2013 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
DEC 30
#625 Brisbane (Prem - 275) :
Purtov
#626 Shenzhen (Int - 140) :
valac222
#627 Auckland (Int - 140) :
Tuckii
JAN 6
#628 Sydney (Prem - 275) :
sdtoot
#629 Hobart (Int - 140) :
Meelis
JAN 14
#630 Melbourne (GS - 1000)^ :
Hakon
JAN 28
#631 Paris (Prem - 275) :
Purtov
#632 Pattaya (Int - 140) :
valac222
FEB 11
#633 Doha (Prem 5 - 430) :
Purtov
FEB 17
#634 Dubai (Prem - 275) :
Purtov
#635 Memphis(Int - 140) :
charmedRic
FEB 24
#636 Florianopolis (Int -140) :
bgbgbg
#637 Acapulco (Int - 140) :
charmedRic
#638 Kuala Lumpur (Int - 140) :
ozfan44
MAR 6
#639 Indian Wells (Prem Mand - 500) :
Purtov
MAR 17
#640 Miami (Prem Mand - 500) :
Purtov
APR 2
#641 Charleston (Prem - 275) :
charmedRic
#642 Monterrey (Int - 140) :
goOudinUSA
APR 8
#643 Katowice (Int - 140) :
valac222
APR 22
#644 Stuttgart (Prem - 275) :
Hakon
#645 Marrakech (Int - 140) :
valac222
APR 29
#646 Estoril (Int - 140) :
Purtov
MAY 4
#647 Madrid (Prem Mand - 500) :
Purtov
MAY 13
#648 Rome (Prem 5 - 430) :
Purtov
MAY 20
#649 Brussels (Prem - 275) :
Hakon
#650 Strasbourg (Int - 140) :
Sasja
MAY 26
#651 Roland Garros (GS - 1000) :
sdtoot
JUN 10
#652 Birmingham (Int - 140) :
Purtov
#653 Nurnberg (Int - 140) :
valac222
JUN 16
#654 Eastbourne (Prem - 275) :
Purtov
#655 s-Hertogenbosch (Int - 140) :
Purtov
JUN 24
#656 Wimbledon (GS - 1000) :
JUL 8
#657 Budapest (Int - 140) :
#658 Palermo (Int - 140) :
JUL 15
#659 Bad Gastein (Int - 140) :
#660 Bastad (Int - 140) :
JUL 22
#661 Stanford (Prem - 275) :
#662 Baku (Int - 140) :
JUL 29
#663 Carlsbad (Prem - 275) :
#664 Washington (Int - 140) :
AUG 5
#665 Toronto (Prem 5 - 430) :
AUG 12
#666 Cincinnati (Prem 5 - 430) :
AUG 18
#667 New Haven (Prem - 275) :
#668 Dallas (Int - 140) :
AUG 26
#669 US Open (GS - 1000) :
SEP 9
#670 Tashkent (Int - 140) :
#671 Quebec City (Int - 140) :
SEP 16
#672 Seoul (Int - 140) :
#673 Guangzhou (Int - 140) :
SEP 22
#674 Tokyo (Prem 5 - 430) :
SEP 28
#675 Beijing (Prem Mand - 500) :
OCT 7
#676 Linz (Int - 140) :
#677 Osaka (Int - 140) :
OCT 14
#678 Moscow (Prem - 275) :
#679 Luxembourg (Int - 140) :
OCT 22
#680 Istanbul YEC's (YEC's - 750) :
OCT 29
#681 Sofia ToC's (TOC's - 275) :
Can managers please ensure the following:-
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).
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