Been a long time since I got to start a thread like this.
L48: Jay Clarke WR 167 vs Dmitry Popko (KAZ) WR 176 (CH 167 Feb 20)
Jay missed out by 1 spot on a seeding with 16th seed being Stephen Diaz WR 165. He may have got that seeded spot but for Stan Wawrinka being given a WC. Clearly he is Nº1 seed,
If Jay gets through that first match he will play 6th seed Sumit Nagal (IND) WR 127.
Well done Jay, the first GB ranking tournament match win since restart. 5 points so far.
I guess this is where the points calculations start getting complicated. I had a look at the ATP site to see how many points he might have dropping off this week and then remembered that the whole system is very convoluted now and gave up.
Remember nothing drops off for the remainder of this year purely by date.
As Bob indicated it's no longer so simple. Only comes off if a player produces a better points score for the same tournament ( 2020 against 2019 ) or because it is no longer in the best 18 (men) or best 16 (women).