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WTA GRAND SLAM RANKINGS

12/12/2016

Welcome to our first ever WTA Grand Slam Rankings. While the official WTA rankings take into consideration a player's performance across all WTA events over the preceding 12 months, these rankings are specific to player results at the eight Grand Slam events that have taken place over the the past two full seasons. This is a thought experiment: how have the players performed at the sport's most prestigious tournaments, and what can we glean from this data?

No surprise Serena Williams tops these rankings (photo by Jonathan Newman)

HOW THE RANKINGS WORK

A player earns one point for each progressive round reached at a Grand Slam. For example, a fourth round result nets four points while a first round loss yields one. Bonus points are awarded once a player reaches the quarterfinal stage of a Slam. Simona Halep earned five points for making this year's U.S. Open quarters as well as one bonus point. Serena Williams scored six regular and two bonus points for making the semis (eight), while Angelique Kerber bagged the maximum 12 for winning the title (eight plus four bonus points).

1R - 1 pt
2R - 2 pts
3R - 3 pts
4R - 4 pts
QF - 5 pts (+ 1 bonus) = 6 pts
SF - 6 pts (+ 2 bonus) = 8 pts
F - 7 pts (+3 bonus) = 10 pts
W - 8pts (+4 bonus) = 12 pts

These rankings are intended as a bit of fun and to be taken with a grain of salt. While not official, they offer insight into the overall landscape of women's tennis. For example, who has earned the lion's share of her points from a single major tournament? Who has been more consistent at majors than expected? Have the top-ranked women performed to their ability at the Slams?

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12/6/2016

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This Week In Tennis
Vol. 48

All year long, #ThisWeekInTennis brought you weekly recaps of the action in professional tennis. Each edition included a section featuring the best (highly subjective) tweets from that week's play. Now that the season is over, what better way to revisit a very eventful season than a collection of some of the season's best tweets?

My personal faves? Roberto Bautista Agut tweeting in support of LGBT equality, and pretty much anything that made its way from Naomi Osaka's finger tips to the Twittersphere. What were some of your favourite/most memorable tennis tweets of the year? Sound off in the comments below and on Twitter (@SportScribeCA).

On my way to Melbourne □□□ pic.twitter.com/yYpRh1zfPa
— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) January 12, 2016

Pretty pumped to be out hitting a few balls again! Can't wait to kickstart in Perth over the next fortnight☺️☺️#2.0 pic.twitter.com/94weIwYErG
— Ash Barty (@ashbar96) February 8, 2016

Thank you for all the baby messages. Thrilled to bits. □□
Love from Granny. X
— judy murray (@JudyMurray) February 10, 2016

Selfie con torta di una 33enne che dopo una vita in back,finalmente è in top...ten!!???♥️#Auguriame. #Love. ?❤️? pic.twitter.com/RsM9kEIVYh
— Roberta Vinci (@roberta_vinci) February 18, 2016

MY DREAM CAME TRUE !!!#AusOpen2016 #GrandSlamChampion #TeamAngie#itsmine? pic.twitter.com/icMgM3fQj0
— Angelique Kerber (@AngeliqueKerber) January 31, 2016

Its a second round for us! #AustralianOpen PS:Guys and i really think you should know already which one is which□!□ pic.twitter.com/cAXt221V7P
— Karolina Pliskova (@KaPliskova) January 19, 2016

First title of the year, Asia is very lucky for me! Thank you to all the fans and the Taiwan… https://t.co/8HhpIdzWI0
— Venus Williams (@Venuseswilliams) February 14, 2016

Fiestas de la Magdalena más igualitarias y respetuosas. Orgulloso de mi tierra. #Magdalena2016 pic.twitter.com/zW3Jlnrrqu
— Roberto BautistaAgut (@BautistaAgut) March 2, 2016

The tennis world lost a great person, a pioneer, a leading individual for our sport. He changed… https://t.co/33hqPkuNDo
— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) March 6, 2016

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