My view on the round robin fomat

[adlis]

My view on the round robin format

the round robin format is absolutely awful.

If Mr Disney wants seeded players to remain in the tournament for more than 1 match I would advise him to do 2 things.

1. Offer more prize money at ATP events for the finalists!$35,500 isn't much for a losing finalist of ATP event $500,000 sounds about right, footballers get paid more than that for sitting on the bench injured. This will offer more motivation for the top players like Nikolay davydenko (Who don't benefit for huge sponsor deals) and stop players making lame excuses to pull out of tournaments. one example being Andy Murray, he pulled out of Zagreb last week because of a blister on his foot...which leads to the next question


2. Cut down the events. Why are there so many filler tournaments?Is that what the challenger circuit is for? 3 ATP events a week after The AO is a bit too much. Example being fernando Gonzalez who was clearly exhausted playing 2 days after the AO final at Vina del Mar.

Less events, more prize money would offer a better competition for the spectators but i think mr Disney is more interested with HIS bank balance and having players enter 5983 events a year and fining them $10,000 if they complain...

 

[Sagittar]

it absolutly sucks ..
how can a player lose a match and then rally to win the tournament , doesn't make any sense , it's not a football league !!

 

[adlis]

the xman defenatly agrees after losing 1 rr match then wining the championship!

 

[Deleted member 6835]

i agree with both of you, lol. it sucks

 

[Nick Irons]

A horrible idea for tennis. Let's give lil' Johnny another chance to win cause the first defeat wasn't fair.

Maybe Spadea will win another toureny ? (I actually like Vince)

 

[The Gorilla]

wow, 100%, that's pretty damning.

 

[psamp14]

this is obviously a good thing with this thread and this poll.....it means the entire board actually agrees on something

i think round robin is a joke and needs to be thrown out of the system....you lose, you're out...thats the way its always been....the atp should not even think about twisting the traditional sport of tennis....

 

[Heavy Metal Tennis Star]

the round robin format is absolutely awful.

If Mr Disney wants seeded players to remain in the tournament for more than 1 match I would advise him to do 2 things.

1. Offer more prize money at ATP events for the finalists!$35,500 isn't much for a losing finalist of ATP event $500,000 sounds about right, footballers get paid more than that for sitting on the bench injured. This will offer more motivation for the top players like Nikolay davydenko (Who don't benefit for huge sponsor deals) and stop players making lame excuses to pull out of tournaments. one example being Andy Murray, he pulled out of Zagreb last week because of a blister on his foot...which leads to the next question


2. Cut down the events. Why are there so many filler tournaments?Is that what the challenger circuit is for? 3 ATP events a week after The AO is a bit too much. Example being fernando Gonzalez who was clearly exhausted playing 2 days after the AO final at Vina del Mar.

Less events, more prize money would offer a better competition for the spectators but i think mr Disney is more interested with HIS bank balance and having players enter 5983 events a year and fining them $10,000 if they complain...

well the reason footballers get paid more is because they are franchised.

 

[jukka1970]

the round robin format is absolutely awful.

If Mr Disney wants seeded players to remain in the tournament for more than 1 match I would advise him to do 2 things.

1. Offer more prize money at ATP events for the finalists!$35,500 isn't much for a losing finalist of ATP event $500,000 sounds about right, footballers get paid more than that for sitting on the bench injured. This will offer more motivation for the top players like Nikolay davydenko (Who don't benefit for huge sponsor deals) and stop players making lame excuses to pull out of tournaments. one example being Andy Murray, he pulled out of Zagreb last week because of a blister on his foot...which leads to the next question


2. Cut down the events. Why are there so many filler tournaments?Is that what the challenger circuit is for? 3 ATP events a week after The AO is a bit too much. Example being fernando Gonzalez who was clearly exhausted playing 2 days after the AO final at Vina del Mar.

Less events, more prize money would offer a better competition for the spectators but i think mr Disney is more interested with HIS bank balance and having players enter 5983 events a year and fining them $10,000 if they complain...

I agree with you that the Round Robin style absolutely stinks. This is also the first time I've ever seen a poll where 100% of the voters agree. It's probably the only time that the whole board is going to agree

Jukka

 

[SER]

Malisse got upset early in the Delray Beach tournament yet was allowed to play in the final match. How ridiculous is that?

 

[SER]

....and also how when everybody goes 1-1 they break the tie by sets won and games won, that's stupid. Tennis is about beating the opponent in front of you to advance. Period.

 

[Nick Irons]

22 - 0 so far

Maybe the governing body will start listening to the player / fans and realize; it's a bad idea Ripley.

 

[OnceWas]

Screw the RR format.

 

[textbook strokes]

I definitively dislike it. I wonder though, why do we like the round robin in the masters' cup at the end of the year?

 

[adlis]

I definitively dislike it. I wonder though, why do we like the round robin in the masters' cup at the end of the year?

two words. eight players.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

I definitively dislike it. I wonder though, why do we like the round robin in the masters' cup at the end of the year?

two words. eight players.

and also... they're supposed to be the 8 best players of the year !
that's the ultimate rendez-vous of the season... RR is fine there, it makes it unique also. but for usual tournaments... i definitely don't like it.

PS: and what i don't like also is this absurd thing about the ATP points...

both players lost in the SF at adelaide but JJ lost a RR match while JMDP won his 2 RR matches.
he consequently has a greater prize money (logical)... but both earned the same number of ATP points !
i know it concerns a small amount of points... but i don't find this logical.

 

[ATXtennisaddict]

Only the fans who are paying to watch the matches (and hence, part of the players' prize money) like it.

But i hate it. Too confusing, too many scenarios.

Win or go home.

 

[textbook strokes]

I would say that even the Masters cup isnt that really interesting untill the final or semi-final matches. But, hey... at least the atp is trying. I think that to put the RR at work was the only real test for it.

 

[Myng]

I don't think that Robin Round is a bad thing as almost of the board members are saying.
This system is similar to the one used in Table Tennis.
I think it is great because it gives players chances to win and play more.
"Win or Go home" is a bit extreme.

 

[The Grand Slam]

Yeah. Admittedly, it's grown on me, but it'd really start to bug me if it was implemented in a GARGANTUAN percentage of the tour's lower tournaments.