Men's ELO Rankings 30/01/2017

The 1st Grand Slam tournament of the year, the Australian Open, took place in the past 2 weeks in Melbourne.

Mischa Zverev, © AFP

Women's ELO Rankings 30/01/2017

The 1st Grand Slam tournament of the year, the Australian Open, took place in the past 2 weeks in Melbourne.

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, © AFP

2017 Australian Open Final Update

It's the final of the Australian Open, and we're about to crown the winners of the 1st Grand Slam of the year! But before the matches start, let's take a look at the ELO ratings for the finalists, and how the semi finals affected them.

The current leaders in the Big Gainer of the tournament awards are Rafael Nadal (+43) and Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (+57). Rafael is competing in the final, and will win the award if he defeats Roger Federer, otherwise the it will go to Mischa Zverev. In the Women's race, Mirjana lost her semi final, but she can still win the award if Serena Williams takes the title, otherwise Venus Williams will win it on a tiebreaker.

But before the rankings, some stats I calculated for the top 150 players after the jump:

2017 Australian Open Semi Final Update

We're now in to the semi finals of the Australian Open, so let's take a look at how the quarter finals have impacted on the rankings of the players still in.

The current leaders in the Big Gainer of the tournament awards are Mischa Zverev (+43) and Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (+60). Mischa is out of the Australian Open, but can still win the award if Roger Federer wins the tournament, otherwise the tournament winner takes it. In the Women's race, If either Mirjana or Coco Vandeweghe make the final, then whoever does better will win the award, otherwise Venus Williams will take it from Mirjana if she wins the title.

But before the rankings, some stats I calculated for the top 150 players:

Men's Rank	± ELO
1-10	70
11-20	65
21-50	-1
51-100	-68
101-150	-39

Women's Rank	± ELO
1-10	8
11-20	38
21-50	17
51-100	-77
101-150	56

2017 Australian Open Quarter Final Update

The 4th round of the Australian Open has finished, so let's take a look at how that impacted my rankings of the players still in as we enter the 2nd week of the tournament.

The current leaders in the Big Gainer of the tournament awards are Mischa Zverev (+47) and Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (+44). Mischa has a big lead over David Goffin in the Men's race, but it's still too close to call who will win the award in the Women's.

But before the rankings, some stats I calculated for the top 150 players:

Men's Rank	± ELO
1-10	66
11-20	65
21-50	3
51-100	-68
101-150	-39

Women's Rank	± ELO
1-10	24
11-20	41
21-50	14
51-100	-93
101-150	56

2017 Australian Open Round 4 Update

The 3rd round of the Australian Open has finished, so let's take a look at how that impacted my rankings of the players still in.

The current leaders in the Big Gainer of the tournament awards are Denis Istomin (+43) and Sorana Cirstea (+38)

But before the rankings, some stats I calculated for the top 150 players:

Men's Rank	± ELO
1-10	59
11-20	78
21-50	-11
51-100	-64
101-150	-35

Women's Rank	± ELO
1-10	34
11-20	42
21-50	-8
51-100	-103
101-150	67

2017 Australian Open Round 3 Update

The 2nd round of the Australian Open has finished, so let's take a look at how that impacted my rankings of the players still in.

The current leaders in the Big Gainer of the tournament awards are Denis Istomin (+28) and Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (+26)

But before the rankings, some stats I calculated for the top 150 players:

Men's Rank	± ELO
1-10	28
11-20	65
21-50	32
51-100	-50
101-150	-50

Women's Rank	± ELO
1-10	21
11-20	43
21-50	6
51-100	-93
101-150	56

2017 Australian Open Round 2 Update

The 1st round of the Australian Open has finished, so let's take a look at how that impacted my rankings of the players still in.

But before the rankings, some stats I calculated for the top 150 players:

Men's Rank	± ELO
1-10	30
11-20	42
21-50	20
51-100	-50
101-150	-44

Women's Rank	± ELO
1-10	13
11-20	17
21-50	19
51-100	-47
101-150	23

Men's ELO Rankings 16/01/2017

On the week before the Australian Open, 2 tournaments were held, in Sydney and Auckland.

Gilles Muller, © AFP

Women's ELO Rankings 16/01/2017

On the week before the Australian Open, 2 tournaments were held, in Sydney and Hobart.

Elise Mertens, © Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images

New Twitter Account!

It took a while, but I'm finally expanding my blog to new audiences by creating a Twitter account for it!

You can follow for updates when I make a new blog post, and possibly other updates here: @tennis_elo

There isn't much there right now, but if it gets more active, I'll post lots of interesting stuff there. Get following!

Men's ELO Rankings 09/01/2017

This blog welcomes the return of the tennis season with 3 tournaments on the ATP World Tour, held in Doha, Chennai and Brisbane.

Grigor Dimitrov, © Getty Images

Women's ELO Rankings 09/01/2017

This blog welcomes the return of the tennis season with 3 tournaments on the WTA Tour, held in Brisbane, Shenzhen and Auckland.

Katerina Siniakova, © AFP