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He's getting a PhD for this?

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Monday, 6 December 2010, at 4:12 p.m.

In Response To: Manouk Borzakian on how to determine the #1 player (Timothy Chow)

(Note that he said he's spent three years writing his dissertation. He didn't say he has been awarded the degree.)

He starts out by trying to distinguish "world's best player" from other accolades/titles. He then says that (men's) tennis ATP does it best. I looked at the ATP list and it does appear to have the best couple players (from what I"ve heard -- I don't follow tennis) at the top. Then I looked at the women's equivalent --

Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on Wikipedia with top five being: Wozniacki, Zvonareva, Clijsters, S. Williams, V. Williams

and also the women's Grand Slam event winners, with this year's four titles going to: S. Williams, Schiavone, S. Williams, Clijsters.

Finally I looked up the bio and accomplishments of WTA's current #1:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Wozniacki

in particular noting her Grand Slam performances this year: 4th round, quarter-finals, 4th round, finalist.

Not trying to pick a fight with you Danes :) but is she really currently the world's best tennis player?

Sidelight: sorry I couldn't successfully post the first two Wikipedia links. Usually cutting-and-pasting the URL works, but not when there is an apostrophe in the title.

Messages In This Thread

• Manouk Borzakian on how to determine the #1 player
  Timothy Chow -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 12:38 a.m.
  • Manouk Borzakian on how to determine the #1 player
    Jake Jacobs -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 1:29 a.m.
  • "count players' achievements, not their failures"
    mtuhtan -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 8:45 a.m.
    • "count players' achievements, not their failures"
      rew -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 9:32 a.m.
      • "count players' achievements, not their failures"
        mtuhtan -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 11:23 a.m.
        • "count players' achievements, not their failures"
          rew -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 11:28 a.m.
          • "count players' achievements, not their failures"
            Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 9:05 p.m.
        • "count players' achievements, not their failures"
          Rich Munitz -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 2:32 p.m.
        • "count players' achievements, not their failures"
          neilkaz -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 8:48 p.m.
  • Manouk Borzakian on how to determine the #1 player
    Maik Stiebler -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 10:41 a.m.
  • He's getting a PhD for this?
    Chuck Bower -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 4:12 p.m.
    • He's getting a PhD for this?
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 6:27 p.m.
  • A bit off topic - contest to replace Chess ELO
    Michael Petch -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 4:39 p.m.
  • ROFL..rarely have I read such nonsense
    neilkaz -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 6:09 p.m.
    • ROFL..rarely have I read such nonsense
      Fabrice Liardet -- Tuesday, 7 December 2010, at 2:07 p.m.
  • Manouk Borzakian on how to determine the #1 player
    Bob Koca -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 6:19 p.m.