Wimbledon - Grass court rankings

Eurosport - Mon, 23 Jun 10:52:00 2008

There is very little change in our grass court rankings as most of the big names took a week off before the start of Wimbledon this week.

TENNIS Nadal v Federer Wimbledon final 2007 - 0

However, there is one new entry, and it is world number five David Ferrer who, seemingly from nowhere, discovered some grass court form to take the title at 's-Hertogenbosch.

His victory over Marc Gicquel in the final was enough to see him jump straight into our chart in ninth position.

Out of the rankings though goes last year's 's-Hertogenbosch winner Ivan Ljubicic who couldn't defend his rankings points at the Dutch venue as he crashed out in the second round to Viktor Troicki.

Ivo Karlovic can't improve on seventh position despite winning at Nottingham as he was just defending the points he won at the same venue the previous year.

Meanwhile, despite reaching the finals of 's-Hertogenbosch and Nottingham respectively, Gicquel and Fernando Verdasco just miss out due to their ATP rankings.

So heading into the "big one" here is how are players are shaping up - as well as an explanation as to how the ranking system works.

2008 Grass Court Rankings - ATP world ranking in brackets

1. [1] Roger Federer (SUI) 25 points - Even

2. [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP) 14 - Even

3. [6] Andy Roddick (USA) 8 - Even

4. [3] Novak Djokovic (SRB) 7 - Even

5. [9] Richard Gasquet (FRA) 5 - Even

6. [25] Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 5 - Even

7. [22] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 4 - Even

8. [27] Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 4 - Even

9. [5] David Ferrer (ESP) 3 - New Entry

10. [7] David Nalbandian (ARG) 3 - Down one

11. [36] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 3 - Even

12. [53] Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 3 - Even

13. [101] Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) 3 - Even

14. [8] James Blake (USA) 2 - Even

15. [19] Tomas Berdych (CZE) 2 - Even

Formula:

10 winner; 6 runner-up; 4 semi-finalist; 2 quarter-finalist: 2007 Wimbledon

5 winner; 3 runner-up; 2 semi-finalist; 1 quarter-finalist: Queen's, Halle, 2006 Wimbledon

3 winner; 2 runner-up; 1 semi-finalist: Nottingham, 's-Hertogenbosch, Newport, 2005 Wimbledon

1 bonus point for any semi-final or better at Wimbledon 2001-2004

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Seán Fay / Eurosport

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  1. Even they will play on grass and is more dificult Rafa will win Wimbledon!!!!!

    From daniel4e_deny, on Sun 22 Jun 11:29PM

  2. Stop talking Djokovic ... You might eventually become No. 1 one day ...
    But noboday would give a $*!#.....

    From AchilleS B, on Sun 22 Jun 10:15PM

  3. Go Nadal, you are fantastic, hope you win Wimbledon!!!

    From kpb, on Sun 22 Jun 9:50PM

  4. VAMOS RAFA YOU ARE THE ONE

    From rnbc.nisa, on Sun 22 Jun 8:49PM

  5. I really hope that Novak Djokovic can break the hold on the Wimbledon Championships by Federer.

    Ann

    From a.rnic, on Sun 22 Jun 8:25PM

  6. COME ON RAFA YOU CAN DO IT I HOPE NO ONE WILL TAKE IT CAUZ YOU DESERVE IT
    SPANIA IN THE FOOTBALL AND IN THE TENNIS

    From tamara t, on Sun 22 Jun 6:00PM

  7. Come on! Nadal is a huge player and probably is better than Roger now, he is the king on clay but on grass Roger is the king. Maybe he beats Roger but won't do it as easy as in Paris for sure, and we will see great tennis, provided they both make the final. I am a Federer fan and I think he wins Wimbledon but very hard, but I give greater chance for Rafa beating him in Wimbledon than I gave Roger beating Rafa in Paris. I wish Rafa the best if he is good enough and beats him than deserves to hold the crown but will only prove for me better than Roger if he can defend it next year against Novak and Roger because Roger will want it back for sure if he loses.

    From lux.marcell, on Sun 22 Jun 5:14PM

  8. Federer will beat Nadal again if they meet. Federer is the king of Tennis and Nadal is the king of clay. Nadal is getting better but it's not his time to beat Federer. Let him queue and be patient. His time on grass will come

    From seunitan, on Sun 22 Jun 5:04PM

  9. ITS TIME FOR THE MATADOR, VAMOS!!!

    From Radd, on Sun 22 Jun 2:47PM

  10. hey dudes nadal will easily win 6-0 6-0 6-0

    From Dhruv, on Sun 22 Jun 2:16PM

  11. federer will prove to everyone that he is is the best player on grass. what borg said earlier will be proven to be wrong because there is no way nadal can beat federer on grass.

    From basselguindy, on Sun 22 Jun 2:10PM

  12. FEDEX ... Again will rock

    From san, on Sun 22 Jun 1:13PM

  13. FEDERER OVER-RATED!!!! dont make me laugh

    From seabass, on Sun 22 Jun 12:53PM

  14. Did someone say Federer is over rated ! Puleeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzz eder11 you need to check again who won the last 5 Wimbledon titles.

    From achur o, on Sun 22 Jun 11:39AM

  15. Just hope Nadal teaches Federer another lesson.
    But I don't think because I think Nole would beat the over-rated Swiss.

    VAMOS RAFA

    From eder11, on Sun 22 Jun 11:26AM

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