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The Live ATP rankings thread is here.

Here is the legend for the color code and display mode of the table.

- The table displays current ranking standings by calculating the number of points dropped at the end of the period mentioned on the head table (the next official ATP rankings date).
- The Drop column details the number of points for all the tournaments that will be taken out of the player's rankings. Multiple tournaments may be dropped for each player, but the tournament with the most points dropped will determine the color of the drop points. For instance, 180 Wimbledon dropped along with 45 ATP 250 in the week after Wimbledon will result in 225 colored in red (Grand Slam color).
- The Gain column displays the total number of points the player has raised at the current tournament.
- The Effective column is the exact number of points the player will win or lose at the next official ranking. The total here is calculated based on all tournaments dropped and all tournaments played (GS qualies, Futures and all other tournaments that will be counted at the next official rankings). The color is determined again by the tournament with most points.
- The second Points column is for the next week after the current week. When no Grand Slam is being played, all current Futures tournaments are first counted there, since they won't be part of the rankings until a week later. Also, all next week's qualifiers will be counted there.
- In all weeks an additional Incoming Futures column is being displayed, along with the total tournament count calculated in advance so that the players with the same number of points are separated properly.
- During Grand Slam qualies another column with the points made there (not yet Live) is added. And during Grand Slams, another column with the points from the tournament is added in case a player goes to another tournament after the GS or GS qualies, but before the next official rankings.
- In the detailed week by week part of the table, you will encounter -1 points for certain players. Those tournaments are actually the tournaments in which the player has received a 0-point penalty for retiring or for not completing at least 4 ATP 500 tournaments in a year.


The colors used as background inside the table mean:
Green - The player is currently not eliminated from the Main Draw.
Red - The player was eliminated from the Main Draw or Qualifying Draw.
Blue - The player is currently playing on the Qualifying Draw.
Orange - The player has retired from any match.
Gray - The player has withdrawn from the tournament, but will incur a 0-point penalty. This will be noted as a -1 in case of ATP 500 events, and 0 in case of ATP 1000. This is due to the fact that ATP 1000 events are recognized as Mandatory by the system, while ATP 500 events are not, and there needs to be a difference between regular 0 (first round loss) and mandatory 0 (penalty).
White - The player currently does not participate in a tournament.


The colors used for text inside the table mean:
Red - The player is/was on a Grand Slam Main Draw
Regular orange - The player is/was on a ATP 1000 Mandatory Masters Main Draw
Light orange - The player is/was on a ATP 1000 Optional (MC) Masters Main Draw
Maroon - The player is/was on the ATP Tour Finals Main Draw
Green - The player is/was on a ATP 500 Main Draw
Olive - The player is/was on the Olympics Main Draw
Purple - The player is/was on a ATP 250 Main Draw
Plum - The player is/was on the World Team Championships tournament
Sky Blue - The player participated in the Davis Cup
Teal - The player is/was on the ATP Challenger Finals
Blue - The player is/was on a Challenger Main Draw
Navy - The player is/was on a 15K Futures Main Draw
Black - The player is/was on a 10K Futures Main Draw
Gray - The player participates on the Qualifying Draw of any tournament
Silver - The player does not participate in a tournament



Live Rankings Update Schedule:
Once every 2 hours on an uneven GMT time (e.g. 11 AM GMT) during northern hemisphere DST or even GMT time (e.g. 10 AM GMT) during northern hemisphere non-DST. The update starts at the second minute of the hour and usually finishes between the tenth and the twentieth minute, so that is when you can safely refresh the OP image.

Live Rankings Week Change Schedule:
On an official rankings Monday, the live rankings will show the official rankings until around midday. The last regular update for Monday is scheduled at 9 AM GMT.
The week change procedure starts at 9:30 AM GMT and lasts around 2 hours. The first new week update is scheduled at either 11:30 AM GMT or 1 PM GMT.
Take note. If Monday finals are played for Grand Slam level, ATP level or Challenger level tournaments, the update is delayed until all finals are finished.
If Monday finals are played for Futures level tournaments, the update is delayed by 2 hours (11 AM GMT, 11:30 AM GMT start of procedure, 3 PM GMT first update).
In both cases, between 9:30 AM GMT and the time of the start of the week change procedures, updates of the rankings will be performed hourly.

Live Rankings Power Failures:
In case a power failure or any other reason turns the operational computer off, the live rankings updates stop until the computer is back online. To help this to happen automatically, the computer now has the feature to turn itself back on everyday at 6 PM GMT DST or 7 PM GMT non-DST, provided that power comes back by the time. Once the computer turns back on, it is programmed to restart the live rankings updates with the first regularly scheduled operation.

Link to weekly rankings statistics: Ranking Statistics
Link to old ATP Rankings thread: Old ATP Rankings Thread

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With all the instructions being laid, here comes the table:

Link to files: LIVE ATP

Link to official rankings from past Mondays: OFFICIAL RANKINGS

Further on, the Rankings are displayed as follows:
USE LINKS BELOW TO EASILY NAVIGATE TO THE DESIRED RANKINGS TABLE:
LIVE ATP RANKINGS AND RACE [COMPLETE]
LIVE U16 RANKINGS AND RACE
LIVE U18 RANKINGS AND RACE
LIVE U19 RANKINGS AND RACE
LIVE U21 RANKINGS AND RACE
LIVE U24 RANKINGS AND RACE
LIVE O30 RANKINGS AND RACE
LIVE O32 RANKINGS AND RACE
LIVE O35 RANKINGS AND RACE
LIVE RANKINGS AND RACE ENTRY PROJECTIONS
LIVE RANKINGS AND RACE ENTRIES
LIVE RANKINGS EXITS

what is the verdict on vilas?

We have a new World Number 1 streak, folks.

Nadal starts the 91st World Number 1 streak of the Computer Rankings. How long do you folks think it will last?

Would be interesting to see a short No. 1 streak for once. A few World No. 1 changes for a while is good for the sport. We also desperately need a new World No. 1, but Nadal and Djokovic just won't have it.

fantastic thread.

That is a great analysis, thanks.

I am surprised as well at the Federer choice, but I agree he should be written off just yet. I see greater things in some of the younger players (younger than Dimitrov and Raonic) that will soon make us see that their generation had better development.

I am gonna go out on a limb and mention Kyrgios. Not exactly next year, but starting 2015, he will be challenging the top positions I'm sure.

nick kyrgios and jerzy have superb potential . i believe they will be heard from in the next 2-3 years.

the game has changed. now there is a maturation process involved for the youngsters. there are too many experienced sharks on the tour so it takes a while before you can start challenging them.

average age of a touring pro in the top 100 is near 27.


I cant really think of any others. perhaps there is somebody in the pipeline in spain.