Carsten Ball

Where the 1507.8 rating comes from

From 27 matches played between 5 January 2009 and 21 May 2012, 25 of them rated, and from them alone. Every line below was written at computation time: nothing is recomputed to show this page.

How to read this

On the right: the change this match produced, then the value before → after. A line's arrival value is the next line's starting value, down to the starting rating given to every newcomer. A ±0.0 is a counted match that did not move the rating, a walkover for instance.

27 matches, from the most recent to the first

beaten by Sam Querrey 0–2
21/05/12 · ATP 250 2012 · Qualifying — First round · detail
−6.51514.3 → 1507.8
beaten by Izak van der Merwe 1–2
27/02/12 · ATP 250 2012 · Qualifying — First round · detail
−13.31527.6 → 1514.3
beaten by Tim Smyczek 0–2
13/02/12 · ATP 250 2012 · Qualifying — Second round · detail
−12.41540.0 → 1527.6
beat Greg Ouellette 2–0
13/02/12 · ATP 250 2012 · Qualifying — First round · detail
+10.01530.0 → 1540.0
beaten by Pere Riba 2–3
17/01/11 · ATP Grand Slam 2011 · First round · detail
−13.21543.2 → 1530.0
beaten by Albert Montañés 0–3
31/08/10 · ATP Grand Slam 2010 · Second round · detail
−6.11549.3 → 1543.2
beat Milos Raonic 3–1
30/08/10 · ATP Grand Slam 2010 · First round · detail
+12.11537.2 → 1549.3
beaten by Brian Dabul 2–1
05/07/10 · ATP 250 2010 · First round · retirement · detail
±0.01537.2 → 1537.2
beaten by Ričardas Berankis 1–3
21/06/10 · ATP Grand Slam 2010 · First round · detail
−11.51548.7 → 1537.2
beaten by Viktor Troicki 0–3
26/05/10 · ATP Grand Slam 2010 · Second round · detail
−7.31556.1 → 1548.7
25/05/10 · ATP Grand Slam 2010 · First round · detail
+16.61539.4 → 1556.1
beaten by Vincent Millot 2–0
08/03/10 · ATP 1000 2010 · Qualifying — First round · detail
−11.31550.7 → 1539.4
beat Ryler DeHeart 2–0
22/02/10 · ATP 250 2010 · Qualifying — First round · detail
+14.51536.2 → 1550.7
beaten by Ryan Harrison 1–2
22/02/10 · ATP 250 2010 · Qualifying — Second round · detail
−14.81551.0 → 1536.2
beaten by Fernando Verdasco 1–3
18/01/10 · ATP Grand Slam 2010 · First round · detail
−3.31554.2 → 1551.0
beaten by Mardy Fish 0–2
11/01/10 · ATP 250 2010 · First round · detail
−8.91563.1 → 1554.2
beat Mischa Zverev 2–0
04/01/10 · ATP 250 2010 · First round · detail
+23.91539.2 → 1563.1
beaten by Andy Roddick 0–2
04/01/10 · ATP 250 2010 · Second round · detail
−4.61543.8 → 1539.2
beaten by Novak Djokovic 0–3
01/09/09 · ATP Grand Slam 2009 · Second round · detail
−3.31547.1 → 1543.8
31/08/09 · ATP Grand Slam 2009 · First round · detail
+20.11527.0 → 1547.1
beaten by Sam Querrey 1–2
27/07/09 · ATP 250 2009 · Final · detail
−14.41541.4 → 1527.0
beat Marc Gicquel 2–0
27/07/09 · ATP 250 2009 · First round · detail
+29.61511.8 → 1541.4
beat Leonardo Mayer 2–0
27/07/09 · ATP 250 2009 · Semifinals · detail
+27.41484.4 → 1511.8
beat John Isner 2–0
27/07/09 · ATP 250 2009 · Quarterfinals · detail
+37.41447.0 → 1484.4
beat Dmitry Tursunov 1–1
27/07/09 · ATP 250 2009 · Second round · retirement · detail
±0.01447.0 → 1447.0
beaten by Michael Berrer 0–3
19/01/09 · ATP Grand Slam 2009 · First round · detail
−24.91471.9 → 1447.0
beaten by Thomaz Bellucci 0–2
05/01/09 · ATP 250 2009 · Qualifying — First round · detail
−28.11500.0 → 1471.9

Only the matches the source publishes appear; what is missing is listed. The source gives the day, not the hour: two matches on the same day are ordered by a reproducible rule, which is not necessarily the real order.