SuperT wrote:

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the addict wrote:

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This is what the WTA currently have on their website

"Under the revised system, a players ranking will be comprised of her best 16 results in singles and best 11 results in doubles based on the points earned between March 2019 through December 2020. A players ranking breakdown will include the "Better of 2019 and 2020" points earned at Tour-level and Grand Slam events. Further, a player may not count the same WTA Tour or Grand Slam level result twice in her ranking breakdown. Tour-level points added in 2020 will drop after the event is scheduled to be played again in 2021 or after 52 weeks, whichever is earlier."

If you want to see what points are dropping when, some of the rankings websites give breakdowns for individual players, with drop dates. Not sure how reliable they are at the moment though, as some of them are slow to update and have occasional errors.

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Thank you TA, but this still leaves me with as many questions as answers.  Open Era Rankings shows the ATP players retaining points from 2020 events in Jan and Feb until 2022, but the WTA points for the same period dropping in 2021.  I'm not sure if this is right or if the web sites just aren't up to date and I can't find anything which actually explains what the rules are.  I'm not expecting anyone here to come up with the answers, just expressing my frustration at the lack of clarity.  Folks may think I'm making a fuss about nothing but I think it's relevant.  Heather and Harriet both have significant points to defend from last year, and if they don't match them in January their rankings will drop with a consequent effect on the entries they can get etc etc.  Maybe I should just resort to sticking a pin into a list 

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Yes, the ATP have said that points will be retained until March, with possible additions through a continuation of 'better of' counting until then

That seems best - ie. to effectively resume taking points off on the anniversary of the points being frozen, with the first points to come off being the first frozen points, and I had imagined that the WTA would follow suit. But indeed there doesn't appear any notice of this unless it has been issued very quietly.

The ATP decision does mean that all points counting from November 2019 to March 2020, as well as additional points frim November 2020, will be 'banked' in respect of counting towards our likely competition conclusion of November after the ATP finals. Whereas, as SuperT says, unless the WTA act similarly, the women will lose their early 2020 points.