How does the wta race work

Articoli precedenti. Articoli correlati. Wta, cosa fanno le top contro le top 10? Continua a leggere. Tc Crema inarrestabile in A1: batte Massa Lombarda per e consolida il primo posto. The WTA rankings are based on a week, cumulative system. A player's ranking is determined by her results at a maximum of 16 tournaments for singles and 11 for doubles. During the and seasons, a revised ranking system was introduced.

In order to balance fairness and flexibility for all players, the WTA Rankings will generally follow the "Better of and " point model, in alignment with the ATP Tour.

Traditionally, the tournaments that count towards a player's ranking are those that yield the highest ranking points during the rolling week period. In order to appear on the WTA rankings, players must earn ranking points in at least three tournaments, or a minimum of 10 singles ranking points or 10 doubles ranking points in one or more tournaments.

The race differs slightly for the official rankings and is often very interesting to look at. In the race rankings, every player starts for zero points at the start of the year and each tournament is worth the same amount as in the official rankings.

It offers a different perspective on the form of players, as much can change in the off-season. For example we can see the Rafael Nadal is currently at world number 3 in the official ATP rankings, but in the race he is a number 9. Stan Wawrinka, on the other hand, has the number 3 spot in the race rankings that corresponds to his fantastic start to the year which has included a semi-final run in the Australian Open as well as a title in Chennai which earned him points in the race.

Another interesting feature of the race comes when looking at qualification for the ATP World Tour finals. This is the end of year tournament that only the Top 8 players in the world qualify for.

The race rankings offer a good image of who is looking good to qualify. Come the end of the year the race rankings effectively become the official rankings, as they both are the points total of the last 52 weeks of action. It is a fantastic way of seeing how the rankings might shape up come the end of the season if certain player can continue their form in the coming months.

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