its Like how do you explain SonWanHo being number 1 without winning any title for the past year?
This will never happen in tennis.. in a million years.imagine nadal not winning anything but being Number 1.
Kidambi is the real No.1 in term of Superseries, that's why Kidambi deserved No.1 in
Destination Dubai Ranking
Kidambi has already been No.1 in Destination Dubai Ranking before he won his French Open.
BUT don't you know that
Son Wan Ho is still the best for the moment in his
World Championships 2018 Qualification Ranking?
For me, ranking is only the tool for determining the qualification for entry as well as the seeding of players in all singles and doubles tournaments.
Tennis have an example
above. I give you more sport that telling you that it's possible to be No.1 without any World Cup champion tittle:
FIFA World Ranking: Belgium take No. 1 spot for first time
In Badminton, it will simply describe by example:
- 10 times runner-up (5 SS & 5 SSP) = (5 x 7,800) + (5 x 9,350) =
85,750 points. With those points, he/she surely have big chance to become World No.1 unless there are better player who able to win All 10 SS/P tournaments in a row (that's maybe impossible IMO to have such magic players sweep all 10 titles available).
By changing the points awarded to the players like runner-up got a half of winner's points, the above example by become 10 times runner-up didn't change the possibility to remain as No.1 because simple not easy to find another better players that able doing such super consistency by winning all 10 SS/P in 52-weeks period.
Son Wan Ho was No.1 with highest points at that time and he had better points than his competitors.
He was WC semifinalist (8,400 points), DEN SSP runner-up (9,350 points), Dubai SSF '16, MAS SSP & INA SSP semifinalist (7,700 points), JPN SS '16 & KOR SS '17 semifinalist (6,420 points), KOR GPG champion (7,000 points), his lowest point included: FRA SS '16 quarter-finalist (5,040 points).
That's shown his consistency without being a winners at all and slightly still above others.