Talk About Tennis 2.0

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 7:20 pm We didn't set up PREDICTIONS for the year. But who are the candidates for #1 by year's end? What does that list look like?
Iga
Sabalenka
Rybakina
Garcia
Ons

Who else?
(and no, please, don't say OTHER Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease! )

Just these three. Maaaaaaybe Pegula.

Suliso wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 12:15 am

JazzNU wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:52 pm

Suliso wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:17 pm I think some of you are making a fundamental mistake here. A year end #1 has nothing to do with defending anything.

I say still Iga because I think she'll win RG again.

Depends on your definition. I've seen the phrase "year end #1" used to describe both being ranked #1 at the end of year and being ranked first in the yearly points race.

That's also the same thing, isn't it? At the end of the year of course.

The yearly point race is rarely the same total as the overall singles rankings. I don't want to say never because there's probably some exceptions, maybe for young players in the first year on the pro tour. But that's why there are separate rankings on the WTA and ATP sites for rankings and the singles and doubles race. When I've seen them side by side in the past, it's never the same numbers listed for the end of the year. This is true for the WTA and the ATP.