Very random question, but this popped into my head last week. Who would win a world championships to find the best player without an adult world ranking. The types of contenders could be:
1) An up and coming youngster yet to win his first ATP point
2) An ex-world ranked pro recently retired from the circuit but still playing regularly
3) A former world no.1 now playing regularly on the seniors tour
4) A current pro but who has lost all his points due to injury or a ban (i.e. Dan Evans)
Its likely to be a suspended pro, particularly if they are working their way back after suspension for PED use. All though not there yet it could be another acolade for Evos CV.
Although I was forgetting Dan actually still has a world ranking for a while yet. There can't be many others with as good a career high ranking as him serving suspensions and if they were not top 100 players, then there could be an argument they wouldn't beat a top 10 player, even after a few years of the top 10 player retiring!
Although I was forgetting Dan actually still has a world ranking for a while yet. There can't be many others with as good a career high ranking as him serving suspensions and if they were not top 100 players, then there could be an argument they wouldn't beat a top 10 player, even after a few years of the top 10 player retiring!
It could be a great competition to watch. You would probably exclude those under ATP suspensions. 8 qualifying events held in the top tennis playing nations and then a world finals. Acceptance criteria for the qualifiers could be career high ranking with some type of dividing factor for age, to ensure you got the best players possible.
From the excerpt below from the Champions Tour wiki
For a player to be eligible for play on this tour, he must be in the year of his 35th birthday or have been retired from the ATP World Tour for two years or more. Each player must have been either a world #1, a Grand Slam finalist, or a singles player in a winning Davis Cup team. Each event can also invite two players of its choice to take wild cards.
So the competition I am suggesting would get rid of these rules: Each player must have been either a world #1, a Grand Slam finalist, or a singles player in a winning Davis Cup team
