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[bazzerone]

Come on guys. You really think it's worth engaging in conversation with someone called "bazzer"? Ignore him.

*I realise the irony of this coming from some mug called "Ghostbuster". Bazzer is worse though!

I object to this "Ghostbuster" or is it it just ghost or just Buster?

[robbie]

I prefer Dr. Venkman.

Surely it starts with a W...

[dhoward012]

Here's a spreadsheet to calculate how the top 4 will look from now up until after the US Open.
Just enter the results for each player, choose the date you want to know the rankings for, and it will automatically update.

Note:
I cannot guarantee that it is fully correct, since it is still not confirmed how the ATP are going to do the rankings in the next few months.
I have assumed that like when there were more then 12 mandatory tournaments earlier in the year, they counted one 250 tourney less (but kept the same amount of 500's), they will do the same in the opposite scenario, when there are less mandatory events (which will happen this year when Canada and Cincinnati fall off) and count extra 250's only.
I have also assumed that loser's points from the first round of the Davis cup get deducted if a player wins a match in a later round. The ATP do not mention this anywhere (not in the rulebook, and not in the  rankings FAQ on the ATP site), but the Davis Cup website says that is the case.

You cannot enter two results in one week. If you do, an error message will come up, and no rankings will be displayed. This is because it is impossible for a player to enter two tournaments in one week. The same thing will happen with the Davis Cup, since although you can play it after losing earlier in the week, you will not earn points from it.


I intend making a regular spreadsheet for Roland Garros sometime after the draw is made, and hopefully will post it in the Underground section.

Yamor - your spreadsheet has been brilliant for checking out possible ranking possibilities over the last months.  It's so user friendly and accurate too and has saved me hours of manual calculation on the back of envelopes sussing out what Andy needed to do to bridge the gap to the top 2!

I appreciate that its probably a lot of work to put the spreadsheet together but it would be brilliant if you could find the time to extend it from the US Open on til the end of the season.

Thanks again - I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say how much we appreciate this.

[dhoward012]

I could make one, but it's still not  known when the ATP will enforce the 'one 500 after the US Open' rule, or start enforcing having to have four in total. That was why I originally stopped at the US.

I would have thought that the week after the last 500 events of the year being Valencia / Basle (w/c 9 November) that if you hadn't met the criteria of at least 4 x 500 events or one 500 after USO that you would be given a "0" from that week onwards as part of a players "countable events"? 

[dhoward012]

My God - so many variables!!!  Still, at least once this season is over, it will all be so much simpler for 2010 and beyond!

[terryfried]

does anyone know when the olympics points come off??

17/08/09 ie Monday. this is why all the talk of Murray passing Nadal, as on Monday Nadal will lead Murray  by just 235 pts. plus/minus the points for Montreal. 

[Scottie]

If Murray wins tonight and Nadal loses whats the points difference?

[Shooting Star]

Off the top of your head? Your mental maths is several times better than mine!