http://access.digex.net/~jd/tennis.html (World Wide Web Directory, 06/1995)jd@access.digex.netTopics Currently Available:
jd@access.digex.netDon't be scared when you call these up; the first few lines are commentary by JD, then you'll see all of the rankings (and various other statistics) listed for your perusal and enjoyment. Lists include the Top 300 from April 3, 1995, forward, and the ATP Top 100 for all earlier dates. These are all available via anonymous ftp at ftp.digex.net/pub/access/jd.
1995:
March 27, 1995 | March 13, 1995 | March 6, 1995
February 27, 1995 | February 20, 1995 | February 13, 1995 | February 06, 1995
January 30, 1995 | January 16, 1995 | January 9, 1995 | January 2, 1995 |
December 26, 1994 | December 19, 1994 | December 12, 1994 | December 5, 1994 |
November 28, 1994 | November 21, 1994 | November 14, 1994 | November 7, 1994 |
October 31, 1994 |October 24, 1994 | October 17, 1994 | October 10, 1994 | October 3, 1994 |
September 26, 1994 | September 19, 1994 | September 12, 1994 |
August 29, 1994 | August 22, 1994 |
New! So big it can only be downloaded in compressed format (79K, will expand to [gasp]830K) and must be printed out in small type (about 8 points) on thin-margin pages. Why? It shows, for all players, the tournaments they played, the dates, their seeding (if any), the result, and the matches they played, for every match on the ATP tour in 1994. (Available via anonymous ftp at ftp.digex.net/pub/access/jd/94match.zip.) For those of you whose browsers can handle viewing text more than 120 columns wide, here's a preview to give you a taste of this Mother of All Men's Statistics Files.
This is not quite as a big file (about 250K), but it can be viewed online, at least. It's the same as the above file, but without the round-by-round results. A compressed file (a mere 20K) can be retrieved via anonymous FTP at ftp.digex.net/pub/access/jd/94compl.zip.
This brings together the year-end Top 200 (or so) for the years 1988 through 1994. Look up a player and see how many times in this seven-year span they ended the year in the Top 200. 1994's Top 200 listed first, followed by an alphabetical listing of Top 200 players from the other years.
If a player won or lost a match in an ATP tour event or a Grand Slam, they're listed here. Sorted alphabetically. Available via anonymous FTP at ftp.digex.net in the pub/access/jd directory (the filename is 94wl.txt).
A strange stat, but one that may nonetheless be interesting: the winning percentages of any player who made a final in 1994.
This shows the year-end ATP Top 100 ordered in terms of net points gained and lost since January 3, 1994. In other words, it shows a player's improvement. (It's hard to explain, so just take a look!)
A short but interesting stat: players who won a tournament in 1993 and then defended their title in 1994.
Want to know how many times a player appeared at an ATP event? Want to know how many performances of theirs didn't count under the Best 14 rule? Here it is, sorted from most to least.
It's sort of an ATP Hall of Shame: the list of the players who had a total of 10 or more first-round losses in 1994, sorted in terms of percentage of first-round losses to total ATP Tour Events played.
Just like the 1994 Complete Results, Version A; so big it can only be downloaded in compressed format (87K, will expand to [gasp]943K) and must be printed out in small type (about 8 points) on thin-margin pages. Why? It shows, for all players, the tournaments they played, the dates, their seeding (if any), the result, and the matches they played, for every match on the ATP tour in 1993. (Available via anonymous ftp at ftp.digex.net/pub/access/jd/93match.zip.)
This is not quite as a big file (about 301K), but it can be viewed online, at least. It's the same as the above file, but without the round-by-round results. A compressed file (a mere 23K) can be retrieved via anonymous FTP at ftp.digex.net/access/pub/jd/93compl.zip.
These can be retrieved via anonymous FTP at ftp.digex.net/pub/access/jd/ oldcham/YYchamps.txt, where YY equals the year you want (i.e., the 1994 year-end ranks file is 94champs.txt). Many, many thanks to Bill Walsh for keying in the information from 1981 to 1991.
These can be retrieved via anonymous FTP at ftp.digex.net/pub/access/jd/oldrank/YYranks.txt, where YY equals the year you want (i.e., the 1994 year-end ranks file is 94ranks.txt). These list the Top 200 (or so) players for the year, and thanks to Mark Cheers for the 1988-1990 data.
(You might also want to check out my list of players who have finished in the Top 200 at least once in the past seven years; see a player's rise and fall [or rise and rise, or fall and fall] throughout the time period!)
From 1987 backwards, the files show the Top 10 players at the end of the year, as well as the results of the four Grand Slam finals. Many thanks to Bill Walsh for compiling these listings.
1978 | 1977 | 1976 | 1975 | 1974 | 1973 | 1972 | 1971 | 1970 | 1969 | 1968 |
There are a number of other sites on the Web that offer tennis information. The World Wide Web Tennis Server is home to a wide variety of tennis information for both the spectator and the player. The Tennis Server also includes archives of both the ATP Electronic Newsletter and Chris Smith's Tennis News, an archive of daily tournament results for ATP and WTA events (in case you can't bear to wait until Sunday night to get the complete ATP tournament results listed here!). Another good stop is the University of Toronto Tennis Page. There is also available, year-round, a Web page devoted to news and notes about the Ford Australian Open.
The FAQ is maintained by Chris Smith, and contains all sorts of additional information about both the men's and women's tours - these are links to the World Wide Web Tennis Server:
JD is not in any way affiliated with the Association of Tennis Professionals, the International Tennis Federation, or any other tennis organization, but is instead merely that most dangerous of creatures; a fanatic armed with a computer.
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