[TheBoiledEgg]

                                    Pts   Pts         +/-
                                    Rank  This  Last       Since  # Of
Rank Player                     Nat Diff  Week  Week   +/- Jan 1  Trn*
---- ------                     --- ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  --
   1 Hewitt, Lleyton            AUS    0  4485  3835   650   120  21
   2 Agassi, Andre              USA    0  3395  3395     0  -125  19
   3 Safin, Marat               RUS    0  2845  2845     0   925  21
   4 Ferrero, Juan Carlos       ESP    0  2740  2340   400  -300  26
   5 Moya, Carlos               ESP    0  2630  2330   300  1320  26
   6 Federer, Roger             SUI    0  2590  2290   300   845  25
   7 Novak, Jiri                CZE    0  2335  2235   100  1244  27
   8 Henman, Tim                GBR    0  2215  2215     0   115  19
   9 Costa, Albert              ESP    2  2070  1970   100  1110  24
  10 Roddick, Andy              USA   -1  2045  2045     0   472  22
  11 Haas, Tommy                GER   -1  2020  2020     0  -265  23
  12 Nalbandian, David          ARG    0  1775  1792   -17   980  24
  13 Sampras, Pete              USA    0  1735  1735     0  -205  18
  14 Johansson, Thomas          SWE    0  1725  1725     0   350  23
  15 Canas, Guillermo           ARG    0  1725  1725     0   153  25
  16 Srichaphan, Paradorn       THA    0  1681  1681     0  1327  32
  17 Grosjean, Sebastien        FRA    0  1640  1640     0 -1150  22
  18 Gonzalez, Fernando         CHI    0  1636  1636     0  1349  25
  19 Corretja, Alex             ESP    0  1555  1555     0    30  23
  20 Schalken, Sjeng            NED    0  1525  1525     0   385  28
  21 Gaudio, Gaston             ARG    0  1490  1490     0   730  20
  22 El Aynaoui, Younes         MAR    0  1435  1435     0   462  29
  23 Chela, Juan Ignacio        ARG    0  1240  1240     0   696  28
  24 Rios, Marcelo              CHI    0  1230  1230     0   265  23
  25 Malisse, Xavier            BEL    0  1225  1225     0   180  23
  26 Pavel, Andrei              ROM    0  1225  1225     0   120  26
  27 Kafelnikov, Yevgeny        RUS    0  1190  1190     0 -1900  25
  28 Blake, James               USA    0  1170  1170     0   636  24
  29 Lapentti, Nicolas          ECU    0  1090  1090     0   -80  28
  30 Robredo, Tommy             ESP    0  1050  1050     0   -30  25
  31 Rusedski, Greg             GBR    0  1010  1010     0   -65  23
  32 Youzhny, Mikhail           RUS    0   995   995     0   379  26
  33 Schuettler, Rainer         GER    0   980   980     0    95  30
  34 Escude, Nicolas            FRA    0   960   960     0  -170  21
  35 Santoro, Fabrice           FRA    0   955   955     0  -255  26
  36 Mathieu, Paul-Henri        FRA    0   952   952     0   696  25
  37 Kuerten, Gustavo           BRA    0   935   935     0 -2920  19
  38 Clement, Arnaud            FRA    0   925   925     0  -550  23
  39 Ferreira, Wayne            RSA    0   875   875     0   275  20
  40 Nieminen, Jarkko           FIN    1   875   837    38   272  30
  41 Acasuso, Jose              ARG   -1   868   868     0   394  26
  42 Gambill, Jan-Michael       USA    0   825   825     0  -390  27
  43 Mirnyi, Max                BLR    0   810   810     0  -205  27
  44 Enqvist, Thomas            SWE    0   810   810     0  -355  19
  45 Coria, Guillermo           ARG    0   778   778     0   -97  22
  46 Sanguinetti, Davide        ITA    1   773   773     0   322  27
  47 Martin, Todd               USA    1   755   755     0   135  18
  48 Bjorkman, Jonas            SWE    1   745   745     0   140  24
  49 Ljubicic, Ivan             CRO    1   735   735     0  -247  27
  50 Calleri, Agustin           ARG   -4   730   775   -45   168  24
  51 Hrbaty, Dominik            SVK    0   726   726     0  -279  33
  52 Arthurs, Wayne             AUS    0   720   720     0   202  26
  53 Zabaleta, Mariano          ARG    0   711   711     0    97  28
  54 Koubek, Stefan             AUT    0   685   685     0    87  31
  55 Mantilla, Felix            ESP    0   680   680     0  -170  27
  56 Massu, Nicolas             CHI    0   680   680     0   170  22
  57 Dent, Taylor               USA    0   676   676     0   350  27
  58 Vicente, Fernando          ESP    0   671   671     0   -44  34
  59 Ferrer, David              ESP    0   645   645     0   466  29
  60 Sanchez, David             ESP    0   642   642     0   111  27
  61 Martin, Alberto            ESP    0   640   640     0  -293  27
  62 Lopez, Feliciano           ESP    0   633   633     0   391  25
  63 Stepanek, Radek            CZE    0   633   633     0   598  16
  64 Rochus, Olivier            BEL    0   624   624     0   258  26
  65 Carlsen, Kenneth           DEN    0   621   621     0   372  23
  66 Sa, Andre                  BRA    0   607   607     0   126  27
  67 Spadea, Vincent            USA    0   590   590     0   270  33
  68 Voinea, Adrian             ROM    0   579   579     0   154  26
  69 Kratochvil, Michel         SUI    0   570   570     0  -266  27
  70 Sluiter, Raemon            NED    0   567   567     0   263  29
  71 Dupuis, Anthony            FRA    0   566   566     0   113  30
  72 Kiefer, Nicolas            GER    0   550   550     0  -370  26
  73 Voltchkov, Vladimir        BLR    0   550   550     0   130  20
  74 Pless, Kristian            DEN    0   548   548     0   -12  32
  75 Meligeni, Fernando         BRA    0   538   538     0    -1  25
  76 Ulihrach, Bohdan           CZE    0   530   530     0  -525  29
  77 Burgsmuller, Lars          GER    0   525   525     0    24  34
  78 Boutter, Julien            FRA    1   513   513     0  -197  28
  79 Horna, Luis                PER   -1   507   515    -8   219  25
  80 Montanes, Albert           ESP    0   501   501     0   -84  31
  81 Fish, Mardy                USA    5   498   468    30   219  21
  82 Squillari, Franco          ARG   -1   494   494     0  -196  27
  83 Philippoussis, Mark        AUS   -1   490   490     0    90  15
  84 Kucera, Karol              SVK   -1   483   483     0    71  21
  85 Davydenko, Nikolay         RUS   -1   483   483     0   -29  37
  86 Verkerk, Martin            NED    5   472   430    42   234  28
  87 Portas, Albert             ESP    0   450   450     0  -770  28
  88 Saretta, Flavio            BRA   -3   449   471   -22    28  26
  89 Arazi, Hicham              MAR   -1   443   443     0  -712  25
  90 Melzer, Jurgen             AUT   -1   441   441     0   217  21
  91 Lee, Hyung-Taik            KOR   -1   435   435     0    71  24
  92 Labadze, Irakli            GEO    0   427   427     0    38  32
  93 Rosset, Marc               SUI    3   426   409    17    67  28
  94 Mutis, Olivier             FRA   -1   415   415     0   299  18
  95 Savolt, Attila             HUN   -1   414   414     0   -33  28
  96 Norman, Dick               BEL   -1   411   411     0   193  24
  97 Vahaly, Brian              USA    1   399   399     0   311  27
  98 Di Pasquale, Arnaud        FRA    1   398   398     0   127  17
  99 Morrison, Jeff             USA   -2   389   399   -10   174  21
 100 Sargsian, Sargis           ARM    1   385   385     0  -154  25
 101 Krajan, Zeljko             CRO    1   383   383     0   161  31
 102 Gimelstob, Justin          USA    1   381   381     0   172  29
 103 Llodra, Michael            FRA    1   380   380     0   -84  26
 104 Lisnard, Jean-Rene         FRA    1   380   380     0   247  26
 105 Norman, Magnus             SWE    1   378   378     0  -362  25
 106 Ginepri, Robby             USA   -6   377   394   -17   165  25
 107 Knowle, Julian             AUT    0   375   375     0    78  30
 108 Balcells, Juan             ESP    0   374   374     0   -69  30
 109 Mamiit, Cecil              USA    0   371   371     0    -6  32
 110 Vacek, Jan                 CZE    0   369   369     0  -157  33
 111 Golmard, Jerome            FRA    0   365   365     0  -357  19
 112 Krajicek, Richard          NED    0   350   350     0   350  14
 113 Ancic, Mario               CRO    0   350   350     0   239  27
 114 Waske, Alexander           GER    0   348   348     0   217  24
 115 van Lottum, John           NED    0   346   346     0    13  23
 116 Clavet, Francisco          ESP    0   345   345     0  -370  24
 117 Popp, Alexander            GER    0   344   344     0   114  18
 118 Kim, Alex                  USA    3   338   331     7   195  27
 119 Puerta, Mariano            ARG   -1   338   338     0   199  19
 120 Pioline, Cedric            FRA   -1   335   335     0  -162  22
 121 Heuberger, Ivo             SUI   -1   333   333     0   -34  34
 122 Gaudenzi, Andrea           ITA    0   329   329     0  -372  29
 123 Kohlmann, Michael          GER    0   328   328     0   -39  30
 124 Delgado, Ramon             PAR    0   323   323     0  -127  24
 125 Beck, Karol                SVK    0   322   322     0   214  23
 126 Chang, Michael             USA    0   321   321     0  -124  27
 127 Hipfl, Markus              AUT    0   321   321     0  -199  22
 128 Galvani, Stefano           ITA    0   318   318     0    31  30
 129 Okun, Noam                 ISR    0   308   315    -7   -55  21
 130 Coutelot, Nicolas          FRA    0   306   306     0    28  24
 131 Thomann, Nicolas           FRA    0   299   299     0   135  23
 132 Calatrava, Alex            ESP    1   297   297     0  -118  25
 133 Blanco, Galo               ESP    1   296   296     0  -391  30
 134 Mello, Ricardo             BRA    1   295   295     0    -4  25
 135 Stoliarov, Andrei          RUS    1   290   290     0  -220  33
 136 Galimberti, Giorgio        ITA    1   285   285     0    86  31
 137 Draper, Scott              AUS   -5   280   298   -18   115  14
 138 Carraz, Gregory            FRA    1   280   280     0    82  29
 139 Kunitcin, Igor             RUS    1   280   280     0   207  24
 140 Suzuki, Takao              JPN    1   278   278     0   117  18
 141 Brasington, Jack           USA   -3   276   280    -4    85  21
 142 Behrend, Tomas             GER    0   273   273     0   -38  19
 143 Gross, Oliver              GER    0   269   269     0    12  27
 144 Bachelot, Jean-Francois    FRA    0   264   264     0   126  21
 145 Ramirez-Hidalgo, Ruben     ESP    0   260   260     0    14  26
 146 Rochus, Christophe         BEL    0   258   258     0  -292  27
 147 Fukarek, Ota               CZE    0   256   256     0  -140  25
 148 Zib, Tomas                 CZE    7   254   243    11    90  25
 149 Marin, Juan Antonio        CRC   -1   254   254     0   -51  26
 150 Miranda, Ivan              PER   -1   252   252     0   163  18
 151 Phau, Bjorn                GER    2   251   243     8    45  29
 152 Radic, Mario               CRO   -2   249   249     0   143  29
 153 Larsson, Magnus            SWE   -2   248   248     0   -41  17
 154 Volandri, Filippo          ITA   -2   244   244     0    69  26
 155 Mazarakis, Vasilis         GRE   -1   243   243     0    18  23
 156 Bastl, George              SUI    0   240   240     0  -126  29
 157 Eschauer, Werner           AUT    0   240   240     0    66  17
 158 Goldstein, Paul            USA    0   240   236     4   -35  24
 159 Zovko, Lovro               CRO   20   237   203    34   108  23
 160 Russell, Michael           USA   -1   234   234     0  -232  31
 161 Saulnier, Cyril            FRA   -1   232   232     0   -56  18
 162 van Scheppingen, Dennis    NED   -1   232   232     0  -111  21
 163 Rehnquist, Bjorn           SWE   -1   231   231     0    82  22
 164 Simoni, Alexandre          BRA   -1   229   229     0  -163  28
 165 Vliegen, Kristof           BEL   -1   226   226     0   185  17
 166 Gasquet, Richard           FRA   -1   225   225     0   223  14
 167 Varlet, Julien             FRA   -1   224   224     0   170  20
 168 Ogorodov, Oleg             UZB   -1   219   219     0   -42  28
 169 Delfino, Mariano           ARG   -1   215   215     0   124  19
 170 Hanescu, Victor            ROM   -1   215   215     0    39  25
 171 Ketola, Tuomas             FIN   -1   213   213     0    67  25
 172 Parmar, Arvind             GBR   -1   209   209     0    31  23
 173 Verdasco, Fernando         ESP   -1   208   208     0   157  19
 174 Giner, Juan                ESP   -1   208   208     0   164  20
 175 Karlovic, Ivo              CRO    5   207   203     4    10  25
 176 Soderling, Robin           SWE   -2   206   206     0   150  18
 177 Kendrick, Robert           USA    4   206   202     4    34  27
 178 Elseneer, Gilles           BEL   -2   205   205     0    23  19
 179 Luczak, Peter              AUS   -4   205   206    -1    91  24
 180 Caratti, Cristiano         ITA   -3   204   204     0    54  21
 181 Vinciguerra, Andreas       SWE    7   199   182    17  -826  23
 182 Vassallo-Arguello, Martin  ITA   -4   198   203    -5    12  22
 183 Vosloo, Louis              RSA   -1   198   198     0   113  24
 184 Golovanov, Denis           RUS   -1   192   192     0     8  25
 185 Kutsenko, Vadim            UZB   -1   192   192     0   -62  23
 186 Roitman, Sergio            ARG   -1   190   190     0    31  21
 187 Furlan, Renzo              ITA   -1   184   184     0   -15  19
 188 Starace, Potito            ITA   -1   183   183     0   109  18
 189 Lopez, Marc                ESP    0   181   181     0  -139  22
 190 Gallardo, Miguel           MEX    3   180   175     5    46  22
 191 Peya, Alexander            AUT   -1   179   179     0   -21  28
 192 Schukin, Yuri              RUS    2   179   175     4   -91  34
 193 Perez, Didac               ESP   -2   177   177     0    16  20
 194 Lu, Yen-Hsun               TPE   -2   175   175     0   140  20
 195 Taino, Eric                USA    1   172   172     0    24  24
 196 Charpentier, Marcelo       ARG    1   172   172     0    65  15
 197 Moyano, Diego              ARG    1   170   171    -1    69  15
 198 Bogomolov, Alex            USA    1   169   169     0   152  21
 199 Herm-Zahlava, Jakub        GER    2   168   167     1   114  14
 200 Lee, Martin                GBR    0   167   167     0  -232  23

 

[Chloe le Bopper]

Hass at number 11? *shakes her head at Tommy*

David is on the cusp - come on, start the season well and break the top ten before Wimbledon (when you defend a third of your points )

Ferrero defends next to nothing untill Monte Carlo.

Hewitt and Agassi defend nothing at the Australian Open.

Marat will struggle to hold his ranking, or rise it above those three, unless he wins the aussie. Even then...

 

[Layla]

Thank you for posting the rankings. I haven't bothered to look for them yet.

YES! Arnaud Di Pasquale finished the year in the top 100 after all, which is a great achievement, since he was ranked around 350 in April and had to qualify for small challengers like Ljubljana. Congrats to him.

Congrats to Ferrero as well for finishing the year on such a good note and reaching #4. Unlike Safin, he has nothing to defend come the Australian Open. But Marat did improve his points by almost 1000, which however is nothing compared to Moya, who really had a fantastic year considering his previous form and rankings. It's great to see him back at the top where he belongs. Novak also had an outstanding year in terms of consistency which earned him a place in the top 8. Well done.

As for disappointments, the major drop in points happened to one of the sweetest and most popular players on the tour, Guga, which is very sad indeed. But he will have ample opportunities to climb back to where he belongs next year, if he remains healthy. And the other one is Yevgeny. It's bizarre to see him down to 27 after he spent most of the year (the first half anyway) in the top 3. For me personally, the greatest disappointment was Grosjean, who dropped 1150 points. He had flashes of brilliance but was too inconsistent. I wish him a brilliant year in 2003.

 

[Chloe le Bopper]

Injuries aside, I think we'll see Guga in the top ten again next year

Maybe he can even win the US Open (but leave the French alone, share in the wealth, share in the wealth!)

Grosjean spent sections of this year injured. I'm sure we haven't seen the last of him.

I might also point out that Ferrero is the first spaniard since Brugera to finish consecutive years in the top 5. Here is to a healthy injury free season in 2003, do it again!

 

[TheBoiledEgg]

Carlos has nothing really to defend until Monte Carlo

I'm sure we'll see more ups and downs from Marat in 2003 (hopefully more ups)

Misha should be seeded for AUS OPEN too now

 

[TheBoiledEgg]

One thing i don't get is how Krajicek has 14 tourns , he had 12 when he appeared on ranks (his 1st tourn for 20 months)

 

[Doris Loeffel]

Wow Rosset still under top 100!! So he got his goal not having to qualify for AO!!

Little disapointment for Kratochvil, Bastl, and Heuberger who all dropped in the rankings.

And of course Roger top swiss (Still a bit sad as he had heaps of chances to finish even better....)

 

[Scotso]

I hope Karol breaks the top 100 next year.

 

[TennisHack]

All of my boys, with the exception of 1, have improved on their 2001 seasons

Juan Carlos only moved 1 spot from last year's year-end rankings to this year's, but what a hard-fought battle especially after being injured for almost the entire first half of the year. Bravo!! His game and his record on all surfaces has improved, and he has a winning record on all the different surfaces this year

James Blake made a huge leap, not only in the rankings but in his game. He finished 2001 at #74, and this year he's sitting pretty in the Top 30 for the first time, at #28 He also won his first singles and doubles titles and challenged for two more. I really am looking forward to seeing his improvement next year. I especially hope for good things during the summer

My favorite Finn continues to improve by leaps and bounds Jarkko Nieminen, though ranked a little higher during the summer when he played tour-level events for the first time, jumps from #61 (the first Finn to finish in the Top 100 in ten years) last year to #40. As I said, he had stints in the mid-30s, on the strength of his many challenger wins last year that allowed him to have direct entry into main draws this year. I am especially looking forward to seeing him battle it out on the clay, as his first big points to defend are coming up before Roland Garros.

Michel Kratochvil is my lone disappointment, dropping from #46 to #69. He had some huge wins this year but was unable to defend his points after the US Open, where he had previously reached two finals. Plus he was sick all during Basel And, his first points to defend are semifinals at Auckland, so I hope a nice long rest and some fun in the snow in Switzerland will bring him back to the game with a fresh mentality. He's looking to be a bit of a late bloomer, but I believe winning that first title will help his confidence immensely.

 

[babydoll]

Go Andy!!!!! #10 baby!

 

[Nimi]

I see an Israeli there
Go Noam!

Guga will be unseeded in OZ
Someone's going to be very depressed.

 

[Dissident]

Guga will play Auckland a week before the Aussie, to get used to the courts and maybe try to go up to maybe get seeded. Who knows... Many players can possibly NOT play there.

And he did not at all play 19 tournaments this season.

Aussie Open
B. Aires
Mallorca
Roma TMS
Hamburg TMS
Roland Garros
Stuttgart Out
Los Angeles
Canada TMS
Cincinnati TMS
US Open
Salvador
Lyon
Madrid TMS
Paris TMS

That makes 15
Oh well...

 

[TheBoiledEgg]

I think they add the tourns where they have to play onto their totals which is weird

Guga missed WIMBLEDON, Indian Wells TMS, Miami TMS & Monte Carlo TMS,

 

[Hurley]

Yes, they do, Eggy.

They give you the "0" but it still counts towards your total results.

 

[Static]

Marco isn't in top 200 yet

 

[Ma. Estefania]

Magnus finished at 105, well, not bad after the fact that he has been kinda recovering yet from many injuries.
I hope he can be healthy for next year....and that all those damn problems on his hip can disappear!

 

[Dissident]

Oh, ok, that makes sense.
Thanks TBE and Hurley.

 

[Chloe le Bopper]

Thankfully Guga has many months to get his ranking up for Roland Garros seeds.

And good lord, he better.

 

[Scotso]

I hope he doesn't

RG 1st Round:

Gustavo Kuerten vs. Andre Agassi

 

[Chloe le Bopper]

That would be beautiful Scott.

But the odds of that are as good as first round Guga vs Ferrero.

However, the only way Guga won't raise his rank is if he doesn't play.