Re: 2017 ATP Rankings & Schedule

by **Cromar** Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:37 am

This Metro article must be the source of the tweet you are referring to, striker...

It am not too surprised that Roger may actually skip Paris, as he realizes that the No 1 spot is probably out of reach now.

I will post the full article in the RF Schedule.

Roger Federer hints at schedule change amid Rafael Nadal chase for year-end world No. 1 https://t.co/I76Z1E5I73
— Metro Sport (@Metro_Sport) September 25, 2017

by **Cromar** Wed Sep 27, 2017 8:42 pm

From: Tennis(TT)Temple

Il y a 20 ans jour pour jour, le 22 septembre 1997, Roger Federer inscrivait ses premiers points ATP et s'emparait du 803ème rang mondial.
Il y a 5 jours - Pat13

20 years ago to this day, on September 22 1997, Roger Federer registered his first ATP points and became No 803 in the world.

Le saviez-vous ? Roger Federer a accumulé 121 092 points ATP sur l'ensemble de sa carrière, de 1997 à aujourd'hui.
Il y a 4 jours - Fed249

Did you know ? Roger Federer has amassed 121,092 ATP points over his entire career, from 1997 to date.

That's a lot of matches!! Very affraid

by **Cromar** Fri Oct 06, 2017 1:33 am

Here are the Rankings and RACE standings as of last Monday, Oct. 2nd, following the completion of the Chengdu and Shenzhen tournaments in China, won by Denis Istomin and David Goffin, respectively.

The RACE to London is heating up as we are entering the last part of the 2017 season. There are two Masters and a selection of two 500 and one 250 tournaments left for players to make their mark (a maximum gain of 3250 points in total).

So far, three players have qualified for the trip to the O2: Nadal, Roger and Zverev (he should get his 'official' qualification this week), leaving five spots up for grab (although I think Thiem should soon qualify as well).

The next in line at present (excluding Wawrinka and Djokovic who are out for the season) are:
4 - Thiem
5 - Dimitrov
6 - Cilic
7 - Carreno Busta and
8 - Querrey

However, with only 1000 points separating the 6th from the 13th player, much can still change before London. The likes of Anderson, Goffin, Berdych, Bautista Agut, and even Isner or Kyrgios, are still in contention. Nishikori and Murray (most likely) are also out for the season, while Raonic (just back from a wrist surgery) picked up yet another injury in Tokyo!

We definitively will have new faces in London this year, as out of the 8 players present at the O2 last year, only two - Cilic and Thiem - are set to make a return, plus maybe Goffin, who was alternate.

by **Cromar** Fri Oct 06, 2017 3:39 am

And also an update of the full Ranking Charts as of Oct. 2, for an overview of the current standing and projected ATP ranking points to the end of the season for the top 18 players.

Note that the players on the chart are in order of their RACE position (at the bottom of the chart) and not according to their ATP Ranking as usual. This gives a more realistic view of the actual standing of this year's top performers, seeing that several players are out with injury (Wawrinka, Djokovic, Murray ?, Nishikori, Raonic ?) and will not be defending the remaining of the points they had accumulated last year.

Roger is guaranteed to finish the year as No 2, with a very remote chance of becoming No 1, and I mean 'remote', if not impossible!... But then again, this year has been an 'impossible' year, that no one in their wildest dream could have predicted, so, as the saying goes, never say never! Wink Gif

2017 ATP Ranking Chart #4 (5 October) by RACE positions

- Roger N° 2

1/3: 2017 Ranking Chart #4 - RACE #1-6

Click image to view full size

2/3: 2017 Ranking Chart #4 - RACE #7-12

Click image to view full size

3/3: 2017 Ranking Chart #4 - RACE #13-18

Click image to view full size

by Tommymas1 Fri Oct 06, 2017 11:00 am

Had Rafa lost in the first round against Pouille in China when Lucas had 2 match points against him and missed an easy forehand on one of them it may have helped in the points area and against Rafa's confidence. Now, Rafa is in the semis and has picked up his play, making him harder to beat. Even more remote for Roger to catch him now.

by **Cromar** Fri Oct 06, 2017 6:22 pm

Here is the official announcement of Zverev qualification, as mentioned in my earlier post (re: 'Rankings and RACE'):

Alexander Zverev Qualifies For Nitto ATP Finals

Oct 06 2017 - ATP Press Release

Youngest qualifier since del Potro in 2008

Twenty-year-old Alexander Zverev is set to make his debut at the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held 12-19 November at The O2 in London. A winner of two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles this season, the German joins Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the 2017 field, leaving five places up for grabs with six weeks to go until the season-ending tournament.

“I think it's great for any player to qualify for a prestigious event that we have in London,” said Zverev, who attended the tournament in 2015 to receive his ATP Star of Tomorrow Award presented by Emirates. “It's really an award for, I think, every player that shows that you've been one of the best players, not only for one or two weeks in a year, but you've been one of the best players for the whole year. That's something special. That's an amazing achievement for me, and I think for all the other guys, as well.

“The atmosphere is amazing in London. I've been there for the award that I got two years ago. So hopefully it’s going to be similar to that. I know it's going to be very special event for me.”

Zverev, who qualified by reaching the semi-finals at the China Open in Beijing, is the youngest player to clinch a berth at the season finale since a 20-year-old Juan Martin del Potro in 2008 and the first German singles qualifier since Rainer Schuettler in 2003.

One year since lifting his first ATP World Tour trophy at the St. Petersburg Open, Zverev has won five in 2017 – tied with Nadal and Federer for the most singles titles this season. With his triumphs on clay at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome (d. Djokovic) and on hard court at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal (d. Federer), he became the first player outside the ATP’s ‘Big Four’ to win multiple Masters 1000 titles in a season since David Nalbandian in 2007.

Zverev additionally won the ATP World Tour 500 title at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C., and claimed a pair of ATP World Tour 250 titles – at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier and BMW Open by FWU in Munich. In Montpellier, he also teamed up with older brother Mischa Zverev to win the doubles title.

The Nitto ATP Finals welcomes more than 250,000 fans to The O2 arena each year, as well as generating a global TV viewership of more than 100 million, as the ATP’s best eight singles players and doubles teams compete over eight days at the biggest indoor tennis tournament in the world.

by striker Fri Oct 06, 2017 7:39 pm

^^^
So Alex gets to be in two year end finals? Including the Nexr Gen One? Will that be allowed???

by **Cromar** Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:33 pm

There seems to be no restriction for participating in both Finals. However, if qualified for both, a player would be allowed to skip the Milan Finals, the ATP Finals seemingly taking precedence (attendance to the London Finals is mandatory for players who qualified).

Info found in several press articles (eg.: skysports.com)

Zverev has also qualified for the inaugural Next Gen Finals in Milan the previous week and must now decide whether to play in both.

Players are allowed to skip the Next Gen event, featuring the leading seven players of the year aged 21 and under plus one wild card, if they are in the field for the ATP Finals.

by **Cromar** Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:06 am

"Round-by-Round" Chart for Shanghai 2017

The players are sorted according to their points at the start of the Tournament (Live Rank): Current ATP ranking points minus their points to defend from last year. The seeding was based on the rankings of Oct. 2nd.

This being the second-last Masters of the year, the results here will bear a major impact for those who are in contention for the remaining five spots at the London Finals.

Click to view full size version.

by ph∞be Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:06 pm

I, like everybody else, wish that Roger could be year end No 1 but, looking ahead to 2018, I think the most important thing is that he doesn't get injured again. He has a lot of points to defend and I am hoping he will remain healthy and strong. If that means he has to skip Paris, so be it.

by **Cromar** Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:17 am

(Also posted in the Basel 2017 tournament thread)

Here is the "Round-by-Round Chart" for Basel/Vienna...

As the Race to London heats up, all top players not injured are in action this week. Even Dimitrov, who wasn't scheduled to play, took a WC in Vienna! Shocked

The most important right now for the top players, at least, is obviously their position in the Race. Four have officially qualified so far (Nadal, Roger, Zverev, Thiem), and Dimitrov and Cilic are practically there too, so the remaining spots are scarce (2 + an alternate). But with about half-a-dozen players still in contention, all vying hard for a trip to the O2, this makes the end of this season rather exciting. Hee hee

For these reasons, this chart is actually showing the RACE points (and Race order) rather than the usual Ranking points.

Enjoy the week! Thumbs up

by **Cromar** Tue Nov 21, 2017 5:08 pm

The landscape of the ATP Rankings has indeed undergone a major metamorphose in 2017, which has been a year of unprecedented turmoil amongst top ranking players. Whether these changes will prove to be a lasting trend, signifying a real emergence of the 'Next Gen' and actual breakthrough by some of the 'lost' generation, remains to be seen...

The upcoming 2018 season, with the return from extended absences of so many (ex-top ranking) players, will be most interesting and should provide an answer to that question.

Here is a graph showing the 2017 year-end Rankings for the top 22 players, with in the background (in grey) their corresponding status at the start of the year. A turmoil, indeed! Facepalm

Will the order be restored in 2018?... Maybe not! Giggle

Zverev, Del Potro, Dimitrov Highlight Movers Of 2017

November 20 2017

2017 ATP Rankings & Schedule - Page 8 Atpwtlogo-50x50

ATP Staff

ATPWorldTour.com recaps the biggest Emirates ATP Rankings movers of the 2017 season

One of the biggest storylines of the 2017 ATP World Tour season was undoubtedly the fresh faces ascending the Emirates ATP Rankings. A new contingent of stars staked their claim with career-highs inside the Top 10, sending a message to the rest of the circuit. Meanwhile, veterans returning from injury rediscovered their elite form in returning to the upper echelons of the game.

Four players made their debut in the Top 10 in 2017: Alexander Zverev, David Goffin, Jack Sock and Pablo Carreno Busta. Zverev and Carreno Busta are the biggest movers to the Top 10, with both rising 20 spots from the start of the season. At age 20, Zverev is the youngest member of the group and is the highest-ranked German since Tommy Haas in 2002, concluding his campaign at No. 4. The first-time qualifier at the Nitto ATP Finals was bolstered by ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crowns in Rome and Montreal. Carreno Busta, meanwhile, soared from No. 30 to No. 10 behind semi-final finishes at the US Open and in Indian Wells.

The German and the Spaniard were two of five players to rise double-digit spots to the Top 10, joining fellow debutant Sock as well as Grigor Dimitrov and Roger Federer. Sock rose 15 spots to No. 8 following his title at the Rolex Paris Masters, while Nitto ATP Finals champion Dimitrov climbed 14 spots to No. 3, three years after first making his Top 10 debut. On the heels of a tour-leading seven titles, Federer impressively returned to No. 2 after falling out of the Top 10 due to injury. He also moved up 14 spots.

In addition, World No. 1 Rafael Nadal is in the top spot to conclude a season for the fourth time. After kicking off 2017 at No. 9, he has made the biggest single-season jump to year-end No. 1 since Andy Roddick went from No. 10 in 2002 to No. 1 in 2003.

Biggest Movers Inside Top 20

Player	Positions Moved	Start of 2017	End of 2017
Kevin Anderson	+53	No. 67	No. 14
Juan Martin del Potro	+27	No. 38	No. 11
Alexander Zverev	+20	No. 24	No. 4
Pablo Carreno Busta	+20	No. 30	No. 10 (career-high)
Sam Querrey	+18	No. 31	No. 13 (career-high)
Jack Sock	+15	No. 23	No. 8 (career-high)
Roger Federer	+14	No. 16	No. 2
Grigor Dimitrov	+14	No. 17	No. 3 (career-high)

While Carreno Busta, Dimitrov, Federer, Sock and Zverev enjoyed significant moves to the Top 10, two players celebrated even bigger ascents to the Top 20. Kevin Anderson soared 53 spots to No. 14 following an injury-plagued 2016 campaign, while Juan Martin del Potro rose 27 places to No. 11. With neither player having Emirates ATP Rankings points to defend in January, both will be in strong position to return to the Top 10 in the early stages of the 2018 season.

The surging #NextGenATP contingent also made great strides in climbing the Emirates ATP Rankings this year. Denis Shapovalov, the ATP Star of Tomorrow presented by Emirates, was also named the Most Improved Player in the 2017 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon for a reason. The Canadian teen vaulted 199 spots, from No. 250 to No. 51, thanks to a breakthrough semi-final run at the Rogers Cup and Round of 16 finish at the US Open.

Two other #NextGenATP stars also enjoyed moves of at least 100 spots to the Top 100, with Andrey Rublev catapulting 117 positions to No. 39 and Stefanos Tsitsipas rising 120 spots to No. 89. Rublev notched his maiden ATP World Tour title in Umag, while Tsitsipas won his first ATP Challenger Tour crown in Genova, Italy, and had a stunning run to the semi-finals at the European Open in Antwerp as a qualifier.

But no list of 2017 Emirates ATP Rankings movers would be complete without Matthew Ebden, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Filip Krajinovic and Nicolas Jarry, following their performances on the ATP Challenger Tour. The quartet are the only players to soar at least 200 spots to the Top 100. Stebe and Krajinovic were nominees for the Comeback Player of the Year in the 2017 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon, while Ebden has risen a whopping 615 spots to No. 80 in his return from knee surgery. Jarry, aged 22, makes his Top 100 debut on Monday after claiming his third title of the season in his comeback from wrist surgery.

by HeartoftheMatter Tue Nov 21, 2017 8:03 pm

Is this a representative picture of the emerging landscape in 2018? Very hard to tell. Aside from some tournament wins, there appeared to have been something that could be called "two NextGen" ATP Masters Cups, which complicates the picture for me, at least. Therefore I do not ncessarily see this outcome as a portent of how things will shape up next year.
What with the NextGen, LostGeneration and the Big Four, a suspense novel could be written. It is puzzling in many ways. All the injuries--and the technology won't go back to the way it had been, so my fear is that they will ride the hobby horse of "innovation", the changes to the scoring method as tried out in Milan.
Full sets, and advantage scoring are still very important. Instead of committing the error of changing a scoring system that has produced such wonderfully exciting and satisfying tennis, there should be a renewed effort and call for the players to move their esteemed backsides from the baseline and have some courage for some net play and serve and volley, and generally, have those treetop players take advantage of their big serves, specifically second serves, to do "more" in the way of actually playing the game. Some have done this quite well, but not all.
Tennis is not like the boardgame Monopoly, which I found go be monotonous after a while, because once huge hotels were acquired on the most desirable real estate, it was next to impossible go compete. Or maybe I was not a particularly skilled player of the game.
With tournaments af levels that require different output in terms of time and number of competitors, it never appeared quite right that those 1000 point ATP titles should be worth so much, when a Slam was worth only double that. So there is, for good or bad, dsicrepancy in that area. Someone could concentrate on playing a lot of ATP tournaments, garner a lot of points, and come out #1 at the end of the year. (We have seen this with the WTA).
Maybe a limit could be set for the number of tournaments a player can enter. The hardest thing is that some players have been playing beyond their usual limits, playing in such a way that could or should br expected mostly in tricky high stakes GS titles.
How will Murray, Wawrinka, Nishikori, Raonic and Djokovic come back. Some had operations or conclusively sustained injury that needed rehabilitation. Were all or them in need of such an absence, and pullouts, when thoe obviously can affect outcomes? Were some in some way restoring their energy?
Perhaps it is none of my business. But it could well be something the ATP and the GS tournaments could assess.
Roger sees this as an exciting mix, if that's how it will turn out. But if these trends continue, the level and quality of the game, the tournaments could be diminished.

by **Cromar** Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:03 pm

2017 ATP Rankings Final Chart

The season is over! Crying

This is the last Rankings Chart of 2017 showing the year-end results.

It has been a most unusual season, to say the least, with a number of top ranking players ending their season prematurely due to injury (Murray, Djokovic, Wawrinka, Nishikori, Raonic), and a somewhat surprising ascension of Nadal to No 1. But the greatest story of the year, without doubt, has been the fulgurant return from injury of Roger, with this unbelievable season, going from No 17 to No 2, missing the No 1 by not much! Clapping

His amazing 2017 season, his best year since 2007, with 7 Titles:

Grand Slam Trophy Gold

Masters 1000 Trophy Gold

ATP 500

Roger will start the 2018 season just 1040 points behind Nadal and 4455 points ahead of the No 3, Dimitrov. Will he get to No 1 in 2018?... Question

It's going to be a tough year, though, with so many points to defend. His performance at the AO may well set the tone for the rest of the season, as it did this year. But 2017 was truly a miracle year, with all the stars aligned, and to expect Roger to repeat that same performance next year would be rather unreasonable, I believe... although one can always hope for another miracle! Giggle

2017 ATP Ranking Chart #5 - Final (November 27)

- Roger N° 2

1/3: 2017 Ranking Chart #5 (Final) - Players 1-6

Click chart to view full size version

2/3: 2017 Ranking Final Chart #5 (Final) - Players 7-12

Click chart to view full size version

3/3: 2017 Ranking Final Chart #5 (Final) - Players 13-18

Click chart to view full size version

by **Cromar** Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:42 am

Nadal, Federer In Top 2 Year-End Emirates ATP Rankings For First Time Since 2010

Press Release

Nov 27 2017

Look back at the rankings highlights of the year

The ATP World Tour today published the 2017 year-end Emirates ATP Rankings on ATPWorldTour.com, after a memorable and exciting season that saw Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer finish in the Top 2 in the Emirates ATP Rankings for the seventh time, the first since 2010.

In addition, there were three players finishing in the Top 5 for the first time since 2003. The new trio were No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov, who closed the season by capturing the Nitto ATP Finals in London, No. 4 Alexander Zverev and No. 5 Dominic Thiem. Dimitrov, Zverev, No. 7 David Goffin, No. 8 Jack Sock and No. 10 Pablo Carreno Busta finished in the year-end Top 10 for the first time. The five first-time additions in the year-end Top 10 is the most since 1997.

The Top 10 of 2017

Rafael Nadal (ESP) – No. 1 for fourth time (2008, 2010, 2013, 2017) and oldest (31) year-end No. 1 continuing 14 years of ‘Big 4’ dominance at the top of Emirates ATP Rankings (2004-17)
Roger Federer (SUI) – Oldest (36) to finish No. 2 and record 11th time in year-end Top 2 (five times at No. 1, six times at No. 2)
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) – Jumps from No. 17 in 2016 and first player with maiden Top 10 finish at No. 3 since Djokovic in 2007
Alexander Zverev (GER) – Youngest (20) in year-end Top 4 since Djokovic at No. 3 in 2007 and first German in year-end Top 10 since No. 6 Rainer Schuettler in 2003
Dominic Thiem (AUT) – Second straight year in Top 10 and first Austrian in year-end Top 5 since No. 5 Thomas Muster in 1996
Marin Cilic (CRO) – No. 6 for second straight year and third Top 10 finish in four years
David Goffin (BEL) – First Belgian in Top 10 with career-best 59 match wins (second-most in 2017 behind Nadal with 67)
Jack Sock (USA) – First American to finish in Top 10 since No. 8 Mardy Fish in 2011 and improved from No. 23 in 2016
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) – Finishes in Top 10 for fifth year in a row and second-oldest (32) of three players 30 & over in Top 10
Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) – Improves from No. 30 in 2016, biggest jump in Top 10 (20 places) like Zverev

2017 Year-End Emirates ATP Rankings Quick Facts

* For the second year in a row France leads all countries with 10 players in the Top 100 (including six in the Top 50), followed by the United States with nine (the most since 2011) and Germany and Spain both with eight. Spain has the most in the Top 50 with seven).

* For a record seventh time Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer finish in the Top 2, the most by any duo in the history of the Emirates ATP Rankings (since 1973). Prior to this season they finished in the Top 2 from 2005-2010.

* Nadal, who ended last year No. 9, becomes the first player since Andy Roddick in 2003, to finish No. 1 from outside the Top 5 the previous season. Roddick was No. 10 in 2002 before finishing No. 1 the following season.

* Federer, who climbs from No. 16 last year to No. 2, finishes in the Top 10 for the 15th time in 16 years. Federer becomes the first player since Nadal to jump from outside the Top 10 to No. 2 the following year. Nadal went from No. 51 in 2004 to No. 2 in 2005. Federer trails Andre Agassi and Jimmy Connors, who both have a record 16 year-end Top 10 finishes.

* Serbian Filip Krajinovic makes the biggest jump (203 spots) in the Top 50 from No. 237 at the end of 2016 to a year-end ranking of No. 34.

* #NextGenATP teenager Denis Shapovalov finishes a year-end best No. 51. The 18-year-old Canadian is the youngest of three teenagers to finish in the Top 100 along with and No. 79 Frances Tiafoe (19) of the U.S and No. 91 Stefanos Tsitsipas (19) of Greece. Tsitsipas is the first Greek man to finish in the Top 100. Overall 10 #NextGen players (21 & under) are in the Top 100 year-end rankings, the most since 12 in 2008.

* Ivo Karlovic, 38, is the oldest in the Top 100 at No. 80 and one of a record 43 players aged 30 & over in the year-end Top 100.

* No. 4 Alexander Zverev and No. 33 Mischa Zverev are the first brothers in the year-end Top 35 in singles since 1991 with No. 14 Emilio Sanchez and No. 32 Javier Sanchez.

* Brazilian Marcelo Melo finishes No. 1 in doubles for the second time in three years. He and partner Lukasz Kubot of Poland are No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings in their first season together.

* Sock (No. 8 singles, No. 39 doubles), Carreno Busta (No. 10 singles, No. 44 doubles), Pablo Cuevas (No. 32 singles, No. 21 doubles), Feliciano Lopez (No. 36 singles, No. 24 doubles) and Ryan Harrison (No. 47 singles, No.16 doubles) are the only five players who ended the year in Top 50 of both singles and doubles.

The 2018 ATP World Tour season begins Sunday 31 December in Brisbane (Monday 1 January in Doha and Pune).

by HeartoftheMatter Thu Nov 30, 2017 6:57 am

Miracles come in different forms,
i Cromar. I do think we shall see a miracle or more, but not necessarily in what is expected. I do know what are the ones I would most like to see, and they are not about chasing rankings. But who knows what may come?

by Sponsored content

2017 ATP Rankings & Schedule