In professional tennis, there are no league tables, no teams, and no single season that determines who is the best.
Instead, the world ranking system holds the entire sport together – from the smallest tournaments to the biggest stages.
The ranking is a system that measures a player’s performance over time.
It is based on:
This means the ranking is constantly updated – changing every week based on new results.
A player’s ranking is not based on their entire career – but on the previous 52 weeks.
This means:
If a player performs worse than the previous year at the same event, they lose points.
Ranking is central because it determines almost every opportunity in professional tennis.
It affects:
This means every match – at any level – can influence future opportunities.
Ranking points function as a global currency in tennis.
Whether you compete in:
your results feed into the same system.
This connects all levels of the sport – from entry level to the very top.
Unlike many sports, there is no final ranking outcome.
It is always evolving:
Every week matters – and competition never stands still.
At the Nordea Open, ranking plays a crucial role.
It determines:
For players, the tournament is an opportunity to improve their global standing. For fans, ranking shapes the field they see in Båstad.
Every match is therefore part of a bigger system – where ranking points are at stake.
In the next part, we go deeper into the points system – and explain exactly how points are awarded and why some tournaments carry more weight than others.
