Thanks Toby. On the day that he was steveg's rankings loser of the week and was described as "now retired", that's brilliant news! I wish him all the best getting ready for his return and hope that his PR helps him work his way back up the rankings when he does come back.

lets hope he can get back to form quickly. i would imagine playing futures indoors he can pick up some good points?

Protected ranking

The calculation isn't specified in the 2007 ATP rulebook but from 2005:

"... determined by the player's average INDESIT ATP Entry System position during the first three (3) months of his injury"

This means that Jonny's PR (which he can use to enter a limited number of tournaments after he comes back) will be 324 assuming that his injury officially started on 16 July, the day he was due to see the specialist according to jonnymarray.net.

Another week later and it would be 340.

Either way, that'll put him in Futures main draws and Challenger qualifying (maybe the odd Challenger main draw too) but obviously it won't allow him to defend his AO qualifying points, which will be all he has left after this week.

-- Edited by steven at 15:14, 2007-11-20

Maybe he'll be the fastest rising Brit next year