POST-TORONTO 2010 BOTB PICK 'EM RANKINGS

The new overall ranking list (with 722 ranked players) and the pick 'em 'Hall of Fame' after Toronto 2010 can now be found at http://www.freewebs.com/britishtennis/Competitions.html

TEAMS

World no. 1s TAT had a fairly dire Toronto but have actually increased their lead at the top to 242 points ahead of BT.net, who finished last in Toronto where they were trying to defend some points. However, BT have nothing to defend at the USO whereas the TATers are defending 2nd place points in the teams league and semi-final points in the team KO.

MTF stay in 3rd after getting a new 7th best counter in Canada. Getting pipped for 1st place in Toronto despite their hero winning again has seen AM.com slip a bit further behind, while retaining 4th place in an unchanged top 5 that is completed by Rusedski.co.uk.

BBC 606's Toronto win has helped them up 1 to 5th. They have significant points to defend at the USO, but not as many as the Feddies, whom they have already pushed back to 6th place. The only other move is GBTG, up 1 to 12th, swapping places with the Ducklings.

NEW INDIVIDUAL TOP 10

World no. 1 Scotsguy (now ML) remains on top despite having finished in the bottom 20 in Toronto ... but only just! The gap between 1st and 2nd has been cut from 202 to just 11, TimS (GR) jumping 5 places to WR 2 after finishing 12th in Toronto - one more R1 winner pick correct and he would have snatched the world no. 1 spot! What makes that near miss all the more agonising is that he has top 20 points to defend at the USO and then top 10 points in Shanghai!

Just 13 more points behind (and also within a Toronto point or two of the top spot) is former world no. 1 Shabba (IN), who holds onto WR 3. Continuing his stunning rise by moving up another 11 to WR 4 is Sparkey (GB), who has now managed three top 20 finishes (including two in slams) since starting to play BOTB at the start of 2010 and obviously has nothing to defend for the rest of the year, a bit like Roy (GR), who is still WR 6.

The only other movers in the top 10 are qczi (MT), up 10 to WR 7, and Scratchy (BT), down 7 to WR 9, though Imoen (BT), up 8 to WR 11, t12j23r90 (AM), back up 4 to WR 12, and Manaus (AM), up 35 to WR 13, are now just outside with no more points to defend this year.

Because most of the post-Wimbledon top 10 had a dire time in Canada, Hen (MT) at WR 5, eblunt (BT) at WR 8, and 2009 US Open winner gu3 (IN) at WR 10 have all held onto their places despite finishing in the bottom quartile in Toronto.

The only players dropping out of the top 10 are Dentist appointment (IN), down 12 to WR 21, and DJ (MP), down 23 to WR 27, retracing nearly half of her post-Wimbledon rise.

ON THE RISE

The biggest risers into the top 50 are ManOfJelly (BT), up 76 to WR 36 after finishing 4th in Toronto, t_torres (VB), up 55 to WR 44 after finishing 6th, and Dark_Necrofear (CC), back up 45 to WR 39 after a top 25 finish.

However, the fastest risers into the top 100 are Toronto winner airsmashers (BT), up 85 to WR 85, and AO winner JGS (IN), up 80 to WR 96, and the biggest jump into the top 200 comes from Golden Lady (AM), up 92 to WR 147 after finishing 15th.

The first 3-figure rise comes from Toronto runner-up jadesa (TA), up 101 to WR 223 after just her 3rd tournament this year. salish (ML), up 122 to WR 341, and Johnny (GB), up 139 to WR 369, are the only people to have risen further than that, while Pabbers (AM) has risen 103 to WR 374 after her first top half finish in six attempts this year, one of which saw her left as the lanterne rouge.

The highest re-entrant is mrswizz (IN), back in at WR 518, while the highest totally new entrant is amazonaria (BB), in at WR 547.

LAST YEAR'S MONTREAL WINNERS

The big fallers are usually those who didn't play in the latest pick 'em and are running out of counting scores, so when looking at fallers it's probably more interesting to see how the top three in the event coming off from last year have fared.

The top three in Montréal last year could only be separated on the very rarely needed 'who entered first' tiebreak last year and were all defending 797 points.

Last year's winner Randall Six (IN) has played all of the other 2010 pick 'ems so far but missed Toronto and drops back 53 to WR 107 but has no points to defend for the rest of the year. Meanwhile, Fiercehart (TA) managed a top 70 finish this year and only falls 23 to WR 35, but Fishflaps (MP) has plummeted 237 to WR 647, making him the biggest faller of all - he will drop out of the rankings completely unless he plays the USO.

THE NEXT PICK 'EM

It should be possible to open entries for the US Open pick 'em late on Thursday. Qualifiers are scheduled to be placed on Friday evening, but the inclement weather makes Saturday evening (or if we're very unlucky, Sunday) more likely. Entries will close when play starts in the main draw next Monday.