[Brian Stewart]

What are your fave's best 17 results? Not just in one year, but if they combined their best 17 from all seasons. (With the catch that the tournaments have to be active.) It would be interesting to see, especially for those players not among the top 5. (Hingis, for example, has won more than 17 different events, including 3 slams, the yearend championships, and all 9 Tier I's. So there'd be no mystery there.) Here are Chanda's (by current round points):
Australian Open- SF- 234
Linz- W- 200
Miami- F- 182
Quebec City- W- 155
Los Angeles- F- 140
Eastbourne- F- 140
Scottsdale*- F- 140
Roland Garros- QF- 130
Indian Wells- SF- 117
Zurich- SF- 117
Filderstadt- SF- 90
Hobart- W- 80
US Open- 3r- 72
Oklahoma City- SF- 71
Birmingham- SF- 71
Madrid- SF- 71
Charleston- QF- 65
________________________
Total round points- 2075

This is without quality points, which could be anywhere from 40% to 100% or more of that total.

So, how many RP's would your faves rack up in their best 17s?

(*Note: Chanda did not reach a final of this particular Scottsdale tourney, but it used to be in Chicago, and she was a finalist there. She was also a finalist in the old Phoenix tournament, so I combined them for this result. So there. <IMG SRC="smilies/tongue.gif" border="0">)

 

[AjdeNate!]

Take some of Monica's 42 non slam titles....
Add a pair of US Open titles....
Add a triplet of French crowns...
Add a quartet of Aussie trophies...

And voila!

 

[Brian Stewart]

Actually, she could only use one of each slam that she's won. (Sorry if I wasn't clear.) So, Monica starts with titles at 3 of the slams, and the Wimbledon final. So just 13 more tournaments for her "best" season.

 

[disposablehero]

Monica:

Australian Open: 520
Roland Garros: 520
US Open: 520
Tour Championships: 390
Wimbledon: 364
Lipton/Ericsson: 260
Indian Wells: 260
Canadian Open: 260
Rome: 260
Berlin: 260
Amelia Island: 200
Princess Cup: 200
Eastbourne: 200
Sydney: 200
Manhattan Berach/Los Angeles: 200
Philadelphia: 200
Kremlin Cup: 182

Total: 4996

 

[Randy H]

Arantxa:

French Open: 520
US Open: 520
Wimbledon: 364
Australian Open: 364
Chase Championships: 273
Miami: 260
Canadian Open: 260
German Open: 260
Hilton Head: 260
Amelia Island: 200
Hamburg: 200
Oakland: 200
Sydney: 200
Tokyo: 200
Tokyo (PP): 182
Italian Open: 182
Leipzig: 140

TOTAL: 4585

(i think that's right at least, lol)

cool idea Brian <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Zummi]

Brian, you always think of the greatest threads!

For Martina:

Australian Open - W - 520
Roland Garros - W - 520
Wimbledon - W - 520
U.S. Open - W - 520
Championships - W - 390
Tokyo (Toray) - W - 260
Indian Wells - W - 260
Miami - W - 260
Charleston - W - 260
Canadian Open - W - 260
Sydney - W - 200
Paris (GdF) - W - 200
Amelia Island - W - 200
Eastbourne - W - 200
Stanford - W - 200
Manhattan Beach - W - 200
Filderstadt - W - 200

Total: 5170

A couple of sidenotes:
* When Martina won the Family Circle Cup, it was still be played in Hilton Head Island. The Bank of the West Classic was previously held in Oakland, Calif.

* A couple of the tournaments used to be Tier I events previously when Martina won them - for example, Amelia Island was once a Tier I; as was Chicago (now held in Scottsdale).

* Also worth mentioning, a couple of the current top tournaments used to be weak Tier III events previously, most notably the Italian & Germany Opens.

[ October 14, 2001: Message edited by: Zummi ]

 

[martinafan]

Martina HINGIS:

Australian Open W = 520
Wimbledon W = 520
US Open W = 520
Chase Champs W = 390
Roland Garros F = 364
9 x Tier 1's W = 9 x 260 = 2340
3 x Tier 2's (syd,fild,ham) = 3 x 200 = 600

TOTAL = 5254

Well, i think that's right........correct me if wrong!

If Martina had won RG, it would be 5410 - the maximum possible! She's pretty darn close to that max now! <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0"> Well Done Martina!!!!

 

[jd4eva]

Jelena Dokic Best 17:

Winner Italian Open - 260
Winner Kremlin Cup - 260
SF WIMBLEDON - 234
Winner Toyota Princess Cup - 200
F Brasil Open - 140
QF WIMBLEDON -130
SF Betty Barclay Cup - 90
4th Rnd US Open - 72
SF Heineken Open - 71
SF Idea Prokom Open - 71
QF Italian Open - 65
QF Family Circle Cup - 65
QF Ericsson Open - 65
QF Pilot Pen - 50
QF Toyota Princess Cup - 50
QF Sparkassen Cup - 50
3rd Rnd FO - 44

Total: 1917

 

[Williams Rulez]

Venus:

US Open W - 520
Wimbledon W - 520
Maimi W - 260
Zurich W - 260
Rome W - 260
Austrialian SF - 234
Hamburg W - 200
New Haven W - 200
Stanford W - 200
San Diego W - 200
Chase SF - 175
Oklahoma W - 155
Linz F - 140
Roland Garros QF - 130
Indian Wells SF - 117

Total = 3571 (15 tournaments)

LOL... Venus has only played these tournaments in her life, I can't find more than 15... sorry <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0"> Unless Venus did play in Moscow before. However, her Olympics gold medal which is worthless is not counted, neither is her Grand Slam Cup victory, which doesn't exist anymore. She was a finalist at Hannover, but I have no idea where the tournament has moved to. I think it has disappeared... Well, I don't think I'll do Serena's.... I think I'll be shocked at little she has played.

 

[TheBoiledEgg]

I wonder if Nancy Loeffler Caro's best 17 tournsare actually worth 17 pts <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/rolleyes.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/rolleyes.gif" border="0">

just a thought...... i'm sure she has.

 

[anabel]

Conchita 17 best:

W Wimbledon 520
F Aus Open 364
F Roland G. 364
SF US Open 234
W Berlin 260
W Rome 260
W Hilton Heath 260
W Moscow 260
W Philadelphia 200
W San Diego 200
W Los Angeles 200
W Amelia Island 200
W Hamburg 200
W Scottsdale 200
W Barcelona 200
W Paris 200
F Indian Wells 182

Total: 4304 <IMG SRC="smilies/bounce.gif" border="0">

Marta best 17

QF Roland Garros 130
4r AUS Open 72
SF Knnoke 63
2r Wimbledon 26
3r Miami 22
QF Vienna 39
2r 's-Hertogenbosch 20
2r Berlin 13
2r Bol 20
2r Estoril 18
2r Porto 18
2r Basel 18
+ 5 1r 5

Total: 464 <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">

Mariajo best 17

SF Madrid 71
QF Antwerp 20
QF Bogota 39
2r Bol 20
2r Knnoke 20
1r AUS O 1
1r Roland G 1
1r Wimbledon 1
1r US Open 1
1r Acapulco 1
1r Miami 1
1r Porto 1
1r Basel 1
1r Casablanca 1
1r Palermo 1
1r Bahia 1
still 1 tournament to 17 main draws for Mariajo...

Total: 181 <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">

 

[Ballbasher]

Jelena Dokic Best 17:

Winner Italian Open - 260
Winner Kremlin Cup - 260
SF WIMBLEDON - 234
Winner Toyota Princess Cup - 200
F Brasil Open - 140
QF WIMBLEDON -130
SF Betty Barclay Cup - 90
4th Rnd US Open - 72
SF Heineken Open - 71
SF Idea Prokom Open - 71
QF Italian Open - 65
QF Family Circle Cup - 65
QF Ericsson Open - 65
QF Pilot Pen - 50
QF Toyota Princess Cup - 50
QF Sparkassen Cup - 50
3rd Rnd FO - 44

Total: 1917

Let's add
W:Sarasota, Birmingham
Faris, San Diego, Zurich
QF:Melbourne

Maria Sharapova.
W:Wimbledon
W:US Open
W:Australian Open
F:Australian Open
W:YEC
F:YEC
W:Indian Wells
W:San Diego ²
W:Tokyo ²
W: Doha [her 2nd title there]
W:Zurich

SF:Three at Grand Slams
OR
F:Miami ²
F:Zurich ?