Re: Tennis Tipping FAQ/Guide
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]2010 Updates[/FONT]
COMMITMENTS
Rule) Top 30 & challengers in Davis Cup & Grand Slam 2nd weeks and when there are no ATP tournaments played: Top 30 players (singles & doubles) are allowed to play these challengers as late entries (LE).
Rule) Doubles commitments: Players are allowed to commit to doubles in week #1.
Rule) Top 30 DOUBLES players & Challengers: Top 30 doubles players are not allowed to play challengers. The same rules apply to singles and doubles.
Rule) Players must withdraw from the tournament they've previously entered before being accepted in the entry list of another tournament (as a late entry).
Q&A) Deleting commitments.
ENTRY LIST
Rule) Protected ranking (PR): Players are allowed to ask for a PR after they're back from their absence.
Important: They must request a PR before they commit to any tournaments.
Q&A) GS week #2 help.
Q&A) GS LL spots x GS week #1 challengers.
Q&A) Friday's play & SEs.
Q&A) PR x current ranking & PR x seedings.
Q&A) SE spots x # players.
Q&A) SEs/LLs x seedings.
DRAW
Q&A) Changes x deadline.
Q&A) LL order.
Q&A) Alternate placement.
Q&A) MD withdrawals after the qualifying draw is made.
PICKS
Rule) Picks must be sent to the correct manager.
TB SYSTEM
Rule) SR shootout: Retirements count for the SR shootout (only correct winners, not the SR).
ex: Ljubo vs Blake SR1 -> result Ljubo def Blake 61 ret.
Match: Player A 12:12 Player B - SRs 5:5 (Player A picked Ljubo & Player B picked Blake)
Result: Player A wins on SR1 correct winner.
Rule) Number of SR matches: All matches as SRs.
Rule) Monday’s SRs for doubles (two-day round) – when the manager doesn’t say anything about them, they should go to the bottom of the SR order (for shootout purposes).
Q&A) SR winners rule change erased (not possible anymore).
Q&A) Examples updated.
RANDOM QUESTIONS
Rule) Changes - points breakdown:
- Masters (7 rounds) = 500, 350, 225, 125, 75, 40, 15, 0 (+20 for qualifier)
- 500 (6 rounds) = 300, 210, 135, 75, 40, 15, 0 (+15 for qualifier)
- 250 (6 rounds) = 200, 140, 90, 50, 25, 10, 0 (+10 for qualifier)
Rule) Challengers & the WTF race: Challengers count for the WTF race.
Rule) WTF points, WTC points updated.
Rule) Schedule: Tuesday start, Saturday final updated.
Q&A) Nationality changes, DC/WTC team captains.
Q&A) TT/ATP Rankings - How it works, tie breaker, byes & 2nd round points
OTHER EVENTS
Guide - Davis Cup
Guide - World Team Cup
Guide - World Tour Finals
Schedule - other events (GSs, WTC, WTF, Miami, IW, New Haven)