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Tennis national team rankings

Summary

Tennis national team rankings

The ITF rankings are the current rankings of national teams by the International Tennis Federation in both men's and women's tennis. The ITF also produces the ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking for male national teams and the ITF Fed Cup Nations Ranking for female national teams. Both measure the success of all nations participating in both competitions.

The ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking was launched at the end of 2001 and the ITF Fed Cup Nations Ranking was introduced a year later. Both rankings are updated following every World Group round and are used for seeding the highest ranked teams in the draws for each group in the competitions' structures.

Ranking method

The ITF Davis Cup and Fed Cup rankings are based in a rolling four year cumulative system. However, the points total for each nation is calculated following a weighted sum formula, in which recent results are weighted more heavily. After each World Group round, the ranking period adjusts, and points earned in the last year period have a weighting factor of 100% in the points total. At the same time, the weighting factor for the points earned until the same round in the previous three years is reduced to 75% (for points earned one to two years ago), 50% (for points earned two to three years ago) and 25% (for points earned three to four years ago).

Ranking points are awarded only to the winning nation of a competition tie at every round. Victories in World Group rounds are worth more points than those in Zone Groups, and ties at the later rounds of the competition are progressively worth more points. Bonus points are also awarded for a nation that defeats a higher-ranked nation, but only if the latter nation is ranked in the top 64 for the Davis Cup, or in the top 75 for the Fed Cup. Unique to the Davis Cup, there is an additional bonus for a nation that wins a tie in the opponent's home ground: a 25% bonus is added to the total of round points and ranking bonus points (if any). At the Fed Cup only, nations that win by walkover are awarded round points but no bonus points, and no points are awarded for consolation events.

Men

The current ranking points and bonus points distribution tables for the Davis Cup are shown below:

Group	Round	Last year	1 to 2 years	2 to 3 years	3 to 4 years	Away	Home	Away	Home
World Group	Final	10000	8000	7500	6000	5000	4000	2500	2000
Semifinals	7500	6000	5625	4500	3750	3000	1875	1500
Quarterfinals	5000	4000	3750	3000	2500	2000	1250	1000
1st Round	2500	2000	1875	1500	1250	1000	625	500
Play-offs	1250	1000	937.5	750	625	500	312,5	250
Group I	2nd Round	750	6003	562.5	450	375	300	187.5	150
1st Round	500	4003	375	300	250	200	125	100
Play-offs	400	320	300	240	200	160	100	80
Group II	3rd Round	250	200	187.5	150	125	100	62.5	50
2nd Round	150	120	112.5	90	75	60	37.5	30
1st Round	100	80	75	60	50	40	25	20
Play-offs	50	40	37.5	30	25	20	12.5	10
Group III2	Round-robin & Play-offs (per win)	5	3.75	2.5	1.25
Group IV2	Round-robin & Play-offs (per win)	2	1.5	1	0.5

Opponent Nation Ranking1	Bonus Points
Away	Home
1 to 2	125
3 to 4	112.5
5 to 8	93.75
9 to 16	62.5
17 to 32	50
33 to 64	31.25

;Notes

1 Bonus points, as shown above, for defeating higher ranked nations will be added when appropriate to each tie in World Group, Group I and Group II.

2 Bonus points do not apply in Groups III and IV.

3 If the number of teams in Europe/Africa Groups I and II exceeds 16 or the number of teams in Asia/Oceania and Americas Groups I and II exceeds eight, then 200 points will be awarded for a first round win, 400 for a second round win and 600 for a third round win.

Women

The current ranking points and bonus points distribution tables for the Fed Cup are shown below:

Group	Round	Last year	1 to 2 years	2 to 3 years	3 to 4 years
World Group I	Final	8000	6000	4000	2000
Semifinals	6000	4500	3000	1500
1st Round	4000	3000	2000	1000
Play-offs	2000	1500	1000	500
World Group II	1st Round	1500	1125	750	375
Play-offs	1000	750	500	250
Group I	Round-robin & Play-offs	1000 points maximum2
Group II	Round-robin & Play-offs	400 points maximum2
Group III	Round-robin & Play-offs	160 points maximum2

Opponent Nation Ranking1	Bonus Points
1	200
2 to 5	180
6 to 10	150
11 to 20	100
21 to 30	80
31 to 50	50
51 to 75	30

;Notes:

1 Bonus points, as shown above, for defeating higher ranked nations will be added when appropriate to each tie in World Group, Group I and Group II.

2 In the Groups I, II and III a nation's points are determined by its overall finishing position. Formats vary according to the numbers of nations playing each year so the value of each win alters too. However the maximum points a nation can win at each level remains constant.

Current rankings

Men

ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking,
Rank	Nation	Points	Move†
1		675.25
2		479	1
3		472.5	7
4		470.75	2
5		434.5	6
6		423	2
7		419.5	2
8		415.5	2
9		415.25	2
10		412	2
=		412	2
12		368.25
13		364.5
14		360.75
15		359.25
16		355.5
17		354.5
18		352.25
19		345.75
20		339.75

†Change since previous ranking update

Women

ITF Billie Jean King Cup Nations Ranking,	Nation	Points
1	1,435.00
2	1,246.25
3	1,215.00
4	1,143.75	2
5	1,093.75	1
6	1,085.00	5
7	1,048.75	2
8	1,035.00	3
9	1,022.50	2
10	996.25	2
11	987.50	1
12	977.50
13	891.25	3
14	854.25
15	826.25
16	806.25	3
17	790.00	1
18	788.75	1
19	738.75	2
20	717.50	1

†Change since previous ranking update

Number 1 ranked nations

Men

No.	Nation	End date	WG rounds as No. 1	Total
1	AUS Australia		1	1
2	FRA France		7	7
	(2)		2	3
	(2)		1	8
3	SPA Spain		5	5
4			4	4
5			10	10
	(2)		16	21
6			10	10
7			4	4
8			4	4
	(3)		17 ↑	25 ↑
	(2)		6	10
9			3	3
10	*	Present	5	5

Women

No.	Nation	End date	WG rounds as No. 1	Total
1			4	4
2			7	7
3			12	12
4			8	8
5			4	4
	(2)		2	10
	(2)		16 ↑	20 ↑
	(2)		8	15
6			4	4
7	*	Present	1	1

References

"Rankings Explained". International Tennis Federation.
"How the Rankings Work". International Tennis Federation.
"Nations Ranking". International Tennis Federation.
"Rankings". International Tennis Federation.
"Nations Ranking". International Tennis Federation.

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