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Champions Series Points

Players earn 100 Champions Series points per round-robin match victory and 100 Champions Series points for competing. 400 bonus points are awarded to the winner of each Outback Champions Series event while the runner-up will earn a bonus of 200 points. Each third place finisher will earn 100 bonus points while the fourth-place finisher will be awarded 50 bonus points. Click here to view the Stanford Champions Rankings.

Round Robin Points (Per Event)   3-0 record 400 2-1 record 300 1-2 record 200 0-3 record 100

Bonus Points (Per Event)   Winner 400 Finalist 200 Third-Place 100 Fourth-Place 50

Champions Series Prize Money

$150,000 total prize money is being offered at each of its eight-person round-robin tournaments. Players will be competing for a first prize of up to $54,000 at each event.

Round Robin Prize $ (Per Event)   3-0 record $16,000 2-1 record $12,000 1-2 record $8,000 0-3 record $5,000

Bonus Prize $ (Per Event)   Winner $38,000 Finalist $16,000 Third-Place $10,000 Fourth-Place $4,000

Winner/Finalist Prize $ (Per Event)   Undefeated winner $54,000 Once-defeated winner $50,000 Once-defeated finalist $32,000 Twice-defeated finalist $28,000

Stanford Champions Rankings Year-End #1 Prize Money

The Stanford Financial Group has raised the stakes and will be offering a $100,000 year-end bonus to the player who finishes the 2008 season at #1 in the Stanford Champions Rankings. This ranking will be determined by using the best 6 tournament results of each player during the 2008 calendar year.

Champions Series Tiebreaker Rules

Rules for Tiebreakers - Decision Process for Determining Advancing Player

1) Best Record in Round Robin Group
2) Head to Head Winner
3) Percentage of Sets Won
4) Percentage of Games Won

In the event of a two-way tie for the best record in a round-robin group, the player advancing to the Championship match will be determined by the winner of the head-to-head match between the two players.

In the event of a three-way tie for the best record in a round-robin group, the player advancing to the Championship match will be determined by calculating the percentage of sets won.

In most cases there will be one player that had a higher percentage, thereby allowing that player to advance to the Championship match. The 3rd Place match participant will then be determined by the winner of the head-to-head match between the remaining two players in contention.

In some cases, there will be an identical percentage of sets won among the players in the three-way tie.

If two players share the highest percentage of sets won, this would thereby eliminate the 3rd player, and we would return to the head-to-head criteria.

If all three players share the same percentage of sets won, the percentage of games won will be the next determining factor – using the same logic as above.

Example 1   Player A 2-1 Player B 2-1 Player C 1-2 Player D 1-2

Championship Match participant is determined by winner of head-to-head match between Player A and Player B. The loser of the head-to-head match will play in the 3rd place match.

Example 2   Player A 2-1 Player B 2-1 Player C 2-1 Player D 0-3

Championship Match participant is determined (between Players A, B and C) by the player with the highest percentage of sets won. If Player A has the highest percentage of sets won, Player A will proceed to the Championship Match. The participant in the 3rd place match will then be the winner of the head-to-head match between Players B & C. If Players A & B have the same (highest) percentage of sets won, then Player C drops out of contention. The Participant in the Championship Match will then be the winner of the head-to-head match between Player A and B, with the loser proceeding to the 3rd Place Match. If Players A, B & C all have the same percentage of sets won, then the percentage of games won will be calculated for all three players. Once the player with the highest percentage of games won is identified, the decision will again return to the winner of the head-to-head match between the remaining two players.