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Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy
In a weird twist of the rankings. Djokovic just beat Federer in the Dubai final but he loses ground to Federer in the world rankings.
Last year Djokovic won the tournament for 500 points. He won again this year for 500 points. So his points don't change.
Last year Federer didn't play in Dubai so had zero points. But now he gets 300 points for being a finalist.
At least that is how I see. I think I have it right. Right?
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You're very close.
A player uses his best 18 tournaments in the rankings. For every tournament played, a player can hold those points for a calendar year.
A player above the Top 30 at the end of the year, the following year he MUST use the 4 grand slams, 8 of the 9 masters 1000 tournaments and 4 of his best 500 tournaments and two other tournaments in his top 18. If he fails to play in these tournaments , he gets a big fat 0.
So in our example this week. Djokovic wins the 2011 Dubai Open and earns 500 points. His result at the 2010 Dubai drops off, and since he won it, 500 points drops off.
Meanwhile Federer gains 300 points for the 2011 Dubai Open. Since he did not play Dubai last year, he gets to drop the worst tournament of his top 18 In this case it is probably Hamburg 500 from July 2010 where he got 0 points in. So he gains 300 points on Djokovic while losing to him. If Federer had won today, he would have gain 700 points on Djokovic.
Federer's breakdown:
http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/P...erer.aspx?t=rb
It's a rolling calendar. A player can take a new result to replace an old result within the year. But once a tournament passes one year, it has to drop off.