Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
The ATP & WTA 'Race' Explained.
On both the ATP & WTA Tour, an individual's world ranking is based over a rolling 52-week period, with a points tally made up of a player’s best 18 results on the ATP Tour and 16 results on the WTA Tour. Points from the corresponding week of the previous year drop off as new results are earned.
This 'best of' method was first introduced by the ATP in August 1973, with the WTA following suit in November 1975, and has continued to this day as the official ranking system in professional tennis.
But there is another way of judging player performance, and it comes in the form of the ATP and WTA 'Race' rankings.
These represent an easy-to-understand, simple-to-follow annual race from season start – when everyone is on zero – to the season’s end. It is tennis’s equivalent of a seasonal league table. At the end of it all, the top eight players qualify for the end-of-season ATP and WTA Tour Finals.
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The ATP & WTA 'Race' Explained.
On both the ATP & WTA Tour, an individual's world ranking is based over a rolling 52-week period, with a points tally made up of a player’s best 18 results on the ATP Tour and 16 results on the WTA Tour. Points from the corresponding week of the previous year drop off as new results are earned.
This 'best of' method was first introduced by the ATP in August 1973, with the WTA following suit in November 1975, and has continued to this day as the official ranking system in professional tennis.
But there is another way of judging player performance, and it comes in the form of the ATP and WTA 'Race' rankings.
These represent an easy-to-understand, simple-to-follow annual race from season start – when everyone is on zero – to the season’s end. It is tennis’s equivalent of a seasonal league table. At the end of it all, the top eight players qualify for the end-of-season ATP and WTA Tour Finals.
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Watch our most recent videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCj0NjN1EnBmSyGqOq--PJz8S0ReoBYPW
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About Baseline Tennis:
Baseline Tennis adds colour and context to the stories behind the game – both familiar and lesser-known.
Standing apart from the maelstrom of the 24/7 news cycle, Baseline Tennis provides informative, engaging and intelligent content on the past, present and future of the game, focusing on the stories that matter.
Our videos combine 3D imagery, motion graphics, archive footage, graphical illustrations and sound, to create rich and vivid storytelling, bringing the viewer immersive profiles of players, tournaments, key moments from history, the skills of the game and major discussion points.
It's tennis. But viewed differently.
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