*Official* Tennis Thread

[Mister Wright]

We definitely need a tipping comp for Wimbledon.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Haas not seeded, Safin is.

Well, whoever gets Marat should count himself lucky. And Hanescu and Montañés get seeded too

 

[superkingdave]

Haas is seeded now (24) after Monfils pulls out. Beleive there is nothing they can do about Montañés being seeded, its the top 32 that get seeded and he's ranked 34 with 2 players out previously injured.

 

[Jono]

Haas not seeded, Safin is.

Well, whoever gets Marat should count himself lucky. And Hanescu and Montañés get seeded too

Safin made the semis of Wimbledon last year!

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Safin made the semis of Wimbledon last year!

Indeed. And when he gets knocked out in the first round here he'll fall to world no. 80.

It's the only thing keeping him afloat and it happened 12 months ago.

 

[Jono]

Yeah, but we all know that Wimbledon takes into account the last 2 years of grass court results, and if you make the semis the previous year, naturally you have to be seeded.

Hope he does well in his last Wimbledon.

 

[superkingdave]

Yeah, but we all know that Wimbledon takes into account the last 2 years of grass court results, and if you make the semis the previous year, naturally you have to be seeded.

Hope he does well in his last Wimbledon.

If i'm reading it right tho for the men it only comes into effect if you are actually in the top 32 ranked players already. For the women its different, hence Sharapova is seeded.

From 2001, 32 players have been seeded in the Gentlemen’s and Ladies' Singles. These are the top 32 players on the ATP Entry System Position (ESP) and the WTA Tour ranking. The former list is arranged on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player’s grass court achievement as per the following formula:

ESP points as at a week before The Championships
Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months
Add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that.
For the Ladies, the seeding order follows the ranking list, except where in the opinion of the Committee, the grass court credentials of a particular player necessitates a change in the interest of achieving a balanced draw.

 

[Jono]

Yeah, and Safin is ranked #23.

 

[Simon]

Nadal would have to be at long odds to compete. He lost an exhibition match to Hewitt last night in straight sets. No one who is serious about being a threat in a grand slam loses to Lleyton anymore.

 

[Simon]

Haas is seeded now (24) after Monfils pulls out. Beleive there is nothing they can do about Montañés being seeded, its the top 32 that get seeded and he's ranked 34 with 2 players out previously injured.

Is that right? How does he go from what was 33rd on the list to 24 with one pull out? Until the draw is made they would all only go up one spot.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Nadal would have to be at long odds to compete. He lost an exhibition match to Hewitt last night in straight sets. No one who is serious about being a threat in a grand slam loses to Lleyton anymore.

Provided he gets an OK draw, Hewitt will make it at least as far as the third or fourth round.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Is that right? How does he go from what was 33rd on the list to 24 with one pull out? Until the draw is made they would all only go up one spot.

Because he enters the top 32, I assume they reshuffle again based on previous grass results.

 

[Simon]

Because he enters the top 32, I assume they reshuffle again based on previous grass results.

From my understanding he was moved from 35 to 33 based on grass court events, but again that didnt seem right given his recent title.

Do you have a link? just interested thats all.

 

[superkingdave]

From my understanding he was moved from 35 to 33 based on grass court events, but again that didnt seem right given his recent title.

Do you have a link? just interested thats all.

No two of the top 32 were already out injured, with the 3rd, he becomes part of the top 32 and then the grass weighting comes into effect

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Nadal-Murray semifinal...

 

[superkingdave]

Probably the first time Murray will be please to be in Nadal side of the draw if his knee is as bad as has been made out

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

And then possibly has a second round clash with Lleyton. (Rafa that is)

Safin has Levine who he should beat.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Safin has Levine who he should beat.

Certain loss for Safin, then....

 

[superkingdave]

Can see a first round exit for Murray....he has a really easy draw really though, especially if Nadal is announcing his withdrawal aws

 

[Jono]

skd, do you doubt Murray every tournament on purpose