Friday, February 29, 2008

Updated Hard Court Rankings

Player HC Points
1. Roger Federer 4222.5 -
2. Novak Djokovic 3675 -
3. Rafael Nadal 2037.5 -
4. David Ferrer 1900 -
5. Andy Roddick 1650 +1
6. Nikolay Davydenko 1590 -1
7. James Blake 1410 -
8. Andy Murray 1240 -
9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1105 +1
10. Ivo Karlovic 965 +7
11. Mikhail Youzhny 900 -2
12. David Nalbandian 895 +1
13. Jarkko Nieminen 890 +1
14. Paul-Henri Mathieu 875 +1
15. Lleyton Hewitt 870 +1
16. Radek Stepanek 836 +4
17. Richard Gasquet 815 +1
18. Ivan Ljubicic 810 -6
19. Fernando Gonzalez 807.5 -
20. Tommy Haas 780 -9
21. Tomas Berdych 735 -
22. Michael Llodra 716 +23
23. Dmitry Tursunov 713 -1
24. Guillermo Canas 693 -1
25. Stanislas Wawrinka 670 -1
26. Philipp Kohlshreiber 595 -1
27. Juan Ignacio Chela 647.5 -1
28. Juan Carlos Ferrero 622.5 -
29. Carlos Moya 620 -
30. Fernando Verdasco 610 -
31. Nicolas Kiefer 610 -
32. Feliciano Lopez 600 -
33. Robin Soderling 585 NA
34. Tommy Robredo 570 -7
35. Juan Monaco 555 -1
36. Thomas Johansson 550 -1
37. Marcos Baghdatis 515 -1
38. Dudi Sela 507 -1
39. Sam Querrey 505 -6
40. Hyung-Taik Lee 464 -
41. Gilles Simon 455 +5
42. Andreas Seppi 453 +8
43. Juan Martin Del Potro 453 -4
44. Stefan Koubek 439 -6
45. Fabrice Santoro 429 -1
46. Olivier Rochus 411 -3
47. Jurgen Melzer 408 -
48. Ernests Gulbis 404.5 -6
49. Mario Ancic 402.5 -1
50. Michael Berrer 399 NA

New to the Top 50: Robin Soderling (33), Michael Berrer (50)
Dropped out of the Top 50: Mardy Fish (41), Donald Young (49)

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Grass Court Rankings

After much toil here are the grass court rankings. Since there are far fewer grass court tournaments than hard court or clay, I had to factor in past tournaments more prominently. Also, I remembered Jonas Bjorkman's fairy tale run to the Wimbledon semis a year and a half ago but I had no idea he has been one of the best grass court players the last two years. He's made to the semi's and the 4th round in Wimbledon, and reached the finals and semis in two of the grass warm up tournaments.

Player

Grass Court Points

1. Roger Federer

1693.75

2. Rafael Nadal

991.25

3. Andy Roddick

701.25

4. Tomas Berdych

588.75

5. Richard Gasquet

587.5

6. Marcos Baghdatis

585.5

7. Novak Djokovic

510

8. Jonas Bjorkman

432.5

9. Lleyton Hewitt

418.75

10. Nicolas Mahut

357.5

11. Juan Carlos Ferrero

311.25

12. Dmitry Tursunov

305

13. Ivan Ljubicic

298.75

14. Fabrice Santoro

287.5

15. Ivo Karlovic

275.5

16. Jarkko Nieminen

261.875

17. Tommy Haas

247.875

18. Arnaud Clement

242.5

19. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

236.625

20. Mikhail Youzhny

236.25

21. Janko Tipsarevic

227.5

22. Mario Ancic

223.75

23. Paul-Henri Mathieu

215

24. Nikolay Davydenko

176.25

25. James Blake

173.75

26. Robin Soderling

163.75

27. Marat Safin

156.25

28. Philipp Kohlschreiber

142.5

29. Fernando Gonzalez

141.25

30. Feliciano Lopez

135

31. Florian Mayer

135

32. David Nalbandian

131.875

33. Hyung-Taik Lee

130

34. Radek Stepanek

120

35. Gael Monfils

120

36. Guillermo Canas

119.21875

37. Sebastien Grosjean

117.5

38. Fernando Verdasco

116.25

39. Kristof Vliegen

112.5

40. Andreas Seppi

102.5

41. Michael Llodra

98.125

42. Michael Berrer

95.5

43. Julien Benneteau

95

44. Andy Murray

92.5

45. Tommy Robredo

91.25

46. Nicolas Kiefer

90.625

47. Edouard Roger-Vasselin

90

48. Juan Martin Del Potro

85

49. Florent Serra

85

50. Chris Guccione

80.5

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Clay Court Rankings

Okay, I just finished Clay court rankings, notice there are no Americans in the top 50. The Highest was James Blake at #60

Player







Clay Court Points

1. Rafael Nadal







3450

2. Roger Federer







1995.3125

3. Novak Djokovic







1212.5

4. Carlos Moya







1070

5. Juan Monaco







1070

6. Nikolay Davydenko







1000

7. Tommy Robredo







980

8. David Ferrer







830

9. Nicolas Almagro







820

10. Fernando Gonzalez







760

11. Potito Starace







756

12. Juan Ignacio Chela







680

13. Filippo Volandri







650

14. Igor Andreev







645

15. Paul-Henri Mathieu







630

16. Juan Carlos Ferrero







625

17. Guillermo Canas







620

18. Tomas Berdych







585

19. David Nalbandian







570

20. Albert Montanes







546

21. Mikhail Youzhny







515

22. Richard Gasquet







507.5

23. Gilles Simon







495

24. Jose Acasuso







495

25. Lleyton Hewitt







486.71875

26. Oscar Hernandez







478

27. Philipp Kohlschreiber







460

28. Ivan Ljubicic







440

29. Santiago Ventura







429

30. Sergio Roitman







427

31. Agustin Calleri







420

32. Werner Eschauer







418

33. Gael Monfils







417

34. Fernando Verdasco







395

35. Pablo Cuevas







387

36. Carlos Berlocq







383

37. Peter Luczak







383

38. Victor Hanescu







374

39. Radek Stepanek







347.5

40. Fabio Fognini







328

41. Marcos Baghdatis







327.75

42. Steve Darcis







317

43. Diego Hartfield







313

44. Stanislas Wawrinka







307.5

45. Nicolas Lapentti







306

46. Andreas Seppi







304

47. Nicolas Massu







300

48. Robin Soderling







297.5

49. Jurgen Melzer







287.5

50. Boris Pashanski







287

Monday, February 18, 2008

ATP Hardcourt Rankings

Hello

Recently I came up with a formula that takes a tennis players ranking points from the past season and some past results to determine a more accurate results based surface specific rankings. I will be updating these rankings weekly and am currently working on rankings for clay, grass, and carpet courts.





Player







Hard Court Points





1. Roger Federer







4222.5





2. Novak Djokovic







3730





3. Rafael Nadal







2022.5





4. David Ferrer







1935





5. Nikolay Davydenko







1675





6. Andy Roddick







1635





7. James Blake







1410





8. Andy Murray







1350





9. Mikhail Youzhny







1150





10. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga







1124





11. Tommy Haas







1015





12. Ivan Ljubicic







985





13. David Nalbandian







895





14. Jarkko Nieminen







890





15. Paul-Henri Mathieu







875





16. Lleyton Hewitt







870





17. Ivo Karlovic







870





18. Richard Gasquet







815





19. Fernando Gonzalez







807.5





20. Radek Stepanek







741





21. Tomas Berdych







735





22. Dmitry Tursunov







713





23. Guillermo Canas







693





24. Stanislas Wawrinka







670





25. Philipp Kohlshreiber







655





26. Juan Ignacio Chela







647.5





27. Tommy Robredo







630





28. Juan Carlos Ferrero







625





29. Carlos Moya







620





30. Fernando Verdasco







610





31. Nicolas Kiefer







610





32. Feliciano Lopez







600





33. Sam Querrey







565





34. Juan Monaco







555





35. Thomas Johansson







550





36. Marcos Baghdatis







515





37. Dudi Sela







507





38. Stefan Koubek







499





39. Juan Martin Del Potro







470





40. Hyung-Taik Lee







464





41. Mardy Fish







455





42. Ernests Gulbis







444.5





43. Olivier Rochus







436





44. Fabrice Santoro







429





45. Michael Llodra







425





46. Gilles Simon







420





47. Jurgen Melzer







418





48. Mario Ancic







402.5





49. Donald Young







387





50. Andreas Seppi







379