Week 34 - US Open Qualifying - New York, United States (Hard)

Jaffa · Challenger level

RE: Week 34 - US Open Qualifying - New York, United States (Hard)

Nix · Futures level

I've just noticed that only ten of the 32 seeds in qualifying managed to get through to the main draw (plus a couple of LLs). I'd have thought more would have managed it. Shows how brutal it is!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Nix wrote:
I've just noticed that only ten of the 32 seeds in qualifying managed to get through to the main draw (plus a couple of LLs). I'd have thought more would have managed it. Shows how brutal it is!

Might also show how the rankings are daft at the moment, what with the last two years. And so not really reflective.

Nix · Futures level

Coup Droit wrote:
Nix wrote:
I've just noticed that only ten of the 32 seeds in qualifying managed to get through to the main draw (plus a couple of LLs). I'd have thought more would have managed it. Shows how brutal it is!
Might also show how the rankings are daft at the moment, what with the last two years. And so not really reflective.

Thanks. That's interesting and must be annoying for those who might have missed out as a result!

emmsie69 · Top national player

Nix wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Nix wrote:
I've just noticed that only ten of the 32 seeds in qualifying managed to get through to the main draw (plus a couple of LLs). I'd have thought more would have managed it. Shows how brutal it is!
Might also show how the rankings are daft at the moment, what with the last two years. And so not really reflective.
Thanks. That's interesting and must be annoying for those who might have missed out as a result!

Thats about normal, just had a look at Wimbledon qualifying 2019 and that was 10 for the men. Interestingly that year it was the higher seeds in the mens that were more succesful and the lower seeds in the womens. In the womens qualifying only 8 made it through and only 1 of the top 16 seeds.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

emmsie69 wrote:
Nix wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Nix wrote:
I've just noticed that only ten of the 32 seeds in qualifying managed to get through to the main draw (plus a couple of LLs). I'd have thought more would have managed it. Shows how brutal it is!
Might also show how the rankings are daft at the moment, what with the last two years. And so not really reflective.
Thanks. That's interesting and must be annoying for those who might have missed out as a result!
Thats about normal, just had a look at Wimbledon qualifying 2019 and that was 10 for the men. Interestingly that year it was the higher seeds in the mens that were more succesful and the lower seeds in the womens. In the womens qualifying only 8 made it through and only 1 of the top 16 seeds.

I was going to say the same, quite normal although Ive not checked back. Usually a lot fewer than half the seeds qualify - we have to remember that a lot of the players between say 110 and 250 are clay court practitioners so hard and grass will inevitably create a cull, plus players at that level have less accurate rankings generally , fields are much more even. Given 1 in 8 of the field qualify, 1 in 4 of the seeds qualifying is probably not too bad.

wolf · Tennis legend

But there is only 16 qualifying spots, so it's only possible for 50% maximum of the seeds to qualify

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
But there is only 16 qualifying spots, so it's only possible for 50% maximum of the seeds to qualify

Agreed . I think Im saying 8 is not really bad - maybe fifty percent hit rate on that basis

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes the more relevant figures are the number/% of qualifiers who are seeds, or the % of top 16 seeds who qualify.

Re the former, again yes I would think 10/16 (62.5%) is about par. I would guess 8-12 would be geneally the case.