Week 9 - WTA International ($227K) - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia- Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

RE: Week 9 - WTA International ($227K) - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia- Hard

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Rest may be advisable.
Here's the current top 100, by rank vs, number of events played.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

What time period does the chart represent?

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

The Optimist wrote:
What time period does the chart represent?

Past 52 weeks, all tournaments eligible for the current rankings.
Data from: http://www.wtatennis.com/singles-rankings

wimdledont · Challenger level

What's also not apparent from that list is that, as she has risen into the top 100 recently, from the ITF, this means she's had to play a lot more matches per tournament than most of the rest to acquire comparable points; both in ITF and in WTA qualifying rounds.

On the plus side, I think it must help that she generally plays a lot of very short points; so she may now be able to continue her WTA career well into her 30s; long after the scurriers' and hurriers' legs give up on them.

indiana · Tennis legend

Very intersting, thanks ISF.

Naomi 'top' and she certainly plays in competition lots. Interesting that no-one has less counters than Sharapova and Azarenka with 15 each. Overall good fitness record in the top 100.

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Tournaments played and counters are slightly different. 4 slams and 4 mandatory events boost the numbers regardless of whether the player was involved or not.

Going back to Naomi's scheduling, I think what can be a sensible approach for a player ranked 115 - 199, for financial reasons as much as anything else, may not be as appropriate for someone with a ranking that gives them direct entry into the slams. I would expect Naomi to adjust her schedule slightly over the course of the year so that she reduces the risk of being burned-out at Grand Slam time. Unless she is in desperate need of the points, I can't see her repeating last year's post Luxembourg schedule of Macon, Waco, Scottsdale and Carlsbad; which earned her a total of 46 points, with a max score of 15 and $6K in prize money (singles and doubles).

-- Edited by kundalini on Saturday 5th of March 2016 04:55:08 PM

wimdledont · Challenger level

I think that Naomi was treating all of those tournaments in late 2015 as AO qualifiers - if she had won one of them, she could have made the AO main draw cut-off.

In general, I think most players should be aiming to play about 30% of the time as seeds in weaker grades, 40% in MD, 30% in qualifying in stronger grades.

christ · Futures level

christ wrote:
I hope all y'all are sharpening your pencils for the last time we had three in the semis in the same week.

Just in case.

(... and, for the record, when was the last time two Brits met in the final?)

Shucks: I was this close ...