CHANGES TO THE AUSTRALIAN SENIORS NATIONAL SINGLES RANKING SYSTEM
At the recent
Presidents Meeting held in Adelaide in June 2007, it was decided
to expand the Australian Ranking system to include all overseas
ITF Seniors tournament results including the World Championships,
plus the Tennis Australia Open ranking points. It was also
decided to calculate the rankings on a players best 4 results.
Players MUST
notify the National Singles Ranking Coordinator Gail Bates when
they compete in an ITF International Seniors Tournament for their
points to be added to the Australian Seniors Singles Ranking
System.
CRITERIA –
updated August, 2007.
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Calculated on a 12 month rolling system with quarterly updates in
February, May, August & November.
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The system will include all Australian players who compete in ITF
and State Seniors Tournaments in Australia plus a selected number
of State/Division Tournaments endorsed by the TSA Executive.
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Included also will be International ITF Seniors tournaments
including the World Championships, plus Tennis Australia Open
tournaments.
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Points gained in International ITF Seniors tournaments will be
recorded exactly as ITF award points.
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Points gained in Tennis Australia Open tournaments will be
recorded as one result and a players total points will be divided
by the number of tournments played.
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A Players ranking will be calculated on their Best 4 Results.
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In Seniors tournaments played in Australia, points will be awarded
to all rounds, irrespective of the
number of
players in the event.
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A player must physically win a match to receive Ranking Points.
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Byes and walkovers are not considered as winning a match.
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First match losers will receive Participation Points allocated on
a sliding scale to the Grade of the tournament. (see scale below)
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Players who enter an event but withdraw due to injury/illness etc.
will be allocated 0 points and will be recorded as one tournament
entered.
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Points will be awarded to a player in his/her current age group,
irrespective of which age group the points were gained.
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When a player moves into the next age group his/her points from
the previous will move with them.
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When a player competes in two singles events at the same
tournament, this will be recorded as two separate results.
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The TSA Points System will follow along the same lines as the ITF
points system, however it will be extended to all rounds of the
event for tournaments played in Australia.
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Round Robin tournaments – players will be awarded 5 points per
win.
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2007 Points System |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
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ITF |
ITF |
ITF |
ITF |
Nat |
Nat |
Nat |
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Winner |
180 |
120 |
80 |
60 |
40 |
20 |
10 |
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Runner-up |
120 |
80 |
60 |
30 |
20 |
10 |
7 |
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Semi-finalist |
80 |
50 |
30 |
20 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
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Quarter-finalist |
60 |
30 |
20 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
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Loser in last 16 |
30 |
20 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
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Loser in last 32 |
10 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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Loser in last 64 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0.5 |
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Participation Points |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0.5 |
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TSA request players check that his/her Seniors
Ranking is correct. Any perceived anomalies,
incorrect spelling, change of State, incorrect year of birth or
queries regarding the SR should be emailed to Gail Bates
or Phone (07) 3264 3556 Mobile 0409 639 124
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