harrpau7
Rookie
Everyone knows that the tennis calendar isn't perfect, so as I was off work today I set about seeing how difficult it would be to make some changes.
My goals were to have a slightly bigger run in to the Australian Open, have all the clay tournaments together and the indoor tournaments together (pretty much achieved that). I also wanted to eliminate the back to back Masters 1000 to allow bets of 5 set finals for ALL Masters 1000 and the World Tour Finals and to also space out the grass court season a little bit better (I achieved this by being able to have the French Open start a week earlier). I wanted the Australian Open and Wimbledon to have a 500 in their run up (Sydney and Queens were chosen) and to have a week for just the Olympics. After the US Open I wanted the Asian tournaments to be grouped together culminating in the Shanghai Masters (now an indoor tournament) and have a week gap between Paris and the World Tour Finals.
In an ideal world there would only be 2 Masters 1000 on clay which would make things a little easier, but I tried my best.
My 2012 Calendar
Jan 2 Doha Hard 250
Jan 2 Chennai Hard 250
Jan 9 Sydney Hard 500
Jan 16 Brisbane Hard 250
Jan 16 Auckland Hard 250
Jan 23 Australian Open Hard Grand Slam
Feb 9 Davis Cup First Round
Feb 13 Dubai Hard 500
Feb 13 Delray Beach Hard 250
Feb 23 Indian Wells Hard Masters 1000
Mar 7 Miami Hard Masters 1000
Mar 23 Davis Cup Quarter Final
Mar 26 Acapulco Clay 500
Mar 26 Vina Del Mar Clay 250
Mar 26 Sao Paolo Indoor Clay 250
Mar 26 Buenos Aires Clay 250
Apr 2 Barcelona Clay 500
Apr 2 Casablanca Clay 250
Apr 2 Houston Clay 250
Apr 2 Stuttgart Clay 250
Apr 9 Monte Carlo Clay Masters 1000
Apr 16 Estoril Clay 250
Apr 16 Umag Clay 250
Apr 16 Kitzbuhel Clay 250
Apr 16 Bastad Clay 250
Apr 23 Madrid Clay Masters 1000
Apr 30 Hamburg Clay 500
Apr 30 Bucharest Clay 250
Apr 30 Belgrade Clay 250
Apr 30 Gaastad Clay 250
May 6 Rome Clay Masters 1000
May 13 World Team Cup Clay 250
May 13 BMW Munich Clay 250
May 13 Nice Clay 250
May 20 French Open Clay Grand Slam
Jun 4 UNICEF Open Grass 250
Jun 4 Halle Grass 250
June 11 Queens Grass 500
June 18 Eastbourne Grass 250
June 25 Wimbledon Grass Grand Slam
July 9 Newport Grass 250
Jul 16 Washington Hard 500
Jul 23 Olympics (every 4 years)
Jul 30 Toronto/Montreal Hard Masters 1000
Aug 6 Winsten Salem Hard 250
Aug 6 Los Angeles Hard 250
Aug 13 Cincinnati Hard Masters 1000
Aug 20 Memphis Indoor Hard 500
Aug 20 San Jose Indoor Hard 250
Aug 20 Atlanta Hard 250
Aug 27 US Open Hard Grand Slam
Sep 14 Davis Cup Semi Final
Sep 17 China Open Hard 500
Sep 17 Tokyo Hard 500
Sep 17 Kuala Lumpur Hard 250
Sep 17 Bangkok Hard 250
Sep 24 Shanghai Indoor Hard Masters 1000
Oct 1 Valencia Indoor Hard 500
Oct 1 Metz Indoor Hard 250
Oct 1 St Petersburg Indoor Hard 250
Oct 1 Zagreb Indoor Hard 250
Oct 8 Rotterdam Indoor Hard 500
Oct 8 Marseille Indoor Hard 250
Oct 8 Stockholm Indoor Hard 250
Oct 15 Basel Indoor Hard 500
Oct 15 Kremlin Cup Indoor Hard 250
Oct 15 Montpellier Indoor Hard 250
Oct 15 Vienna Indoor Hard 250
Oct 22 Paris Indoor Hard Masters 1000
Nov 5 World Tour Finals Indoor Hard
Nov 16 Davis Cup Final
Thoughts?
My goals were to have a slightly bigger run in to the Australian Open, have all the clay tournaments together and the indoor tournaments together (pretty much achieved that). I also wanted to eliminate the back to back Masters 1000 to allow bets of 5 set finals for ALL Masters 1000 and the World Tour Finals and to also space out the grass court season a little bit better (I achieved this by being able to have the French Open start a week earlier). I wanted the Australian Open and Wimbledon to have a 500 in their run up (Sydney and Queens were chosen) and to have a week for just the Olympics. After the US Open I wanted the Asian tournaments to be grouped together culminating in the Shanghai Masters (now an indoor tournament) and have a week gap between Paris and the World Tour Finals.
In an ideal world there would only be 2 Masters 1000 on clay which would make things a little easier, but I tried my best.
My 2012 Calendar
Jan 2 Doha Hard 250
Jan 2 Chennai Hard 250
Jan 9 Sydney Hard 500
Jan 16 Brisbane Hard 250
Jan 16 Auckland Hard 250
Jan 23 Australian Open Hard Grand Slam
Feb 9 Davis Cup First Round
Feb 13 Dubai Hard 500
Feb 13 Delray Beach Hard 250
Feb 23 Indian Wells Hard Masters 1000
Mar 7 Miami Hard Masters 1000
Mar 23 Davis Cup Quarter Final
Mar 26 Acapulco Clay 500
Mar 26 Vina Del Mar Clay 250
Mar 26 Sao Paolo Indoor Clay 250
Mar 26 Buenos Aires Clay 250
Apr 2 Barcelona Clay 500
Apr 2 Casablanca Clay 250
Apr 2 Houston Clay 250
Apr 2 Stuttgart Clay 250
Apr 9 Monte Carlo Clay Masters 1000
Apr 16 Estoril Clay 250
Apr 16 Umag Clay 250
Apr 16 Kitzbuhel Clay 250
Apr 16 Bastad Clay 250
Apr 23 Madrid Clay Masters 1000
Apr 30 Hamburg Clay 500
Apr 30 Bucharest Clay 250
Apr 30 Belgrade Clay 250
Apr 30 Gaastad Clay 250
May 6 Rome Clay Masters 1000
May 13 World Team Cup Clay 250
May 13 BMW Munich Clay 250
May 13 Nice Clay 250
May 20 French Open Clay Grand Slam
Jun 4 UNICEF Open Grass 250
Jun 4 Halle Grass 250
June 11 Queens Grass 500
June 18 Eastbourne Grass 250
June 25 Wimbledon Grass Grand Slam
July 9 Newport Grass 250
Jul 16 Washington Hard 500
Jul 23 Olympics (every 4 years)
Jul 30 Toronto/Montreal Hard Masters 1000
Aug 6 Winsten Salem Hard 250
Aug 6 Los Angeles Hard 250
Aug 13 Cincinnati Hard Masters 1000
Aug 20 Memphis Indoor Hard 500
Aug 20 San Jose Indoor Hard 250
Aug 20 Atlanta Hard 250
Aug 27 US Open Hard Grand Slam
Sep 14 Davis Cup Semi Final
Sep 17 China Open Hard 500
Sep 17 Tokyo Hard 500
Sep 17 Kuala Lumpur Hard 250
Sep 17 Bangkok Hard 250
Sep 24 Shanghai Indoor Hard Masters 1000
Oct 1 Valencia Indoor Hard 500
Oct 1 Metz Indoor Hard 250
Oct 1 St Petersburg Indoor Hard 250
Oct 1 Zagreb Indoor Hard 250
Oct 8 Rotterdam Indoor Hard 500
Oct 8 Marseille Indoor Hard 250
Oct 8 Stockholm Indoor Hard 250
Oct 15 Basel Indoor Hard 500
Oct 15 Kremlin Cup Indoor Hard 250
Oct 15 Montpellier Indoor Hard 250
Oct 15 Vienna Indoor Hard 250
Oct 22 Paris Indoor Hard Masters 1000
Nov 5 World Tour Finals Indoor Hard
Nov 16 Davis Cup Final
Thoughts?
