Roger Federer Ranks

Ranks: From Rope to Hope

You can’t hold it and yet it manages to stifle you with its monstrous power. It is a catalyst that can induce a host of ailments in one’s, body, mind and soul. Here, we are referring to stress. Ever thought, why are the stress levels increasing day by day? It is because of the competition that has trespassed all the limits. Not only studies, rather it has entered into sports too.

The ranks presented to the players are the result of increasing competition in the sport’s world. However, with so many perfectionists raising the standards of the game it becomes mandatory to have a checklist over the matches won and lost. Also, these ranks make it very clear that there is no shortcut to success.

Enlisted among the best players demands the sincere efforts along with a consistency in performance. One day charmers are highly unwanted in case of rankings. Each game has its own set rules for rankings of players, however, long tennis counts the number of matches played and the championships won. The player who scores the highest average on a specific number of matches played is placed at the top of the charts.

Enlisted are the top ten players in Long Tennis:

1. Roger Federer: currently ranked World No. 1 Tennis player, he is a Swiss Tennis professional. Just a few words regarding the awards won by Roger:

The year 2007

• L'Equipe Magazine's Champion of Champions (for the year 2006).
• ATP Player of the Year (for the year 2006)
• Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award.
• ATPTennis.com Fan's Favorite.
• Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year.
• Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.
• ESPY Best Male Tennis Player.
• ESPY Best Male International Athlete.

• L'Equipe Magazine's Champion of Champions (for the year 2005).
• ATP Player of the Year (for the year 2005).
• Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award.
• ATPTennis.com Fan's Favorite.
• Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.
• ESPY Best Male Tennis Player.
• International Tennis Writers Association (ITWA) Player of the Year.
• International Tennis Writers Ambassador for Tennis.
• ITF World Champion.
• BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year.
• Swiss Sportsman of the Year.
• European Sportsman of the Year.
• EFE's Sportsman of the Year.
• Golden Bagel Award.
• Most Outstanding Athlete of the Year by The United States Sports Academy

The Year 2005

• Ambassador of United Nations' Year of Sport and Physical Education.
• Goldene Kamera Award.
• ATP Player of the Year (for the year 2004).
• Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award.
• ATPTennis.com Fan's Favorite.
• Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.
• Michael-Westphal Award.
• International Tennis Writers Association (ITWA) Player of the Year.
• International Tennis Writers Ambassador for Tennis.
• Most Outstanding Athlete by the United States Sport's Academy.
• Freedom Air People’s Choice Sports Awards International Sportsperson of the Year.
• ITF World Champion.
• European Sportsman of the Year.
• ESPY Best Male Tennis Player

The Year 2004

• ATP European Player of the Year.
• ITF World Champion.
• Sports Illustrated Tennis Player of the Year.
• Swiss Sportsman of the Year.
• Swiss of the Year.
• European Sportsman of the Year.
• Reuters International Sportsman of the Year.
• BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year.
• International Tennis Writers Association (ITWA) Player of the Year.
• Golden Bagel Award.

     The Year 2003

• ATP European Player of the Year.
• Swiss Sportsman of the Year.
• Swiss of the Year.
• Michael-Westphal Award.

2. Andy Roddick: in 2007, Roddick was awarded by the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health. He was the first male tennis player ever to receive this award. In 2004, he was awarded to be the best player by ESPY. Moreover, he produced the fastest serve during Davis cup at the speed of 249-250km/hr in the same year.
3. Guillermo Coria: he stood as a runner-up at the Grand Slam Single finals. In 2003 and 2004 he won ATP Masters Series Single Finals in Hamburg and Monte Carlo, respectively. He stood runner-up for five times in the same.
4. David Nalbandian: he won Tennis master dup singles finals in the year 2005 at Shanghai. Moreover, he reached finals, unfortunately loosing them in 2003-2004 in ATP Masters Series Singles Finals.
5. Juan Carlos Ferrero: In 2003, he won Grand Slam Single Finals in French open. Moreover, he stood a runner-up in the year 2002 and 2003 in French Open and U.S. Open Championships, respectively. He also won Master Series Singles 4 times in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
6. Tim Henman: Henman climbed up the ranks very quickly. In 1994, he was among the top 200 players in the world; by 1995, among the top 100; and by 1996, he had made it into the top 30 and won a medal at the Atlanta Olympics. He was the UK's highest ranked player that year, and won the Most Improved Player trophy at the ATP awards
7. Carlos Moya: in 1997, Moyà reached his first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open, but lost. In 1998, Moyà won the French Open. In March 1999, after finishing runner-up at Indian Wells, Moyà reached the World No. 1 singles ranking.
8. Rainer Schuettler: he became the first German to advance to the fourth round at all Grand Slams. He was the first German to reach a Grand Slam final, at Australian Open, since Michael Stich was runner-up at Roland Garros in 1996. In 2004 Schüttler reached his first career ATP Masters Series final in Monte Carlo, however he lost Guillermo Coria in the finals.
9. Andre Agassi: Since retiring at the 2006 US Open, Andre has participated in a series of charity tournaments and continues his work with his own charity. On September 5, 2007, Andre was a surprise guest commentator for the Andy Roddick/Roger Federer 2007 US Open Quarter Final.  
10. Lleyton Hewitt: Hewitt was a part of the Australian Davis Cup Team and won the Davis Cup in 1999 and 2003 and reached the final in 2000 and 2001. By the age of 22, he had recorded more wins in Davis Cup singles than any other Australian player. In 2003, Hewitt led the Austrailian team to victory by defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Moreover, ranks are the only ways that a player can compete with other and if taken sportingly, can cater in improvement of any game limits. Rankings arouse a sense of getting better and better among players and act as a scale to measure the performances.