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#1 · (Edited)
UPDATE:
HE FINALLY DID IT...!!!!!!


ok thread closed... we've counted our chickens way too early... and now the record has been thrown by federer... congrats to nadal deservingly getting back world no.1 with a stunning clay season.... but i think federer is not done yet and can still get a chance in future... but for now... this thread shall RIP....

Now that Roger has won the AOpen and has a very good chance to surpass Sampras 286 weeks at #1 record, I did suggested to have a thread to keep track of the progress, so I thought I might as well start the thread myself. Now, this is one major record where by you can actually predict in advance and count down to it, unlike other records. So the purpose of this track is to see how close is Federer going to break this record. I will continue to update this thread after every major tournaments until the record itself is broken.

This thread serves a different purpose from the rankings thread, the main purpose of this thread is to project the number of weeks Roger will be at #1, and the count continues until Roger reaches #287 weeks. While it may not be possible for the players in this thread to overtake, there could potentially be others who could overtake. We can't be 100% certain unless we calculate for the rest as well. But that task is too much so we will restrict to the top challengers. So as far as the projection goes, it will be based on 100% certainty that roger will be at #1.

Important numbers to know:

Roger's record at #1 (as of 17th May 2010): 283 weeks

Sampras record at #1: 286 weeks

Assuming Roger does not lose the #1, date to surpass Sampras record: 14 Jun 2010 (287 weeks)

Roger is GUARANTEED at: 285 weeks at #1 (31 May 2010)

Roger's ranking points (as of 19th Apr 2010): 10030 (incl davis cup)

The 2 remaining contenders (and points on 17th May 2010):
Code:
Nadal (6880)
Djokovic (6405)
Points roger needs to earn to GUARENTEE breaking 286 weeks at no.1: 920

and this means that A SEMI-FINALS IN ROLAND GARROS WILL GUARANTEE TYING THE RECORD!!!

Points roger needs to earn to GUARENTEE eliminating the players from overtaking before record #287 is reached:
Djokovic - 385
Nadal - 920

The following are the tournaments and drop off dates and points of all the contenders until 14 Jun 2010 (that's 1 week after Roland Garos).

Name (Total points to drop off until 14 Jun 2010)

Code:
Federer (Total 4170)
22-Mar-10 Indian Wells   360
05-Apr-10 Miami	         360
19-Apr-10 Monte-Carlo     90
03-May-10 Rome           360
17-May-10 Madrid        1000
07-Jun-10 Roland Garros	2000

Djokovic (Total 3330)
01-Mar-10 Dubai          500
22-Mar-10 Indian Wells   180
05-Apr-10 Miami	         600
19-Apr-10 Monte-Carlo    600
03-May-10 Rome           600
10-May-10 Belgrade       250
17-May-10 Madrid         360
07-Jun-10 Roland Garros	  90
14-Jun-10 Halle          150

Nadal (Total 4760)
15-Feb-10 Rotterdam      300
22-Mar-10 Indian Wells  1000
05-Apr-10 Miami	         180
19-Apr-10 Monte-Carlo   1000
26-Apr-10 Barcelona      500
03-May-10 Rome          1000
17-May-10 Madrid         600
07-Jun-10 Roland Garros	 180

Now we look at 2010 calendar and independantly assume the WORST CASE scenario for Roger vs each of his competitors BEST CASE scenario.

WORST CASE scenario is of cos, if federer takes a long holiday and doesn't turn up at any tournaments, hence getting 0 points.

BEST CASE scenario is to win all 4 compulsory ATP 1000 (Indian Wells, Miami, Rome, Madrid), win Monte-Carlo + max out 3 other ATP 500, max out 2 other ATP 250 tournaments by 14 Jun 2010.

Now, looking at individual players on how they could achieve BEST CASE scenario for the ATP 500 and 250:

[CODE]Djokovic
[s]01-03-10 Defend Dubai (maximum 3 x ATP500)
10-05-10 Defend Belgrade[/s]
14-06-10 Win and improve on Halle (max out 2 x ATP250)

Nadal
[s]22-02-10 Win Memphis (misses due to injury)
01-03-10 Win Dubai
12-04-10 Win Morocco or Houston 
26-04-10 Win Barcelona (max out 3 x ATP500)
10-05-10 win Belgrade or Estoril
24-05-10 win Nice[/s]
14-06-10 win Queens (max out 2 x ATP250)

The following is the points that can be improved on each week AFTER any points in 2009 dropped off.

[CODE]
Date      Weeks at #1  Federer  Djokovic  Nadal
15-02-10     0                       0        0
22-02-10   271                       0        0
01-03-10   272                     500       70
22-03-10   275               45     90      360
05-04-10   277               45     10    1,000
12-04-10   278                       0        0
19-04-10   279                     360    1,000
26-04-10   280                       0        0
03-05-10   281               10    180    1,000
10-05-10   282               90     45        0
17-05-10   283              600      0    1,000
24-05-10   284                       0        0
07-06-10   286                   2,000    2,000
14-06-10   287                     250      250
The total points in WORST CASE scenario will be
Code:
Date      Weeks at #1  Federer  Djokovic  Nadal
01-02-10      268      11,350     8,310   7,670
15-02-10      270      11,350     8,310   7,370
22-02-10      271      11,350     8,310   7,370
01-03-10      272      11,350     8,310   7,440
22-03-10      275      11,035     8,220   6,800
05-04-10      277      10,765     7,630   6,980
12-04-10      278      10,765     7,630   6,980
19-04-10      279      10,690     7,390   6,980
26-04-10      280      10,690     7,390   6,480
03-05-10      281      10,340     6,970   6,480
10-05-10      282      10,430     6,765   6,480
17-05-10      283      10,030     6,405   6,880
[b]24-05-10      284      10,030     6,405   6,880[/b]
07-06-10      286       8,030     8,315   8,700
14-06-10      287       8,030     8,415   8,950
Code:
ATP Ranking rules:
[url]http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Rankings-FAQ.aspx[/url]

[CODE]Points (champion/runner-up)
Grand Slam (2000/1200)
WTM 1000 (1000/600)
WTM 500 (500/300)
WTM 250 (250/150)
ATP said:
Q. What is the ranking structure and formula in 2010?

A. In 2010, any player who finished in the 2009 year-end Top 30 will be required to compete in four Grand Slam tournaments and eight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments. In addition, the Best 4 ATP World Tour 500 and Best 2 other events (ATP World Tour 250 and Challengers) will be counted towards a player's ranking. All direct acceptance players at the time of the entry deadline who do not play will receive a 0-pointer in their ranking. A player who is out of competition for 30 or more days, due to a verified injury, will not receive any penalties. For other players outside the Top 30, the ranking structure that applies, IF QUALIFIED, will be four Grand Slam tournaments and eight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments. The Best 6 with up to 4 ATP World Tour 500 results will also be counted towards the ranking. If a player is not a Direct Acceptance and did not play a Grand Slam or Masters 1000 tournament, he can substitute with ATP World Tour 250 and/or Challengers. The eight players who qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals will count an additional 19th tournament on their ranking.
ATP 2010 Calendar:
http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tournaments/Event-Calendar.aspx

The following are the ATP tournaments and the effective dates of the points earned:
08-Feb-10 ATP250 (Johannesburg, Zagreb, Santiago)
15-Feb-10 ATP250 (San Jose, Brasil) ATP500 (Rotterdam)
22-Feb-10 ATP250 (Marseille, Buenos Aires) ATP500 (Memphis)
01-Mar-10 ATP250 (Delray) ATP500 (Dubai, Mexico)
22-Mar-10 ATP1000 (Indian Wells)
05-Apr-10 ATP1000 (Miami)
12-Apr-10 ATP250 (Morocco, Houston)
19-Apr-10 ATP1000 (Monte-Carlo)
26-Apr-10 ATP500 (Barcelona)
03-May-10 ATP1000 (Rome)
10-May-10 ATP250 (Munich, Belgrade, Estoril)
17-May-10 ATP1000 (Madrid)

24-May-10 ATP250 (Dusseldorf, Nice)
07-Jun-10 Grand Slam (Roland Garros)
14-Jun-10 ATP250 (Halle, London)
[/code]

NOTES:
P.S. If i made any mistakes in my calculations / stats above... do help to point out... :)

15-Feb updates:
- Del Potro is ruled out all the way to Dubai, so i have removed his points from that period. But in theory he could still replace the tournaments missed with Casablanca/Houston, Barcelona and Munich/Serbia/Estoril
- Memphis is going to start and nadal looks like going to miss it... so points will be taken away from Nadal...
- Both Djokovic and Davydenko lost in the semis of Rotterdam... hence neither of them adds on any additional points
- Murray and Nadal misses Rotterdam and drops 500 and 300 points respectively... hence Nadal overtakes and become no.3...

22-Feb updates:
- Virtually a non-event week, other than del potro dropping a few peanuts from Memphis... nobody else lost nor gain anything... so nothing much to update...

22-Mar updates:
- Dubai went by without anything more than fluttering of a piece of grass - roger misses as usual, djokovic defended as expected...
- Finally an ATP1000 tournament..! although roger faltered early... losing over 300 points in rankings... all the others except for davydenko lost points too... nadal losing the most points (the 70 points earned from davis cup doesn't help much)... not only did he drop back to no.4... it also becomes impossible for nadal to overtake roger until after roland garros. also with the closest competitors djokovic and murray failing to take advantage of roger's early exit... it means that they missed out opportunity to earn several hundreds of ranking points... and it impossible for roger to be overtaken until madrid... putting roger's #1 record at 282...
- now... next up is Miami... if roger wins it... the #1 ranking is untouchable until roland garros (that'll be guarenteed #285 weeks at #1... where #286 week is when roland garros ends...) and he will have minimum of 10,225 points b4 roland garros... and djokovic can get at most 10,060 and murray 10,035...

30 Mar updates:
- decide to update the stats earlier since the 2 closest competitor (in terms of points) djokovic and murray lost their opening match in miami... as a result federer is just 1 week shy to equal sampras record... the next leap to 286 or 287 weeks will take quite a while since there is still over 1.8k points to clear the hurdle...

4 Apr updates:
- not surprisingly (at least to me...) nadal did not win miami... but at least he is the only one in top 6 who actually gained poitns from last year... the 2 closest competitor djokovic and murray lost even more points than roger... murray the defending champion lost a cool 990 points by exiting in his first game. this makes djokovic **firmly in the lead in the chances (mathematically) of overtaking roger after roland garros.

19 Apr updates:
- as expected... nadal cleans up monte carlo... murray and djokovic drops more points... while the gap between federer and murray/djokovic becomes greater... nadal closed the gap because federer simply skips monte carlo... while mathematically it's still djokovic, followed by murray and nadal as the closest... i would expect next tournament or two... nadal will be mathematically closer than murray to overtaking federer at #1 after RG...

22 Apr updates:
- decided to update this early since none of the candidates in this thread is playing barcelona... so it is as good as over...

4 May updates:
- another MAJOR screw up by roger... although the closest rival (mathematically) lost more points than roger... nadal has lived up to expectations and continued his dominance in the clay tournaments. now originally when the thread was started... it was INCONCEIVABLE then that he will gather less than several hundred points before RG... but apparently this is what he has been doing so far!! he has earned a paltry 145 points since AO... that is almost to the WORST CASE scenario possible...! things are not looking so good now. not only nadal have a good chance of spoiling the party... djokovic may also join in. the rest of the names in the list (murray, JMDP, davy) are almost out of contention and are likely to be out soon...

10 May updates:
- roger can't even win mickey mouse tournaments... it still remains good chance to lose #1 rankings after RG... with djokovic out of madrid means nadal mathematically becomes the favourite to spoil the party... and with his form and dominance on clay... it's likely he will do well... so it's mostly up to roger to maintain that #1 record...
- JMDP and davydenko mathematically are no longer possible to stop roger... hence i have removed them from this thread... and that's 2 less ppl to track!!

17 May updates:
- although roger failed to defend madrid... but at least he did so much better than the previous 3 tournaments and in madrid alone he scored almost 4 times the points he did in all the previous 4 tournaments added together since aopen. but all that points added together is still lesser than a GS win. while nadal doesn't disappoint at all and scored 3k points just in last 3 tournaments alone... and look likely to regain RG. but the gap was so big between roger and nadal that there is still decent chance of securing the record at RG.
- it helps that djokovic missed madrid... so he becomes unlikely to stop roger's record... although mathematically there is still a chance. murray on other hand has no more chances mathematically of stopping the record hence he has been removed from the record...
- also nadal is not playing nice so i have eliminated the points that he could have won from it...

18 May updates:
- added queens for nadal...

here's a greater details of breakdown of points (credits to ApproachShot for the link, and maintained by sdont from Talk Tennis at Tennis Warehouse) :
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=t5kw3WwZburtWwvB2y6xbGg&gid=5

** as mentioned that this thread is to countdown to the record by keeping track the maximum points of each players mathematically... hence djokovic is *still* top contender as far as maths go. however considering the form of players and the clay season is here... most tennis fans would consider nadal as the biggest threat..
well............ it was getting more and more painful to update and at least finally i can stop updating it...


regards,
wacky
 
#3 ·
Re: The countdown to most #1 record thread

Fantastic - thanks wackykid!

Just a couple of notes on entries for upcoming tournaments:

08/02/10, week 6, Murray not is entered to play Rotterdam, so will lose his points from there (not sure how many). Djokovic is playing, but I don't think he can gain any.

15/02/10, week 7, Murray and Del Potro are playing in Marseille, which is a 250, so won't be playing Memphis.

22/02/10, week 8, all the top 7 except Nadal are entered in Dubai. (Nadal hasn't withdrawn, he just didn't enter in the first place.)
 
#5 ·
Re: The countdown to most #1 record thread

Fantastic - thanks wackykid!

Just a couple of notes on entries for upcoming tournaments:

08/02/10, week 6, Murray not is entered to play Rotterdam, so will lose his points from there (not sure how many). Djokovic is playing, but I don't think he can gain any.

15/02/10, week 7, Murray and Del Potro are playing in Marseille, which is a 250, so won't be playing Memphis.

22/02/10, week 8, all the top 7 except Nadal are entered in Dubai. (Nadal hasn't withdrawn, he just didn't enter in the first place.)
thanks and noted... ;)

initially i had wanted to plot based on the tournaments that the players have planned to join in 2010... only to realize that i can't find all that information.... besides i'm not sure about the rules whether u can withdraw from tournaments last min and/or join another one on the same week as wild card... so i decide to just assume they compete in the best possible way that can add the most points to their rankings...

and which makes me wonder why djokovic is playing rotterdam since he won't gain any extra points... :confused:


regards,
wacky
 
#6 ·
Re: The countdown to most #1 record thread

Great thread! I started doing the counts myself but was too lazy to do it and waited for a thread on MTF. :eek:
I would never imagined such a complete thread though...
Thank you very much!
 
#7 ·
Re: The countdown to most #1 record thread

Great thread ! :yeah:

Only two things to add about the draw "dropping-off last year's points" :

- I guess that Nadal will be able to count his Davis Cup points (150 points at the moment) after Rotterdam (from the 15th of february and all later weeks) : at this moment, he will have only played 3 ATP500 tournaments in the last 52 weeks, and the rule ( Rankings FAQ) should let him count his Davis Cup points as they are better than his lower ATP250 result (which is 0 actually as he has only played one ATP250 tournament)

- Davydenko will have at least 90 points more from the 19th of april : his 90 points from Beijing last year will replace his result from Monte-Carlo ... but he will probably get more either in Monte-Carlo, or in Rotterdam or in Dubai.
 
#15 ·
Re: The countdown to most #1 record thread

I have updated the format of the thread a bit, and listed all events and dates for the ATP250 and better events listed on ATP site. Also I do realize that although I track how well the current top players fare against roger, I may have missed some players outside top 6 who potentially can score more, and I feel that I cannot make a statement as strong as "GUARANTEE", meaning 100% certainty, without calculating the possible points from the rest of the field. So I added notes upfront to explain that part. If anyone can provide some easy way to prove that the rest of the field MATHEMATICALLY WILL NOT catch up, therefore complete the proof to make the "GUARANTEE", I will update it into my post. :)

- I guess that Nadal will be able to count his Davis Cup points (150 points at the moment) after Rotterdam (from the 15th of february and all later weeks) : at this moment, he will have only played 3 ATP500 tournaments in the last 52 weeks, and the rule ( Rankings FAQ) should let him count his Davis Cup points as they are better than his lower ATP250 result (which is 0 actually as he has only played one ATP250 tournament)

- Davydenko will have at least 90 points more from the 19th of april : his 90 points from Beijing last year will replace his result from Monte-Carlo ... but he will probably get more either in Monte-Carlo, or in Rotterdam or in Dubai.
yes you're right : at this moment he can't get any points in Rotterdam, but his points from Rotterdam could benefit him later when he loses his points first from Dubai then from Monte-Carlo.

I think that the OP should consider your notes to improve his draw ;)
Noted, for Nadal, i think at most it will affect is the amount of points after Rotterdam, but i am assuming he could play Memphis and win, that will replace back Davis Cup points. As for Davydenko, i am assuming BEST CASE so it'll mean that he wins Monte-Carlo so Beijing points doesn't matter. Same goes for Djokovic, since it's BEST CASE assumption it means he wins Dubai and Monte-Carlo, so winning Rotterdam doesn't change anything.

- Federer will not play Monte-Carlo but will play Estoril between Roma and Madrid
- Murray might also skip Monte-Carlo and start his clay season in Barcelona
- Davydenko will play Estoril
- Djokovic will play Belgrade
- the whole top-7 are engaged in Halle (Fed and Davydenko) or the Queens (all the others)
Noted. With the updated notes in the post, I'll assume that players can change tournaments they want to join anytime to create the "BEST CASE" scenario for my projections. Since anything less than the "BEST CASE" means it'll be easier for Roger to maintain at #1. As each tournament completes, I'll then update the points according to what the players participated in and we can see when we can actually 100% GUARANTEE Roger will reach #287 weeks. :)

Amazing work! Now I don't have to do it myself! :-D

As I stated in the other thread, I now find it highly unrealistic that Roger doesn't beat the record.
yeah... thanks for keeping the rankings thread! it was great inspiration for me to come out with this thread. :worship:


regards,
wacky
 
#14 ·
Re: The countdown to most #1 record thread

It's a race to 5100 points. :)
 
#18 ·
Re: The countdown to most #1 record thread

well, it's 7500 points, including Rotterdam.

After Rotterdam it will be max 7000 points, and number 50 is around 800 points or so.

Roger's got about a 600 point gap before he starts eliminating the 800 point ranked players or so. Players who can't get into the MS series, are already eliminated from contention.
 
#19 · (Edited)
Re: The countdown to most #1 record thread

well, it's 7500 points, including Rotterdam.

After Rotterdam it will be max 7000 points, and number 50 is around 800 points or so.

Roger's got about a 600 point gap before he starts eliminating the 800 point ranked players or so. Players who can't get into the MS series, are already eliminated from contention.
actually how u calculate max 7000 points minus Rotterdam? did you exclude french open? i'd calculate it to be:
French Open 2000
Indian Wells, Miami, Rome, Madrid 4000
Monte-Carlo + Memphis + Dubai + Barcelona 2500
2 x ATP 250 = 500

Total of 9000 points for grabs, excluding Rotterdam...

anyway have made updates to the thread... in summay:

15-Feb updates:
1) Del Potro is ruled out all the way to Dubai, so i have removed his points from that period. But in theory he could still replace the tournaments missed with Casablanca/Houston, Barcelona and Munich/Serbia/Estoril...
2) Memphis is going to start and nadal looks like going to miss it... so points will be taken away from Nadal...
3) Both Djokovic and Davydenko lost in the semis of Rotterdam... hence neither of them adds on any additional points
4) Murray and Nadal misses Rotterdam and drops 500 and 300 points respectively... hence Nadal overtakes and become no.3...


regards,
wacky
 
#22 ·
Re: The countdown to most #1 record thread

RG, 2000

MC, IW, KB, Rome, Madrid = 5000

Those are the tournaments that everyone is going to play.

Dubai, and Barca, won't likely have the full contingent, and I won't include those until they come around.

All the other MM tournaments don't have the fields to really have an impact.
 
#26 ·
Re: The countdown to most #1 record thread

Well he did say he wanted to make his required 250 and 500 tournaments this year.
but he said he will play in Dubai ~right?
well somehow i have feeling he will end up NOT meeting required 250 and 500 again... his main focus will be the slams and unless he is remarkably healthy the whole year everyday... i think if he is not 100%... he'd likely to skip some more tournaments so as not to risk having to miss the slams...

well as for Dubai... i don't think he had intended to skip it... lung infection can be pretty serious and even if it's the slams he'd probably have to miss it...


regards,
wacky
 
#29 ·
Re: The countdown to most #1 record thread

Gap between Murray maximum and Fed minimum now 4180.
 
#31 ·
Re: The countdown to most #1 record thread

Well, Roger seems intent on actually making this race close. Lost to Baghdatis after having MP's in two different sets.
oh well but djokovic doesn't seems intent to follow's roger's tail and lost chances to close up... :lol:

i'll update this thread again after indian wells... didn't update this after dubai since it's pretty a non-event and doesn't change anything much as far as this thread is concerned... and plus i was pretty busy lately.. :(


regards,
wacky
 
#33 ·
Re: The countdown to most #1 record thread

Djokovic blew it, this was his big chance to close the gap. He's now got finals in Miami, Monte Carlo and Rome to defend as well as the title in Belgrade.
Yep, it looks like Djoko is out of this race for a while at least. Can't say I'm much bothered about that. :D
 
#37 ·
Re: The countdown to most #1 record thread

With Djokovic's loss, Federer is now guaranteed 282 weeks at no. 1

This excellent spreadsheet created and maintained by sdont from Talk Tennis at Tennis Warehouse might be of interest.
wow.... that's better than the spreadsheet i'm maintaining..!! thanks for the find...!! i'll add the link into my first post later at the end of indian wells...


regards,
wacky
 
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