Men's ELO Rankings 13/02/2017

The week after the Davis Cup was on, 3 tournaments were held on the ATP World Tour, in Montpellier, Sofia and Quito.

Victor Estrella Burgos, © Getty Images

Women's ELO Rankings 06/02/2017

While the Men were playing in the Davis Cup, the Women had 2 tournaments on the WTA tour organised, a Premier tournament in Saint Petersburg and an International tournament in Taipei.

Kristina Mladenovic, © Getty Images

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

2016 Tennis ELO Awards - Winners

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

2016 Tennis ELO Awards - Voting

Starting from this year, I'm going to be awarding some virtual prizes to 4 players based on my Big Gainer and Upset player awards that are handed out every week. Below the jump are the players I've shortlisted for the 4 awards this year and where you can vote for the winner.

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.

The deadline for voting will be 04/12/2016 23;59:59 UTC. (Edit: Polls have now closed, winners are announced here)

Men's ELO Rankings 21/11/2016

It's the final week of the season, and for the last of my weekly blogs this season I shall take a look at what happened at the ATP World Tour Finals.

Andy Murray, © Getty Images

2016 ATP World Tour Finals preview

As I've got a bit of time, I'll do a quick post before the start of the ATP World Tour Finals, looking at the ratings of the players playing in it.

The 8 finalists, © Getty Images

Men's ELO Rankings 07/11/2016

This week was the last week of tournaments for most players, with a high quality tournament taking place in Paris.

John Isner, © AP Photo

Women's ELO Rankings 07/11/2016

The final event of the WTA tour took place this season, with 12 highly rated players playing in the WTA Elite Trophy, at Zhuhai.

Petra Kvitova. © Getty Images

Men's ELO Rankings 31/10/2016

This week saw 2 tournaments, in Basel and Vienna.

Marin Cilic, © AP

Women's ELO Rankings 31/10/2016

This week saw the WTA Finals take place in Singapore, where 8 of the top ranked players competed for the last time this season.

Angelique Kerber, © SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images

Men's ELO Rankings 24/10/2016

With the ATP World Tour Finals approaching, 3 tournaments were held this week, in Moscow, Antwerp and Stockholm.

Juan Martin del Potro, © Getty Images

Women's ELO Rankings 24/10/2016

This week was the final week for most of the Women, with tournaments in Moscow and Luxembourg taking place on the week before the WTA Finals.

Monica Niculescu, © AAP

2016 WTA Finals Preview

As I've got a bit of time, I'll do a quick post before the start of the WTA Finals, looking at the ratings of the players playing in it. A full update for the Women's ratings will be completed tomorrow.

7 of the 8 finalists and the trophy, Kuznetsova is missing as she was still competing at the time of the draw. © Getty Images

Women's ELO Rankings 17/10/2016

Another week on the WTA Tour saw 3 tournaments held, in Tianjin, Hong Kong and Linz.

Peng Shuai, © Tianjin Open

Men's ELO Rankings 17/10/2016

This week saw one of the bigger tournaments out side of Grand Slam season, located in Shanghai.

Roberto Bautista Agut, © Reuters

Men's ELO Rankings 10/10/2016

As the players on the ATP World Tour head towards the end of the season, there were 2 tournaments on this week, in Beijing and Tokyo.

Nick Kyrgios, © Reuters

Women's ELO Rankings 10/10/2016

As the top players look forward to the WTA Finals, there was 1 tournament held this week, in Beijing.

Agnieszka Radwanska, © VCG / Getty Images

Men's ELO Rankings 03/10/2016

Another week on the ATP World Tour has finished, with 2 tournaments held, in Chengdu and Shenzhen.

Karen Khachanov, © Chengdu Open

Women's ELO Rankings 03/10/2016

The Tennis finished early this week at the 2 tournaments held, a big tournament in Wuhan and a smaller one in Tashkent.

Petra Kvitova, © Getty Images

Men's ELO Rankings 26/09/2016

Last week, there were no tournaments on, but this week saw 2 tournaments, in St Petersburg and Metz.

Alexander Zverev, © AP

Women's ELO Rankings 26/09/2016

The Tennis season isn't over yet, there were 3 more tournaments on the WTA tour this week, in Tokyo, Seoul and Guangzhou.

Lara Arruabarrena, © EPA

Women's ELO Rankings 19/09/2016

With the Grand Slams all over, the rest of the season continues with tournaments in Quebec City and Tokyo.

Oceane Dodin, © DOMINIQUE FAGET / AFP/GETTY IMAGES FILES

Men's ELO Rankings 12/09/2016

This update saw the final of the Grand Slam tournaments take place, the US Open, in New York.

Stan Wawrinka, © AFP / Getty Images

Women's ELO Rankings 12/09/2016

This update saw the final of the Grand Slam tournaments take place, the US Open, in New York.

Caroline Wozniacki, © BPI / Ella Ling

2016 US Open Final update

The semi finals finished on time, so it's time for a quick update to my ELO ratings for the finals of the US Open.

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

Men's Rank	± ELO
1-10	63
11-20	-25
21-50	13
51-100	37
101-150	-10

Women's Rank	± ELO
1-10	69
11-20	-5
21-50	23
51-100	3
101-150	-34

All 4 finalists are in the top 10, so these are the final numbers, with the last change being a 5 point gain for the top 10 women from the 21-50 group. Now all that's left is to see which top 10 player will win the title.

2016 US Open Semi Final update

The quarter finals finished on time, so it's time for a quick update to my ELO ratings for the semi finals of the US Open.

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

Men's Rank	± ELO
1-10	63
11-20	-25
21-50	13
51-100	37
101-150	-10

Women's Rank	± ELO
1-10	64
11-20	-5
21-50	28
51-100	3
101-150	-34

The 4 men who remain in the tournament are all in the top 10 above, so this is the final version of those stats. The only changes are that the top 10 gained ELO mainly at the expense of the 21-50 group. The top 10 women make up 3 out of the 4 semi finalists, and they gained points from the last round at the expense of the 21-50 and 51-100 groups.

2016 US Open Quarter Final update

Round 4 has finished on time, so it's time for a quick update to my ELO ratings for the quarter finals of the US Open.

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

Men's Rank	± ELO
1-10	47
11-20	-22
21-50	26
51-100	37
101-150	-10

Women's Rank	± ELO
1-10	53
11-20	-5
21-50	33
51-100	9
101-150	-34

The big change for the men this round is that the 21-50 ranked players have improved at the expense of the top 10 players. For the Women, the 11-20 ranked players suffered in the last round, with the 21-50 ranked players benefiting.

2016 US Open Round 4 update

Round 3 has finished on time, so it's time for a quick update to my ELO ratings for round 4 of the US Open.

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

Men's Rank	± ELO
1-10	57
11-20	-25
21-50	15
51-100	38
101-150	-7

Women's Rank	± ELO
1-10	56
11-20	32
21-50	-2
51-100	4
101-150	-34

The big change for the Women is the dominance of the top 20 players, at the expense of the 21-50 and the 101-150 players. For the Men, it's the 11-20 ranked players who have suffered, with the top 10 and the 21-50 ranked players benefiting.

2016 US Open Round 3 update

Round 2 has finished on time, so it's time for a quick update to my ELO ratings for round 3 of the US Open.

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

Men's Rank	± ELO
1-10	31
11-20	28
21-50	-14
51-100	49
101-150	-16

Women's Rank	± ELO
1-10	40
11-20	7
21-50	21
51-100	2
101-150	-18

The 11-20 ranked men have done much better this round than the previous round, taking most of those points from players ranked 21-50, such as David Ferrer's win over Fabio Fognini, and those outside of the top 150.

The big change for the women this time is an improvement in the 21-50 group, at the expense of the 51-100 group, such as Johanna Larsson's win over Denisa Allertova and the 101-150 group, such as Timea Babos' win over Richel Hogenkamp.