User:Saskoiler/sandbox/TennisGuidelines

Welcome to the Article Guidelines section of the Tennis WikiProject. Please read this page before creating or editing tennis articles. While there are many articles within the scope of this WikiProject, they fall into a relatively small number of classes e.g. players, tournaments. The advice on this page is organized according to these article classes.

When in doubt, ask your questions on the WikiProject Tennis Talk page.

Notability and article creation (by article type)
Before creating a new article please check its notability, as described in the sections below.

Tournaments, annual editions, draws, and matches

 * A men's tournament is notable if it is part of the ATP World Tour (including qualifications) or the ATP Challenger Tour (excluding qualifications). Men's ITF tournaments are not considered notable by, unless they meet general wp:GNG guidelines. The Futures and all lower ranked tournaments are usually not notable. Qualification tournaments on the ATP Challenger Tour are usually not notable. Qualification draws on the ATP World Tour should be placed near the bottom of the main draw page. Lesser tournaments may be listed in List of ATP Challenger Tour events or List of ITF Men's Circuit events and brief information provided there (with sources), and redirects from tournament names to that list may be created.
 * A women's tournament is notable if it is one of the WTA Premier tournaments (including qualifications), WTA International tournaments (including qualifications), or WTA 125K series. From 2008 onwards the ITF Women's $50,000–$100,000+ tournaments are notable. From 1978–2007 the threshold for notability in the women's ITF circuit is a $25,000 event. Qualification tournaments in ITF women's events are not notable. Qualification draws for WTA main tour should be placed near the bottom of the main draw page. Lesser tournaments may be listed in List of ITF Women's Circuit events and brief information provided there, and redirects from tournament names to that list may be created.
 * An exhibition tournaments is notable if one can establish its notability on other grounds (e.g. several top 10 players present, notability in history, significant media coverage,... etc.).

Players, player statistics, player yearly
A tennis player is notable if he/she: This guideline applies equally to singles and doubles players. Junior players are presumed to be notable if they have won at least a junior Grand slam title, have been in the top 3 of the junior ITF world rankings or can be shown to meet the wider requirements of WP:GNG.
 * 1) Is a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, either in the contributor or player category
 * 2) Has competed in one of the international team competitions: Fed Cup, Davis Cup, Hopman Cup or World Team Cup
 * 3) Has competed in the main draw in one of these higher level professional tournaments:
 * 4) *Grand Slam tournaments (the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, or the US Open)
 * 5) *Men: ATP World Tour tournaments (the ATP World Tour Finals, ATP World Tour Masters 1000, ATP World Tour 500, or ATP World Tour 250)
 * 6) *Women: WTA Tour tournaments (the WTA Premier, the WTA International, or the WTA Tour Championships)
 * 7) Has won at least one title in any of the ATP Men's Challenger or WTA 125K series tournaments.
 * 8) Has won at least one title in any of ITF Women's $50,000+ tournaments from 2008 onward ($25,000+ between 1978 and 2007). The threshold is based on the lowest payout for men's Challenger tournaments in the same year to preserve relatively equal notability.
 * 9) Holds a tennis record recognized by the International Tennis Federation, ATP or WTA

Wheelchair tennis (tournaments and players)

 * Wheelchair tennis tournaments: the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Wheelchair Tennis Masters and the Summer Paralympics are notable.
 * Players are notable if they have won a Grand Slam tournament or end of year championship (in singles or doubles). Players are additionally notable if they were part of the winning team at the World Team Cup or won a medal at the Paralympics. See also WP:NOLYMPICS
 * Please do not create standalone draw articles for wheelchair tennis tournaments, include them in the main article, unless at a Grand Slam tournament.

Coaches
Since these are rare articles; the most common case is when a player chooses coaching after retirement. In all other cases determine the coach's background to see if he/she is notable. It is important as it could easily happen that a child player is coached by a non-professional or non-tennis-affiliated relative and cotton to him during his career (see Toni Nadal). The minimum requirement that can qualify without doubt for coaches are: These also ensure that the notability of one-hit wonders' coaches isn't automatically granted with his/her coachee's success. (See Roberto Carretero for example) This guideline applies equally to singles and doubles players. Junior players' coaches are to be omitted otherwise it has to be shown to meet the wider requirements of WP:GNG.
 * 1) The player has reached the final of or won one of the professional Grand Slam tournaments.
 * 2) The player has entered the ATP or WTA rankings top-10 for at least one week.
 * 3) The player was member of a champion team competing in a Davis Cup, Fed Cup, Hopman Cup (reserve players and team captains do not count).
 * 4) The player has won an ATP Masters 1000 or WTA Premier event and has reached at least one other final in Masters 1000 or WTA Premier.

Not a newspaper. Not a stats book.

 * Please read WP:NOT and more specifically WP:NOTNEWSPAPER and WP:NOTSTATSBOOK.
 * We are not supposed to add everything found in routine news coverage about the players. That would lead to articles becoming overdetailed and also avoid excessive listings of statistics.

Infobox

 * Players and coaches –
 * Tournaments
 * Grand Slam tournaments –
 * All other tournaments –
 * Tournament edition –
 * Tournament event –
 * Scores and matches –, , , etc.

A full list can be found at Category:Tennis infobox templates.

Scores
Tennis scores should be given in the following format, observing the use of the ndash separating the set scores, followed by a comma.
 * e.g. 7–5, 2-6, 6-3

Both winning and losing tie break scores should be added enclosed in  tags, again using an ndash;.
 * e.g. 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 16–14


 * ndash should always be used instead of a hyphen, preferably with the ndash character "–" rather than the HTML entity
 * Scores should not be added to prose unless strictly necessary (i.e. sets a record). In such cases the tiebreak score is omitted. Just report the round and whether the player won or lost the match, and whom they played.
 * In wikitables and infoboxes, the above format is to be used.
 * In tournament draw/bracket-type articles (e.g. 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles), both winning and losing tiebreak scores are required in superscript.

Images
Per discussions, keep pictures to a reasonable amount based on article size. Two or three is usually enough for most articles, with a maximum of ten for the largest articles. Picture placement should usually convey the information being described in the prose.

When adding photos to the articles the easiest way to have a clear copyright status is to use photos that you made yourself. Otherwise you can upload free photos but in most of the cases photos found on internet are not free or in the public domain and can not be used. When using Flickr be careful to follow the steps written here and don't forget to make it reviewed. Also try to browse Tennis on Commons for possibly free images. The basic concepts of uploading and further reading can be found here:
 * Media copyright questions
 * Image use policy
 * Uploading images

Flags
In line with tennis talk summaries and Rfc's, and trying to stay in synch with WP:MOSFLAG, flagicons should only be used to show the internationally recognized nationality of players or the nationality of teams in team events (see Davis Cup). Flagicons should not be used to identify tournament location, place of birth and death, residence, city, or venue.

Wikilinks within prose

 * The word tennis should only be linked the FIRST time it is used and only when reference to the Tennis article would enhance the reader's understanding.


 * Dates
 * Do not link dates unless linked in a tennis context, as in:.
 * Only link dates as above once in an article.
 * Players - should not be referenced every single time they are mentioned, but it is usually appropriate to link them the FIRST time they are referenced with a specific context.

Wikilinks outside prose
When links to lists are appropriate, which lists are appropriate. What categories should be linked and where.
 * Current Top Players - Navbox, Category
 * Player records
 * Current Top tournaments
 * Add the most specific category possible.

Categories that are in templates and should NOT be added directly:
 * Born in 'year'
 * Died in 'year'
 * Retired Tennis players

Succession Boxes
Say you are on the Australian Open article. This sequence:


 * previous = US Open (Notice the Help:Pipe trick)
 * Main article is year IN-specific
 * next = French Open (in May/June)
 * Use the "Years" field for the Month the tournament is played: "January"

Produces:


 * For a Grand Slam, tournament edition article (e.g. 2009 US Open (tennis)) might show one Grand Slam to the next:


 * Tournament edition article (e.g. 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis) might show sequence of tournaments in a series. Also note that succession boxes can be chained together.


 * A player article (e.g. Andy Murray) might use succession boxes for various awards:

Navboxes
If we stay with the Australian Open...
 * Pre-"Open-Era" version of the tournament
 * "Open-Era" version of the tournament
 * If newer tournament
 * Tournament Grouping
 * and the previous name
 * Other local sporting events; Town, State, or Country
 * Tournament Grouping
 * and the previous name
 * Other local sporting events; Town, State, or Country
 * Other local sporting events; Town, State, or Country
 * Other local sporting events; Town, State, or Country
 * Other local sporting events; Town, State, or Country

Categories

 * Watch for templates (especially within the footers) that may have already included a category.
 * If people constantly add things they should not; place a comment at that spot, e.g.

Style guidelines and best practices per article type
This list may not be exhaustive, so feel free to add to it. It's well within the scope of this WikiProject to produce guidelines and best practices for each of these article classes.

Tournament edition (year)

 * When updating entry list and seeds, do not rely on gossip, Facebook accounts, fan pages of players, or news editor speculations. Generally wait for the official announcements.

Tournament draw

 * Only update these pages when the match is finished. When doing so use bolding on the won set gamescore and the winner's name. For tie-break rules see below.

"Year in tennis"

 * These articles should give a concise overview of the year in tennis, without going in too much intricate details. The details can be kept in the articles about players and tournaments.

Fed Cup and Davis Cup draw

 * These are similar to single-year tournament articles.
 * See 2010 Davis Cup for sections, links, arrangement; ordering of draws, matches, teams.

Player

 * Use WP:MOSBIO
 * Update world rankings beginning from Mondays, and only when the new weekly ATP and WTA rankings are published (do not pre-calculate them)
 * Use bolding on the player's name only once: on its first appearance in the introduction.
 * Do not apply bolding to any world rankings (even if it's world number one), opponent's name, scores, etc.

Lead
The Lead should be a brief summary of WHO the person is, WHY they are here (accomplishments), potentially WHAT they are doing now. Laura Robson (born 21 January 1994) is an English tennis player. She debuted on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior tour in 2007, and a year later won the Wimbledon Junior Girls' Championship at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her first professional tournament in November 2008. As of 8 November 2010, Robson has a rank on the WTA singles tour of 206 and doubles tour of 127.

History
Juan Martín del Potro was born in Tandil, Argentina. His father, Daniel del Potro, played semi-professional rugby union in Argentina and is a veterinarian. His mother, Patricia, is a teacher and he has a younger sister named Julieta. Del Potro speaks Spanish and knows some Italian and English. [...] Del Potro began playing tennis at the age of seven with coach Marcelo Gómez (who also coached Tandil-born players Juan Mónaco, Mariano Zabaleta and Máximo González). Del Potro's talent was discovered by Italian ex-tennis professional Ugo Colombini, who accompanied him through the initial phases of his young career, and is still today his agent and close friend.
 * History - Childhood, where grew up, college.

(Leander) Paes enrolled with the Britannia Amritraj Tennis Academy in Madras in 1985 where he was coached by Dave O'Meara. The academy played a key role in his early development. Leander shot into international fame when he won the 1990 Wimbledon Junior title and rose to No. 1 in the junior world-rankings.
 * Early years - amateur playing career.

Career
(Michael) Boulding was both a skilled footballer and tennis player as a schoolboy, but he was persuaded to pursue a career in the latter sport when he was talent spotted by coach Tony Pickard at the age of 13. Boulding was part of the national squad and played in events across the world, including India, South America, the Far East, and also the junior Wimbledon Championships and the qualifying rounds of the main Grand Slam event. During his career he roomed with Tim Henman and was ranked the top 20 players in Britain. He held an ATP singles world ranking between 8 July 1996 and 1 November 1999, apart from between 25 August 1997 and 24 August 1998, which peaked at 1,119 with four world ranking points on 3 May 1999.[...]Boulding maintained his links with football and trained with Doncaster Rovers, and in 1998 he joined non-league Hallam near his home in Sheffield. His form at Hallam attracted the interest of a number of league clubs, and Boulding was offered a trial by Mansfield Town. He was given a contract by the Division Three side and turned professional in 1999, which brought an end to his tennis career.
 * When they turned pro
 * Grand Slam tournament and other important wins
 * High point
 * Later years - sometimes players are known more for what they did AFTER tennis.

Retirement
Notable achievements outside of playing; often not related to tennis. (Martina) Hingis played an exhibition match at the Liverpool International tournament on 13 June 2008. Although this event was a warm-up for Wimbledon, it was not part of the WTA Tour. This allowed Hingis to participate without breaching the rules of her ban. In a rematch of their 1997 Wimbledon final, Hingis defeated Jana Novotná.

In 2009 Hingis partook in the BBC's dancing event, Strictly Come Dancing, where she was the bookies favourite for the television show. But she went out in the first week after performing a Waltz and a Rumba, despite vowing to win the competition. 'She promised to apply the same gritty approach to the dance show that had taken her to five grand slams on the tennis court. "Everything I do I do to win. I am very competitive."

Tournament results
For a summary of titles and appearances in finals, use the standardized tables.

Fed Cup or Davis Cup
For a Davis Cup match summary, use the standardized tables.

Awards or Records
Just a summary with links to the awarding organization or a list of records. (The reference should be on the "LINKED TO" article; not the "Person" article).

Such as List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal.

Tournament color scheme
The following standardized color scheme should be used for all articles containing a tournament overview. The color scheme is AAA-level compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Historic tournaments that pre-date the current tournament classification should follow the scheme either directly, in case of predecessors, or else as closely as possible.

Titles
The following wikitable is institutionalized (this one is for singles the doubles is the same format completed with an extra Partnering row before the Opponent in final row). Subsections containing this table should be named Titles / Career Finals / ATP Tour and Grand Slam finals or any other that refers to the content. The full tournament title should always be used along with its host country (e.g. Australian Open, Australia) rather than simply just the city and country in which the event is held (e.g. Melbourne, Australia). Any other categorization is possible (Tour type, court type) only if this general table is also present.

Player performance timelines
For singles performance timelines, the following tables are acceptable for both ATP and WTA players. There are complex and simplified versions depending on the player. Note that no (flag)icons are used in these tables.

ATP players' performance timeline
1Held as Hamburg Masters until 2008 and Madrid Masters (clay) 2009–present. 2Held as Madrid Masters (hard) until 2008 and Shanghai Masters 2009–present.


 * Results from the Grand Slams, ATP World Tour Masters 1000, ATP World Tour Finals, Summer Olympics and Davis Cup are acceptable for inclusion in an ATP player's performance timeline for singles and doubles. Results from the ATP World Tour 500 series, ATP World Tour 250 series, ATP Challenger Tour, ITF Futures tournaments, or junior championships should not be included and/or separated into timelines and instead should be documented within the body of the player's article.
 * The default font size (100%) should be used. There is no need to change the font size of tables and performance timelines by adding "style=font-size:97%".
 * An "A" should always be used to represent a player's absence regardless of their reasons for not competing.
 * Using background colors to highlight tournament headings (e.g. Grand Slam Tournaments, Davis Cup Singles etc.) is inappropriate and unnecessary.

WTA players' performance timeline

 * Results from the Grand Slams, WTA Premier Mandatory Events, WTA Premier 5 Events, WTA Tour Championships, Tournament of Champions, Summer Olympics and Fed Cup are acceptable for inclusion in a WTA player's performance timeline for singles and doubles. Results from the WTA Premier Events, WTA International Events, ITF Women's Circuit, or junior championships should not be included and/or separated into timelines and instead should be documented within the body of the player's article.
 * The default font size (100%) should be used. There is no need to change the font size of tables and performance timelines by adding "style=font-size:97%".
 * An "A" should always be used to represent a player's absence regardless of their reasons for not competing.
 * Using background colors to highlight tournament headings (e.g. Grand Slam Tournaments, Fed Cup Singles etc.) is inappropriate and unnecessary.

Player articles: Fed Cup and Davis Cup results table
Note that for Davis Cup, we use flags for the country but not the players. Remember to link all of the opponents even if the link turns red since every player chosen to play in the Davis Cup is notable and add to the bottom of the table.