The Rankings Thread (ATP)

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

skeletor berdy is dropping nearly 600 rank points on Monday..great news. get out of the top10 as soon as poss, if not before.

 

[britbox]

^ Not a berdy fan?

 

[Billie]

^^^ What gave it away?

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Rafa is just 865 points below Stan in the rankings. Rafa has a decent chances of squeaking into top 4 before RG seedings are determined. At least that is what will be his goal.

 

[Fiero425]

Rafa is just 865 points below Stan in the rankings. Rafa has a decent chances of squeaking into top 4 before RG seedings are determined. At least that is what will be his goal.

How the mighty have fallen! :cover :nono :angel: :dodgy: :snicker

 

[herios]

New career highs Apr. 18:

51. Alexander Zverev 18y
56. Rajeev Ram 32y
62. Ricardas Berankis 25y
85. Taro Daniel 23y
88. Pierre-Hugues Herbert 25y

 

[the AntiPusher]

New career highs Apr. 18:

51. Alexander Zverev 18y
56. Rajeev Ram 32y
62. Ricardas Berankis 25y
85. Taro Daniel 23y
88. Pierre-Hugues Herbert 25y

I expect Alex Z to make it to the top. 30 by year's end , he will be the next great teenager

 

[britbox]

ATP Rankings 19/04/2016

[parsehtml]
<table class="ranking-table" cellpadding="5">
<tbody><tr>
<th align="center">Rank</th>
<th align="center">Previous Rank</th>
<th align="left">Name</th>
<th align="left">Country</th>
<th align="left">Ranking Points</th>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="left">

Novak Djokovic

</td>
<td align="left">

Serbia

</td>
<td align="left">15,550</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="left">

Andy Murray

</td>
<td align="left">

Great Britain

</td>
<td align="left">8,175</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="left">

Roger Federer

</td>
<td align="left">

Switzerland

</td>
<td align="left">7,785</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="center">4</td>
<td align="left">

Stanislas Wawrinka

</td>
<td align="left">

Switzerland

</td>
<td align="left">6,460</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="left">

Rafael Nadal

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">5,595</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="center">6</td>
<td align="left">

Kei Nishikori

</td>
<td align="left">

Japan

</td>
<td align="left">4,490</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">7</td>
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="left">

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">3,400</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="center">8</td>
<td align="left">

David Ferrer

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">3,190</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">9</td>
<td align="center">7</td>
<td align="left">

Tomas Berdych

</td>
<td align="left">

Czech Republic

</td>
<td align="left">3,120</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="center">10</td>
<td align="left">

Richard Gasquet

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">2,840</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">11</td>
<td align="center">12</td>
<td align="left">

Milos Raonic

</td>
<td align="left">

Canada

</td>
<td align="left">2,740</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">12</td>
<td align="center">11</td>
<td align="left">

Marin Cilic

</td>
<td align="left">

Croatia

</td>
<td align="left">2,680</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">13</td>
<td align="center">13</td>
<td align="left">

David Goffin

</td>
<td align="left">

Belgium

</td>
<td align="left">2,605</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">14</td>
<td align="center">16</td>
<td align="left">

Gael Monfils

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">2,460</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">15</td>
<td align="center">14</td>
<td align="left">

Dominic Thiem

</td>
<td align="left">

Austria

</td>
<td align="left">2,420</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">16</td>
<td align="center">15</td>
<td align="left">

John Isner

</td>
<td align="left">

USA

</td>
<td align="left">2,235</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">17</td>
<td align="center">17</td>
<td align="left">

Roberto Bautista Agut

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">2,015</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">18</td>
<td align="center">18</td>
<td align="left">

Gilles Simon

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">1,900</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">19</td>
<td align="center">19</td>
<td align="left">

Kevin Anderson

</td>
<td align="left">

South Africa

</td>
<td align="left">1,840</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">20</td>
<td align="center">20</td>
<td align="left">

Nick Kyrgios

</td>
<td align="left">

Australia

</td>
<td align="left">1,765</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">21</td>
<td align="center">21</td>
<td align="left">

Bernard Tomic

</td>
<td align="left">

Australia

</td>
<td align="left">1,625</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">22</td>
<td align="center">22</td>
<td align="left">

Benoit Paire

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">1,616</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">23</td>
<td align="center">23</td>
<td align="left">

Feliciano Lopez

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">1,585</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">24</td>
<td align="center">24</td>
<td align="left">

Viktor Troicki

</td>
<td align="left">

Serbia

</td>
<td align="left">1,580</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">25</td>
<td align="center">25</td>
<td align="left">

Pablo Cuevas

</td>
<td align="left">

Uruguay

</td>
<td align="left">1,510</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">26</td>
<td align="center">27</td>
<td align="left">

Jack Sock

</td>
<td align="left">

USA

</td>
<td align="left">1,425</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">27</td>
<td align="center">28</td>
<td align="left">

Philipp Kohlschreiber

</td>
<td align="left">

Germany

</td>
<td align="left">1,330</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">28</td>
<td align="center">26</td>
<td align="left">

Grigor Dimitrov

</td>
<td align="left">

Bulgaria

</td>
<td align="left">1,295</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">29</td>
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="left">

Ivo Karlovic

</td>
<td align="left">

Croatia

</td>
<td align="left">1,270</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">30</td>
<td align="center">29</td>
<td align="left">

Alexandr Dolgopolov

</td>
<td align="left">

Ukraine

</td>
<td align="left">1,260</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">31</td>
<td align="center">31</td>
<td align="left">

Fabio Fognini

</td>
<td align="left">

Italy

</td>
<td align="left">1,240</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">32</td>
<td align="center">32</td>
<td align="left">

Steve Johnson

</td>
<td align="left">

USA

</td>
<td align="left">1,225</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">33</td>
<td align="center">33</td>
<td align="left">

Jeremy Chardy

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">1,220</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">34</td>
<td align="center">34</td>
<td align="left">

Joao Sousa

</td>
<td align="left">

Portugal

</td>
<td align="left">1,181</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">35</td>
<td align="center">35</td>
<td align="left">

Thomaz Bellucci

</td>
<td align="left">

Brazil

</td>
<td align="left">1,165</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">36</td>
<td align="center">37</td>
<td align="left">

Martin Klizan

</td>
<td align="left">

Slovakia

</td>
<td align="left">1,145</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">37</td>
<td align="center">38</td>
<td align="left">

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">1,115</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">38</td>
<td align="center">39</td>
<td align="left">

Sam Querrey

</td>
<td align="left">

USA

</td>
<td align="left">1,090</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">39</td>
<td align="center">40</td>
<td align="left">

Marcos Baghdatis

</td>
<td align="left">

Cyprus

</td>
<td align="left">1,077</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">40</td>
<td align="center">36</td>
<td align="left">

Federico Delbonis

</td>
<td align="left">

Argentina

</td>
<td align="left">1,070</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">41</td>
<td align="center">42</td>
<td align="left">

Borna Coric

</td>
<td align="left">

Croatia

</td>
<td align="left">1,015</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">42</td>
<td align="center">41</td>
<td align="left">

Andreas Seppi

</td>
<td align="left">

Italy

</td>
<td align="left">1,005</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">43</td>
<td align="center">43</td>
<td align="left">

Gilles Muller

</td>
<td align="left">

Luxembourg

</td>
<td align="left">985</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">44</td>
<td align="center">44</td>
<td align="left">

Vasek Pospisil

</td>
<td align="left">

Canada

</td>
<td align="left">975</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">45</td>
<td align="center">45</td>
<td align="left">

Leonardo Mayer

</td>
<td align="left">

Argentina

</td>
<td align="left">975</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">46</td>
<td align="center">47</td>
<td align="left">

Guido Pella

</td>
<td align="left">

Argentina

</td>
<td align="left">968</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">47</td>
<td align="center">46</td>
<td align="left">

Andrey Kuznetsov

</td>
<td align="left">

Russia

</td>
<td align="left">945</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">48</td>
<td align="center">48</td>
<td align="left">

Nicolas Mahut

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">937</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">49</td>
<td align="center">51</td>
<td align="left">

Pablo Carreno Busta

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">919</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">50</td>
<td align="center">67</td>
<td align="left">

Marcel Granollers

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">896</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">51</td>
<td align="center">54</td>
<td align="left">

Alexander Zverev

</td>
<td align="left">

Germany

</td>
<td align="left">895</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">52</td>
<td align="center">53</td>
<td align="left">

Paolo Lorenzi

</td>
<td align="left">

Italy

</td>
<td align="left">890</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">53</td>
<td align="center">55</td>
<td align="left">

Jiri Vesely

</td>
<td align="left">

Czech Republic

</td>
<td align="left">885</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">54</td>
<td align="center">52</td>
<td align="left">

Teymuraz Gabashvili

</td>
<td align="left">

Russia

</td>
<td align="left">878</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">55</td>
<td align="center">50</td>
<td align="left">

Albert Ramos

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">850</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">56</td>
<td align="center">57</td>
<td align="left">

Rajeev Ram

</td>
<td align="left">

USA

</td>
<td align="left">826</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">57</td>
<td align="center">56</td>
<td align="left">

Inigo Cervantes

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">822</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">58</td>
<td align="center">49</td>
<td align="left">

Tommy Robredo

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">820</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">59</td>
<td align="center">60</td>
<td align="left">

Aljaz Bedene

</td>
<td align="left">

Great Britain

</td>
<td align="left">820</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">60</td>
<td align="center">58</td>
<td align="left">

Paul-Henri Mathieu

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">801</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">61</td>
<td align="center">61</td>
<td align="left">

Lukas Rosol

</td>
<td align="left">

Czech Republic

</td>
<td align="left">782</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">62</td>
<td align="center">80</td>
<td align="left">

Richard Berankis

</td>
<td align="left">

Lithuania

</td>
<td align="left">776</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">63</td>
<td align="center">59</td>
<td align="left">

Denis Kudla

</td>
<td align="left">

United States

</td>
<td align="left">774</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">64</td>
<td align="center">62</td>
<td align="left">

Robin Haase

</td>
<td align="left">

Netherlands

</td>
<td align="left">765</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">65</td>
<td align="center">63</td>
<td align="left">

John Millman

</td>
<td align="left">

Australia

</td>
<td align="left">761</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">66</td>
<td align="center">64</td>
<td align="left">

Nicolas Almagro

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">759</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">67</td>
<td align="center">65</td>
<td align="left">

Dusan Lajovic

</td>
<td align="left">

Serbia

</td>
<td align="left">748</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">68</td>
<td align="center">66</td>
<td align="left">

Evgeny Donskoy

</td>
<td align="left">

Russia

</td>
<td align="left">748</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">69</td>
<td align="center">69</td>
<td align="left">

Taylor Harry Fritz

</td>
<td align="left">

United States

</td>
<td align="left">744</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">70</td>
<td align="center">70</td>
<td align="left">

Illya Marchenko

</td>
<td align="left">

Ukraine

</td>
<td align="left">739</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">71</td>
<td align="center">71</td>
<td align="left">

Hyeon Chung

</td>
<td align="left">

Korea

</td>
<td align="left">739</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">72</td>
<td align="center">82</td>
<td align="left">

Lucas Pouille

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">728</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">73</td>
<td align="center">72</td>
<td align="left">

Denis Istomin

</td>
<td align="left">

Uzbekistan

</td>
<td align="left">721</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">74</td>
<td align="center">77</td>
<td align="left">

Mikhail Youzhny

</td>
<td align="left">

Russia

</td>
<td align="left">711</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">75</td>
<td align="center">73</td>
<td align="left">

Adrian Mannarino

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">710</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">76</td>
<td align="center">74</td>
<td align="left">

Malek Jaziri

</td>
<td align="left">

Tunisia

</td>
<td align="left">709</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">77</td>
<td align="center">75</td>
<td align="left">

Dudi Sela

</td>
<td align="left">

Israel

</td>
<td align="left">706</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">78</td>
<td align="center">68</td>
<td align="left">

Victor Estrella Burgos

</td>
<td align="left">

Dominican Republic

</td>
<td align="left">705</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">79</td>
<td align="center">76</td>
<td align="left">

Ivan Dodig

</td>
<td align="left">

Croatia

</td>
<td align="left">704</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">80</td>
<td align="center">79</td>
<td align="left">

Sam Groth

</td>
<td align="left">

Australia

</td>
<td align="left">686</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">81</td>
<td align="center">81</td>
<td align="left">

Pablo Andujar

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">685</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">82</td>
<td align="center">99</td>
<td align="left">

Damir Dzumhur

</td>
<td align="left">

Bosnia

</td>
<td align="left">677</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">83</td>
<td align="center">78</td>
<td align="left">

Ernests Gulbis

</td>
<td align="left">

Latvia

</td>
<td align="left">676</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">84</td>
<td align="center">83</td>
<td align="left">

Donald Young

</td>
<td align="left">

USA

</td>
<td align="left">671</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">85</td>
<td align="center">90</td>
<td align="left">

Taro Daniel

</td>
<td align="left">

Japan

</td>
<td align="left">671</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">86</td>
<td align="center">88</td>
<td align="left">

Fernando Verdasco

</td>
<td align="left">

Spain

</td>
<td align="left">670</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">87</td>
<td align="center">84</td>
<td align="left">

Simone Bolelli

</td>
<td align="left">

Italy

</td>
<td align="left">670</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">88</td>
<td align="center">95</td>
<td align="left">

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

</td>
<td align="left">

France

</td>
<td align="left">660</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">89</td>
<td align="center">85</td>
<td align="left">

Mikhail Kukushkin

</td>
<td align="left">

Kazakhstan

</td>
<td align="left">643</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">90</td>
<td align="center">87</td>
<td align="left">

Diego Schwartzman

</td>
<td align="left">

Argentina

</td>
<td align="left">624</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">91</td>
<td align="center">91</td>
<td align="left">

Santiago Giraldo

</td>
<td align="left">

Colombia

</td>
<td align="left">608</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">92</td>
<td align="center">92</td>
<td align="left">

Kyle Edmund

</td>
<td align="left">

England

</td>
<td align="left">608</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">93</td>
<td align="center">93</td>
<td align="left">

Horacio Zeballos

</td>
<td align="left">

Argentina

</td>
<td align="left">603</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">94</td>
<td align="center">86</td>
<td align="left">

Juan Monaco

</td>
<td align="left">

Argentina

</td>
<td align="left">595</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">95</td>
<td align="center">94</td>
<td align="left">

Benjamin Becker

</td>
<td align="left">

Germany

</td>
<td align="left">594</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">97</td>
<td align="center">89</td>
<td align="left">

Facundo Bagnis

</td>
<td align="left">

Argentina

</td>
<td align="left">590</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">98</td>
<td align="center">97</td>
<td align="left">

Yen-Hsun Lu

</td>
<td align="left">

Chinese Taipei

</td>
<td align="left">576</td>
</tr>

<tr class="even">
<td align="center">99</td>
<td align="center">98</td>
<td align="left">

Marco Cecchinato

</td>
<td align="left">

Italy

</td>
<td align="left">575</td>
</tr>

<tr class="odd">
<td align="center">100</td>
<td align="center">100</td>
<td align="left">

Rogerio Dutra Silva

</td>
<td align="left">

Brazil

</td>
<td align="left">573</td>
</tr>

</tbody></table>
[/parsehtml]

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

^ Not a berdy fan?

not really no.

 

[herios]

New career highs Apr. 18:

51. Alexander Zverev 18y
56. Rajeev Ram 32y
62. Ricardas Berankis 25y
85. Taro Daniel 23y
88. Pierre-Hugues Herbert 25y

 

[nehmeth]

New career highs Apr. 18:
88. Pierre-Hugues Herbert 25y

Also #4 ranked doubles player, up from #8 after winning his third straight Masters championship with Mahut!

:celeb:

 

[britbox]

Thanks herios,

Liking Zverev's continued climb... Daniel is also making a splash.

Rajeev Ram? WTF... I like him but surprised at this Indian Summer for his career. He lost today though against Youhzny in Barcelona.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Rafa is already #2 in the race, just be reaching Finals of Barcelona.

 

[herios]

Thanks herios,

Liking Zverev's continued climb... Daniel is also making a splash.

Rajeev Ram? WTF... I like him but surprised at this Indian Summer for his career.

I do not find it as surprising as you do. Tennis has become a veteran's sport, with no less than 38 players aged 30+ years. Some of them manage to achieve their best at an advanced age like:
32y Mahut, 33y F. Lopez, 34y like Munoz de la Nava or Estrella Burgos.
For me it is fun to witness them doing it.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Rafa has 780 points to defend in Madrid + Rome. Stan has only 450 points to defend in Madrid + Rome. According to my calculations in order to move to #4 rankings and thus get the #4 seed at RG, Rafa needs to outperform Stan in these two tournaments by 215 points or more (as a 180 pointer will be removed to create room for the 500 points that Rafa obtained in Barcelona) A doable proposition.

 

[herios]

Rafa has 780 points to defend in Madrid + Rome. Stan has only 450 points to defend in Madrid + Rome. According to my calculations in order to move to #4 rankings and thus get the #4 seed at RG, Rafa needs to outperform Stan in these two tournaments by 215 points or more (as a 180 pointer will be removed to create room for the 500 points that Rafa obtained in Barcelona) A doable proposition.

According to the LIVE ranking, now after the Barca final, the gap is 545 points. If they have to defend as much as you said, Rafa will need to outperform Stan by 875 points.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Rafa has 780 points to defend in Madrid + Rome. Stan has only 450 points to defend in Madrid + Rome. According to my calculations in order to move to #4 rankings and thus get the #4 seed at RG, Rafa needs to outperform Stan in these two tournaments by 215 points or more (as a 180 pointer will be removed to create room for the 500 points that Rafa obtained in Barcelona) A doable proposition.

According to the LIVE ranking, now after the Barca final, the gap is 545 points. If they have to defend as much as you said, Rafa will need to outperform Stan by 875 points.

No, it agrees perfectly with my calculation as well

545+ 450 (sta's points at M+R) - 780 (rafa's points at M+R) = 215.

So, Rafa needs to outperform Stan by 215 points in Madrid and Rome put together.

 

[rahulpawar]

Rafa has 780 points to defend in Madrid + Rome. Stan has only 450 points to defend in Madrid + Rome. According to my calculations in order to move to #4 rankings and thus get the #4 seed at RG, Rafa needs to outperform Stan in these two tournaments by 215 points or more (as a 180 pointer will be removed to create room for the 500 points that Rafa obtained in Barcelona) A doable proposition.

According to the LIVE ranking, now after the Barca final, the gap is 545 points. If they have to defend as much as you said, Rafa will need to outperform Stan by 875 points.

No, it agrees perfectly with my calculation as well

545+ 450 (sta's points at M+R) - 780 (rafa's points at M+R) = 215.

So, Rafa needs to outperform Stan by 215 points in Madrid and Rome put together.

Its rather 545 + 780 - 450 = 875.

 

[herios]

Rafa has 780 points to defend in Madrid + Rome. Stan has only 450 points to defend in Madrid + Rome. According to my calculations in order to move to #4 rankings and thus get the #4 seed at RG, Rafa needs to outperform Stan in these two tournaments by 215 points or more (as a 180 pointer will be removed to create room for the 500 points that Rafa obtained in Barcelona) A doable proposition.

According to the LIVE ranking, now after the Barca final, the gap is 545 points. If they have to defend as much as you said, Rafa will need to outperform Stan by 875 points.

No, it agrees perfectly with my calculation as well

545+ 450 (sta's points at M+R) - 780 (rafa's points at M+R) = 215.

So, Rafa needs to outperform Stan by 215 points in Madrid and Rome put together.

Buddy, what was your grade in math?

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Oops!

This is why I should not perform ranking calculations when hungry. :cover

Both Herios and Rahulpawar are right. Rafa should outperform Stan by 875 points.
That looks like a tall order. Even if you give Rafa two finals, just one SF or two quarters
by Stan would prevent it.

So, after all Rafa could again face Novak in QF. May be the draw gods would favor him this time and he will draw Fed (and then may be the tennis gods would favor Fed this time and he will win against Rafa at RG, thus removing the asterisk even from the mind of detractors).