UPDATED after Rome
After a horrid start to the clay season, Roger finally found some of his form and recorded good wins over the likes of Gulbis, Wawrinka and Ferrer, before succombing to old foe Rafa Nadal in the final. By reaching the final Roger scored some much needed ranking points, although the total for his overall ranking was negative as he was the defending champion. Now Roger needs a semifinal at RG to secure that he equals the Sampras record of most weeks at #1.
Here are the overall ranking points:
Overall 52-week ranking points
1. Roger Federer: 10030 points
2. Rafael Nadal: 6880 points
3. Novak Djokovic: 6405 points
These are the points broken down:
Roger Federer
Points scored in 2010: Doha (hard) SF: 90 Australian Open (hard) WINNER: 2000 TMS Indian Wells (hard) R32: 45 TMS Miami (hard) R16: 90 TMS Rome (clay) R32: 10 Estoril (clay) SF: 90 TMS Madrid (clay) FINALIST: 600
Points to defend: Roland Garros (clay) WINNER: 2000 Wimbledon (grass) WINNER: 2000 TMS Canada (hard) QF: 180 TMS Cincinatti (hard) WINNER: 1000 US Open (hard) FINALIST: 1200 Basel (indoor) FINALIST: 300 TMS Paris (indoor) R32: 10 WTF (indoor) SF: 400
Rafael Nadal
Points scored in 2010: Doha (hard) FINALIST: 150 Australian Open (hard) QF: 360 TMS Indian Wells (hard) SF: 360 TMS Miami (hard) SF: 360 TMS Monte Carlo (clay) WINNER: 1000 TMS Rome (clay) WINNER: 1000 TMS Madrid (clay) WINNER: 1000
Points to defend: Roland Garros (clay) R16: 180 TMS Canada (hard) QF: 180 TMS Cincinatti (hard) SF: 360 US Open (hard) SF: 720 Beijing (hard) SF: 180 TMS Shanghai (hard) FINALIST: 600 TMS Paris (Indoor) SF: 360 WTF (indoor) RR: 0
Novak Djokovic Australian Open (hard) QF: 360 Rotterdam (indoor hard) SF: 180 - does not count towards best 5. Dubai (hard) WINNER: 500 TMS Indian Wells (hard) R16: 90 TMS Miami (hard) R64: 10 TMS Monte Carlo (clay) SF: 360 TMS Rome (clay) QF: 180 Belgrade (clay) QF: 45
Where does that leave Roger in the fight to keep the #1 ranking?
Well, here are the stats for 2007 alone:
Rogers total for 2007: 3955 points Nadals total for 2007: 4680 points
Which puts Nadal ahead by 725 points. Up now: The hardcourt season, where Roger will try to defend his many points from last year and Nadal will likely improve from last years poor results. The race for #1 this year is the closest since 2003.
Just as well FED won Wimby~~ if RAFA had won Wimby then the chase for #1 would almost be a sure bet for the Spaniard
Yeah 2007 is proving to be a very exciting year, & looks like USO will answer quite a few questions... If FED wins then he`ll be the undisputed #1 whether or not the rankings reveal so [it would be quite unthinkable winning 3-Slams without finishing #1]..
Of course if Rafa wins USO then FED`s in for the fight of his life~~~ he`d need to finish 07 even stronger than he finished 08..
FED`s a little fortunate that TMC is played on such a fast indoor surface:devil:
Looks like #1 may actually come down to TMC this time..
Re: Federer vs Nadal ranking points (First post always updated)
Nadal's current point total of 5455 is higher than most other year-end number ones (including sampras). If he does better than last season from here on (which is not very hard to imagine) it will be a close race for the number one ranking with Roger.
Re: Federer vs Nadal ranking points (First post always updated)
omg im so nervious.... this is the first time in like 3 years or since ive started watching tennis that Roger is in peril of losing #1 status.
ROGER ALL THE WAY THOUGH!
ill be right there in rogers cup montreal hehhe... i live there! yay whos going??? wheres the usual roger band?
Re: Federer vs Nadal ranking points (First post always updated)
At least he has almost no points to defend in Cincy and if he does win Montreal, he won't play till Wednesday. Last year he played on Tuesday night and then had to play the following afternoon. That really screwed him up.
Re: Federer vs Nadal ranking points (First post always updated)
Nadal losing today is a great chance for him to move up in the race and to gain some points in the rankings that would take off pressure off him having to defend the Open....
Nadal losing today is a great chance for him to move up in the race and to gain some points in the rankings that would take off pressure off him having to defend the Open....
Federer would gain 500 points, while Nadal gains 5. This would leave Nadal ahead by 55 points for the year.
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