ITTF rankings for August

[Simas]

1.FZD
2.XuXin
3.Boll
4.LIN Gaoyuan
5.Dima
6.Harimoto
7.MaLong


https://www.ittf.com/rankings/

 

[ronz91]

interesting, but at the same time not really

 

[Simas]

2016 T.Harimoto started 64th, he ended 2017 beeing 17th, now he is no 6....

 

[laistrogian]

attendence award

Yep, this is what I dislike the most about the new ranking system.

 

[Loopadoop]

Yep, this is what I dislike the most about the new ranking system.

All sports have partipation requirements to be ranked. You have to play well during participation to be ranked above the others.

 

[mrk]

Participation requirement isn't the biggest issue with the ITTF ranking, the bigger issue is their weighting system of the points. The earlier rounds are getting too much points in relative of the winner or finalist. It is obvious when compared to ATP tennis.

http://www.stevegtennis.com/atp-tennis-ranking-points/



A tournament winner gets only twice the points of a first round loser in an ITTF World Tour event. Theoretically two first round defeats are as good as a tournament win which is really bizarre, this is a huge difference to ATP tennis.


Another issue is the players limitation for the world championship (4 players) and Olympics (2 players) from the same country. Lots of really good players from China or Japan are not even allowed to participate. Even for World Tour tournaments there is a limit for players from one country.


What happened in the screenshot in the first posting? Ma Long only with 1350 points?

 

[Simas]

Participation requirement isn't the biggest issue with the ITTF ranking, the bigger issue is their weighting system of the points. The earlier rounds are getting too much points in relative of the winner or finalist.

That's a good point

What happened in the screenshot in the first posting? Ma Long only with 1350 points?

And these are good eyes of yours. Checked the ITTF website, the screenshot is fine, the mistake on the website...

 

[Persistence TT]

people are still nagging about it? seriously?

 

[violoniste18]

I am inconsolable, simon Gauzy isn't in top 10 anymore

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

I am inconsolable, simon Gauzy isn't in top 10 anymore

Maybe thats a good thing for him, he will need to go in qualification tournaments, so he can win some matches, because as a seeded player he keeps losing in the 1st round....
not fun !