How are draws picked in tennis?
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The draw is divided into two parts: seeded players, and the rest of the field.\n\nFor Grand Slam tournaments, the field is 128, and there are 32 seeded players.  The seeds are allocated by the ATP (men) or WTA (women) ranking released in the previous week -- except Wimbledon, which has subjective seedings.\n\nThe 1st seed is in slot 1.\nThe 2nd seed is in slot 128.\nSeeds 3-4 are drawn into slots 33 and 96.\nSeeds 5-8 are drawn into slots 32, 64, 65, and 97.\nSeeds 9-12 are drawn into slots 17, 49, 80, and 112.\nSeeds 13-16 are drawn into slots 16, 48, 81, and 113.\nSeeds 17-24 are drawn into slots 9, 24, 41, 56, 73, 88, 105, and 120.\nSeeds 25-32 are drawn into slots 8, 25, 40, 57, 72, 89, 104, and 121.\n\nThe rest of the field is then drawn to the remaining slots.\n\nFor tournaments with 64 players, there will be 16 seeds.  For 32 players, 8 seeds, with the same basic structure.\n\nThere are tournaments with 96 or 48 players (or other numbers), in which case the top seeds will receive a bye in the first round.
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The Davis Cup dates way back I believe just before the turn of the 20th cetury and is named after American tennis player Dwight Davis. And as I'm sure you know, early tennis balls were made entirely of rubber. I'm pretty sure that in those older days they only used one ball (or rubber) for each match they played. So, my guess is that these used tennis balls may have been a representation of the matches played in a tie. So, which ever nation has more "rubbers" won the tie between the nations. Just my guess though.
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Iagree tennis is difficult
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Hi there,\n\nI've included two links.  One that has a 'raquet selector' tool on it, plus some good articles on how to find the right racquet.  Personnally, I always tell people to look for 2 things - good grip size (remembering that you can increase the grip size, but can't decrese it) and racquet weight - too heavy will slow you down, too light will cause you to swing to early.  Ideally the best way to determine the right one is to use it on the court and try it out.\n\nCheers,\nMatt
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I've seen two different setups that have worked really well.\n\nFirst one was called "The Loop" at my home course.  Everyone just goes out and plays their own ball, and then turns in their scorecards at the end of the round.  The players were divided into two pools - the A pool had all the guys who shot around 80, the B pool was the 110 shooters, in your case - and the scorecards are drawn so every A player is matched with a B player.  From there, it's the team's best ball on the hole vs. the field for skins.  Everyone plays hard because they don't know who their partner is until the end of the round...\n\nNow, if the teams have to be known in advance, try alternate shot.  Whoever drives on the first hole drives on all the odd-numbered holes; the partner drives on all the evens.  Automatic two-stroke penalty if someone hits twice in a row (including knocking in that three-inch putt after missing the five-footer).  Just make sure the teams involve one low and one high handicapper, or else it'll get ugly quick.
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...\n3) The final standings of each group shall be determined by the first of the following\nmethods that apply:\na) Greatest number of wins;\nb) Greatest number of matches played;\nc) Head-to-head results if only two (2) players are tied, or if three (3) players are tied,\nthen:\ni) If three (3) players each have one win, a player having played less than all three(3) matches is automatically eliminated and the player advancing to the Single Elimination competition is the winner of the match-up of the two (2) players tied with 1-2 records; or\nii) Highest percentage of sets won; or\niii) Highest percentage of games won.\niv) If (i), (ii) or (iii) produce one superior player (first place), or one inferior player (third place), and the two remaining players are tied, the tie between those two players shall be broken by head-to-head record.\n4) If ties still exist after the above procedures, the Steering Committee shall make the final determination.
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It goes in cycles.  If you need names go the ATP and WTA websites and you can get all the names and rankings with their country of origin next to them.
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A Grand Slam tennis tournament refers to one of the four majors, 1. Wimbledon, 2. U.S Open 3. French Open and 4. the Australian Open.  Just below that you have the Tennis Masters Series event, then ATP Internationional series GOLD events, ATP tour events, Challengers, and Futures.  The main difference between these is prize money, ranking for entry, and number of participants.  Grand Slam events have 128 player draws, Master Series events will sometimes have Bye rounds for seeded players but are also high dollar events and so on.  The bigger the event the more ranking points are at stake.
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No. The penalties for tie breaker are in the next round. Penalties are not used in the group stages to break a draw. Hence, in the group stages you can get a win, loss, or draw.
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well, i don't think you need such a thing. whenever problems of scoring occur in the tournament then you don't want to play in it. it's about the integrity of tennis; all people like chair umpire, linesmen, ballboys, scoringboys, players, they need to know the ethics of tennis, otherwise they don't deserve the place in tennis. if you are the event organizer, you might like to try to contact the ITF (itftennis.com) or ATP (atptennis.com) to look for such things.
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To put the tennis scoring system as simply as possible, one must win: \n\na. four points to win a game (15,30,40,game).\n\nb. atleast six games to win a set (with a difference of two or more between the game scores) Example below.\n\nc. two sets (or, more rarely, three) sets to win a match \n\nDeuce:- A deuce is any tie in the score starting with 40-40. This means that if the score is love-love, 15-15, or 30-30, it is not a deuce. But any ties after that are considered deuces.\n\nA player must win by two points. So, until a player scores two points in a row after a tie, the game continues. Each point after the deuce is called an advantage point. So, for instance, say the score is deuce, and the server scores. The score is now "advantage-in". (It would be advantage-out if the receiver scored). An advantage means that person only needs one more shot to win the game.\n\nWinning a set:-\n\nExample No.1:-\n\nPlayer A has won 5 games. Player B has also won 5 games.\nPlayer A or B have to win 2 more games inorder to win the set. Lets say player A wins two more games and his/her total is now 7 games. So he/she wins the set, with the score 7-5.\n\nExample No.2:- Player A has 6 games and player B also has 6 games and lets say its not the final set of the championship. Then it ends up in a tie break. \n\nA winner's match score appears in the newspaper as: 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-6(5). what do the numbers in parenthesis mean? \n\n\nYou'll notice that those numbers only appear when the set score is 7-6, indictating that the score went to 6-6, and a tie-break game was used to decide the winner of the set. In that game, the first to score seven or more points, and lead by two, takes the game. \n\nThe number in parenthesis is the number of points scored by the loser. In the above example, the first tie break game went to the loser of the match, by a score of 7-2, levelling the match at one set all. The third set tiebreak was won 7-5, ending the match. \n\nBecause the game has to be won by two clear points, the number scored by the loser can be any number. If it's more than five, the points scored by the winner is two points higher. For example, a (7) would mean the score in the tiebreak game was 9-7.
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I would make my sport called winnepega and one person would start out with a tennis ball at the end of a field then they would throw it to one of their teamates then the teamate would catch it and have to fun back to the person who threw it to him without getting caught by the opponent. This is worth one point. There would be 10 min. in each round and 10 round. The team that got the most points in one round would get a point. And all the points in the round do not count as anything. Whichever team gets the most points wins.
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you pick a square on a 10x10 grid (usually costs $10 per square). when all the squares have been chosen, numbers(0-9) are chosen at random to go around the edge of the grid. after the game is played, the second number in the score is matched to the grid, and that person is the winner of the pot!\n\nFor example: if the final score is 41-36, then the person who is on the square 1 over, 6 down is the winner.
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In all sports could exist a tie, it depends of the system of play choosen for the tournament:\n# If it is the league system, then you could have matches ending in ties.\n# If it is the knock-out system, then you would always have a winner and a loser.\n\nFor the Fifa World cup, they use both system:\n# First round is played by the league system\n# The round of sixteen, quarterfinals, semifinals, play-off for third place and final will all be played in accordance with the knock-out system\n\nFYI: there is no ties in baseball because they play under the knock-out system.
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5 byes is for a tourney with 11 teams. \n\nfirst round:\n\nSeeds 1-5 get byes\n6 plays 11\n7 plays 10\n8 plays 9\n\nSecond Round: \n1 plays winner of 8-9\n2 plays winner of 7-10\n3 plays winner of 6-11\n4 plays 5\n\nSemis (assume higher seeds win, if not just take other team as listed above):\n\n1 plays 4\n2 plays 3\n\nFinals: \n\nwinner of 2 semis above
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First you must practice the ball toss. Before even using your racquet, just throw the ball up at about 1 o'clock in front of you. Make sure the toss is high and accurate and u point to it the whole time, with ur other hand held behind your head. \n    After doing this for a while, now take the hand that was behind your head and try and follow through and catch the ball.  \n    After doing this for a while, now pick up your racquet.\nGo against a high fence or wall and once again begin throwing the ball up while pointing to it. Try and follow through with your racquet and catch the ball againts this high fence or wall.\n    Now you are ready to start serving on the court. Use these same forms that you used practing the ball toss. Make sure you are following through every time and the face of your racquet is pointing at the box you are serving to. Practice serves from each side of the court. Hit them slow and steady for now, just making sure they get in for the next couple months.\n**Grip--- In order to get the correct grip, turn your racquet on its side so that the non-string side is facing up. Put your hand on the racquet so that it is directly in between your thumb and pointer finger. It may feel wierd for the first couple days but eventually you will get used to it, and it is the only effective way to hit a powerful or slice serve later on when you get good at serving.\n\nGOOD LUCK, These things all worked for me and now I'm one of the best servers on my school tennis team.
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There does not seem to be a standard way to determine first round pairings and is left up to tournament officials. The tournament officials can do anything from a blind draw to pairing golfers with friends. They generally keep certain things in mind when pairing such as crowd control, TV coverage, nostalgia and even weather may effect pairings.