Thursday 21 November 2013

The 2014 Tennis Calendar

If you liked last year's tennis calendar, and couldn't wait for the 2014 version - wait no longer!

Have you ever felt the need to integrate the tennis calendar with your own? Well, now you can! The calendar you see below has all the ATP and WTA tournaments for 2014, including information about tournament category (250/500/M1000/GS for the men, International/Premier/P5/PM/GS for the women), surface, and dates (including Sunday starts or Saturday finals).

If you're using Google Calendar, you can add these calendars (ATP and WTA separately, for those who only want one of them) to your schedule with a couple of clicks (in fact, if you've already added the 2013 version to your Google Calendar, the 2014 events are already there!).
If you're using a different calendar, you can import the calendars separately in XML or iCal format for the ATP, and the same for WTA (XML, iCal). Or, you can just use the calendar in this post, if you wish!

Enjoy, and let me know if there's anything else you'd like to see here.





Friday 8 November 2013

World Tour Finals 2013 - Qualification Scenarios (Group B)

Group B of the 2013 World Tour Finals - including Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin Del Potro, Roger Federer and Richard Gasquet - ended its second day of matches with similar results to those of Group A (check the link for scenarios). We have player who won his two matches, two players with one win, and one player who lost both his matches and won't be able to qualify, no matter what.

Saturday's matches are Djokovic-Gasquet and Del Potro-Federer. Here are the qualification scenarios for every possible outcome of those matches (winner + number of sets):


Del Potro in 2 Del Potro in 3 Federer in 3 Federer in 2
Djokovic in 2 1. Djokovic
2. Del Potro
1. Djokovic
2. Del Potro
1. Djokovic
2. Federer
1. Djokovic
2. Federer
Djokovic in 3 1. Djokovic
2. Del Potro
1. Djokovic
2. Del Potro
1. Djokovic
2. Federer
1. Djokovic
2. Federer
Gasquet in 3 1. Djokovic
2. Del Potro
1. Djokovic
2. Del Potro
1. Djokovic
2. Federer
1. Djokovic
2. Federer
Gasquet in 2 1. Djokovic
2. Del Potro
1. Djokovic
2. Del Potro
1. Djokovic
2. Federer
1. Djokovic
2. Federer

So really, there are only two scenarios and it's all super simple:
  • Djokovic already qualified from the 1st place.
  • The winner of Federer-Del Potro will qualify from 2nd place. The number of sets doesn't matter!

Thursday 7 November 2013

World Tour Finals 2013 - Qualification Scenarios (Group A)

The 2013 ATP World Tour Finals are midway through the Round Robin stages, and if there's one thing that's certain about any big tournament with a round robin format - by the end of day 3, everybody's head hurts from scenarios and calculations. So... let's keep it simple, shall we?

There are two matches left in Group A - Rafael Nadal vs Tomas Berdych and Stanislas Wawrinka vs David Ferrer. Here are the possible scenarios for the group in terms of who wins and in how many sets:


Nadal in 2 Nadal in 3 Berdych in 3 Berdych in 2
Wawrinka in 2 1.Nadal
2.Wawrinka
1.Nadal
2.Wawrinka
1.Nadal
2.Berdych
1.Berdych
2.Nadal
Wawrinka in 3 1.Nadal
2.Wawrinka
1.Nadal
2.Wawrinka
1.Nadal
2.Berdych
1.Berdych
2.Nadal
Ferrer in 3 1.Nadal
2.Berdych
1.Nadal
2.Berdych
1.Berdych
2.Nadal
1.Berdych
2.Nadal
Ferrer in 2 1.Nadal
2.Berdych
1.Nadal
2.Berdych
1.Berdych
2.Nadal
1.Berdych
2.Nadal

So, to put it simply:
  • Nadal already qualified.
  • Wawrinka only qualifies if he wins and Berdych loses.
  • Berdych qualifies if he wins or if Wawrinka loses.
  • To finish first in the group, Berdych must win. If he wins in 3, he needs Ferrer to win as well.
Stay tuned for Group B scenarios later today! ETA: Group B scenarios