Totallympics 54 Posted August 7, 2021 #1 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) Edited March 14, 2023 by Sindo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,130 Posted January 31, 2023 #2 Share Posted January 31, 2023 With two singles quotas per gender available to previous GS/gold medal winners I wanted to see who would be eligible. The priority goes to the athlete with the most Grand Slam and Olympic wins with the next tie breaker going to the higher ranked athlete. Athletes must be in the top 400 and not already qualified through the rankings. Here's where we stand after the 2023 Australian Open. Men Athlete GS/Olympic Wins World Ranking Rafael Nadal 23 6 Novak Djokovic 22 1 Andy Murray 5 64 Stan Wawrinka 3 135 Daniil Medvedev 1 12 Alexander Zverev 1 14 Marin Cilic 1 21 Dominic Thiem 1 99 Not too many options since Nadal, Djokovic and the now retired Federer won so many Grand Slams and most will probably qualify via rankings anyway. Murray is pretty safe should he drop in ranking and wants to go for a third Olympic gold. If he doesn't retire, I could see Wawrinka taking the quota. Thiem might be eligible, but he's been on the record at not caring about the Olympics. Women Athlete GS/Olympic Wins World Ranking Venus Williams 8 659 Naomi Osaka 4 65 Iga Swiatek 3 1 Angelique Kerber 3 106 Petra Kvitova 2 13 Simona Halep 2 15 Victoria Azarenka 2 16 Garbine Muguruza 2 82 Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 1292 Aryna Sabalenka 1 2 Belinda Bencic 1 9 Elena Rybakina 1 10 Jelena Ostapenko 1 12 Barbora Krejcikova 1 30 Sloane Stephens 1 39 Bianca Andresscu 1 42 Emma Raducanu 1 77 Sofia Kenin 1 207 I sometimes forget that Venus Williams has not yet retired. Regardless even if she breaks into the top 400 she won't compete at the Olympics due to the United States quite likely already qualifying four women. The same can be said for Russia (should they compete), Czechia and Spain. Given Osaka's decision on taking mental breaks she may still compete at the Olympics even if she decides to take an extended break. Kerber is currently taking a pregnancy leave, but is in a good position to take the quota if her comeback is a bit slow. I wouldn't be surprised if Raducanu ended up taking the quota when all is said and done. Makedonas, Laraja and dullard 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EselTheDonkey 622 Posted January 31, 2023 #3 Share Posted January 31, 2023 6 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said: Thiem might be eligible, but he's been on the record at not caring about the Olympics. He did say, that he wanted to play the 2024 Olympics, though. He loves Roland Garros and has been successful there. JoshMartini007 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,557 Posted February 4, 2023 #4 Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) How do the Davis Cup/Fed Cup requirements factor in here? I know they have bent the rules for some 'stars' in the past. Princess Wozniacki for example, meanwhile Tsitsipas had to drag his *ss to the Philippines in the middle of the season to play Davis Cup to be eligible for the Olympics. Osaka will probably have a protected ranking when she comes back so I guess she won't need this quota. Edited February 4, 2023 by Makedonas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,130 Posted February 4, 2023 #5 Share Posted February 4, 2023 9 minutes ago, Makedonas said: How do the Davis Cup/Fed Cup requirements factor in here? I know they have bent the rules for some 'stars' in the past. Osaka will probably have a protected ranking when she comes back so I guess she won't need this quota. The Davis Cup/BJK Cup requirements (two appearance, at least one in 2023/2024) still apply, but all players can apply through the exceptions... 1) Injury/Illness 2) Newcomer clause (their ranking was too low to be realistically selected until recently) 3) Strength of nation (their nation has too many top players) 4) Historic participation at Davis/BJK Cup and/or Olympics The exceptions are pretty vague, but if you are a young player, an old player, from a nation with many players or just injury prone then you are probably safe. Basically if you are in your mid-20s to low-30s and from a nation with few top players and in good health you better get your Davis/BJK Cup appearances in. Makedonas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,557 Posted February 4, 2023 #6 Share Posted February 4, 2023 11 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said: The Davis Cup/BJK Cup requirements (two appearance, at least one in 2023/2024) still apply, but all players can apply through the exceptions... 1) Injury/Illness 2) Newcomer clause (their ranking was too low to be realistically selected until recently) 3) Strength of nation (their nation has too many top players) 4) Historic participation at Davis/BJK Cup and/or Olympics The exceptions are pretty vague, but if you are a young player, an old player, from a nation with many players or just injury prone then you are probably safe. Basically if you are in your mid-20s to low-30s and from a nation with few top players and in good health you better get your Davis/BJK Cup appearances in. This all applies to Wozniacki yet they still allowed her to play in 2016 and she was talking about Tokyo but retired in January 2020. Since 2011, she only played Fed Cup once (2015) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,130 Posted February 4, 2023 #7 Share Posted February 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, Makedonas said: This all applies to Wozniacki yet they still allowed her to play in 2016 and she was talking about Tokyo but retired in January 2020. Since 2011, she only played Fed Cup once (2015) The exceptions are so vague that if a player really wanted to attend the Olympics they can easily get around the requirements. Worst case scenario you'd just need a doctor's note suggesting they should take rest for a mild sprain which coincidentally was on the same weeks as the cups. Makedonas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,130 Posted February 4, 2023 #8 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Speaking of Davis Cup requirements, this week was the first opportunity for athletes to fulfill the requirements. Looking at the current top 100, we have 28 singles and 40 doubles players obtaining at least two Davis Cups appearances with one being in 2023-2024. This seems pretty low, but you have to remember that are not competing this week due to getting a bye to the next round and are of course suspended from Davis Cup play. If we were to filter athletes from those nations out the numbers are 28/70 and 40/83. Here are the 10 highest ranked athletes which have not fulfilled the requirements (and are not from the nations listed above). Singles 1. Novak Djokovic 4. Casper Ruud 8. Taylor Fritz 9. Holger Rune 10. Hubert Hurkacz 15. Frances Tiafoe 21. Marin Cilic 26. Sebastian Korda 28. Diego Schwartzman 29. Grigor Dimitrov Doubles 5. Jean-Julien Rojer 7. Mate Pavic 9. Austin Krajicek 11. Ivan Dodig 12. Lloyd Glasspool 13. Horacio Zeballos 18. John Isner 21. Andreas Mies 25. Santiago Gonzalez 26. Kevin Krawietz There's still plenty of time for the top athletes to fulfill their Davis Cup requirements, but I suspect some will take the exception route. rafalgorka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prso1000 533 Posted February 5, 2023 #9 Share Posted February 5, 2023 12 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said: Speaking of Davis Cup requirements, this week was the first opportunity for athletes to fulfill the requirements. Looking at the current top 100, we have 28 singles and 40 doubles players obtaining at least two Davis Cups appearances with one being in 2023-2024. This seems pretty low, but you have to remember that are not competing this week due to getting a bye to the next round and are of course suspended from Davis Cup play. If we were to filter athletes from those nations out the numbers are 28/70 and 40/83. Here are the 10 highest ranked athletes which have not fulfilled the requirements (and are not from the nations listed above). Singles 1. Novak Djokovic 4. Casper Ruud 8. Taylor Fritz 9. Holger Rune 10. Hubert Hurkacz 15. Frances Tiafoe 21. Marin Cilic 26. Sebastian Korda 28. Diego Schwartzman 29. Grigor Dimitrov Doubles 5. Jean-Julien Rojer 7. Mate Pavic 9. Austin Krajicek 11. Ivan Dodig 12. Lloyd Glasspool 13. Horacio Zeballos 18. John Isner 21. Andreas Mies 25. Santiago Gonzalez 26. Kevin Krawietz There's still plenty of time for the top athletes to fulfill their Davis Cup requirements, but I suspect some will take the exception route. Ivan Dodig is playing today against Austria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,576 Posted February 5, 2023 #10 Share Posted February 5, 2023 19 hours ago, Makedonas said: This all applies to Wozniacki yet they still allowed her to play in 2016 and she was talking about Tokyo but retired in January 2020. Since 2011, she only played Fed Cup once (2015) But she was selected for 2016 where injury got in the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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