Countries Tennis Rankings on the Men’s Side
Let’s look at the top 10 in the new countries tennis rankings on February, 3, 2014 in the men’s tennis. As we can see, there are two world leaders Spain and France followed by Argentina. Switzerland, with two great players Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, is on the eighth position. The U.S. has seven players, but all of them, except N 13 John Isner, are out of top 50.
| Rank | Country | Points | Players |
| 1 | Spain | 819 | 14 |
| 2 | France | 701 | 12 |
| 3 | Argentina | 335 | 8 |
| 4 | Germany | 287 | 6 |
| 5 | Russia | 236 | 5 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 215 | 4 |
| 7 | USA | 190 | 7 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 189 | 2 |
| 9 | Italy | 180 | 3 |
| 10 | Serbia | 135 | 3 |
If Czech Republic is two times Davis Cup Champion (in a row-actual champion) how come is #6 in the ranking? Spain lost in the first round, and last year did not make to the semi-finals but is #1. Argentina lost in the first round this year and is #3. Russia is not even in the world group but is #5. Italy won the first round and is #9. I need help. Somebody has to let me understand the ranking system. I hope it does not go by the players’ ranking.
It goes to a player’s ranking. If you look at the ranking you will see a number of players in top 100 from each country. For N 1 in the ranking – 100 points….for N 100 – 1 point. As concerns Davis Cup, as well as Fed Cup, not all players participate in these tournaments. Consider, for example, last Fed Cup final where were no Russian players from top 100.