Week 44 - Challenger (€35,000+H) - Réunion Island (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 44 - Challenger (€35,000+H) - Réunion Island (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

L16: (3) James Ward WR 119 v Boy Westerhof (NED) WR 238 (CH 201 in 2012)

indiana · Tennis legend

Man against Boy I reckon.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Good start

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Boy (who's pushing 30!) has just won back-to-back 15k events in Zimbabwe. Think James will win pretty easily though. (Teixeira is a shadow of his former self - barely won a match this year - a good score by James but completely expected).

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

James could make the top 100 if he wins this tournament... biggrin

steven · Tennis legend

BeefyDeedz wrote:
James could make the top 100 if he wins this tournament...

... and quite possibly AO direct entry if he made the final, even after taking into account the points due off in late November.

TMH · Futures qualifying

Boy is exactly half of James' ranking. On this basis I'm calling a 6-3, 6-3 win for James.

LouieG · County player

I didn't think James had any more points due off this year?

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

LouieG wrote:
I didn't think James had any more points due off this year?

I am by no means an expert on these matters but he certainly has 15 points due to come off on 18 Nov. However, when those points drop off, his next non-countable should be added which is the 10 points from Queens last year. So technically there are only 5 coming off.

What is more, James has nothing further to come off until March 2015. The only proviso is that his lowest (18th) scorer is 10 points, so he would need to score more than 10 in any tournament in order to improve his total.

Surely this has to be his best chance ever to crack the Top 100.

RJA · Hall of fame

Bob in Spain wrote:
LouieG wrote:
I didn't think James had any more points due off this year?
I am by no means an expert on these matters but he certainly has 15 points due to come off on 18 Nov. However, when those points drop off, his next non-countable should be added which is the 10 points from Queens last year. So technically there are only 5 coming off.
What is more, James has nothing further to come off until March 2015. The only proviso is that his lowest (18th) scorer is 10 points, so he would need to score more than 10 in any tournament in order to improve his total.
Surely this has to be his best chance ever to crack the Top 100.

His 40 Davis Cup points will drop off on Mon 2nd Feb.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
LouieG wrote:
I didn't think James had any more points due off this year?
I am by no means an expert on these matters but he certainly has 15 points due to come off on 18 Nov. However, when those points drop off, his next non-countable should be added which is the 10 points from Queens last year. So technically there are only 5 coming off.
What is more, James has nothing further to come off until March 2015. The only proviso is that his lowest (18th) scorer is 10 points, so he would need to score more than 10 in any tournament in order to improve his total.
Surely this has to be his best chance ever to crack the Top 100.
His 40 Davis Cup points will drop off on Mon 2nd Feb.

Told you I wasn't an expert

EddietheEagle · County player

Rankings expertise puts you into geek territory, better not to go there.

indiana · Tennis legend

I like my ( sometimes flawed ) efforts at tennis geeketry. Keeps me amused :)

Spectator · All-time great

The plethora of people on this board who can engage in statistically-informed geekery, if one wishes to call it that, is one of its great delights ... especially to those of us less gifted in the area.