Figure 1

Ranking and visibility. (A) The score distribution for the players on the ATP rankings list on December 31, 2012. (B) Page-views \(W(t)\) (blue) and the rank (green) for Novak Djokovic, where the time t corresponds to either the beginning of a tournament or every 17 days, a period slightly longer than the average duration of a Grand Slam. The red line indicates \(\overline{W(t)}\), the yearly average page-views. The four marked data points correspond to the 2009 semi finals (\(n(t)=6\)) of US Open (\(V(t)=2\mbox{,}000\)) when Djokovic lost against the top ranked Federer (\(\Delta r(t) H(\Delta r)/r(t)=1/4\)), gaining him the highest visibility peak up to that point, the semi finals (\(n(t)=4\)) at Shanghai Masters (\(V(t)=1\mbox{,}000\)) in 2010 for which \(H(\Delta r)=0\); winning (\(n(t)=7\)) the US Open (\(V(t)=2\mbox{,}000\)) against Nadal (\(\Delta r(t) H(\Delta r)/r(t)=2/3\)), which lead to an explosion in Djokovic’s popularity. His tallest peak was in 2012 when he won the Australian Open (\(V(t)=2\mbox{,}000\)) while he was at the top of the rankings. (C) The distribution of the number of Wikipedia page-views for athletes active and retired during the year 2012. (D) Number of Wikipedia page-views for all active players during the year 2012 shown in function of their ATP ranking on December 31, 2012. (Also see Fig. S1 for page-view counts of active players and how those relate to their score points).