Points to Defend column on the ATP rankings

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Points to Defend column on the ATP rankings

Count Zero · Tennis legend

looks new, a good idea i think.

ps they still have boggo at 172.

seagull · Hall of fame

Thats because he was at 172 at start of week.

Went up 4 because of players defending and then another 2 after yesterdays win.

seagull · Hall of fame

Agree good addition to the site - shame they still do things like give Evans 5 points for US Open when he should get a zero!!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Yes, it suddenly appeared two weeks ago. And it's a darn good help for those of us WITH our own spreadsheet, I assure you, just one column to look at instead of searching for dates!

-- Edited by Madeline at 13:49, 2008-09-09

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

WARNING - don't take this column for gospel.

I am just setting up my spreadsheet for this week, and dropped all the "defending" points into the relevant column. Then when I was looking at the detail I found that the points to defend as per the column are not necessarily included in the "best 18" scores.

So although it is a big help, you have to be wary.

john · Top national player

So basically they just put in that column how many points the player earned in the equivalent week the year before with no regard to whether them points do/don't affect their ranking??

steven · Tennis legend

Yes, that's right. Josh is shown as having 3 points to defend, but his 18th best without them is 3 anyway, so he doesn't move. Better than nothing though, at least it prompts you to check whether you might have missed something.

Even more useful (to me anyway, since I harvest the PTD info for my top 25 table for 2 or 3 months at a time) is the addition to the player activity page which specifies exactly when the points gained in each tournament are due to come off.

indiana · Tennis legend

Err what column ? Has it disappeared ?

Count Zero · Tennis legend

yep, appears to have gone walkies

-- Edited by Count Zero at 16:26, 2008-09-11

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Well, dammit, it was useful.

The drop date is still on the detail page, but that still means trolling through looking for the current date to find the points to be defended.

Maybe they have discovered the snag and will put it back when they have sorted the problem? (she said hopefully!)

-- Edited by Madeline at 17:29, 2008-09-11

mjd · Challenger qualifying

well what about Shhh's great chart which can be found HERE ?
It may fall a week behind occasionally but also covers a few ladies.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i havent look at that table for ages :) i always used to print it out!

mayvbe it could be incorperate dinstevnst stats page somehow?

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Great for the Brits - but I have a spreadsheet covering the top 200, so that only provides details for 2 players at the moment!