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The last Grand Slam event is finished, and my power rankings have been updated. My rankings unlike the ATP official rankings start over at the beginning of the season.  Everyone starts at zero and accumulates points throughout the year.  How do you get points you ask.

This is how players get points in my rankings:

GRAND SLAM EVENTS

3 points are earned for every win at a grand slam tournament up until the final.
5 points is earned by the player who wins in the final.

example: Juan Martin Del Potro won 7 matches to win the U.S. Open.
1st round defeated Juan Monaco = 3 pts
2nd round defeated Jurgen Melzer = 3 pts
3rd round defeated Daniel Koellerer = 3 pts
4th round defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero = 3pts
Quarterfinals defeated Marin Cilic = 3 pts
Semifinals defeated Rafael Nadal = 3pts
Final defeated Roger Federer = 5 pts

For a total of 23 points for winning a major.

Masters Series Events
There are about 8 Masters Series tournaments a year and they normally have a field of 64 players. Which means you must win 6 matches to be the champion.

Rounds 1st to Semifinals = 2pts each
Final = 3 pts to the winner.

For a total of 13 points for winning a Masters Series tournament.

All Other Tournaments
Most other smaller tournaments have 32 player fields, so 5 matches are needed to win.
Rounds 1-4 = 1pt
Final = 2 pts to the winner.
For a total of winning 6 points for winning any smaller tournament.

So with my system the bigger the tournament the more points there are to be earned. Kind of makes sense to me. Also the same system is used for both the men and women.




My Womens Top 10 following the U.S. Open
1. Caroline Wozniacki (Den)  127
2. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 104
3. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 100
4. Venus Williams (USA) 95
5. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 90
6. Kim Clijsters (BEL) 90
7. Shahar Peer (ISR) 82
8. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 80
8. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 80
10. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 79


And you are thinking, "Where in the hell is Serena Williams?"  Well in my system, you do not accumulate points for faking injuries, and flaking out of tournaments.  If you did, Serena would be crowned the champion by the middle of March in most years.  She barely missed the top 10 by one point.  Serena is currently #11 with 78 points.  So maybe she will quit getting work done on her face and take it easy on the Michael Jackson-Sammy Sosa whitening formula and get her ass on the court and try to move up the rankings.


My Mens Top 10 following the U.S. Open
1. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 161
2. Roger Federer (SUI) 115
3. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 104
4. Andy Murray (GBR) 92
5. Robin Soderling (SWE) 91
6. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 90
7. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 84
7. Andy Roddick (USA) 84
9. David Ferrer (ESP) 83
10. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 75

And that is the current rankings, there are still a lot more tournaments left in the season, including the season ending tour championships.  So there is a chance for players to move up or fall completely out of the top 10.  I'll post the final top 10 once the season is complete.