This paper discusses match result prediction ability of ATP ranking points, which is official ranking points for men's professional tennis players. The structure of overall ATP World Tour and the ranking point attribution system leads that the ranking point ratio between two players is an essential variable. The match result prediction model is a logistic model. The fact is verified using statistics of over 24000 matches from 2009.
@article{arxiv.1705.05831,
title = {Match results prediction ability of official ATP singles ranking},
author = {Eiji Konaka},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.05831},
year = {2017}
}