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The graph
shows how the world ranking needed to be in the GB top 25 has varied over
recent years - this gives some idea of depth. |
The tables
below show the actual numbers & a comparison with other nations that had
more than 25 players with singles rankings. |
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Why choose 25
as the no. of players to look at & would changing this arbitrary number
make a big difference? See note at end of page. |
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Rankings of
the 25th highest-ranked British |
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Rankings of the 25th highest ATP-ranked &
WTA-ranked |
ATP & WTA
singles players annually from |
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singles players from all other nations with 25
or more |
2002 and
quarterly since the end of 2007 |
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world ranked players as at 31 December 2013 |
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Approx. |
World ranking of GB no. 25 |
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No. 25's |
Ranked |
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No. 25's |
Ranked |
Date |
ATP |
WTA |
ATP-WTA |
Posn |
Country |
ATP rank |
players |
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P |
Country |
WTA rank |
players |
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(30 Dec) |
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(6 Jan) |
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31/12/2002 |
1094 |
838 |
256 |
1 |
FRA |
269 |
137 |
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1 |
USA |
204 |
110 |
31/12/2003 |
923 |
857 |
66 |
2 |
ESP |
311 |
100 |
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2 |
RUS |
282 |
105 |
31/12/2004 |
832 |
985 |
-153 |
3 |
USA |
380 |
132 |
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3 |
JPN |
481 |
68 |
31/12/2005 |
696 |
846 |
-150 |
4 |
GER |
402 |
114 |
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4 |
CZE |
560 |
42 |
31/12/2006 |
800 |
824 |
-24 |
5 |
ARG |
409 |
100 |
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5 |
FRA |
562 |
61 |
31/12/2007 |
1001 |
790 |
211 |
6 |
ITA |
418 |
110 |
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6 |
CHN |
574 |
45 |
31/03/2008 |
1051 |
830 |
221 |
7 |
BRA |
608 |
81 |
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7 |
GER |
577 |
55 |
30/06/2008 |
1037 |
870 |
167 |
8 |
AUS |
628 |
72 |
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8 |
ITA |
620 |
59 |
30/09/2008 |
980 |
1004 |
-24 |
9 |
GBR |
707 |
74 |
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9 |
UKR |
703 |
38 |
31/12/2008 |
963 |
909 |
54 |
10 |
RUS |
772 |
91 |
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10 |
ESP |
833 |
34 |
31/03/2009 |
945 |
938 |
7 |
11 |
JPN |
909 |
54 |
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11 |
AUS |
853 |
40 |
30/06/2009 |
919 |
954 |
-35 |
12 |
CZE |
924 |
49 |
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12 |
ROU |
853 |
36 |
30/09/2009 |
883 |
882 |
1 |
13 |
AUT |
1186 |
41 |
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13 |
GBR |
1065 |
29 |
31/12/2009 |
920 |
910 |
10 |
14 |
SRB |
1208 |
37 |
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14 |
NED |
1144 |
27 |
31/03/2010 |
1016 |
935 |
81 |
15 |
BEL |
1231 |
38 |
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15 |
ARG |
1144 |
30 |
30/06/2010 |
922 |
939 |
-17 |
16 |
CRO |
1285 |
36 |
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16 |
BRA |
1186 |
32 |
30/09/2010 |
978 |
943 |
35 |
17 |
IND |
1313 |
56 |
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31/12/2010 |
1027 |
997 |
30 |
18 |
CHI |
1449 |
37 |
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81 countries had at least 1 player |
31/03/2011 |
951 |
1001 |
-50 |
19 |
NED |
1465 |
31 |
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with a WTA singles ranking & 39 |
30/06/2011 |
952 |
959 |
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20 |
KOR |
1486 |
38 |
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had at least 10, so although GBR |
30/09/2011 |
813 |
876 |
-63 |
20 |
SVK |
1519 |
30 |
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is 13th in the above table, it is |
31/12/2011 |
729 |
1054 |
-325 |
22 |
ROU |
1674 |
35 |
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worth remembering that there are |
30/03/2012 |
798 |
1017 |
-219 |
23 |
SUI |
1674 |
31 |
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lots of countries that did not even |
30/06/2012 |
810 |
1052 |
-242 |
24= |
CHN |
1790 |
31 |
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have 25 ranked players, including |
30/09/2012 |
779 |
1134 |
-355 |
24= |
SWE |
1790 |
31 |
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Belgium, Croatia, India, Slovakia, |
31/12/2012 |
744 |
1146 |
-402 |
26= |
COL |
1790 |
28 |
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Serbia, Switzerland, Sweden & |
31/03/2013 |
741 |
1119 |
-378 |
26= |
MEX |
1790 |
28 |
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Korea, which all had 20-24 players |
30/06/2013 |
658 |
1117 |
-459 |
26= |
UKR |
1790 |
28 |
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with WTA singles rankings. |
30/09/2013 |
694 |
1020 |
-326 |
29 |
CAN |
1900 |
28 |
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31/12/2013 |
707 |
1070 |
-363 |
30 |
POL |
1985 |
30 |
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31/03/2014 |
728 |
1065 |
-337 |
31 |
ISR |
2129 |
25 |
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30/06/2014 |
810 |
1007 |
-197 |
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30/09/2014 |
731 |
1050 |
-319 |
100 countries had at least 1 player |
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The 3 counting events or 10 pts |
31/12/2014 |
731 |
942 |
-211 |
with an ATP singles ranking & 49 |
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rule largely explains why fewer |
31/03/2015 |
717 |
1051 |
-334 |
had at least 10. |
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countries have 25+ ranked WTA |
30/06/2015 |
814 |
1090 |
-276 |
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players than ATP players. |
30/09/2015 |
919 |
1134 |
-215 |
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31/12/2015 |
839 |
1033 |
-194 |
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31/03/2016 |
846 |
1013 |
-167 |
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30/06/2016 |
869 |
1013 |
-144 |
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30/09/2016 |
924 |
952 |
-28 |
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31/12/2016 |
961 |
898 |
63 |
WTA as at 21 Nov 2016, 26 Dec not currently
available |
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31/03/2017 |
1012 |
949 |
63 |
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30/06/2017 |
993 |
923 |
70 |
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30/09/2017 |
944 |
921 |
23 |
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31/12/2017 |
940 |
1022 |
-82 |
944 without Bedene, who was due to switch on 1
Jan 2018 |
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31/03/2018 |
952 |
1014 |
-62 |
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30/06/2018 |
870 |
1023 |
-153 |
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30/09/2018 |
829 |
992 |
-163 |
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N.B. 10 Jun 13 - 611 |
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Some notes on
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There is some
discussion about these figures as they |
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were in Nov
2012 on the original version of this table at: |
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http://bit.ly/YjERjZ |
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Why base this
on 25 players per country and does changing the number paint a different
picture? |
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The above
stats are based on the top 25 players from each country simply because I have
been producing weekly GB top 25 rankings, |
whereabouts
& results tables for the last few years and hence it seemed an obvious
number to choose. |
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In fact, the
comparison with other countries paints a broadly similar picture of GB's
depth for any number well into double figures you pick. |
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In ATP terms,
GB comes 9th or 10th if you pick any number of players for each country from
13 upwards. |
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In WTA terms,
GB comes between 13th and 15th if you look at any number of players for each
country from 16 onwards. |
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