The Akhenaten Rankings

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RE: The Akhenaten Rankings

Akhenaten · Pro player

I've posted the Top 2500 here...

http://akhenatenratings.blogspot.com/

Akhenaten · Pro player

Hope you find this interesting. It's a summary of the major movers in the ratings I've developed - changes from the end of Dec 2007 to the end of Jan 2008.

The Brits

Andy Murray is up from 7th to 5th! Andy's win in Qatar by far counteracting his Tsonga loss in the Oz Open.

Jamie Baker is up an impressive 59 places to 218th (just 1 behind Boggo) mainly due to his Aussie Open qualifying run, beating fine players Schukin, Peya & Kollerer on the way.

Matt Illingworth has knocked down the door of the Top 1000, rising 208 places in the month to 978. Excellent wins over Mankad, Flanagan, Wiesler & Colangelo taking him there.

Sean Thornley has risen a super 237 places to 1164. He had 3 straight sets wins over higher-ranked players at Tipton.

Dan Smethurst's win yesterday over Klier helped his ranking improve from 1624 to 1301.

But George Coupland has had most dramatic rise in the rankings from up from 1975 to 1356. Wins over Sletting, Rushby & Kunnap ensured this rise of 619 places!

Sadly, Rushby and Flanagan both had a bad January, both falling over 80 places.

But I reckon a pretty good month for the Brits.

The Non-Brits

Djokovic is now No.2!

Tsonga goes from 29th to 12th.

20 year-old Andrei Goloubev is up 79 places to 90th - he won a Challenger in Germany after qualifying for it.

Just turned 18 year-old, Kei Nishikori, rose from 258 to 164, reaching the semis in the Miami challenger before withdrawing.

ITF Junior No.2, Vladimir Ignatik, rose 141 places to 341st, after winning his first Futures, USA F2 in Miami.

And our Polish friend, Wojciech Starakiewicz, has gone up from 1507 to 1102 with his endeavours in Sunderland, Sheffield and Tipton.

I've posted the full list on http://akhenatenratings.blogspot.com/

Rank			Rating
5	+2	Andy Murray	828.5
217	+12	Alex Bogdanovic	561.1
218	+59	Jamie Baker	560.8
316	+19	Richard Bloomfield	522.9
427	-33	Joshua Goodall	476.4
549	+RE	Jamie Delgado	427.9	(499.4)
595	+20	Alexander Slabinsky	407.6
602	-5	Kenneth Skupski	404.5
657	-43	Chris Eaton	388.7
667	-19	Miles Kasiri	387.1
710	+31	James Ward	374.5
732	-86	Ian Flanagan	368.6
734	-19	Neil Bamford	367.5
853	-16	Matthew Smith	323.4
892	+28	David Brewer	311.5
898	-69	Daniel Cox	310.5
914	-92	Tom Rushby	306.6
917	+13	Joshua Milton	306.1
918	-33	Daniel Evans	305.6
933	-8	Edward Allinson	301.7
961	+8	Richard Brooks	291.2	(297.7)
978	+208	Matthew Illingworth	284.7
1007	+2	Tim Hewitt	275.7
1010	+45	David Rice	274.5
1023	-20	Myles Blake	272.1
1083	+21	Edward Seator	255.6
1111	+16	Richard Irwin	247
1148	+18	Harry Skinner	235.6
1164	+237	Sean Thornley	231.9
1168	+35	Marcus Willis	230	(266.6)
1173	+26	Andrew Kennaugh	229.5
1196	+13	Alexander Farquharson	223.8	(249.3)
1301	+323	Dan Smethurst	189.2	(204.8)
1326	-21	Jagdev Sagoo	182.7	(203.2)
1342	+66	Jonathan Kinsella	178.1
1348	+28	Alan Wright	175.9	(206.9)
1356	+619	George Coupland	174.3	(199.9)
1379	+19	Ross Connolly	169.2
1386	+83	Andrew Hamar	167.7	(267.9)
1464	+31	Iain Atkinson	145.2	(176.2)
1470	-18	Ben Pritchard	144.4
1479	+RE	Jamie Murray	142.7	(324.1)
1488	-9	Scott Dickson	138.2	(209.8)
1512	-42	Neil Pauffley	129	(165.6)
1518	+8	Chris Llewellyn	127.5	(143.1)
1520	+19	Jamie Feaver	127.3
1523	+157	Kyle Brassington	123.8
1566	+120	Chris Priddle	110.1
1568	+RE	Philip Stephens	109.5	(290.9)

Akhenaten · Pro player

Feb Ratings

Jamie Baker had a great February - including his Davis Cup win over Calleri and his Texan Futures title - he has risen from 218th to 171st.

Baker is now the new GB no.2, over-taking Boggo (who also rose 25 places to 192 [his Kim win not yet included]).

James Ward had a good Feb too - he rose 42 places to 668, after his good run to the Cuba F2 semis, but Chris Eaton has kept ahead of him (up 14 to 643).

But the adventures of the Thailand Trio - Flanagan, Brewer, Irwin - was a bit of a disaster, seeing them win 0 out of 4 matches. This sees them fall a combined 100 places.

The Spanish expedition of Milton (-30), Evans (-40), Cox (-75), Blake (-27), Illingworth (-113) & Rice (-85) was a "struggle" too, though I'm sure it'll be a good experience for them all in the long term.

The one shining light from Spain was Dan Smethurst, who qualified through the 4 qualifying rounds and his 1st round match. This saw him rise 144 places to 1157 (up from 1624 at end of '07).

Further down the rankings, Alexander Ward also had a big rise up 173 places to 1771 following his Spanish endeavours.

Andy Murray fell to 6th, as Nalby overtook him. Nalbandian has now won 23 of his last 25 matches (including beating Federer (x2), Nadal (x2), Djokovic & Jamie Baker).

After rising from 258 to 164 in January, Japan's Kei Nishikori has had an even more remarkable February, by winning Delray Beach ATP, the 18 year old has climbed to 67th in the rankings!

I've posted the full list on http://akhenatenratings.blogspot.com/

Rank			Age	Rating
6	(-1)	Andy Murray	20y 9m	828.3
171	(+47)	Jamie Baker	21y 6m	592.6
192	(+25)	Alex Bogdanovic	23y 9m	576.7
316		Richard Bloomfield	24y 10m	524.2
446	(-19)	Joshua Goodall	22y 4m	468
552		Jamie Delgado	30y 11m	427.6	(499.2)
604		Kenneth Skupski	24y 10m	409.4
618	(-23)	Alexander Slabinsky	21y 11m	403.7
643	(+14)	Chris Eaton	20y 3m	394.8
668	(+42)	James Ward	21y 0m	388.1
680		Miles Kasiri	22y 1m	384.4
746		Ian Flanagan	26y 1m	363.7
757	(-23)	Neil Bamford	26y 0m	360.7
858		Matthew Smith	23y 6m	326
929		Edward Allinson	21y 0m	303.1
936	(-44)	David Brewer	23y 0m	301.3
947	(-30)	Joshua Milton	18y 4m	299.2
958	(-40)	Daniel Evans	17y 9m	294.4
967	(-53)	Tom Rushby	21y 8m	292.4
973	(-75)	Daniel Cox	17y 5m	288.5
1048	(RE)	Morgan Phillips	23y 8m	266.8	(448.1)
1050	(-27)	Myles Blake	21y 0m	266.3
1066		Edward Seator	21y 10m	261.6
1084	(-77)	Tim Hewitt	18y 6m	258.7
1091	(-113)	Matthew Illingworth	20y 8m	257
1095	(-85)	David Rice	19y 1m	255.4
1154	(-43)	Richard Irwin	22y 7m	237
1156		Harry Skinner	19y 3m	236.6
1157	(+144)	Dan Smethurst	17y 4m	236.5
1173		Andrew Kennaugh	20y 8m	230.9
1177		Marcus Willis	17y 4m	229.6	(266.3)
1188		Alexander Farquharson	23y 9m	226.6	(247)
1223	(-59)	Sean Thornley	18y 9m	217.7
1318		Jagdev Sagoo	20y 4m	187.4	(207.9)
1345		Jonathan Kinsella	24y 0m	178.3
1383		Andrew Hamar	23y 6m	167.8	(268.1)
1386	(-30)	George Coupland	18y 9m	167.4	(198.4)
1435	(-56)	Ross Connolly	25y 0m	153.3
1454		Ben Pritchard	20y 1m	145.3
1459		Jamie Murray	22y 0m	143.2	(324.6)
1472	(+48)	Jamie Feaver	21y 5m	139.5
1494	(+106)	David Baxendine	24y 5m	133.9
1496		Neil Pauffley	17y 11m	132.8	(169.5)
1502		Chris Llewellyn	19y 7m	131.9	(147.4)
1508		Kyle Brassington	20y 7m	130.3
1555		Chris Priddle	19y 8m	114.4
1572		Philip Stephens	18y 11m	107	(288.4)
1576		Tim Bradshaw	23y 0m	106.3
1585		Joshua Miller	19y 3m	104
1598		Philip Barlow	19y 8m	96.8
1605		Maniel Bains	18y 10m	91.6	(93.8)
1635		Luke Campbell	22y 9m	82.5
1724		Jeffrey Zungunde	19y 0m	50.2	(99.4)
1749		Ekow Carboo	22y 10m	40.2	(129.9)
1771	(+173)	Alexander Ward	17y 10m	32.3	(47.8)
1791	(+50)	Andrew Fitzpatrick	18y 10m	26.5
1833		Burnham Arlidge	19y 10m	9.1	(58.3)
1860		Dan Cottier	24y 2m	-1	(1.2)
1878		Orion Modebe	19y 10m	-11.8	(19.2)
1923		Tom Knights	17y 11m	-31.1	(58.6)
1930		Adam Barratclough	23y 11m	-33.9	(147.5)
1943		Pete Francis	18y 6m	-39.5	(72.6)
1974	(+129)	Benjamin Levi	18y 1m	-53.3
1979		James Richardson	17y 11m	-54.7	(45.6)
1994		Ned Boone	20y 8m	-60.7	(-4.6)
2001		James Chaudry	16y 11m	-66.3	(92.8)
2059		Amadeus Fulford-Jones	22y 8m	-93.3

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Does Eaton outpoint Ward based on his age?

Akhenaten · Pro player

No. Not based on age.

I think Chris' tournaments (& opponents) tend to be tougher than James', that's why James' ATP ranking is so much higher than Chris'. For instance Croatia was far tougher than Cuba / Mexico.

The following shows that Eaton on average loses to players with a higher rating than Ward.

Chris Eaton

Date	Avg Rating of Players in 1st round	Tournament	Round	Rating of Opponent Lost to

06/08/2007	316	Great Britain F14	First Round	428
20/08/2007	331	Great Britain F15	First Round	367
27/08/2007	370	Great Britain F16	Second Round	555
10/09/2007	217	Indonesia F4	Second Round	499
17/09/2007	307	Indonesia F5	First Round	514
24/09/2007	262	Indonesia F6	Second Round	286
08/10/2007	388	Great Britain F19	Second Round	400
15/10/2007	394	Great Britain F20	Second Round	526
22/10/2007	530	The Tarka Challenger	First Round	585

05/11/2007	437	Great Britain F21	First Round	395
12/11/2007	436	Great Britain F22	Second Round	504
19/11/2007	313	Israel F4	Semifinals	515
26/11/2007	310	Israel F5	Second Round	401

14/01/2008	362	Great Britain F1	Second Round	523
21/01/2008	334	Great Britain F2	First Round	392
28/01/2008	343	Great Britain F3	Qualifying Round	491

11/02/2008	438	Croatia F1	q-Second Round	139
18/02/2008	466	Croatia F2	First Round	510
25/02/2008	355	Portugal F4	Second Round	470

James Ward

Date	Avg Rating of Players in 1st round	Tournament	Round	Rating of Opponent Lost to
30/07/2007	337	Spain F29	Second Round	344

20/08/2007	331	Great Britain F15	Second Round	385
27/08/2007	374	Spain F33	Semifinals	512
10/09/2007	217	Indonesia F4	Quarterfinals	460
17/09/2007	307	Indonesia F5	Semifinals	352
24/09/2007	262	Indonesia F6	Semifinals	307
08/10/2007	388	Great Britain F19	First Round	486
15/10/2007	394	Great Britain F20	First Round	509
22/10/2007	530	The Tarka Challenger	q-First Round	282
29/10/2007	400	Spain F39	Second Round	569
05/11/2007	330	Spain F40	First Round	305
12/11/2007	329	Spain F41	Quarterfinals	461
19/11/2007	313	Israel F4	Second Round	347
26/11/2007	310	Israel F5	Quarterfinals	596
07/01/2008	383	Spain F1	First Round	494
14/01/2008	407	Spain F2	Second Round	514
21/01/2008	398	Spain F3	First Round	530
28/01/2008	305	Mexico F2	Semifinals	510
04/02/2008	238	Mexico F3	Second Round	399
11/02/2008	307	Cuba F1	First Round	393
18/02/2008	314	Cuba F2	Semifinals	469
25/02/2008	355	Portugal F4	Second Round	426

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Aha! INteresting. But a lot more "home comforts" at British tournaments.

Akhenaten · Pro player

This is quite interesting - it shows which countries hold the toughest Futures (and the weakest).

It shows France stage by far the highest standard Futures, with GB futures coming in 4th.

The Western European countries, in general, are the hardest places to earn ranking points.

And as suspected, Africa is the place to go to collect the easiest, with 8 of the 10 weakest countries in which to compete.

(Futures held 2007 & 2008)

	Avg Rating of First Round Players	No. of Futures
France	427	22
Germany	402	25
Czech Rep	393	6
Great Britain	389	25
Portugal	374	9
Sweden	373	5
Korea	372	3
Croatia	372	11
Canada	371	3
Netherlands	369	4
Spain	369	50
USA	365	33
New Zealand	364	3
Austria	360	14
Italy	358	38
Switzerland	354	7
Slovenia	351	3
China	340	11
Uruguay	339	2
Dominican Rep	339	3
Israel	336	5
Costa Rica	335	2
Bosnia/Herzegovina	335	6
Morocco	333	6
Argentina	333	15
UAE	331	2
Slovakia	323	1
Ireland	322	2
Hungary	322	1
Poland	319	9
Australia	316	11
Turkey	311	6
Cuba	310	2
Slovak Rep	302	2
Belarus	301	4
Serbia	298	5
Lithuania	297	2
Thailand	294	6
Ghana	293	2

Akhenaten · Pro player

Romania	292	18
Russia	289	7
Bulgaria	288	7
Colombia	287	7
Chile	286	6
Guatemala	283	2
Tunisia	283	6
Macedonia	283	2
Uzbekistan	278	2
Japan	274	11
Indonesia	273	6
Egypt	270	6
Mexico	270	15
Panama	267	2
Ukraine	266	3
Ecuador	264	3
India	262	12
Brazil	261	17
Latvia	248	1
Venezuela	238	10
Norway	236	3
Finland	235	2
Peru	233	3
Bolivia	229	3
Georgia	227	2
Greece	227	3
Nigeria	209	6
El Salvador	203	3
Armenia	196	1
Sudan	176	2
Kuwait	159	2
Iran	147	4
Algeria	145	3
Namibia	140	1
South Africa	140	1
Uganda	124	1
Nicaragua	108	1
Senegal	106	2
Botswana	97	1
Pakistan	52	3
Rwanda	-18	1
Cameroon	-73	1

RobC · All-time great

how does that spilt compared to prize money?

steven · Tennis legend

That matches my impression and it also suggests what I've always suspected, i.e. that it's much easier to gain points in Futures in South America than it is over here - I'm sure the same applies to Challengers too.

It suggests all this stuff about points being easier to gain in the UK is rubbish (we all knew that anyway, of course), though it perhaps explains why lots of French players play in Futures over here. Has any of this been correlated with whether the events are 15Ks or 10Ks though, otherwise GB Futures may look a lot weaker this year!

I'm surprised Canada is so high up btw - maybe it's just qualifying that's always weak there, not main draws.

Akhenaten · Pro player

Prize Money	Avg Rate of First Round Players	No. of Futures
15H	403	30
10H	378	7
15	327	156
10	311	365

Akhenaten · Pro player

Prize Money	10		15		10H		15H
	Avg	No.	Avg	No.	Avg	No.	Avg	No.
France	369	3	410	4	433	5	448	10
Germany	382	17					442	8
Czech Rep	383	4	414	2
Great Britain	346	3	395	22
Portugal	363	7	409	2
Sweden	379	3	363	2
Croatia	322	7	459	4
Korea			371	3
Canada	371	3
Netherlands			369	4
Spain	373	40	347	10
USA	367	21	360	12
New Zealand			364	3
Austria	368	12	309	2
Italy	351	29	380	7			375	2
Switzerland	354	7
Slovenia	351	3
China	323	3	347	8
Uruguay	316	1	362	1
Dominican Rep	338	3
Israel	353	3	311	2
Costa Rica	335	2
Bosnia/Herzegovina	303	4					398	2
Morocco	296	4	409	2
Argentina	333	15
UAE			331	2
Slovakia	323	1

-- Edited by Akhenaten at 14:44, 2008-03-04

Akhenaten · Pro player

Prize Money	10		15		10H		15H
	Avg	No.	Avg	No.	Avg	No.	Avg	No.
Hungary	322	1
Ireland			322	2
Poland	306	6	344	3
Australia			316	11
Turkey	311	6
Cuba	310	2
Slovak Rep	302	2
Belarus			301	4
Serbia	298	5
Lithuania	297	2
Thailand	294	6
Ghana			293	2
Romania	291	18
Russia	152	1	252	2			341	4
Bulgaria	288	7
Colombia			286	7
Chile	286	6
Guatemala	283	2
Tunisia	282	6
Macedonia	282	2
Uzbekistan			277	2
Japan	298	5	253	6
Indonesia	273	6
Egypt	270	6
Mexico	265	12	280	2			305	1
Panama	267	2
Ukraine	265	3
Ecuador	264	3

-- Edited by Akhenaten at 14:45, 2008-03-04

Akhenaten · Pro player

Prize Money	10		15		10H		15H
	Avg	No.	Avg	No.	Avg	No.	Avg	No.
India	209	4	316	3	240	2	292	3
Brazil	261	17
Latvia	248	1
Venezuela	237	10
Norway	236	3
Finland	214	1	255	1
Peru	233	3
Bolivia	229	3
Georgia			227	2
Greece	227	3
Nigeria	140	2	243	4
El Salvador	247	2	114	1
Armenia			196	1
Sudan			176	2
Kuwait			159	2
Iran			147	4
Algeria	145	3
Namibia	140	1
South Africa	139	1
Uganda			124	1
Nicaragua			108	1
Senegal	105	2
Botswana	95	1
Pakistan	51	3
Rwanda			-19	1
Cameroon	-74	1

So yes, the 3 GB-10s this year, have been quite a bit easier than last year's GB-15s.

Surprisingly perhaps, Croatia 15s come out as the toughest futures in the world.

-- Edited by Akhenaten at 14:58, 2008-03-04