Commonwealth Games

wolf · Tennis legend

Commonwealth Games

steven · Tennis legend

By the simple method of removing non-Commonwealth players from the current top (almost) 300, I get the following Commonwealth top 30 for singles:

5 5 Stosur, Samantha 30/03/84 AUS 4890 20
51 50 Wozniak, Aleksandra 07/09/87 CAN 1180 25
59 57 Baltacha, Elena 14/08/83 SCO 1084 24
70 69 Rodionova, Anastasia 12/05/82 AUS 969 30
77 76 Groth, Jarmila 26/04/87 AUS 889 19

89 86 Molik, Alicia 27/01/81 AUS 756 22
91 88 Scheepers, Chanelle 13/03/84 RSA 733 23
109 109 Ferguson, Sophie 19/03/86 AUS 620 33
114 114 Dokic, Jelena 12/04/83 AUS 601 17
121 125 Dubois, Stephanie 31/10/86 CAN 564 29

129 139 O'Brien, Katie 02/05/86 ENG 498 26
142 131 Mirza, Sania 15/11/86 IND 435 18
143 140 Fichman, Sharon 03/12/90 CAN 435 23
151 154 Keothavong, Anne 16/09/83 ENG 393 18
166 166 Tetreault, Valerie 21/01/88 CAN 340 19

167 165 El Tabakh, Heidi 25/09/86 CAN 329 20
174 192 Marino, Rebecca 16/12/90 CAN 322 25
179 179 Jones, Sacha 08/11/90 NZL 315 13
194 195 Adamczak, Monique 21/01/83 AUS 285 22
198 198 Peers, Sally 01/06/91 AUS 275 25

208 208 Cavaday, Naomi 24/04/89 ENG 258 25
211 209 Dellacqua, Casey 11/02/85 AUS 255 7
216 216 Rogowska, Olivia 07/06/91 AUS 244 30
220 235 Robson, Laura 21/01/94 ENG 232 16
224 238 Zhang, Ling 28/10/89 HKG 228 16

239 239 South, Melanie 03/05/86 ENG 214 24
241 224 Golds, Shannon 03/10/86 AUS 211 25
262 252 Watson, Heather 19/05/92 GGY 188 16
265 272 Smith, Anna 14/08/88 ENG 183 26
284 284 Broady, Naomi 28/02/90 ENG 165 18

E&OE (i.e. I did this very quickly and may have deleted a country I shouldn't have)

The above list includes:

12 Aussies
9 Brits
6 Canadians
1 each from RSA, NZL & HKG

Given the limit of three players per country (which hits the Aussies, Canadians and Brits, but doesn't hit our girls quite as much given that not all of the 9 Brits in the top 300 are English) and the fact that quite a few players are likely to choose not to forego opportunities to gain ranking points in order to play here, we could end up with only a dozen top 300 players taking part.

Edit: added in guesses at countries for the Brits

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 29th of July 2010 11:16:08 AM

steven · Tennis legend

Commonwealth top 30 for doubles on the same basis:

6 6 Black, Cara 17/02/79 ZIM 7095 22
9 9 Stubbs, Rennae 26/03/71 AUS 5395 17
13 13 Stosur, Samantha 30/03/84 AUS 4625 13
39 38 Rodionova, Anastasia 12/05/82 AUS 2170 27
56 56 Grandin, Natalie 27/02/81 RSA 1550 27

62 61 Pelletier, Marie-Eve 18/05/82 CAN 1360 30
70 68 Borwell, Sarah 20/08/79 ENG 1150 29
87 93 Mirza, Sania 15/11/86 IND 871 10
90 95 Peers, Sally 01/06/91 AUS 844 22
91 111 Erakovic, Marina 06/03/88 NZL 844 11

92 96 Fichman, Sharon 03/12/90 CAN 812 16
102 102 Scheepers, Chanelle 13/03/84 RSA 732 7
114 118 Robson, Laura 21/01/94 ENG 597 11
141 135 Kriz, Nicole 13/12/83 AUS 469 14
144 140 Wozniak, Aleksandra 07/09/87 CAN 462 7

155 153 Smith, Anna 14/08/88 ENG 430 22
177 175 Moore, Jessica 16/08/90 AUS 376 18
189 191 South, Melanie 03/05/86 ENG 345 19
191 193 Rogowska, Olivia 07/06/91 AUS 343 12
214 234 Rae, Jocelyn 20/02/91 ENG/SCO? 291 13

226 223 Watson, Heather 19/05/92 GGY 279 11
236 238 Dellacqua, Casey 11/02/85 AUS 255 7
237 239 Cavaday, Naomi 24/04/89 ENG 254 19
239 233 Marino, Rebecca 16/12/90 CAN 253 14
246 248 Keothavong, Anne 16/09/83 ENG 239 11

253 246 Golds, Shannon 03/10/86 AUS 234 16
260 260 Molik, Alicia 27/01/81 AUS 227 13
261 261 Mirkovic, Marija 23/02/90 AUS 226 17
269 253 Adamczak, Monique 21/01/83 AUS 221 12
279 277 Bai, Alison 18/01/90 AUS 214 22

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 29th of July 2010 11:18:09 AM

Mikeduke · County player

Any news on who has accepted from GB?

There are going to be some very very easy games here!

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Stosur's not playing apparently

djlovesyou · Strong Club Player

You could probably lose Dubois and Tetreault too. The Quebecoise are generally not interested in competing at the Commonwealths.

Do Hong Kong compete anymore? I'm probably wrong on that one, but I've got a thought in my head that China stopped it. I don't know where the thought has come from mind you.

Whybourn will compete for Wales I would imagine.

indiana · Tennis legend

The China Open, a Premier Mandatory, will clash, and I kinda doubt the WTA will let say Stosur off a zero pointer for missing it, though whether she would anyway

I imagine that will take care of Black and Stubbs too.

Anyway, be an intersting competition to find the Commonwealth Champions, excluding the really very good and some who no doubt won't be bothered.

steven · Tennis legend

djlovesyou wrote:
Do Hong Kong compete anymore? I'm probably wrong on that one, but I've got a thought in my head that China stopped it. I don't know where the thought has come from mind you.

You're right - I just checked and HK haven't competed in the CGs since 1994.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

I thought Lisa was English and just trained in Wales?

When I looked a while ago, there weren't enough ranked players from commonwealth nations to fill the draw if you apply the 3 per country limit.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Maybe she could qualify under a residency rule.