2012 WTA PAW Season
In this thread, please post your names to offer management of each PAW tournament.
As all players of PAW know, we are short of managers for PAW tournaments. Therefore, any amount of help (even just organizing a smaller International tournament or two) would be very much appreciated.
Remember that the number of participants varies according to the ranking status of the tournament:-
Gland Slams - unlimited players
Premier Mandatory - 128 players
Premier 5 - 96 players
Premier - 80 players
International - 64 players
Note - The tournament ranking status and winners ranking points for each event are shown in brackets below:-
^ Saturday Singles Final
! Friday Singles Final
JAN 2
#568 Brisbane (Prem - 275)^ :
Emrys
#569 Auckland (Int - 140)^ :
Purtov
JAN 9
#570 Sydney (Prem - 275)! :
MAGIKARPETTA
#571 Hobart (Int - 140)^ :
Meelis
JAN 16
#572 Melbourne (GS - 1000)^ :
Purtov
FEB 6
#573 Paris (Prem - 275) :
Sasja
#574 Pattaya (Int - 140) :
Dementieva_Dude
FEB 13
#575 Doha (Prem 5 - 430) :
sdtoot
#576 Bogota(Int - 140) :
Dementieva_Dude
FEB 20
#577 Dubai (Prem - 275)^ :
Frederik
#578 Memphis(Int - 140)^ :
MAGIKARPETTA
#579 Monterrey (Int - 140) :
Emrys
FEB 27
#580 Acapulco (Int - 140)^ :
Jrm
#581 Kuala Lumpur (Int - 140) :
Dementieva_Dude
MAR 5
#582 Indian Wells (Prem Mand - 500) :
Purtov
MAR 19
#583 Miami (Prem Mand - 500)^ :
Purtov
APR 2
#584 Charleston (Prem - 275) :
Archer16
APR 9
#585 Barcelona (Int - 140) :
Sasja
#586 Copenhagen (Int - 140) :
Purtov
APR 23
#587 Stuttgart (Prem - 275) :
SamR03A
#588 Fes (Int - 140)^ :
Dementieva_Dude
APR 30
#589 Estoril (Int - 140)^ :
Sasja
#590 Budapest (Int - 140)^ :
Meelis
MAY 5
#591 Madrid (Prem Mand - 500) :
Purtov
MAY 14
#592 Rome (Prem 5 - 430) :
Purtov
MAY 21
#593 Brussels (Prem - 275)^ :
Jrm
#594 Strasbourg (Int - 140)^ :
Dementieva_Dude
MAY 28
#595 Roland Garros (GS - 1000)^ :
sdtoot
JUN 11
#596 Birmingham (Int - 140) :
Emrys
#597 Bad Gastein (Int - 140) :
Jrm
JUN 18
#598 Eastbourne (Prem - 275)^ :
SamR03A
#599 s-Hertogenbosch (Int - 140)^ :
Jrm
JUN 25
#600 Wimbledon (GS - 1000)^ :
Purtov
JUL 9
#601 Stanford (Prem - 275) :
Purtov
#602 Palermo (Int - 140) :
SamR03A
JUL 16
#603 Carlsbad (Prem - 275) :
Emrys
#604 Bastad (Int - 140) :
SamR03A
JUL 23
#605 Baku (Int - 140)^ :
Archer16
JUL 30
#606 Olympic Games London (Prem5 - 430) :
Emrys
#607 Washington (Int - 140) :
CANCELLED
AUG 6
#608 Montreal (Prem 5 - 430) :
Emrys
AUG 13
#609 Cincinnati (Prem 5 - 430) :
Sasja
AUG 20
#610 New Haven (Prem - 275)^ :
Emrys
#611 Dallas (Int - 140)^ :
Emrys
AUG 27
#612 US Open (GS - 1000) :
sdtoot
SEP 10
#613 Tashkent (Int - 140)^ :
SamR03A
#614 Quebec City (Int - 140) :
charmedRic
SEP 17
#615 Seoul (Int - 140) :
Hateblackouts02
#616 Guangzhou (Int - 140)^ :
bgbgbg
SEP 24
#617 Tokyo (Prem 5 - 430)^ :
Emrys
OCT 1
#618 Beijing (Prem Mand - 500) :
sdtoot
OCT 8
#619 Linz (Int - 140) :
Sasja
#620 Osaka (Int - 140) :
charmedRic
OCT 15
#621 Moscow (Prem - 275) :
Sasja
#622 Luxembourg (Int - 140) :
charmedRic
OCT 23
#623 Istanbul YEC's (YEC's - 750) :
sdtoot
OCT 30
#624 Sofia ToC's (TOC's - 275) :
Emrys
Can managers please ensure the following:-
Quote:
In the case of an unranked WTA player or a WTA player who has less than 40 ranking pts,
she shall be allocated 40 pts for the calculation of PAW scoring points.
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Quote:
In the final League Table, players who have equal points scores should be given
equal positions (e.g. 4th=) in the League Table.
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Quote:
Any players who commit to play a PAW tournament but do not post any picks during the tournament,
should be listed at the bottom of the final League Table with 0 picks and 0 points.
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For the New Manager
Code:
Copied from MTF PAW Managers Thread
Basically, the manager has 2 main tasks:
1. Publishing the matches and scoring points. It's important that the scoring points are
published as soon as possible, because the players take them in consideration when
selecting their picks for the next day of play.
2. Calculating the scores for each player and publishing the league standings. This is
usually done after each day of play (or after each round in 2-weeks tournaments). Although
the timing of publishing the standings is not as important as the scoring points, it would
be good do do it as soon as possible. Players like to know where they rank, especially in
the latter stages (after the QF and SF) when players take the standing and the picks of
other players in consideration.
Generally, the time required for the standings depend on the # of matches played, so the
work load at the start of the week is the hardest and it gets lighter as the tournament
progresses.
More matches and more players yield more work for the manager... that's why we suggest that
people who aren't sure they have the time to do it to take smaller tournaments for a start.
Of course, to be able to function as manager you must have access to the internet on every
day of the tournament (from the time the main draw is done until the final).
You should be aware what's going on in the tournament and be ready to make adjustments when
necessary (for example: occasionally the draw is changed due to withdrawal so the matches
and scoring points have to be changed).
Another important task is to check the validity of picks, in particular look after "late
picks", i.e. picks that were posted after the match start, or may have started, and
therefore should be marked as an "invalid pick" and not be counted. Note - Start times of
all matches can be found on the xscores.com website (tennis section).
A manager should also know the fine details of the game rules, so it is suggested to read
thoroughly post #1 in the "Official PAW Rules and FAQ's thread" (link to which should
appear on the first message of the PAW tournament thread).
2012 PAW Management Thread - Thanks to all managers who helped this season !!
"Special Relations" Officer on the S.S Dementieva(Retired Golden Goddess) 
