The Dearth of Futures Success

mjd · Challenger qualifying

RE: The Dearth of Futures Success

Count Zero · Tennis legend

ahh threadromancy, always easy to get caught out.

steven · Tennis legend

Fascinating stats, Akhenaten, thanks!

Looking at this (31 Futures held in 2005), it's no wonder we had twice as many men in the top 500 then as we do now. In fact, comparing GB Futures held in each year with the number of Brits in the top 500 at the end of the year, we get:

2002 - 10 Futures - 11 in top 500 at year end
2003 - 10 (=) Futures - 10 (-9%) in top 500 at year end
2004 - 16 (+60%) Futures - 15 (+50%) in top 500 at year end
2005 - 31 (+94%) Futures - 18 (+20%) in top 500 at year end
2006 - 22 (-29%) Futures - 13 (-28%) in top 500 at year end
2007 - 22 (=) Futures - 8 (-38%) in top 500 at year end
2008 - 17 (-23%) Futures - 10 (+25%) in top 500 as at 3 Nov

-- Edited by steven at 15:03, 2008-11-04

Count Zero · Tennis legend

do those stats actually tell us anyhting conclusive tho?

10F/17F = 10/10
16F/17F = 15/10
22F/22F = 13/8

steven · Tennis legend

No, they don't tell us anything conclusive because there are so many other factors involved, but generally if the number of GB Futures increases from one year to the next, the number of Brits in the top 500 increases too and vice versa.