Tennis-ATP World Tour rankings

@Great Eddie, Nadal Nr1? really? he wont win Roland­ Garos this year, he will be out at least 1 month­ depending on the risks he take he may go on and miss R­ Garos or miss the build up wich mean at best he will go­ out in the 1 /2, I wonder than how come he will en up­ Nr 1.

Hey Eurosport, you need to update the little box with­ the ATP rankings too, on the right side of the site. ­ It is out of date.

Yes, Nadal could lose the #2 but none of the top 4 are­ guaranteed. Nole has a lot of points to defend. He just­ lost 750 at Indians wells and could easily lose more in­ Miami. If he gets knocked out early at the French and­ Wimbledon he could really tumble in the standings. My­ prediction for year end rankings are:

1. Rafael­ Nadal
2. Roger Federer (very close 2nd)
3. Novak­ Djokovic
4. Andy Murray

nadal is in danger of losing his no. 2 spot.....

Thanks Paul. I will check out the other sites and see­ if i can make head or tail of it. I still say it would­ be better to start with a clean sheet each year. Thanks­ for your time.

@pauline. Hi. Go on the ATP we page and on the rankings­ page, click on a players points, it will show the dates­ they drop. This is part of the reason the points never­ seem to make sense. Another website which is good is­ ATP rankings live which shows you day by day how the­ rankings changes which is fun to look at alongside the­ official list which only changes every fortnight I­ think. This website also shows you the race to London­ points which illustrates how the players hv done from a­ zero standing start. This gives a real picture based on­ tournament success from Jan 1. Fed gained 250 from­ Rotterdam as didnt play last yr, and only 200 from­ Dubai as finalist last yr. Novak and Nadal will drop a­ lot of points a over next 2/3 weeks due to their­ success in IW and M. Actually Murray has most to gain­ as. Did so poorly last spring and cld pick up a lot.

@andrew. Hi They don't really " keep"them­ as they do drop and they hv to re earn them. It also­ reflects the fact that the top 4/5 always make the­ QF/SF and F 's . That is how someone like Ferrer­ always does well although he has never won a slam so in­ fact the points system rewards someone like him very­ well as he plays a lot of tourneys and grafts all yr.

These rankings confuse me. How can David Ferrer have­ more points as he was defending Acapulco. He seems to­ have received 325 points extra this week. I feel that­ Federer should only have 8435 but has 8710 even though­ he only gained 200. Andy Murray and Djokovic seem to­ be right. Can someone explain these crazy rankings to­ me please.

The system is not bad, there are two ways, you go up or­ down depending on your results, so it depends on­ consistency! I did not see somebody wining 2 GS and­ being number 10 or 100!

Yeah, Delpo has moved to No. 10. Very soon, we will­ see him in the top 5 again. He belongs there.

Thank you 'in-motion' but my question was­ regarding YTD points and was also for 16th January. I­ do understand the overall points for this week.

@pauline , andy lost some points because he didn't­ reach the final - he didn't defend the points from­ the past year -

Could someone explain to me why some players have more­ ytd points even though they have played the same as­ others eg. Tsonga and Ferrer have more points than say­ Andy Murray? Thanks