How to Determine a Tennis Player’s WTA Rankings or ATP Rankings

Anybody that has watched tennis has probably noticed that some players have a ranking. But you might not know how the rankings for the ATP (men’s tennis) and WTA (women’s tennis) are determined. Once you know the formula, you can calculate the rankings on your own.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

1. Learn the differences between the ATP and WTA rankings and the Point Race. The ATP and WTA rankings consider all tournaments that have been played in the past 365 days. If the current date is July 13th, 2007 then the ATP and WTA rankings cover July 14th, 2006 to July 13th, 2007.
2. Get the points. Every tennis tournament has a set amount of points a player gets for each round they advance to. The more important the tournament, the higher the points.
3. These are the points awarded for each round of each tournament:
   
   Grand Slam Tournament – 1000 points for winning, 700 points for the Finals, 450 points for the Semi-Finals, 250 points for the Quarter-Finals, 140 points for Round 16, 90 points for Round 32, 60 points for Round 64 and 2 points for Round 128.
   
   Sony Ericsson Championships – 750 points for winning, 525 points for the Finals, 335 points for the Semi-Finals, 185 points for the Quarter-Finals and 105 points for Round 16.
   
   Tier 1 $3,000,000 tournament – 500 points for winning, 350 points for the Finals, 225 points for the Semi-Finals, 125 points for the Quarter-Finals, 70 points for Round 16, 45 points for Round 32 and 30 points for Round 64.
   
   Tier I $2,000,000 tournament – 465 points for winning, 325 points for the Finals, 210 points for the Semi-Finals, 115 points for the Quarter-Finals, 65 points for Round 16, 40 points for Round 32 and 25 points for Round 64.
   
   Tier I $1,340,000 tournament (56 players) – 430 points for winning, 300 points for the Finals, 195 points for the Semi-Finals, 110 points for the Quarter-Finals, 60 points for Round 16, 35 points for Round 32 and 1 point Round 64.
   
   Tier I $1,340,000 tournament (28 players) – 430 for winning, 300 points for the Finals, 195 points for the Semi-Finals, 110 points for the Quarter-Finals, 60 points for Round 16 and 1 point for Round 32.
   
   Tier II $650,000 tournament (28 players) – 300 points for winning, 215 points for the Finals, 140 points for the Semi-Finals, 75 points for the Quarter-Finals, 40 points for Round 16 and 1 point for Round 32.
   
   Tier II $600,000 tournament (56 players) – 275 points for winning, 190 points for the Finals, 125 points for the Semi-Finals, 70 points for the Quarter-Finals, 35 points for Round 16, 20 points for Round 32 and 1 point for Round 64.
   
   Tier II $600,000 tournament (28 players) – 275 points for winning, 190 points for the Finals, 125 points for the Semi-Finals, 70 points for the Quarter-Finals, 35 points for Round 16 and 1 point for Round 32.
   
   Tier III $225,000 tournament – 165 points for winning, 115 points for the Finals, 75 points for the Semi-Finals, 40 points for the Quarter-Finals, 20 points for Round 16 and 1 point for Round 32.
   
   Tier III $175,000 tournament – 140 points for winning, 100 points for the Finals, 65 poin
4. Once you’ve figure out the amount of points a tennis player has accumulated in each tournament of the past yearm add up the player's points to get a total. The tennis player with the most points will be ranked #1, second most will be #2 and so on.