Well done Tara. Upwards from here, as far as WTA rules on tournament playing for U18s allows...
I would reckon it will become pretty hard for a 14 year old to get a ranking in the future. Three ranking tournaments now is a considerable effort when you have only a few tournies a year you can play in.
It's easy to get a ranking. A pro tournament doesn't count towards AER unless you get ranking points from it. And there are plenty of very week events out there which Tara has used well.
It's easy to get a ranking. A pro tournament doesn't count towards AER unless you get ranking points from it. And there are plenty of very week events out there which Tara has used well.
Ooh! Didn't know that. So the first round loss in Caracas doesn't count?
I didn't know that! Odd really-the rule is there to stop overplaying (fair enough). But reaching the final qualie round of a 25K and losing is three games (as much as a normal tournament expectation).
Still not sure it is easy to get a ranking. At 10K level you need to qualify and win a round, and do this three times. OK if your parents/budget can afford to send you off to weaker tournaments, but not so easy if you are based in the UK or Spain or the like, where the 10Ks are relatively strong.
Tara will again play in the G1 in Malaysia that begins on 19th March.
Taking this off Jiro's boards:
1 PIVOVAROVA Anastasia RUS 16 Jun 90 5 Main Draw 2 HOFMANOVA Nikola AUT 03 Feb 91 10 Main Draw 3 CHERNYAKOVA Elena RUS 19 Okt 90 20 Main Draw 4 CHANG Kai Chen TPE 13 Jan 91 31 Main Draw 5 LI Ruo Qi USA 10 Nov 89 41 Main Draw 6 KICHENOK Nadiya UKR 20 Jul 92 47 Main Draw 7 SAIDKHODJAEVA Dilyara UZB 29 Jan 90 50 Main Draw 8 HAN Sung Hee KOR 13 Nov 90 51 Main Draw 9 KICHENOK Lyudmyla UKR 20 Jul 92 52 Main Draw 10 ZHANG Ling HKG 28 Okt 89 56 Main Draw 11 LERTCHEEWAKARN Noppawan THA 18 Nov 91 57 Main Draw 12 DY Denise PHI 16 Mei 89 58 Main Draw 13 SHEED Brittany AUS 14 Jul 91 64 Main Draw 14 CLAYTON Courtney USA 27 Mac 90 71 Main Draw 15 AKITA Shiho JPN 18 Jan 90 74 Main Draw 16 CALDERWOOD Tyra AUS 19 Sept 90 76 Main Draw 17 KOLESNICHENKO Aleksandra UZB 14 Dis 92 77 Main Draw 18 ITO Emiko JPN 19 Jun 89 82 Main Draw 19 JONES Chloe USA 01 Feb 90 86 Main Draw 20 KHABIBULINA Albina UZB 11 Mei 92 96 Main Draw 21 LALAMI Nadia MAR 28 Apr 90 102 Main Draw 22 HOLLAND Isabella AUS 02 Jan 91 104 Main Draw 23 PEERS Sally AUS 01 Jun 91 112 Main Draw 24 ZHOU Yi Miao CHN 07 Feb 91 130 Main Draw 25 EDINAROVA Margarita RUS 29 Apr 91 134 Main Draw 26 MULSAP Sophia THA 06 Jun 90 137 Main Draw 27 ROMPIES Jessy INA 14 Apr 90 138 Main Draw 28 MOORE Tara GBR 06 Ogos 92 146 Main Draw 29 BURMAN Shivika IND 21 Okt 89 147 Main Draw 30 BARBAT Karen DEN 03 Jul 92 150 Main Draw 31 YAMAMOTO Ai JPN 25 Ogos 89 155 Main Draw 32 SIROTKINA Marta RUS 22 Mac 91 156 Main Draw 33 MOSOLOVA Maria RUS 19 Okt 89 162 Main Draw 34 PATTERSON Tammi AUS 03 Jan 90 165 Main Draw 35 Special Exempt 36 Special Exempt 37 Wild Card 38 Wild Card 39 Wild Card 40 Wild Card 41 Wild Card 42 Wild Card 43 Qualifier 44 Qualifier 45 Qualifier 46 Qualifier 47 Qualifier 48 Qualifier
Qualifying 1 KOVARCIKOVA Lucia SVK 22 Jan 91 166 2 DAMICO Krista USA 23 Apr 90 170 3 VERTESHEVA Evgenia RUS 15 Mac 90 172 4 YANG Zi Jun HKG 08 Feb 90 178 5 VIERIN Vivienne ITA 12 Apr 91 181 6 NOORDIN Jawariah MAS 08 Okt 90 182 7 LERTPITAKSINCHAI Nicha THA 14 Ogos 91 187 8 DAVIDSON Bronwyn RSA 17 Sept 90 188 9 LIU Shao Zhuo CHN 31 Okt 90 196 10 BARBIERI Gioia ITA 09 Jul 91 198 11 GUMULYA Beatrice INA 01 Jan 91 210 12 ISSARA Khunpak THA 19 Mei 91 223 13 SOLANKI Kumari Sweta IND 27 Mac 91 231 14 NAIK Adanya IND 05 Jan 92 240 15 NOMAK Mara GER 06 Mei 92 243 16 CHEN Mu Ying TPE 02 Jul 90 256 17 SHROFF Kyra IND 17 Okt 92 295 18 STANZIOLA Nicole PAN 01 Mei 90 314 19 DU TOIT Trudie CAN 20 Jan 90 319 20 NARATTANA Kanyapat THA 14 Sept 92 339 21 VOICU Anne-Christine CAN 07 Ogos 90 358 22 ADACHI Yuko JPN 08 Apr 91 368 23 MATHIS Christina AUT 16 Jun 92 391 24 SATO Marina JPN 30 Apr 90 420 25 STUDENA Veronika CZE 23 Jan 91 456 26 SHRIVASTAVA Ashvarya IND 19 Feb 92 457 27 PHUMTIP Benyapa THA 20 Ogos 91 517 28 THIRUMALAICHELVAM Neesha MAS 20 Dis 91 591 29 HASHIZUME Minami JPN 22 Jun 90 678 30 NAITO Haruka JPN 13 Jun 90 693 31 CHOO Lyn See MAS 24 Dis 91 882 32 CHONG Ling,Dorothy MAS 20 Sept 91 955 33 BALU Sharmada IND 09 Ogos 93 958 34 EBARA Shiho JPN 13 Dis 89 1126 35 PUTRI Trivena Monika INA 14 Jun 92 1181 36 JAYAPALAN Kesika IND 11 Jul 90 1645 37 VICKERS Jessica May BRU 31 Okt 90 1781 38 JADHAV Radhika IND 07 Mei 90 1781 39 PRATHAP Prerana IND 27 Mei 89 1781 40 PINTUSAVA Natallia BLR 02 Jan 92 41 PRATHAP Prarthana IND 27 Mei 89 42 NAITO Hitomi JPN 12 Jun 92 43 TOI Sieu Minn MAS 27 Okt 92 44 SIA Huey Teng MAS 10 Feb 91 45 SULAIMAN Tiara MAS 46 IVANOVA Elena RUS 09 Jan 92