come on lleyton!
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I just noticed that mathieus ranking is 12!!! I thought there was a mistake but no. LMAO. I mean what has he done? Murray owned him in France pretty badly. The ranking system sucks.
omg p-h mathieu!
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PROTENNIS63
Hall of Fame
He is pretty consistent... making round of 16 or quarters of many tournaments.
el sergento
Hall of Fame
I've got him as #18, with the Bagman at 12 which is a complete surprise.
You can see exactly what he's done at atptennis.com by entering his name and clicking on 'ranking breakdown.' Why are you asking if you can look it up yourself?
if you're too lazy to do that, I can certainly let you know. He won a tournament in Gstaad and and got to the Final of a tournament in Moscow, each of those giving him 175 points. He's gotten to the semifinals of three other tournaments and the quarterfinals of one more.
In the Masters Series and the Grand Slams, he's only lost early twice - US Open first round, and a TMS that he didn't play. He has two grand slam 4th round results on record (btw, only 16 people make it to the 4th round - so that in itself means that he's pretty close to top 16) and one third round (round of 32). So according to his grand Slam results he's definitely top 16-top32 material. In the various Masters Series events, he's also been consistently getting to the round of 16-round of 32.
In summary - he's been playing like a top 20 player year round. He's not playing like a top 10 player, which is why he isn't getting to the quarterfinals or semis or finals of the majors or big events, but he's consistently playing like a top-16 or top-32 player, and getting to the last 16 or last 32 in a lot of the big events he plays.
By contrast, compare this to Andy Murray, who is currently ranked one spot below him, at 19. In the past year, Murray HAS NOT made it past the round-of-32 at a Grand Slam; he has one round-of-32 showing, two no-shows, and one first round loss. Murray has better results in the small tournaments (three wins, a final, and a quarterfinal, as compared to Mathieu's one win, one final, three semis, and a quartefinal). In TMS events, Murray is slightly better - he has one quarterfinal to his record and one fewer no-show. But it's close.
In summary, Mathieu is ranked above Murray because Murray has won virtually no matches in Grand Slams over the past year and Mathieu has been mostly holding seed in those big events, and that (in the rankings) slightly outweighs the slightly better results of Murray in the smaller events.
if you're too lazy to do that, I can certainly let you know. He won a tournament in Gstaad and and got to the Final of a tournament in Moscow, each of those giving him 175 points. He's gotten to the semifinals of three other tournaments and the quarterfinals of one more.
In the Masters Series and the Grand Slams, he's only lost early twice - US Open first round, and a TMS that he didn't play. He has two grand slam 4th round results on record (btw, only 16 people make it to the 4th round - so that in itself means that he's pretty close to top 16) and one third round (round of 32). So according to his grand Slam results he's definitely top 16-top32 material. In the various Masters Series events, he's also been consistently getting to the round of 16-round of 32.
In summary - he's been playing like a top 20 player year round. He's not playing like a top 10 player, which is why he isn't getting to the quarterfinals or semis or finals of the majors or big events, but he's consistently playing like a top-16 or top-32 player, and getting to the last 16 or last 32 in a lot of the big events he plays.
By contrast, compare this to Andy Murray, who is currently ranked one spot below him, at 19. In the past year, Murray HAS NOT made it past the round-of-32 at a Grand Slam; he has one round-of-32 showing, two no-shows, and one first round loss. Murray has better results in the small tournaments (three wins, a final, and a quarterfinal, as compared to Mathieu's one win, one final, three semis, and a quartefinal). In TMS events, Murray is slightly better - he has one quarterfinal to his record and one fewer no-show. But it's close.
In summary, Mathieu is ranked above Murray because Murray has won virtually no matches in Grand Slams over the past year and Mathieu has been mostly holding seed in those big events, and that (in the rankings) slightly outweighs the slightly better results of Murray in the smaller events.
Moose Malloy
G.O.A.T.
Considering the top 3 have basically all the points these day, I'm not sure it takes much to be 12 or so compared to years past. There will be a lot of fluctuating of players between like 6 & 20 this year(which I think was the case last year as well)
gj011
Banned
PHM fell 6 places this week and is currently ranked 18.
18 Mathieu, Paul-Henri (FRA) 1385 -6 25
http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/rankings/entrysystem/
Quite appropriate ranking for him. I don't see anything strange here.
18 Mathieu, Paul-Henri (FRA) 1385 -6 25
http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/rankings/entrysystem/
Quite appropriate ranking for him. I don't see anything strange here.
mdjenders
Professional
there is such a logjam from 12-25 or so that all those players are pretty much in a dead heat as far as rankings go. the top few guys are just sucking up all the points, leaving the rest to get the scraps. now davydenko has such a cushion that he could lose all his roland garros pts and still keep his rank.
Klatu Verata Necktie
Hall of Fame
How did Baghdatis manage to improve his ranking while not playing events?
i really dont know
gj011
Banned
Because PHM himself lost some points and fell 6 places, pushing Marcos one place up
Klatu Verata Necktie
Hall of Fame
Because PHM himself lost some points and fell 6 places, pushing Marcos one place up
I see, but doesn't Baghdatis have points of his own to defend?
Klatu Verata Necktie
Hall of Fame
Thanks for the condescending answer. Obviously he didn't have points to defend in the past few clay court tournaments, otherwise he wouldn't have maintained his ranking. What I was looking for was info on whether he has points to defend during the clay court season. There are 2 Masters Series events to play and a Grand Slam. Can Marcos avoid these tournaments and survive within the top 20?
Anyway, thanks for the massive insight
Klatu Verata Necktie
Hall of Fame
Does being rude make you feel better about yourself?
Fedace
Banned
PH is actually very talented and very powerful player. He was touted as consistant top 10 by french federation. but he is yet to fulfill that promise.
Thanks for the condescending answer. Obviously he didn't have points to defend in the past few clay court tournaments, otherwise he wouldn't have maintained his ranking. What I was looking for was info on whether he has points to defend during the clay court season. There are 2 Masters Series events to play and a Grand Slam. Can Marcos avoid these tournaments and survive within the top 20?
Anyway, thanks for the massive insight
http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/playerprofiles/pointsbreakdown.asp?player=B837
You can go to atptennis.com, type 'Marcos Baghdatis' into the box labeled 'find player', then click on 'ranking breakdown' on the right side of the page. That gives you the breakdown of his current points. (He, indeed, has only 5 points to defend between now and the French Open.)
Klatu Verata Necktie
Hall of Fame
Thanks for the info. It's a shame that Marcos can't take advantage of the clay court swing to accumulate some points to try and break into the top 10. Does anyone know if he's planning to play Hamburg or the French Open?
Klatu Verata Necktie
Hall of Fame
I completely agree. His groundstrokes are among the most powerful I've seen in person. They seem to fly off his racquet with Blake-like pace. Very impressive.
I've noticed that his groundstrokes are both powerful and consistent when he's relaxed. Add pressure, and they tend to break down just enough for the top players to take advantage.
Moose Malloy
G.O.A.T.
any one remember this memorable choke job?
35ft6
Legend
In some ways, I think he's got the prototypical forehand far as modern forehands go. Windshield wiper, incredible action, but not excessively loopy and gets plenty of speed on his shots. Way smoother than Ginepri's which is similar yet uglier and less versatile.
Moose Malloy
G.O.A.T.
going back to this - anyone notice that Wawrinka is going from 24 to 10 in the next rankings? That's a pretty amazing increase from just one tournament, there is incredible parity between 10-30 these days..
Outside of slams I can't recall someone making that kind of jump into the top 10 from just one event.
orangettecoleman
Professional
that is true. the rankings are going to be stable in the top 5 and below that will be fluctuating a lot this year.
orangettecoleman
Professional
According to the Tecnifibre website he will be debuting the new racquet he is endorsing at the French. BTW he is switching from Fischer to Tecnifibre.
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