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Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis,rec.answers,news.answers Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!hookup!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!darwin.sura.net!cc.gatech.edu!news From: csmith@cc.gatech.edu (Christopher Smith) Subject: FAQ for rec.sport.tennis (2/5) - Rankings Message-ID: <rst2_766531512@cc.gatech.edu> Followup-To: poster Summary: Answers to frequently asked questions about tennis, including information about professional tournaments, rankings and players. Sender: news@cc.gatech.edu Supersedes: <rst2_763476407@cc.gatech.edu> Reply-To: csmith@cc.gatech.edu (Christopher Smith) Organization: Georgia Tech College of Computing References: <rst1_766531512@cc.gatech.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 1994 21:25:31 GMT Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: Wed, 25 May 1994 21:25:12 GMT Lines: 386 Xref: bloom-beacon.mit.edu rec.sport.tennis:15159 rec.answers:4933 news.answers:18163 Archive-name: tennis-faq/rankings FAQ for rec.sport.tennis -- File 2 of 5 Rankings File Item Title --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 -9- ATP - IBM/ATP Rankings (Men) . . . . . . . . . * -10- WTA - Virginia Slims Rankings (Women) . . . . . -11- WTA - Virginia Slims Bonus Pool Points (Women) -12- ATP Rankings - List of #1's . . . . . . . . . . -13- WTA Rankings - List of #1's . . . . . . . . . . --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -9- ATP - IBM/ATP Rankings (Men) NOTE: The point system has been modified as of 1994. The following changes are reflected: In Grand Slam events, winners receive 120 more points and finalists 50 more points than in 1993. For Championship Series events, winners receive 50 more points and finalists 25 more points than in 1993. ATP RANKING SYSTEM, written by Clark Coleman (clc5q@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU) Here is the complete information about the computer ranking points on the IBM/ATP Tour. Players are ranked on the basis of their best 14 results in the previous 52 weeks. Prize money listed is on-site (not including hotel rooms, etc., called "hospitality") and is in U.S. Dollars. Total Computer Points Category Prize Money W F S Q 16 32 64 128 -------- ----------- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- ----- Grand Slams 4,000,000 640 440 260 130 65 33 17 1 3,750,000 630 433 255 128 64 32 16 1 3,500,000 620 425 250 125 63 32 16 1 3,250,000 610 418 245 123 62 31 16 1 3,000,000 600 410 240 120 60 30 15 1 2,750,000 590 403 235 118 59 30 15 1 2,500,000 580 395 230 115 58 29 15 1 2,250,000 570 388 225 113 57 29 15 1 2,000,000 560 380 220 110 55 28 14 1 Championship 2,250,000 380 273 165 83 42 21 11 1 Series 2,125,000 370 265 160 80 40 20 10 1 2,000,000 360 258 155 78 39 20 10 1 1,875,000 350 250 150 75 38 19 10 1 1,750,000 340 243 145 73 37 19 10 1 1,625,000 330 235 140 70 35 18 9 1 1,500,000 320 228 135 68 34 17 9 1 1,375,000 310 220 130 65 33 17 1 1 1,250,000 300 213 125 63 32 16 1 1,125,000 290 205 120 60 30 15 1 1,000,000 280 198 115 58 29 15 1 875,000 270 190 110 55 28 14 1 750,000 260 183 105 53 27 14 1 625,000 250 175 100 50 25 13 1 World 1,000,000 200 150 100 50 25 13 1 Series 875,000 190 143 95 48 24 12 1 750,000 180 135 90 45 23 12 1 625,000 170 128 85 43 22 11 1 550,000 160 120 80 40 20 10 1 475,000 150 113 75 38 19 10 1 400,000 140 105 70 35 18 9 1 325,000 130 98 65 33 17 9 1 250,000 120 90 60 30 15 8 1 175,000 110 83 55 28 14 7 1 Challengers* 125,000+H 90 68 45 23 12 1 125,000 80 60 40 20 10 1 100,000 70 53 35 18 9 1 75,000 60 45 30 15 8 1 50,000 50 38 25 13 7 1 25,000 40 30 20 10 5 1 * Any Challenger providing hospitality will receive the points of the next highest prize money level. (Note: 125,000 + H points are shown). First Round Losers ------------------ First round losers always receive 1 point. Any player who reached the second round by drawing a bye and then loses will receive second round prize money but only 1 point. Bonus Points ------------ Main Draw Bonus Points ---------------------- The following points are awarded for defeating a player ranked #1 through 200 or a doubles team ranked 2 through 400. The match must actually be played, not a walk-over. 1. Singles ------- Ranking Bonus Points ------- ------------ 1 50 2-5 45 6-10 36 11-20 24 21-30 18 31-50 12 51-75 6 75-100 3 101-150 2 151-200 1 2. Doubles ------- Ranking Bonus Points ------- ------------ 2-3 50 4-10 45 11-20 36 21-40 24 41-60 18 61-100 12 101-150 6 151-200 3 201-300 2 301-400 1 You compute the sum of the doubles rankings of the opposing team members (which could only be 2 if they were tied for #1) and thus there is no #1 listed, and all the rankings are twice as much as the corresponding singles rankings. Qualifying Points ----------------- A player or team gaining entry to an event through a qualifying competition shall receive one half the points awarded to a second round loser in that event as bonus points, in addition to whatever points they actually earn in the event. Lucky losers do not receive these bonus points. There are no bonus points awarded in the qualifying event itself, regardless of opponents' rankings. Ranking Penalty: Withdrawals After 12 Noon Eastern Time USA ----------------------------------------------------------- If a player withdraws from an event after 12 Noon Eastern Time USA on the Friday before the start of the event, he will be penalized in the rankings by one event per 12 month period, e.g. he will be ranked by his best 13 events instead of his best 14 events after one such infraction, by his best 12 events after 2 such infractions, etc. The penalty shall remain in force for 52 weeks after the time of the infraction. This penalty shall be waived if, within the first 3 days of the main draw, the player is examined on-site by the tournament doctor and deemed incapable of competing at a professional level. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -10- WTA - Virginia Slims Rankings (Women) VIRGINIA SLIMS RANKINGS POINTS (WTA), written by Natasha Austria (U58476@uicvm.uic.edu) and edited by Shun Cheung The women's computer rankings are determined as follows: Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in a tournament. Bonus points, based on the rankings of opponents beaten in each round, are added. The only exception is the Virginia Slims Championship, where a player gets the higher between (1) ranking points she gets based on the method described above and (2) her ranking point average going into the VS Championship (described below) plus any bonus points she receives there. The total points awarded for each tournament played within a 52-week period are added & then divided by the number of tournaments played in that same period (minimum divisor of 12 tournaments: if one plays 11 or fewer, her points will still be divided by 12). Unlike the men's system, all the women's results count with the exception of Federation Cup, Olympics, & exhibitions. Of player must have played in at least three tournaments in the last calendar year to obtain a ranking. The current ranking system awards points based on the tier of a tournament as well as the type of draw (the number of players in the main draw in a tournament). Draw Winner Fin. SF QF Rof16 Rof32 Rof64 Rof128 Grand Slams 128 520 364 234 130 72 44 26 2 VS Championships 16 390 273 175 97 - - - - Lipton 96 260 182 117 65 36 22 13 1 Tier I ($750K) 64 260 182 117 65 36 22 1 - Tier I ($750K) 32 260 182 117 65 36 1 - - Tier II ($400K) 64 210 147 95 53 27 14 1 - Tier II ($400K) 32 210 147 95 53 27 1 - - Tier III ($150K) 64 160 112 72 40 21 11 1 - Tier III ($150K) 32 160 112 72 40 21 1 - - Tier IV ($100K) 64 100 70 45 25 13 7 1 - Tier IV ($100K) 32 100 70 45 25 13 1 - - $75,000 32 60 42 27 15 8 1 - - $50,000 32 40 28 19 12 6 1 - - $25,000 32 25 18 11 7 4 1 - - $10,000 (M) 12 8.5 5.5 3 1 - - - $10,000 32 6 4 2.75 1.5 0.75 0.3 - - $ 5,000 (M) 6 4 2.75 1.5 1 - - - Quality (Bonus) Points: Loser's Rank Bonus Worth Grand Slam Points 1 75 112.5 *the $275K Sydney tournament 2 68 102 is treated as a Tier II 3-5 60 90 6-10 45 67.5 **source: 1994 WTA media guide 11-15 30 45 16-30 20 30 31-50 10 15 51-75 6 9 76-100 4 6 101-150 3 4.5 151-200 1.5 2.3 201-300 1 1.5 301-500 0.5 0.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -11- WTA - Virginia Slims Bonus Pool Points (Women) (Formerly Kraft Tour Points) Written by Shun Cheung (shun.cheung@att.com) The Virginia Slims Bonus Pool points are used to determine the eligibility for the year-end Virginia Slims Championship at the Madison Square Garden in New York City (the top 16 qualify) and each player's share of the bonus money pool. Otherwise, they are of little significance and should NOT be confused with the ranking points. The Virginia Slims Bonus Pool points for each player is the simple sum of points she receives from all tournaments in a calendar year. For each tournament, they are solely determined by how far a player advances; there are NO quality (bonus) points for beating highly ranked players. Since Virginia Slims Bonus Pool points are a simple sum, some players whose rankings might not be in the top 20 but play a lot of tournaments can earn enough points to quality for the VS Championship. Moreover, since every player starts with 0 point at the beginning of a calendar year, those who play a lot of tournaments at the beginning of a year may rank very high in Virginia Slims Bonus Pool points during that period. This distortion tends to disappear towards the second half of the year. Below is a table showing how many points are given for the different levels of tournaments. Winner Fin. SF QF Rof16 Rof32 Rof64 Rof128 Grand Slams 900 630 400 200 110 55 27 14 VS Championships 820 575 370 190 100 - - - Lipton 500 350 225 110 60 30 15 8 Tier I ($750K) 470 330 210 105 55 28 13 - Tier II ($375K) 300 210 135 70 35 18 9 - Tier III ($150K) 190 135 85 45 20 10 5 - Tier IV ($100K) 110 75 50 25 10 6 3 - Source: WTA 1994 Media Guide ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -12- ATP Rankings - List of #1's Since Inception of Rankings Complete list of #1s on the ATP computer rankings (tennis, men's single) Compiled by Shun Cheung NAME Duration Total (weeks) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Nastase 1973-08-23 to 1974-06-02 40 40 2. Newcombe 1974-06-03 to 1974-07-28 8 8 3. Connors 1974-07-29 to 1977-08-22 160 268 4. Borg 1977-08-23 to 1977-08-29 1 109 Connors 1977-08-30 to 1979-04-08 84 Borg 1979-04-09 to 1979-05-20 6 Connors 1979-05-21 to 1979-07-08 7 Borg 1979-07-09 to 1980-03-02 34 5. McEnroe 1980-03-03 to 1980-03-23 3 170 Borg 1980-03-24 to 1980-08-10 20 McEnroe 1980-08-11 to 1980-08-17 1 Borg 1980-08-18 to 1981-07-05 46 McEnroe 1981-07-06 to 1981-07-19 2 Borg 1981-07-20 to 1981-08-02 2 McEnroe 1981-08-03 to 1982-09-12 58 Connors 1982-09-13 to 1982-10-31 7 McEnroe 1982-11-01 to 1982-11-07 1 Connors 1982-11-08 to 1982-11-14 1 McEnroe 1982-11-15 to 1983-01-30 11 Connors 1983-01-31 to 1983-02-06 1 McEnroe 1983-02-07 to 1983-02-13 1 Connors 1983-02-14 to 1983-02-27 2 6. Lendl 1983-02-28 to 1983-05-15 11 270 Connors 1983-05-16 to 1983-06-05 3 McEnroe 1983-06-06 to 1983-06-12 1 Connors 1983-06-13 to 1983-07-03 3 McEnroe 1983-07-04 to 1983-10-30 17 Lendl 1983-10-31 to 1983-12-11 6 McEnroe 1983-12-12 to 1984-01-08 4 Lendl 1984-01-09 to 1984-03-11 9 McEnroe 1984-03-12 to 1984-06-10 13 Lendl 1984-06-11 to 1984-06-17 1 McEnroe 1984-06-18 to 1984-07-08 3 Lendl 1984-07-09 to 1984-08-12 5 McEnroe 1984-08-13 to 1985-08-18 53 Lendl 1985-08-19 to 1985-08-25 1 McEnroe 1985-08-26 to 1985-09-08 2 Lendl 1985-09-09 to 1988-09-11 157 7. Wilander 1988-09-12 to 1989-01-29 20 20 Lendl 1989-01-30 to 1990-08-12 80 8. Edberg 1990-08-13 to 1991-01-27 24 72 9. Becker 1991-01-28 to 1991-02-17 3 12 Edberg 1991-02-18 to 1991-07-07 20 Becker 1991-07-08 to 1991-09-08 9 Edberg 1991-09-09 to 1992-02-09 22 10. Courier 1992-02-10 to 1992-03-22 6 58 Edberg 1992-03-23 to 1992-04-12 3 Courier 1992-04-13 to 1992-09-13 22 Edberg 1992-09-14 to 1992-10-04 3 Courier 1992-10-05 to 1993-04-11 27 11. Sampras 1993-04-12 to 1993-08-22 19 19+ Courier 1993-08-23 to 1993-09-12 3 Sampras 1993-09-13 to ? The ATP computer rankings on men's singles tennis began in 1973. I have verified this list with several different sources. In particular, Clark Coleman (who used to post frequently in this group) checked it against an official ATP Guide and it is generally correct. Some of the dates may be off by a day or two because rankings don't always change on Mondays (e.g. the final of an event is delayed to a Monday or Tuesday because of rain, etc.), hence affecting the calculation of the durations, which may be off by a week. Otherwise, this list is correct to the best of my knowledge. Those who find errors in this list please let me know. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -13- WTA Rankings - List of #1's Since November, 1975 Complete list of #1s on the WTA computer rankings since November, 1975 (tennis, women's single) Compiled by Shun Cheung NAME Duration Total (weeks) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Evert 1975-11- ? to 1978-07-09 ~140 ~262 2. Navratilova 1978-07-10 to 1979-01-13 26 331 Evert 1979-01-14 to 1979-01-27 2 Navratilova 1979-01-28 to 1979-02-24 4 Evert 1979-02-25 to 1979-04-15 7 Navratilova 1979-04-16 to 1979-06-24 10 Evert 1979-06-25 to 1979-09-09 11 Navratilova 1979-09-10 to 1980-04-06 30 3. Austin 1980-04-07 to 1980-04-20 2 22 Navratilova 1980-04-21 to 1980-06-30 10 Austin 1980-07-01 to 1980-11-17 20 Evert 1980-11-18 to 1982-05-02 76 Navratilova 1982-05-03 to 1982-05-16 2 Evert 1982-05-17 to 1982-06-13 4 Navratilova 1982-06-14 to 1985-06-09 156 Evert 1985-06-10 to 1985-10-13 18 Navratilova 1985-10-14 to 1985-10-27 2 Evert 1985-10-28 to 1985-11-24 4 Navratilova 1985-11-25 to 1987-08-16 90 4. Graf 1987-08-17 to 1991-03-10 186 190+ 5. Seles 1991-03-11 to 1991-08-04 21 113 Graf 1991-08-05 to 1991-08-11 1 Seles 1991-08-12 to 1991-08-18 1 Graf 1991-08-19 to 1991-09-08 3 Seles 1991-09-09 to 1993-06-06 91 Graf 1993-06-07 to ? Source: 1994 WTA Media Guide ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -- Christopher Smith . . . . . Georgia Tech. . . . . csmith@cc.gatech.edu rec.sport.tennis FAQ . . . . available via anon ftp from rtfm.mit.edu -- Christopher Smith . . . . . Georgia Tech. . . . . csmith@cc.gatech.edu rec.sport.tennis FAQ . . . . available via anon ftp from rtfm.mit.edu