2025 The Hard Road through New York: How it Works

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It will encompass five hard-court ATP tournaments leading up to and including The U.S. Open.

Teams

Your team must consist of 12 ATP players from the top 100 men on the ATP Tour. You will have 150 credits to spend on your 12-man team. Your initial team may not be the same as a team that has already been posted, or it will be disqualified. We'll do our best to help monitor this. However, the responsibility of adhering to the requirements of this rule falls solely in the hands of the contest participant.

The current top 100 players, as of when the Wimbledon points are included in the rankings, on the ATP tour are divided into 4 categories. Each player is priced according to his ranking. You must purchase three (3) players from each category.

Categories and Player Pricing:

CATEGORY A: Players 1-15. Price 16-30 credits each.
CATEGORY B: Players 16-40. Price 9-15 credits each.
CATEGORY C: Players 41-70. Price 6-8 credits each.
CATEGORY D: Players 71-100. Price 5 credits each.


Each player on your team will be awarded points depending on how deep she goes in each tournament. The team you choose is supposed to last you the entire contest, and you only get FOUR (4) trades!

Tournaments:

Washington, D.C.
Montreal
Cincinnati
Winston-Salem
U.S. Open


Scoring:

The tournament points are in the "Tournaments and Points" thread.

Trades:

If you feel that any player on your team is dead weight (performing poorly), injured, or you just don't want them on your team anymore, you are allowed to trade him for someone else whom you feel is more adequate to fulfill your team's job (help you win, of course. )

You are allowed up to FOUR (4) trades during the six-tournament contest.

Trades should be made during the week BEFORE the tournament starts.

If your trades are not submitted by the tournament's trade deadline, that trade will not go into effect until the following week.

To make a trade, please click here to post your team with the new player included.



Remember: YOU MUST ALWAYS HAVE THREE (3) PLAYERS PER CATEGORY ON YOUR TEAM, AND YOU CAN NEVER HAVE SPENT MORE THAN 150 CREDITS.


The responsibility of finding out who will be playing in which events rests solely on your shoulders. The team you have at the start of each tournament is the team you're playing with.

Should your team fall in the nether regions of a TAT lake, so to speak, or if you just want to complain or have a drink to drown your sorrows, feel free to do so in the THRNY Red, White and Blue Lounge




If you have any questions regarding anything in the contest, post them in the "Ask Questions Here" thread.




Your team must be posted before the scheduled start of main draw play in DC, on July 21.

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Tournament dates and points

Tournament: Dates: ______1st round, 2nd round, 3rd round, 4th round, 5th round, 6th round, 7th round, winner
DC: ______July 21-27 ________2_______7_________15_________25________45_______________________70
Toronto:__July 27 - Aug 7 _____2_______7_________15_________25________45______70______________100
Cincinatti: Aug 7-18__________2_______7_________15_________25________45______70______________100
Winston Salem: Aug 17-23_____1_______2__________7_________25_______25________________________45
US Open: Aug 24 - Sept 7_____2_______7_________15_________25________45______70_________100___200

Following are the points available for each tournament. Points are awarded to a player depending on the highest round she reaches.

Tournament Atlanta Washington DC Montreal Cincinnati Winston-Salem US Open
Winner 70 70 100 100 70 200
Finalist 45 45 70 70 45 100
Semi 25 25 45 45 25 70
QF 15 15 25 25 15 45
Rd. 16 7 7 15 15 7 25
Rd. 32 2 2 7 7 2 15
Rd 64 0 1 2 2 1 7
Rd 128 0 0 0 0 0 2

[ashkor87]

Can you also publish the list of 100, so there is no confusion...

[patrick]

Please correct the point structure on Winston-Salem as it is a 48 player tournament like Washington

[dave g]

Please correct the point structure on Winston-Salem as it is a 48 player tournament like Washington

Done

[dave g]

Players and Costs

Category A
1 Jannik Sinner 30
2 Carlos Alcaraz 29
3 Alexander Zverev 28
4 Taylor Fritz 27
5 Jack Draper 26
6 Novak Djokovic 25
7 Lorenzo Musetti 24
8 Holger Rune 23
9 Ben Shelton 22
10 Andrey Rublev 21
11 Frances Tiafoe 20
12 Alex de Minaur 19
13 Casper Ruud 18
14 Daniil Medvedev 17
15 Arthur Fils 16

Category B
16 Tommy Paul 15
17 Karen Khachanov 14
18 Jakub Mensik 13
19 Flavio Cobolli 12
20 Francisco Cerundolo 11
21 Grigor Dimitrov 10
22 Tomas Machac 10
23 Ugo Humbert 10
24 Alexei Popyrin 10
25 Jiri Lehecka 10
26 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 10
27 Stefanos Tsitsipas 10
28 Felix Auger-Aliassime 10
29 Tallon Griekspoor 10
30 Alex Michelsen 10
31 Brandon Nakashima 9
32 Sebastian Korda 9
33 Denis Shapovalov 9
34 Alexander Bublik 9
35 Nuno Borges 9
36 Matteo Berrettini 9
37 Sebastian Baez 9
38 Gabriel Diallo 9
39 Jordan Thompson 9
40 Lorenzo Sonego 9

Category C
41 Hubert Hurkacz 8
42 Alexandre Muller 8
43 Cameron Norrie 8
44 Matteo Arnaldi 8
45 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 8
46 Marcos Giron 8
47 Pedro Martinez 8
48 Joao Fonseca 8
49 Gael Monfils 8
50 Miomir Kecmanovic 8
51 Jaume Munar 7
52 Quentin Halys 7
53 Zizou Bergs 7
54 Roberto Bautista Agut 7
55 Luciano Darderi 7
56 Fabian Marozsan 7
57 Jacob Fearnley 7
58 Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7
59 Camilo Ugo Carabelli 7
60 Laslo Djere 7
61 Daniel Altmaier 6
62 Corentin Moutet 6
63 Mattia Bellucci 6
64 Arthur Rinderknech 6
65 Marin Cilic 6
66 Reilly Opelka 6
67 Learner Tien 6
68 David Goffin 6
69 Benjamin Bonzi 6
70 Damir Dzumhur 6

Category D
71 Kei Nishikori 5
72 Hamad Medjedovic 5
73 Yunchaokete Bu 5
74 Francisco Comesana 5
75 Mariano Navone 5
76 Aleksandar Kovacevic 5
77 Christopher O'Connell 5
78 Roman Safiullin 5
79 Roberto Carballes Baena 5
80 Rinky Hijikata 5
81 Kamil Majchrzak 5
82 Ethan Quinn 5
83 Vit Kopriva 5
84 Raphael Collignon 5
85 Juncheng Shang 5
86 Mackenzie McDonald 5
87 Yoshihito Nishioka 5
88 Borna Coric 5
89 Marton Fucsovics 5
90 Aleksandar Vukic 5
91 Hugo Gaston 5
92 Pablo Carreno Busta 5
93 Adrian Mannarino 5
94 Hugo Dellien 5
95 Luca Nardi 5
96 Nicolas Jarry 5
97 Adam Walton 5
98 Chun-Hsin Tseng 5
99 Jenson Brooksby 5
100 Botic van de Zandschulp 5