[Steven.]

it's not she can't handle the pressure of being no. 1, but more that she's just unfortunate. how many times has she ascended to no. 1 or got close to there but then got injured or sick

btw, madrid pts are off after this week, so Maria will essentially be defending her Rome pts at Madrid

[MM_1257]

huh... Madrid and the Rome points coming off. Huge task...

[Julian.]

Latest Update:

Current Race Position (After Stuttgart)

Race Singles (As of April 30, 2012)

1. Victoria Azarenka 4940 (7)
2. Maria Sharapova 3390 (6)
3. Agnieszka Radwanska 3085 (8)
4. Marion Bartoli 1816 (9)
5. Angelique Kerber 1815 (9)
6. Caroline Wozniacki 1671 (8)
7. Petra Kvitova 1385 (7)
8. Samantha Stosur 1346 (9)
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9. Sara Errani 1300 (8)
10. Li Na 1221 (7)
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11. Kim Clijsters 1180 (4)
12. Ana Ivanovic 1122 (8)
13. Serena Williams 1120 (5)
14. Julia Goerges 1096 (10)
15. Daniela Hantuchova 1086 (8)
16. Mona Barthel 1028 (10)
17. Jelena Jankovic 933 (11)
18. Maria Kirilenko 888 (7)
19. Lucie Safarova 878 (10)
20. Yanina Wickmayer 846 (9)

[JoPova]

Are we sure that Maria got a 0 for Charleston? I'm a bit confused with all these numbers!

[Steven.]

Originally Posted by Jechijo

Are we sure that Maria got a 0 for Charleston? I'm a bit confused with all these numbers!

yep. She ended last year in the top 10 and so she had to commit to two premier 700 tournaments, and one of them being Charleston. She withdrew from that so unfortunately the 0-pointer must count towards her rank. Same with Beijing.

to put it simply, the following must count on her ranking:
- Grand Slams (4)
- YEC (1)
- Premier Mandatory (4)
- Premier 5 (2)
- Premier 700 commitment tournaments (2) one of which is yet to be played
meaning she's played 12 tournaments which must count towards her pts. From these tournaments she's earned 7340 pts.

The rest of the non-mandatory tournaments she entered in is Canada (125), Tokyo (225), Paris Indoors (120), Stuttgart (470), Stanford (120) but there's only space for four more tournaments to count and we take her best pts (i.e. the bolded ones) for a total of 8280 pts


thanks julian. updating race ranks now

[CareerSlamPova]

Why didn't she commit to Paris and Stuttgart?

They both are P700s right?

[Steven.]

Originally Posted by BridesMaidPova

Why didn't she commit to Paris and Stuttgart?

They both are P700s right?

Yep they're both P700s, but I'm not really entirely sure about the former question.

There's actually no specifications about what P700 tournaments she must commit to, with the only restriction being that only 2 top 10 players can commit to a tournament. Maybe she just missed out on Stuttgart.

I don't know who gets priority to commit or on what basis they do it but yeah... as far as I know, the WTA also doesn't release which tournament each member of the top 10 commit to either, so for now we just know that Charleston is one of them

[JoPova]

Originally Posted by Steven.

yep. She ended last year in the top 10 and so she had to commit to two premier 700 tournaments, and one of them being Charleston. She withdrew from that so unfortunately the 0-pointer must count towards her rank. Same with Beijing.

to put it simply, the following must count on her ranking:
- Grand Slams (4)
- YEC (1)
- Premier Mandatory (4)
- Premier 5 (2)
- Premier 700 commitment tournaments (2) one of which is yet to be played
meaning she's played 12 tournaments which must count towards her pts. From these tournaments she's earned 7340 pts.

The rest of the non-mandatory tournaments she entered in is Canada (125), Tokyo (225), Paris Indoors (120), Stuttgart (470), Stanford (120) but there's only space for four more tournaments to count and we take her best pts (i.e. the bolded ones) for a total of 8280 pts

Thank you!

[Jack89]

I still don't get why she got a 0 pointer for Charleston. The P700 events are Brisbane, Carlsbad, Dubai, Paris(Indoors), Stanford and Stuttgart. She pulled out of Brisbane due to injury so therefore she doesn't get a 0 pointer. And she played Paris and Stuttgart so she's comitted to two. Yet she still gets a 0 pointer for Charleston even though it was never on her schedule to begin with. Just find it confusing.

[Sharapovian]

Originally Posted by BridesMaidPova

Why didn't she commit to Paris and Stuttgart?

They both are P700s right?

Apparently Paris doesn't count as a commitment tournament:

Originally Posted by Tennis Observer

As Masha finished 2011 tour year as # 4. As a Top 10 player she has to commit to two out of seven P700 tournaments (Brisbane, Dubai, Charleston, Stuttgart, Stanford, Carlsbad & Moscow - as Paris [Indoors] has only a 637K minimum prize money, this event is not entitled to Player Commitment). If Maria committed to P700 Charleston she will recieve a mandatory 0 pointer as she don't play there.

[perseus2006]

An interesting set of numbers. Take the current rankings for Vika and Pova, subtract 2011 Madrid points and add back in the 17th tournament points and you get the 2012 starting point for Vika, 8600, and Pova, 8260.

Only 340 points separate the two. There are a number of scenarios for Pova to take the #1 Rank from Vika at Madrid. Given the bad blood between them, that would be just oh, so funny.

[Steven.]

Maria can become no. 1 if Azarenka loses in R1 and Maria wins Madrid.

[CareerSlamPova]

Come on Sveta.

But don't see that happening, neither do I want that to happen before she wins RG or any slam.

[doomsday]

Originally Posted by Steven.

Maria can become no. 1 if Azarenka loses in R1 and Maria wins Madrid.

Actually if Vika loses in 1sr round, a semifinal would be enough to take this spot but then she still has 900 points to defend in Rome she won't keep that ranking a long time IMO. Anyway a N2 seems good to me ATM, the n1 ranking will come sooner or later.

[JoPova]

I really love this thread! Thank you Steven for keeping it updated!

Maria's now 6-3 against top 10 players. It really should've been 7-2 though. That loss to that thing in Miami!