Week 6 - ATP 250 - Zagreb (Hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

RE: Week 6 - ATP 250 - Zagreb (Hard)

Jaffa · Challenger level

Dan has been awarded a LL place according to his Twitter, not sure who he plays though.

LouieG · County player

What's the deal with ranking points and Lucky Losers?

wolf · Tennis legend

LouieG wrote:
What's the deal with ranking points and Lucky Losers?

He gets 6 points for reaching the FQR if he loses in R1. If he wins rounds in the main draw, he only scores main draw points, the 6 points don't get added on.

TMH · Futures qualifying

Edit: Beaten to it by 7 seconds.

-- Edited by TMH on Tuesday 4th of February 2014 03:38:46 PM

TMH · Futures qualifying

wolf wrote:
LouieG wrote:
What's the deal with ranking points and Lucky Losers?
He gets 6 points for reaching the FQR if he loses in R1. If he wins rounds in the main draw, he only scores main draw points, the 6 points don't get added on.

Really? This is news to me.

wolf · Tennis legend

Yes, don't know why they do that, seems strange...

seagull · Hall of fame

I'm pretty sure the 6 points do get added on

Jaffa · Challenger level

I presume it's so that players don't get the extra benefit of having lost already and keeping the points. As effectively it's like playing two tournaments every week otherwise isn't it! The LL that Murray beat at the AO only got the points for reaching that round I am sure.

seagull · Hall of fame

I'm gonna guess at Kohlschreiber

seagull · Hall of fame

Jaffa wrote:
I presume it's so that players don't get the extra benefit of having lost already and keeping the points. As effectively it's like playing two tournaments every week otherwise isn't it! The LL that Murray beat at the AO only got the points for reaching that round I am sure.

Thats not right - Robert got 196 points at Aus Open (180+16)

RJA · Hall of fame

Seagull is correct. Albert Ramos at Sydney this year is another example. He was a LL and he got 26 points (20+6)

Jaffa · Challenger level

I take it all back, what do these new posters know, eh! Cheers seagull. Let's hope he gets a good draw now. Can't miss two bites at the proverbial cherry can he!

steven · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
LouieG wrote:
What's the deal with ranking points and Lucky Losers?
He gets 6 points for reaching the FQR if he loses in R1. If he wins rounds in the main draw, he only scores main draw points, the 6 points don't get added on.

I was sure this only applied to the WTA, but you had me worried so I checked a couple of recent lucky losers who won main draw rounds and it is clear that he would keep the extra 6 points for reaching the FQR if he won a main draw match here.

Edit: LOL I see a couple of others got in with the same info while I was making sure

Anyway, it's good new - 6 more points are worth having at Dan's level.

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 4th of February 2014 04:04:53 PM

RJA · Hall of fame

Stepanek withdrew so Dan plays Hajek