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Rules

You select twelve men playing at Wimbledon starting July 2nd.
From the Official World Rankings website (*) http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Singles.aspx
Your choice of players will be restricted by the following criteria:

Of your team of 12, at least 2 of your players must be ranked outside the Top 50.
Of the allowed 10 players ranked inside the Top 50, no more than 8 can be from the Top 35.
Of the allowed 8 players ranked inside the Top 35, no more than 6 can be from the Top 20.
Of the allowed 6 players ranked inside the Top 20, no more than 4 can be from the Top 10.
Of the allowed 4 players ranked inside the Top 10, no more than 2 can be from the Top 5.

Scoring System

You will score one point for each match won by one of your players in the first round.
You will score two points for each match won by one of your players in the second round.
You will score three points for each match won by one of your players in the third round.
You will score four points for each match won by one of your players in the fourth round.
You will score five points for each quarter-final match won by one of your players.
You will score six points for each semi-final match won by one of your players.
You will score seven points if one of your players wins the final.

You will score points for your best 10 performers over the course of the tournament.
If any of your players takes no part in the tournament, he will be replaced by the highest ranked player available
The poster with the highest number of points at the end of the tournament will be declared the winner.


Good luck one and all

Rankings

1 Roger Federer
2 Rafael Nadal
3 Alexander Zverev
4 Juan Martin del Potro
5 Grigor Dimitrov

6 Marin Cilic
7 Dominic Thiem
8 Kevin Anderson
9 David Goffin
10 John Isner

11 Diego Schwartzman
12 Pablo Carreno Busta
13 Sam Querrey
14 Jack Sock
15 Fabio Fognini
16 Roberto Bautista Agut
17 Kyle Edmund
18 Lucas Pouille
19 Tomas Berdych
20 Hyeon Chung

21 Nick Kyrgios
22 Novak Djokovic
23 Denis Shapovalov
24 Philipp Kohlschreiber
25 Richard Gasquet
26 Adrian Mannarino
27 Kei Nishikori
28 Marco Cecchinato
29 Damir Dzumhur
30 Filip Krajinovic
31 Milos Raonic
32 Andrey Rublev
33 Fernando Verdasco
34 Borna Coric
35 Stefanos Tsitsipas

36 Karen Khachanov
37 Feliciano Lopez
38 Leonardo Mayer
39 Albert Ramos-Vinolas
40 David Ferrer
41 Peter Gojowczyk
42 Gael Monfils
43 Robin Haase
44 Steve Johnson
45 Marton Fucsovics
46 Gilles Muller
47 Joao Sousa
48 Benoit Paire
49 Maximilian Marterer
50 Andreas Seppi

51 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
52 Yuichi Sugita

these are coming in thick and fast now, Ian

MY PICKS

Rafa Nadal
Roger Federer
Kevin Anderson
Sam Querrey
Jack Sock
Kyle Edmund
Borna Coric
Kei Nishikori
Karen Khacaenov
Matthew Ebden
Francis Tiafoe
Gulliermo Garcia- Lopez


Opted for a 3rd outside top 50.... why not

Durhamfootman wrote:these are coming in thick and fast now, Ian

Busy times for us both

12) Mischa Zverev (Germany)
11) Francis Tiafoe (US )

10) Gael Monfils (France)
9) Feliciano Lopez (Spain)

8) Nick Kyrgios (Aus)
7) Novak Djokovic (Serb)

6) Kyle Edmund (GB)
5) Sam Querrey (US)

4) Marin Cilic (Cro)
3) Kevin Anderson (RSA)

2) Rafael Nadal (Spain)
1) Roger Federer ((Switz)

rankings have changed dramatically since your opening post, Ian. for example Cilic is now top 5 and quite a few have changed FL groups. How would like us to proceed?

Federer
Nadal

Cilic
Thiem

Edmund
Berdych

Djokovic
Nishikori

Feliciano Lopez
Muller

Tsonga
A Murray

Durhamfootman wrote:rankings have changed dramatically since your opening post, Ian. for example Cilic is now top 5 and quite a few have changed FL groups. How would like us to proceed?

I always like to put these out at least a week before the tournament, for just this very reason. Rankings as listed please. Same will apply to the Open Golf later in July

okay

just thought I'd check

Cheers ian

Roger Federer 1
Nadal 2

Marin Cillic 6
Kevin Anderson 8

Nick krygios 21
Novak Djokovic 22

Milos Raonic 31
Borja Coric 34

Andy murray
Daniii medvedev
Stan Wawrinka
Gael Monsfils 41

Federer
Nadal
Cilic
Thiem
Schwartzman
Fognini
Kyrgios
Djokovic
Mayer
Seppi
Murray
Harrison R

thanks Ian

My provisional XII:

1 Roger Federer
2 Rafael Nadal

6 Marin Cilic
8 Kevin Anderson

13 Sam Querrey
21 Nick Kyrgios

22 Novak Djokovic
34 Borna Coric

36 Karen Khachanov
Andy Murray

Bernard Tomic
Ernests Gulbis

Durhamfootman wrote:rankings have changed dramatically since your opening post, Ian. for example Cilic is now top 5 and quite a few have changed FL groups. How would like us to proceed?

It's not that rankings have changed (although some have, given that they change each Monday), it's that Wimbledon don't match their seedings to the rankings. That has been the case for as long as I can remember.

I believe Wimbledon's formula for the men's singles is to take total ranking points (ie over the past 12 months), then add 100% of ranking points gained from grass court tournaments over that same 12 month period, then add 50% of ranking points gained from grass court tournaments over the 12 month period prior to that. But only in relation to the top 32 seeds (ie their formula cannot lead to an unseeded player becoming a seeded player).

Hence Roger losing the World No.1 ranking last week wasn't ever going to cost him the number one seeding, for example.

(The logic being that rankings alone are mainly based on non-grass court results. So this formula of Wimbledon's helps to readdress the balance somewhat.)