Qualifying for the World Tour Finals

Top 16 players in the doubles race rankings will qualify for the WTF. Top 8 players in the singles race rankings will qualify for the WTF. Ties will be broken by total points gathered in the Grand Slams that year.

Challengers & the WTF race

Challengers count for the WTF race.

Counting the retired matches?

The match will be counted if one point is played.

Saving the daily schedule

When running a tournament, the manager should keep the old schedule (OOP + TB's) visible and not just edit the post with the next one. This is recommended in case there's a mistake or if somebody would like check for example what the order of TB matches were.

Standard schedules for tournaments

TT Doubles Draw size 16   

Saturday ~ TT Q1 & (Q2) 
Sunday ~ TT Qualy Final Round 
Monday & Tuesday ~ TT R16 
Wednesday & Thursday ~ TT QF 
Friday ~ TT SF 
Saturday & Sunday ~ TT Final   

TT Singles Draw size 32   

Saturday ~ TT Q1 & (Q2) 
Sunday ~ TT Qualy Final Round 
Monday ~ TT R32 
Tuesday ~ TT R16 
Wednesday & Thursday ~ TT QF 
Friday ~ TT SF 
Saturday & Sunday ~ TT Final   

TT Doubles Draw size 32   

Saturday ~ TT Q1 & (Q2) 
Sunday ~ TT Qualy Final Round 
Monday & Tuesday ~ TT R32 
Wednesday ~ TT R16 
Thursday ~ TT QF 
Friday ~ TT SF 
Saturday & Sunday ~ TT Final   

TT Singles Draw size 64   

Saturday ~ TT Q1 
Sunday ~ TT Qualy Final Round 
Monday ~ TT R64 
Tuesday ~ TT R32 
Wednesday ~ TT R16 
Thursday ~ TT QF 
Friday ~ TT SF 
Saturday & Sunday ~ TT Final   

TT Doubles Draw size 16 (Tuesday start)   

Sunday ~ TT Q1 & (Q2) 
Monday ~ TT Qualy Final Round 
Tuesday & Wednesday ~ TT R16 
Thursday ~ TT QF 
Friday ~ TT SF 
Saturday & Sunday ~ TT Final   

TT Singles Draw size 32 (Tuesday start)  

Sunday ~ TT Q1 & (Q2) 
Monday ~ TT Qualy Final Round Tuesday ~ TT R32 
Wednesday ~ TT R16 
Thursday ~ TT QF 
Friday ~ TT SF 
Saturday & Sunday ~ TT Final   

TT Doubles Draw size 16 (Saturday final)   

Saturday ~ TT Q1 & (Q2) 
Sunday ~ TT Qualy Final Round 
Monday & Tuesday ~ TT R16 
Wednesday ~ TT QF 
Thursday ~ TT SF 
Friday & Saturday ~ TT Final   

TT Singles Draw size 32 (Saturday final)   

Saturday ~ TT Q1 & (Q2) 
Sunday ~ TT Qualy Final Round 
Monday ~ TT R32 
Tuesday ~ TT R16 
Wednesday ~ TT QF 
Thursday ~ TT SF 
Friday & Saturday ~ TT Final

Is a Grand Slam winner automatically qualified for the year-end Tennis Masters Cup?

No.

Are banned players allowed to play Tennis Tipping?

No.

How do Davis Cup and WTC work? When can you change nationality? How are captains chosen?

Nationality changes can only be done during the off-season (until the first tournament of the year is played). Captains are chosen based on the previous year's ranking (best ranked players from each country). Important: WTC/DC players aren't allowed to play challengers during these events.

How do TT Entry Rankings work?

The TT Rankings (singles and doubles) period is the immediate past 52 weeks, except for the WTF, singles and doubles (formerly the Tennis Masters Cup), which is dropped on the Monday following the last ATP World Tour event of the following year. Once entered, all tournaments, except for WTF, remain in the system for 52 consecutive weeks.

When two or more players have the same total number of points, ties shall be broken as follows:
a) the most total points from the Grand Slams, ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments and World Tour Finals main draws, and if still tied, then,
b) the fewest events played, counting all missed Grand Slams they could have played, and if still tied, then,
c) the highest number of points from one single tournament, then, if needed, the second highest, and so on.

When a player has a bye in the first round and loses in the second round, they receive zero points.

WTC entries:

The first eight (8) team entrants shall be based on the lowest total of the positions of the two (2) highest positioned players from the same country as of the year-end Singles Ranking. In the case where two (2) teams have the same total, and then the team with the highest positioned singles player shall be selected first.

Notes:

• Tournament managers should NOT pair up random players to make more doubles teams when the deadline is closing. Though, managers should encourage players to play doubles and help them find partners.

• If a manager wants to use a different schedule from the standard one, he/she must ask permission from the board first. It's not like managers can change the schedule anytime they want.