For those of you who are running or signing up to run tournaments, please make sure you take care of all of your responsibilities as a manager! This includes determining who the winner of your tournament is, as well as creating the final tabulation table that summarizes which day each player was eliminated from the tournament, and how many ranking points that earns them.

I had to go back and finish the tournaments for Gold Coast, Auckland and Sydney because they were forgotten about and not completed by their respective managers. This was a lot of extra work that I had to do, and not something I really want to do again.

1. Determining the Champion of the Tournament
If you don't know what I'm talking about, here is an example of how to determine who the champion of your tournament. You need to count the number of games each WTA player lost on each day, and sum the total of each of the days throughout the entire tournament. The lowest number of cumulative games lost wins.

SYDNEY 2007
07. (09) smokovec..........ITA (Bye, Srebotnik, Vaidisova, Li, Jankovic, Clijsters) (0, 4, 4, 6) =14 WINNER
25. (38) nitsansh..........ISR (Ivanovic, Golovin, Vaidisova, Li, Jankovic, Clijsters) (7, 9, 4, 6) = 26 SF
32. (47) dAnFan............USA (Ivanovic, Srebotnik, Vaidisova, Li, Jankovic, Clijsters) (7, 4, 4, 6) = 21 RUNNER UP*
35. (55) QuicKyMonSter.....ESP (Ivanovic, Schnyder, Vaidisova, Li, Jankovic, Clijsters) (7, 12, 4, 6) = 29
53. (110) tinoky...........ISR (Ivanovic, Schnyder, Vaidisova, Li, Jankovic, Clijsters) (7, 12, 4, 6) = 29
60. (122) bg017............AUS (Ivanovic, Schnyder, Vaidisova, Li, Jankovic, Clijsters) (7, 12, 4, 6) = 29
69. (NR) FORZA PENNETTA....ITA (Ivanovic, Srebotnik, Vaidisova, Li, Jankovic, Clijsters) (7, 4, 4, 6) = 21 SF
75. (NR) zveeen............GER (Ivanovic, Schnyder, Vaidisova, Li, Jankovic, Clijsters) (7, 12, 4, 6) = 29

Day 01:
Bye = 0 games lost
Ana Ivanovic def. Casey Dellacqua 6-3 6-4 = 7 games lost.

Day 02:
Katarina Srebotnik def. Elena Bovina 6-3 6-1 = 4 games lost.
Patty Schnyder def. Vera Dushevina 6-3 4-6 6-3 = 12 games lost.

Day 03:
Nicole Vaidisova def. Yuliana Fedak 6-3 6-1 = 4 games lost.

Day 04: Na Li def. Katarina Srebotnik 7-5 6-1 = 6 games lost.

**Jankovic and Clijsters did not need to be counted because everyone picked them so it is a wash; neither did Vaidisova or Li in this case but they were for illustrative purposes

2. Creating the final tabulation table. The Rankings cannot be updated without this!
An example is here:

2007 Suicide Sydney Final:

(07) smokovec ITA def. dAnFan USA (WINNER over WINNER)


Suicide Sydney 2007 Results

01 Points Earned (Opening Pick Invalid) (16)

01. (02) timray............BEL
03. (04) Ceze..............FRA
04. (06) Chris 84..........CRO
05. (07) LUXXXAS...........POL
08. (10) SloKid............SLO
15. (21) Nicjac............CNP
41. (78) ..ikke............NED
43. (85) star..............CAN
44. (90) The Jabberwock....ISR
71. (NR) hotduncz_!8.......AUS


13 Points Earned (DAY 02 Pick Invalid) (49)

09. (11) champion88........GBR
10. (12) mat87to...........ITA
12. (18) amirhendel........ISR
14. (20) Drake1980.........CAN
16. (24) Stingray..........GBR
17. (26) Freakan...........POL
18. (27) vianzfzf..........CHN
19. (28) meelis13..........EST
20. (29) east_players......HUN
21. (31) selyoink..........USA
22. (32) Tennace...........CZE
23. (35) vamos israel......ISR
24. (36) cypher_88.........ROM
26. (39) Nir...............ISR
27. (40) ¤CharlDa¤.........CAN
28. (41) 416_Man...........CAN
29. (42) ~~*Elena.D*~~.....GER
30. (43) ~CANUCK~..........CAN
31. (45) andrew_uk.........GBR
33. (49) daniela86.........SRB
34. (52) cometz9...........USA
36. (57) darkchild.........MAD
37. (64) Jonas_84..........MEX
38. (65) denijs............POL
39. (72) ChabChab..........BEL
40. (74) kwanfan...........USA
47. (94) Kim's_fan_4ever...POL
48. (95) Cp6uja............SRB
49. (101) Ivanovic Fan!!!!.NED
50. (107) maxomax..........CAN
51. (108) kittyking........NZL
52. (109) lukehingis.......SIN
54. (111) MARYANGEL........USA
55. (112) Gnaag............CAN
56. (113) Dementieva_Dude..CAN
57. (115) Fire_Fox.........UKR
58. (117) Energyzer20......AUS
61. (148) tal1985..........ISR
62. (173) tennisrulzzzz....TOK
63. (173) Wrongagain.......NED
64. (173) xadimexadozenx...USA
65. (NR) aussie_fan........AUS
66. (NR) Bad_Matt..........BEL
67. (NR) butch.............RSA
68. (NR) FashionMan........GER
70. (NR) Geoffrey91........FRA
72. (NR) LudwigDvorak......USA
73. (NR) sharas36..........ISR
74. (NR) Sund7101..........USA



27 Points Earned (DAY 03 Pick Invalid) (02)

45. (92) watchdogfish......GBR
46. (93) jas_aussie........AUS


49 Points Earned (DAY 04 Pick Invalid) (0)

162 Points Earned (DAY 05 Pick Invalid) (0)


204 Points Earned (DAY 06 with NO pick) (02)

02. (03) DomenicDemaria....AUS
06. (08) Davenselesport....USA

225 Points Earned (DAY 06 WITH pick invalid) (2)

11. (13) mapaliey..........INA
13. (19) NyCPsU............USA
59. (119) hu2891601........USA

245 Points Earned (WINNING) (08)

07. (09) smokovec..........ITA
25. (38) nitsansh..........ISR
32. (47) dAnFan............USA
35. (55) QuicKyMonSter.....ESP
53. (110) tinoky...........ISR
60. (122) bg017............AUS
69. (NR) FORZA PENNETTA....ITA
75. (NR) zveeen............GER