Thursday, 10 December 2020

2020 Tennis ELO Awards - Winners

The voting is over, and it's time to announce the winners! Find out who won this year's Tennis ELO awards after the jump. 


Like last year, the polls took place on Twitter, and if you haven't done so already, follow @tennis_elo to be the 1st to hear of new blog posts and more.

Monday, 30 November 2020

2020 Tennis ELO Awards - Voting

I'm going to be awarding some virtual prizes to 4 players based on my Player of the week and Upset player of the week awards that are handed out every update. Below the jump are the players I've shortlisted for the 4 awards this year.

For the "Player of the Year" awards, I've listed why each player has been nominated, which I haven't done for the "Disappointment of the year" awards. How you choose who you vote for is up to you, the winners of the awards will be the player who gets the most votes.


All votes will be held on Twitter. Follow @tennis_elo to be the 1st to hear of new blog posts and more.

Monday, 23 November 2020

Men's ELO Rankings 23/11/2020

We're at the end of the tennis season, and to finish things off, 8 of the best players on the ATP Tour played at this year's ATP Finals, held in London.

Daniil Medvedev, © Getty Images

Monday, 16 November 2020

Women's ELO Rankings 16/11/2020

The women's tennis season has come to an end, with the last tournament of the year taking place this week, in Linz. Let's see how that tournament affected my end of season ratings.

Aryna Sabalenka, © The Canadian Press


Saturday, 14 November 2020

Men's ELO Rankings 16/11/2020

The end of season ATP Finals starts next week, but before play starts there, we look at what happened this week, as the final open tournament of the year was held in Sofia.

Jannik Sinner, © AFP / Getty Images

Friday, 13 November 2020

2020 ATP Finals Predictions

Next week, the ATP Finals are taking place in London, with the top 8 players over the year taking part.

Stefanos Tsitsipas, last year's champion.

After the jump, I'll take a look at the players and how I expect the tournament to go. A full update for the Men's ratings will be completed once the tournament concludes.

Monday, 9 November 2020

Men's ELO Rankings 09/11/2020

This week saw the last large tournament before the end of season ATP Finals, which was held in Paris. Let's take a look at what happened there and my latest ELO ratings.

Daniil Medvedev, © Getty Images


Sunday, 1 November 2020

Men's ELO Rankings 02/11/2020

As we approach the end of the tennis season, there were 2 more tournament on this week, in Vienna and Nur-Sultan.

Lorenzo Sonego. © Reuters

Monday, 26 October 2020

Men's ELO Rankings 26/10/2020

This week on the ATP Tour, there were 2 tournaments held, in Antwerp and Cologne.

Ugo Humbert, © B. Papon /L'Équipe


Sunday, 25 October 2020

Women's ELO Rankings 26/10/2020

We're approaching the end of the season, and this week, we saw what is probably going to be the last big tournament of the year, held in Ostrava.

Aryna Sabalenka, © The Canadian Press


Monday, 19 October 2020

Men's ELO Rankings 19/10/2020

We're approaching the end of the season, and the ATP Tour has a good schedule of tournaments organised to finish the season, starting with 3 tournaments this week, held in St. Petersburg, Cologne and Pula.

Laslo Djere, © AFP

Sunday, 11 October 2020

Men's ELO Rankings 12/10/2020

The last Grand Slam of the year has finished, so it's time to recap what's happened over the past 2 weeks in the French Open, held in Paris; and to see how that's updated my ELO ratings.

Jannik Sinner, © Rex Features



Saturday, 10 October 2020

Women's ELO Rankings 12/10/2020

The last Grand Slam of the year has finished, so it's time to recap what's happened over the past 2 weeks in the French Open, held in Paris; and to see how that's updated my ELO ratings.

Iga Swiatek, © Reuters

2020 French Open Final Update

The semi finals of the French Open have finished, and we're moving to the finals of the final Grand Slam of the year, so let's take a look at how the semis impacted my rankings of the finalists.

French Open logo, © French Open



View my 2nd week tournament predictions for the Men and the Women here, and after the jump, I present some stats I calculated for the top 150 players, my latest ELO ratings for the finalists, and how likely they are to win the match. Who do you think the favourite is?

Wednesday, 7 October 2020

2020 French Open Semi Finals Update

The quarter finals of the French Open  finished, so let's take a look at how that impacted my rankings of the players still in. As we're near to the end of the tournament, I'll also present my predictions for the final and the winner after the jump.

French Open logo, © French Open


Monday, 5 October 2020

2020 French Open Quarter Final Update

The 4th round of the French Open has almost finished, so let's take a look at how that impacted my rankings of the players still in. For the one remaining Women's match, my rankings will assume that the player wins their match.

French Open logo, © French Open


View my 2nd week tournament predictions for the Men and the Women here, but before the latest rankings, some stats I calculated for the top 150 players:

Men's Rank± ELO
1-1026
11-2014
21-50-118
51-100-8
101-15038

Women's Rank± ELO
1-101
11-20-72
21-50-128
51-100127
101-150-66

Sunday, 4 October 2020

2020 French Open Week 2 Predictions - Men's

 The 2nd week of the French Open has begin, so it's time for me to update my predictions for the tournament, after the jump, I summarize what's happened so far, and present what I think is likely to happen for the rest of the event.

French Open logo, © French Open



2020 French Open Week 2 Predictions - Women's

The 2nd week of the French Open has begin, so it's time for me to update my predictions for the tournament, after the jump, I summarize what's happened so far, and present what I think is likely to happen for the rest of the event.

French Open logo, © French Open



Saturday, 3 October 2020

2020 French Open Round 4 Update

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

French Open logo, © French Open


View my pre-tournament predictions for the Men and the Women here (week 2 predictions coming soon), but before the latest rankings, some stats I calculated for the top 150 players:

Men's Rank± ELO
1-1026
11-204
21-50-104
51-100-20
101-15038

Women's Rank± ELO
1-101
11-20-56
21-50-128
51-100127
101-150-66

Friday, 2 October 2020

2020 French Open Round 3 Update

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

French Open logo, © French Open


View my pre-tournament predictions for the Men and the Women here, but before the latest rankings, some stats I calculated for the top 150 players:

Men's Rank± ELO
1-1021
11-2026
21-50-95
51-100-26
101-15057

Women's Rank± ELO
1-10-16
11-20-2
21-50-119
51-10086
101-150-55

Wednesday, 30 September 2020

2020 French Open Round 2 Update

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

French Open logo, © French Open


View my pre-tournament predictions for the Men and the Women here, but before the latest rankings, some stats I calculated for the top 150 players:

Men's Rank± ELO
1-100
11-2030
21-50-114
51-10066
101-15012

Women's Rank± ELO
1-1020
11-20-15
21-50-84
51-10058
101-150-41

Monday, 28 September 2020

Men's ELO Rankings 28/09/2020

The French Open has already started, but before we go to our round-by-round updates for the Grand Slam, we have to catch up on the events that happend this week, in Hamburg.

Andrey Rublev, © Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa


Women's ELO Rankings 28/09/2020

The French Open has already started, but before we go to our round-by-round updates for the Grand Slam, we have to catch up on the events that happend this week, in Strasbourg.

Nao Hibino, © Internationaux-strasbourg.fr



Saturday, 26 September 2020

2020 French Open Predictions - Women's

We now come to the final Grand Slam of the year, the French Open. Let's take a look at the draw for this tournament, and my predictions for the tournament, including who's most likely to win, and full probabilities for how likely each player is to make it to each round.

French Open logo, © French Open



2020 French Open Predictions - Men's

We now come to the final Grand Slam of the year, the French Open. Let's take a look at the draw for this tournament, and my predictions for the tournament, including who's most likely to win, and full probabilities for how likely each player is to make it to each round.

French Open logo, © French Open



Monday, 21 September 2020

Men's ELO Rankings 21/09/2020

Late finishing tennis tournaments mean late blog posts, but with the French Open on next week, let's take a look at what happened last week in Rome.

Casper Ruud, © AP Photo



Women's ELO Rankings 21/09/2020

Late finishing tennis tournaments mean late blog posts, but with the French Open on next week, let's take a look at what happened last week in Rome.

Simona Halep, © EPA



Monday, 14 September 2020

Men's ELO Rankings 14/09/2020

Over the past 2 weeks, there were 2 tournaments held; the 2nd Grand Slam of the Year, the US Open was held over both weeks; and another tournament was held in Kitzbuhel in the 2nd week.

Pablo Carreno Busta, © Frank Franklin II/AP

Sunday, 13 September 2020

Women's ELO Rankings 14/09/2020

Over the past 2 weeks, there were 2 tournaments held; the 2nd Grand Slam of the Year, the US Open was held over both weeks; and another tournament was held in Istanbul in the 2nd week.

Tsvetana Pironkova, © Jason Szenes/EPA

Saturday, 12 September 2020

2020 US Open Final Update

It's time for the final of the US Open, and we're about to crown the winners of the 2nd Grand Slam of the year! 

US Open logo, © US Open

After the jump, I present my latest ELO ratings for the finalists, and how likely they are to win the match. Who do you think the favourite is?

Thursday, 10 September 2020

2020 US Open Semi Finals Update

The quarter finals of the US Open finished today, so let's take a look at how that impacted my rankings of the players still in. Now we're at the semi final stage, I'm also going to take a look at the best performers at the tournament, and to add some prediction percentages for the final and the title, based on my ratings.

US Open logo, © US Open

View my week 2 tournament predictions for the Men and the Women here, but before the latest rankings, some stats I calculated for the top 150 players:

Men's Rank± ELO
1-1037
11-20-4
21-5053
51-10014
101-150-79

Women's Rank± ELO
1-1015
11-2024
21-5052
51-100-38
101-150-21

Tuesday, 8 September 2020

2020 US Open Quarter Finals Update

The 4th round of the US Open has finished, so let's take a look at how that impacted my rankings of the players still in.

US Open logo, © US Open

View my week 2 tournament predictions for the Men and the Women here, but before the latest rankings, some stats I calculated for the top 150 players:

Men's Rank± ELO
1-1017
11-204
21-5064
51-10014
101-150-79

Women's Rank± ELO
1-109
11-2025
21-5051
51-100-35
101-150-21

Sunday, 6 September 2020

2020 US Open Week 2 Predictions - Women's

The 2nd week of the US Open is has started, so apologies for the late posts, but now it's time for me to update the predictions I made last week, with some new predictions for the rest of the tournament.

US Open logo, © US Open

2020 US Open Week 2 Predictions - Men's

 The 2nd week of the US Open is has started, so apologies for the late posts, but now it's time for me to update the predictions I made last week, with some new predictions for the rest of the tournament.

US Open logo, © US Open

2020 US Open Round 4 Update

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

US Open logo, © US Open

View my pre-tournament predictions for the Men and the Women here (new predictions for the 2nd week coming soon), but before the latest rankings, some stats I calculated for the top 150 players:

Men's Rank± ELO
1-1022
11-2016
21-5026
51-10034
101-150-79

Women's Rank± ELO
1-1025
11-2012
21-5077
51-100-51
101-150-21

Friday, 4 September 2020

2020 US Open Round 3 Update

The 2nd round of the US Open has almost finished, so let's take a look at how that impacted my rankings of the players still in. For those who have yet to complete their matches, my ratings below the jump will assume that they win their match.

US Open logo, © US Open

View my pre-tournament predictions for the Men and the Women here, but before the latest rankings, some stats I calculated for the top 150 players:

Men's Rank± ELO
1-1022
11-2011
21-5032
51-10039
101-150-75

Women's Rank± ELO
1-107
11-205
21-5065
51-100-24
101-150-18

Wednesday, 2 September 2020

2020 US Open Round 2 Update

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

US Open logo, © US Open

View my pre-tournament predictions for the Men and the Women here, but before the latest rankings, some stats I calculated for the top 150 players:

Men's Rank± ELO
1-1023
11-203
21-5017
51-10023
101-150-57

Women's Rank± ELO
1-1019
11-2031
21-5067
51-100-53
101-1503

Sunday, 30 August 2020

2020 US Open Predictions - Women's

 Grand Slam tennis returns, and so do my predictions, and for the next 2 weeks, I will publish round-by-round updates for the 2nd Grand Slam of the year, the US Open. After the jump, you will find my pre-tournament predictions for the upcoming tournament.

US Open logo, © US Open

2020 US Open Predictions - Men's

Grand Slam tennis returns, and so do my predictions, and for the next 2 weeks, I will publish round-by-round updates for the 2nd Grand Slam of the year, the US Open. After the jump, you will find my pre-tournament predictions for the upcoming tournament.

US Open logo, © US Open