Talk:Women's Tennis Association
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[edit] Navratilova
Hi. I was reading the board and a detail struck me concerning Martina Navratilova's citizenship. I had just read our article on her, and there it says that she became an US citizen only in 1981. The board on this article states that she reached the world n.1 place in 1978, which means that she was still Czech then (a citizen of the late Czechoslovakia). Maybe this would have to be reflected on the board? Perhaps it should be "Czechoslovakia/United States" (although that sounds somewhat ambiguous)? Regards, Redux 22:01, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Good find! I wholeheartedly agree, and as clumsy as it is it'll be inserted. Any reader can view the Navr. article for more information.--Etaonish 22:03, Jan 29, 2005 (UTC)
Glad to have helped. That being the case, I took the liberty of making a similar addition for Monica Seles, since our article on her says that she became an US citizen in 1994, but became world n.1 in 1991. If I had noticed that sooner, I would have included her case along with Navratilova's, in my comment above, but only now I got around to reading her article (I didn't remember if she had changed her citizenship before becoming n.1, as it is the case with Martina Hingis - so we don't need to write "Slovakia/Switzerland" in her slot of the board). Regards, Redux 01:50, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Along the same lines, the first flag shown for Seles is the current flag of Serbia, which didn't become an independent country until well after Seles had retired from tennis. I would think the first flag shown ought to be the flag used by her country the first time she reached #1, which would be the flag of SFR Yugoslavia.
--Metropolitan90 05:11, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The ranking system need some updating...
Starting from 2005, there are no tier V tournaments. From January 1st 2006, all quality points will be eliminated. Prize money categories were slightly changed, ranking points were increased for Grand Slams, WTA Championship and a new category for tier I with prize money of 3 milion$ will be added.--Nitsansh 23:44, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Updating is needed again...
There is a new ranking points distribution chart for 2007.--Nitsansh 19:24, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Records section
I propose that the records section of this article be moved to the tennis statistics article. Any objections? Tennis expert 17:15, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rankings
The top 50 list in the Rankings section ought to be dropped - it changes on a weekly basis (and is already out of date in the article). Maybe retain only the top 3/5/10 and add a link to the official website? (http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/rankings/singles_numeric.asp) - Binand 05:21, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] men's page, dates wrong?
if you go to the men's ATP page it states in the opening line: The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional Tennis players. (Female players formed the Women's Tennis Association the year after.)
yet this (women's) page, states: The Women's Tennis Association began in Houston, Texas when the inaugural Virginia Slims event was won on September 23, 1970.
so which is it? i'm obviously more inclined to believe the women's page, but does that mean whoever wrote the men's page, did not check facts? or have they got the dates wrong, and the men's was started even earlier?? anyone confirm? i'm just noticing the difference and pointing it out. Geeness 08:26, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Top 10 Women at bottom of every biography
Its outdated by three weeks and was wondering how do I edit it???
[edit] Only Top 40!!
There isn't a point to having the Top 50, we change it every week. It should be left at Top 40 Sakya23 03:10, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] New ranking
Where did did these updated rankings (As of 28 Jan 2008) come from? The official website still has the rankings as of the 14th of January. Paulytlws (talk) 01:42, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
- It's original research by certain editors. Good luck trying to keep them from adding this stuff. Tennis expert (talk) 05:18, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
