ATP Open Era & Live Rankings

RANKING RULES BETWEEN 1996 AND 1999

In 1996, the ATP reunited all the Championship Series Single Week tournaments into their own special category: Super 9, with only one level of points regardless of prize money. The same went with Grand Slams, which also became one single category starting with 1996.

SYSTEM SPAN: 52-WEEK ROLLING SYSTEM [Tournaments counted for each player drop out of their breakdown 52 weeks after they enter the system]
SYSTEM TYPE: CATEGORY BASED WITH PRIZE MONEY SUB-CLASSES [Tournaments have different point weights according to the type of tournament a player has entered. The higher category, the more points scored. Some categories allowed different point structures according to tournament prize money payout.]
POINTS: ADDITIVE [Players receive points according to the round they are eliminated in. These points are added and players are ordered according to their total points]
TOURNAMENTS: BEST 14 [Only the best 14 tournaments results can be counted.]
MINIMUM PRIZE MONEY: $25000
TRANSITION: NONE [No special transition rule was applied to 1995 points once this new system came into effect.]

BASE RULES

The 1990s system allows players to count their best 14 results and form a point total. Players are ordered according to this total. In addition, players are allowed to count the ATP World Championship for the first time in the 1990s, until the Monday after the final regular calendar tournament of the year.
All tournaments are counted immediately after they are finished (on the upcoming Monday). Exceptions to this rule are Futures tournaments which are counted one week later (Futures played during the final week of the year are live). Once into the system, tournaments remain counted for 52 weeks. Some Satellite events also counted later depending on communication with the tournament.
The rankings are published every Monday of the year. Exception to this rule are the mid-Mondays of tournaments lasting two weeks into the calendar.
All players must count all 4 Grand Slams for which they are a direct acceptance on the original acceptance list as well as their other 10 best results from all other tournaments.
If the player is not part of the original main draw acceptance list of a mandatory event and decides to not participate before the draw is released, they may count an extra non-Mandatory event.
In weeks in which a player does not have the mandatory 4 events, he is allowed to count extra non-Mandatory events to a total of 14.
Any late withdrawal from tour or challenger level events results in a 0 point-penalty to be counted as part of the Best 14 series of events in the player's breakdown.

TIES

When two or more players have the same number of points, ties shall be broken with the following rules:

The fewest events played (all penalties count as a played tournament), and if still tied, then
The total number of tournament points (as opposed to bonus points) gained in all the tournaments beyond the Best 14.

POINTS

Players are given points according to the round they lose in and the tournament's category.
Players reaching the second or any round of a tournament by drawing a Bye shall receive first round points if they lose in the first round they play in.
Tournaments where players score 0 points will not be counted in the player's total tournament count.
Points for being eliminated in qualifying rounds of Championship Series or above have been awarded after 1997.
The table below shows the point distribution for tournament category, tournament main draw and qualifying draw sizes and round. The colors in this table are the same used inside the Ranking tables from this site on ranking weeks where this system applies.

FINALS>>>	MD		3RRW	2RRW	1RRW		3RRF	2RRF	1RRF		3RR	2RR	1RR	0RR
ATP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP [1999]	8		730	640	550		460	370	280		270	180	90	0
ATP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP [1998]	8		720	630	540		450	360	270		270	180	90	0
ATP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP [1996-1997]	8		710	630	550		430	350	270		240	160	80	0
CATEGORY	MD	QD	W	F	3RD	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	QR3	QR2	QR1
GRAND SLAM [1999]	128		770	552		335	168	84	42	21	1	10	5	3	0
GRAND SLAM [1997-1998]	128		750	537		325	163	82	41	20	1	10	5	3	0
GRAND SLAM [1996]	128		740	515		310	155	78	39	20	1	10
SUPER 9	128		370	265		160	80	40	20	10	1	5		3 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
SUPER 9	64		370	265		160	80	40	20	1		10		5 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 2M	64		360	258		155	78	39	20	1		10		5 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 2M	32		360	258		155	78	39	1			19		10 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 1.87M	64		350	250		150	75	38	19	1		9		5 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 1.87M	32		350	250		150	75	38	1			19		9 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 1.75M	64		340	243		145	73	37	19	1		9		5 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 1.75M	32		340	243		145	73	37	1			18		9 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 1.62M	64		330	235		140	70	35	18	1		9		4 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 1.62M	32		330	235		140	70	35	1			17		9 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 1.5M	64		320	228		135	68	34	17	1		8		4 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 1.5M	32		320	228		135	68	34	1			17		8 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 1.37M	64		310	220		130	65	33	17	1		8		4 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 1.37M	32		310	220		130	65	33	1			16		8 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 1.25M	64		300	213		125	63	32	16	1		8		4 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 1.25M	32		300	213		125	63	32	1			16		8 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 1.12M	64		290	205		120	60	30	15	1		7		4 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 1.12M	32		290	205		120	60	30	1			15		8 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 1M	64		280	198		115	58	29	15	1		7		4 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 1M	32		280	198		115	58	29	1			14		8 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 875K	64		270	190		110	55	28	14	1		7		4 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 875K	32		270	190		110	55	28	1			14		7 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 750K	64		260	183		105	53	27	14	1		7		4 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 750K	32		260	183		105	53	27	1			13		7 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 625K	64		250	175		100	50	25	13	1		6		3 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
CHAMP SERIES 625K	32		250	175		100	50	25	1			12		6 [1997-]	1 [1997-]
WORLD SERIES 1.37M	64		250	183		115	58	29	15	1		7
WORLD SERIES 1.37M	32		250	183		115	58	29	1			14
WORLD SERIES 1.25M	64		240	175		110	55	28	14	1		7
WORLD SERIES 1.25M	32		240	175		110	55	28	1			14
WORLD SERIES 1.12M	64		230	168		105	53	27	14	1		7
WORLD SERIES 1.12M	32		230	168		105	53	27	1			13
WORLD SERIES 1M	64		220	160		100	50	25	13	1		6
WORLD SERIES 1M	32		220	160		100	50	25	1			12
WORLD SERIES 875K	64		210	153		95	48	24	12	1		6
WORLD SERIES 875K	32		210	153		95	48	24	1			12
WORLD SERIES 750K	64		200	145		90	45	23	12	1		6
WORLD SERIES 750K	32		200	145		90	45	23	1			11
WORLD SERIES 625K	64		190	138		85	43	22	11	1		5
WORLD SERIES 625K	32		190	138		85	43	22	1			11
WORLD SERIES 550K	64		180	130		80	40	20	10	1		5
WORLD SERIES 550K	32		180	130		80	40	20	1			10
WORLD SERIES 475K	64		170	123		75	38	19	10	1		5
WORLD SERIES 475K	32		170	123		75	38	19	1			10
WORLD SERIES 400K	32		160	115		70	35	18	1			9
WORLD SERIES 325K	32		150	108		65	33	17	1			8
WORLD SERIES 250K	32		140	100		60	30	15	1			7
WORLD SERIES 175K	32		130	93		55	28	14	1			7
CHAL $125K+H	32		100	73		45	23	12	1			6
CHAL $125K/$100K+H	32		90	65		40	20	10	1			5
CHAL $100K/$75K+H	32		80	58		35	18	9	1			5
CHAL $75K/$50K+H	32		70	50		30	15	8	1			4
CHAL $37K+H	32		65	47		28	14	7	1			3
CHAL $50K/$25K+H	32		60	43		25	13	7	1			3
FUT 15K+H	Any		20	15		10	5	1
FUT 15K/10K+H	Any		16	12		8	4	1
FUT 10K	Any		12	9		6	3	1

BONUS POINTS

Besides tournament points, players were also awarded bonus points according to the rank of the opponent they beat.
Grand Slam main draw wins and Super 9 Finals that were played as Best of 5 sets awarded double bonus points to the match winner. No bonus points were awarded in ATP World Championships.
The table below describes the ATP Bonus point awarded to players for defeating ranked players in tournaments:

FROM	TO	POINTS
1	1	50
2	5	45
6	10	36
11	20	24
21	30	18
31	50	12
51	75	6
76	100	3
101	150	2
151	200	1

SATELLITE CIRCUITS

Players were able to participate in series of tournaments called Satellite Circuits. The series consisted of 4 consecutive tournaments, with the last one called a Masters. Satellites, much like Challengers and Futures were broken into categories based on total prize money payout. Categories for a payout including hospitality was the equivalent of the category with the next higher payout without hospitality.
In relation to the round they finished in each tournament of the series, players were awarded Circuit Points. The table below describes the Circuit Point breakdown for each round players finished in:

32 DRAW CIRCUIT ROUND>>>	W	F	SF	QF	R2	R1	QB	QR
LEG 1 CP	21	15	10	6	3	1	1	0.5
LEG 2 CP	21	15	10	6	3	1	1	0.5
LEG 3 CP	21	15	10	6	3	1	1	0.5
MASTERS CP	31	23	16	10	5	1	1	0.5

64 DRAW CIRCUIT ROUND>>>	W	F	SF	QF	R3	R2	R1	QB	QR
LEG 1 CP	28	21	15	10	6	3	1	1	0.5
LEG 2 CP	28	21	15	10	6	3	1	1	0.5
LEG 3 CP	28	21	15	10	6	3	1	1	0.5
MASTERS CP	34	26	19	13	8	4	1	1	0.5

Started on April 1st, 1994, the top 2 players of each circuit (sorted by Circuit Points), were awarded ATP Points as bonus. The values were:

PLACEMENT>>>	1st	2nd
ALL	10	5

On top of the points above, in relation to the amount of Circuit Points they totaled at the end of the Circuit, players were awarded ATP Points. The conversion table is below:

CIRCUIT POINTS	ATP POINTS
CIRCUIT POINTS	32 DRAW 25K	32 DRAW 25K+H/50K	32 DRAW 50K+H/75K	64 DRAW 50K	64 DRAW 50K+H/75K
4	1	1	1
5	1	1	1
6	1	1	1
7	2	2	2	1	1
8	2	2	2	1	1
9	3	3	3	1	1
10	3	4	4	1	1
11	4	5	5	1	2
12	4	6	6	1	2
13	4	6	7	2	3
14	5	7	8	2	3
15	5	7	8	2	3
16	5	7	9	3	4
17	6	8	9	3	4
18	6	8	10	3	4
19	6	8	10	4	5
20	7	9	11	4	5
21	7	9	12	4	6
22	7	9	13	5	6
23	8	10	14	5	7
24	8	10	15	6	7
25	8	11	16	6	8
26	9	12	17	7	8
27	9	13	18	7	9
28	10	14	19	7	9
29	10	15	20	8	10
30	11	16	22	8	10
31	11	17	23	9	11
32	11	18	24	9	12
33	12	19	25	10	13
34	13	20	26	10	14
35	14	21	27	11	15
36	15	22	28	12	16
37	16	23	29	13	17
38	17	24	30	14	18
39	19	25	31	15	19
40	20	27	33	15	20
41	21	28	35	16	21
42	22	29	36	17	22
43	23	31	38	18	23
44	24	32	39	19	24
45	25	33	41	20	25
46	26	34	42	21	26
47	27	35	43	22	27
48	28	36	45	23	28
49	28	37	46	24	29
50	29	38	48	24	30
51	30	39	49	25	31
52	31	40	50	26	32
53	32	41	51	27	33
54	33	42	52	28	34
55	34	43	53	29	35
56	35	44	54	29	36
57	35	45	55	30	37
58	36	46	56	31	38
59	36	46	56	32	39
60	36	46	56	33	40
61	36	46	56	34	41
62	37	47	57	34	42
63	37	47	57	35	42
64	37	47	57	35	43
65	37	47	57	36	44
66	37	47	57	37	45
67	38	48	58	37	46
68	38	48	58	38	47
69	38	48	58	39	48
70	38	48	58	40	49
71	38	48	58	41	50
72	38	48	58	41	51
73	39	49	59	42	52
74	39	49	59	43	53
75	39	49	59	43	53
76	39	49	59	44	54
77	39	49	59	44	54
78	39	49	59	45	55
79	39	49	59	45	55
80	40	50	60	46	56
81	40	50	60	46	56
82	40	50	60	47	57
83	40	50	60	47	57
84	40	50	60	47	57
85	40	50	60	48	58
86	40	50	60	48	58
87	40	50	60	48	58
88	40	50	60	48	58
89	40	50	60	48	58
90	40	50	60	48	58
91	40	50	60	49	59
92	40	50	60	49	59
93	40	50	60	49	59
94	40	50	60	49	59
95	40	50	60	49	59
96	40	50	60	49	59
97				49	59
98+				50	60

SATELLITE BONUS POINTS

The table below describes the Circuit Point bonus point awarded to players for defeating ranked players in the tournaments forming part of the circuit:

FROM	TO	BONUS
101	150	10p
151	200	5p
201	250	4p
251	300	3p
301	400	2p
401	500	1p

By convention, 5 Circuit bonus points meant 1 ATP bonus point.

RANKING RULES BETWEEN 1996 AND 1999

In 1996, the ATP reunited all the Championship Series Single Week tournaments into their own special category: Super 9, with only one level of points regardless of prize money. The same went with Grand Slams, which also became one single category starting with 1996.

SYSTEM SPAN: 52-WEEK ROLLING SYSTEM [Tournaments counted for each player drop out of their breakdown 52 weeks after they enter the system]

SYSTEM TYPE: CATEGORY BASED WITH PRIZE MONEY SUB-CLASSES [Tournaments have different point weights according to the type of tournament a player has entered. The higher category, the more points scored. Some categories allowed different point structures according to tournament prize money payout.]

POINTS: ADDITIVE [Players receive points according to the round they are eliminated in. These points are added and players are ordered according to their total points]

TOURNAMENTS: BEST 14 [Only the best 14 tournaments results can be counted.]

MINIMUM PRIZE MONEY: $25000

TRANSITION: NONE [No special transition rule was applied to 1995 points once this new system came into effect.]

BASE RULES

The rankings are published every Monday of the year. Exception to this rule are the mid-Mondays of tournaments lasting two weeks into the calendar.

All players must count all 4 Grand Slams for which they are a direct acceptance on the original acceptance list as well as their other 10 best results from all other tournaments.

If the player is not part of the original main draw acceptance list of a mandatory event and decides to not participate before the draw is released, they may count an extra non-Mandatory event.

In weeks in which a player does not have the mandatory 4 events, he is allowed to count extra non-Mandatory events to a total of 14.

Any late withdrawal from tour or challenger level events results in a 0 point-penalty to be counted as part of the Best 14 series of events in the player's breakdown.

TIES

When two or more players have the same number of points, ties shall be broken with the following rules:

The fewest events played (all penalties count as a played tournament), and if still tied, then

The total number of tournament points (as opposed to bonus points) gained in all the tournaments beyond the Best 14.

POINTS

Players are given points according to the round they lose in and the tournament's category.

Players reaching the second or any round of a tournament by drawing a Bye shall receive first round points if they lose in the first round they play in.

Tournaments where players score 0 points will not be counted in the player's total tournament count.

Points for being eliminated in qualifying rounds of Championship Series or above have been awarded after 1997.

The table below shows the point distribution for tournament category, tournament main draw and qualifying draw sizes and round. The colors in this table are the same used inside the Ranking tables from this site on ranking weeks where this system applies.

BONUS POINTS

Besides tournament points, players were also awarded bonus points according to the rank of the opponent they beat.

Grand Slam main draw wins and Super 9 Finals that were played as Best of 5 sets awarded double bonus points to the match winner. No bonus points were awarded in ATP World Championships.

The table below describes the ATP Bonus point awarded to players for defeating ranked players in tournaments:

SATELLITE CIRCUITS

In relation to the round they finished in each tournament of the series, players were awarded Circuit Points. The table below describes the Circuit Point breakdown for each round players finished in:

Started on April 1st, 1994, the top 2 players of each circuit (sorted by Circuit Points), were awarded ATP Points as bonus. The values were:

On top of the points above, in relation to the amount of Circuit Points they totaled at the end of the Circuit, players were awarded ATP Points. The conversion table is below:

SATELLITE BONUS POINTS

The table below describes the Circuit Point bonus point awarded to players for defeating ranked players in the tournaments forming part of the circuit:

By convention, 5 Circuit bonus points meant 1 ATP bonus point.