[Horatio Caine]

Last update: Sunday 29th November @ World Tour Finals

                                  Pts   Low    500
01  Roger Federer (SUI)         10550   (--)   (--)           
02  Rafael Nadal (ESP)           9205   (--)  (180)          
03  Novak Djokovic (SRB)         8310  (150)  (500)        
04  Andy Murray (GBR)            7030  (250)   (90)        
05  Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)  6785   (70)   (00)           
06  Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)      4930  (250)  (180)        
07  Andy Roddick (USA)           4410   (90)   (--)   
08  Robin Soderling (SWE)        3410  (115)   (20)        
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09  Fernando Verdasco (ESP)      3300  (150)   (90)        
10  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)     2875  (250)   (00)   
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11  Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)      2870   (90)   (00)   
12  Radek Stepanek (CZE)         2625  (250)   (90)   
13  Gael Monfils (FRA)           2610   (90)   (45)   
14  Marin Cilic (CRO)            2430  (250)   (90)   
15  Gilles Simon (FRA)           2275   (90)   (45)   
16  Tommy Robredo (ESP)          2175  (250)   (45)   
17  Tommy Haas (GER)             1855   (--)           
18  David Ferrer (ESP)           1795   (90)  (105)   
19  Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)        1690   (45)          
20  Tomas Berdych (CZE)          1655   (65)   (45)

Low = lowest countable score at '250' level for those under 'top 30' rule OR lowest of other countable results for those NOT under 'top 30' rule.

500 = lowest countable score at '500' level (INCLUDES Davis Cup points accumulated to date) - ONLY applies to those under 'top 30' rule.

* = in the event of a tie, a player outperforming the other(s) in Grand Slam and Masters events, combined, will be placed higher.

[Horatio Caine]

21  Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)     1635   (20)  (45)   
22  Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)         1600   (--)   
23  Juan-Carlos Ferrero (ESP)    1555   (45)         
24  Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)          1405   (20)         
25  Sam Querrey (USA)            1320   (90)
26  Nicolas Almagro (ESP)        1305   (45)  (10)   
27  Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)  1260*  (90)  (45)
28  Jurgen Melzer (AUT)          1260   (45)
29  Viktor Troicki (SRB)         1175   (45)         
30  Juan Monaco (ARG)            1170   (45)         
31  Albert Montanes (ESP)        1140   (45)         
32  Jeremy Chardy (FRA)          1092   (45)         
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33  Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)     1080   (20)
34  John Isner (USA)             1067   (13)         
35  Igor Andreev (RUS)           1030   (90)  (00)
36  Thomaz Bellucci (BRZ)        1021   (--)         
37  Ivo Karlovic (CRO)           1015   (45)  (00)   
38  Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)       1015   (40) 
39  Andreas Beck (GER)           1000   (20)         
40  Benjamin Becker (GER)         986    (9)                 
41  Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)  954   (45)  
42  Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)        945   (--)
43  Dudi Sela (ISR)               936    (9)
44  James Blake (USA)             935  (150)  (--)   
45  Horacio Zeballos (ARG)        934    (5)         
46  Julien Benneteau (FRA)        924   (45)
47  Feliciano Lopez (ESP)         905*  (40)         
48  Victor Hanescu (ROU)          905   (45)
49  Andreas Seppi (ITA)           900   (20)         
50  Pablo Cuevas (URU)            899   (14)

Last of the school of 2008 'top 30' finishers, currently missing in action:

52  Richard Gasquet (FRA)         850   (90)  (20)   
55  Mardy Fish (USA)              790   (45)  (--)
61  Marat Safin (RUS)             720   (45)  (00)      
67  David Nalbandian (ARG)        665*  (90)  (--)
82  Rainer Schuettler (GER)       565*  (20)  (00)
83  Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)         565   (45)  (--)

[Horatio Caine]

Did this feature at this stage last year, and seeing as Felipe has fallen off a cliff (well, hopefully that hasn't actually happened...), I'm happy to take over the mantle. But big thanks to him, and to duong, in particular, for the updates throughout this season.

Like a few others on here, I have been updating a spreadsheet over the course of the year...I will cover top 50 in this thread, of course taking into account results at challenger level and above. But feel free to quiz myself and others on the position(s) of your favourite(s) if they aren't listed.

I will also do a mini-feature for each of the major names (probably just top 15) - basically just a couple of lines of information on the kind of results each player needs to boost their chances of qualifying for London/moving up into a key ranking position (e.g. top 3).

Inevitably, there will probably be a few discrepancies with other posters' calculations...hopefully shouldn't be anything major, but it would be cool to work through any problems, together, where they arise.

All contributions, whether to lend a helping hand or just to cheer on your favourite player, are very welcome.

Not an enormous amount of exciting action going on in the next 10 days, but there is no question that the tournaments after that will take on significant importance for a number of players. Let's get this show on the road...

[Certinfy]

Dude please do top 16 instead of 15?

[Horatio Caine]

Are you pulling my leg?

If top 16 is what you want, you shall get...

[Certinfy]

No cos Berdych is 16 , and i'm a big fan.

[ExcaliburII]

and then some fan of N17 will ask for N17, till we reach a player like Istomin with no fans at all.

[Certinfy]

Originally Posted by ExcaliburII

and then some fan of N17 will ask for N17, till we reach a player like Istomin with no fans at all.

[Ilovetheblues_86]

Originally Posted by ExcaliburII

and then some fan of N17 will ask for N17, till we reach a player like Istomin with no fans at all.

[Certinfy]

Originally Posted by Ilovetheblues_86

I'm assuming your Istomin's only fan?

[ExcaliburII]

how can you like istomin?

[Ilovetheblues_86]

Originally Posted by ExcaliburII

how can you like istomin?

He defeated Lapentti.

[Certinfy]

Originally Posted by Ilovetheblues_86

He defeated Lapentti.

That's a reason to hate the guy, not worship him

[Ilovetheblues_86]

I´m tired of Lapentti bandwagon. Tall russians with big serve and mother training are always cool.

But let´s not troll in the thread I´ma fraid of infractions and 1984.

[Certinfy]

I really don't know what to say anymore, i'm stunned...