9.03 A. Commitment Players - having satisfied the requirement to play the 4 '500' events (including one following the US Open), may count a THIRD '250' result to replace his lowest '500' result.
9.03 G. Points - points now also awarded for qualifying round losers in '250' events.
9.03 A. Commitment Players - having satisfied the requirement to play the 4 '500' events (including one following the US Open), may count a THIRD '250' result to replace his lowest '500' result.
Does that mean that '500' event after the US Open has to be included in the points or a player just has to compete at the '500' event after the USO? If a player just has to enter the '500' event (after the USO) than this rule isnt good.
If e.g. Marin Čilić gets his 3 '500' events with Dubai, Washington and Davis Cup (500, 300, 240 points e.g.) and has 3 wins at '250' events then he just has to enter the '500' event after the US Open to gain 250 points and can easily lose the first round, rather than chasing the final which will give him more points than that 3rd win at the '250' event.
Based on the 2009 year-end rankings (I have taken the 07/12 list):
01 Roger Federer (SUI)
02 Rafael Nadal (ESP)
03 Novak Djokovic (SRB)
04 Andy Murray (GBR)
05 Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)
06 Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
07 Andy Roddick (USA)
08 Robin Soderling (SWE)
09 Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
11 Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
12 Radek Stepanek (CZE)
13 Gael Monfils (FRA)
14 Marin Cilic (CRO)
15 Gilles Simon (FRA)
16 Tommy Robredo (ESP)
17 David Ferrer (ESP)
18 Tommy Haas (GER)
19 Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
20 Tomas Berdych (CZE)
21 Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
22 Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
23 Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
24 Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
25 Sam Querrey (USA)
26 Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
27 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
28 Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
29 Viktor Troicki (SRB)
30 Juan Monaco (ARG)
As was the case last year, we will be collating results at Tour and challenger levels to bring you a list of the top 75 players over the course of this 2010 season.
Some will think that it is far too early to be updating such a list, but many, like myself, will be interested to follow some of the smaller names...and there will certainly be a number of such players appearing in this list at least for the first month or so.
As always, any contributions are most welcome:
Support/moan about your favourite players' progress
Help out the team (duong, yamor, amirb, felipe, judio, myself etc), add some of your own interesting features, point out any discrepancies etc etc
Engage in constructive discussion on anything that takes your fancy
I will probably make a calculation on my computer myself and will be glad to be able to compare with yours
Only a suggestion : as far as the qualifying for the ATP world tour final is concerned, they will take the ATP rankings after Paris-Bercy ... which will include the ATP points for the Davis Cup final for Nadal and Ferrer : you might add them to your calculation sooner or later (I mean you could add them later if you want, when the qualifying for the ATP world tour final is really at stake )
Consider that Davydenko and Nadal play Doha Finals, and it's just first week in 2010, I think that Davydenko and Nadal are all 150 points, how does Nadal have 70 points more?
Yes, Nadal and Ferrer are both able to count points from that Davis Cup final - 70pts for Nadal (as he missed the previous round) and 75pts for Ferrer. Both won one rubber each.
Yes, but since the Race doesn't officially exist anymore, they choose the players who play in the WTF according to the ranking after Paris Bercy. Therefore those who gain points in the Davis Cup final the previous year will have the opportunity to count these points in their ranking.
Hugely significant runs for Cilic and Tsonga as far as the Race for London is concerned. Obviously still very early days, but these two were in the thick of contention last year, and have a massive boost already this season.
Yes, hugely significant for two reasons...firstly, he automatically earned 800pts more than the runner-up (a large figure when you compare it to what is on offer at '250' or even '500' level). Secondly, his other serious rivals in Djokovic and Del Potro (and potentially Nadal) all failed to get beyond the QF, so the gap is much bigger.
As long as Fed continues his form in Slams (and is arsed enough to rack up some solid performances in Masters '1000' events) he will be extremely tough to pass this year. Obviously very early days, but it wouldn't surprise me if he doesn't relinquish this lead. :shrug:
This thread is brilliant, can't believe I haven't noticed it before!
See the new rule, will that count at year end? Like will Roger be able to count Estroil Halle and Doha if he does better in all 3 points wise than he does at say, Basle or Dubai?
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