alexclusive is the big winner this week, picking up 630 points after advancing through a couple of rounds to reach the British Raj Grand Slam final where he will face Forsaken!

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Qualification Battle:

Confirmed Qualifiers:
tornado; rakleader; Timinator • apex; Phaeril; Aika; Naviiso; UsualSuspect; alexclusive; Forsaken; CraZy; 7ate9*; Widzisz, Texx (13)

Remaining Contenders (3** slots):

• Dom365 (14) - pts 1655 - max 1655 - active events (0)
  
• ps-ews (15) - pts 1580 - max 2515 - active events (1) Great Lakes 1000
  
• TR-8R (16) - pts 1575 - max 1575 - active events (0)
  
• Wini (17) - pts 1560 - max 2130 - active events (2) Treasure Map 500, EA&O (WR) 250
  
• Vaups (18) - pts 1545 - max 1545 - active events (0)
  
• JV (19) - pts 1405 - max 1610 - active events (1) EA&O (WR) 250
  
• Arsene Wenger (20) - pts 1400 - max 1760 - active events (3) Cat Fight 250, Eberron World 250, EA&O (WR) 250
  
  
  *account deleted
  **There will be at least one alternate required
  
  The full spreadsheet can be seen here:
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E7fqMzJHSZP_hBDlsQgJmgQgDyzwLpW0poIdadDHj6Y/

Edited 2026-02-01 14:15:09

What is the tiebreaker rule if two players have the same points?
And is it correct that No. 17 this year is guaranteed to qualify for the AWP final (since 7ate9 has account deleted), while the qualification of No. 18 and those ranking after will depend on whether players ranking 1-17 will give up their slots?

I don't think there is a tiebreaker! Just gonna hope that never happens!!

You're correct - 17 will qualify, 18 onwards will depend on others. For example, Aika is currently inactive. If the Tour Finals were to start tomorrow, that means 18 would be in, but if Aika comes back before it starts, then the spot is his if he wants it.

The fifth tournament of the year is here; a Masters 1000 on the Aseridith Islands template!

https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=64594

Everyone who has scored points up to this point in 2026 has been invited; everybody else will be invited in the following days.

You can find the 2026 spreadsheet here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ijR8PAnWJlS-0Zbi82ca0xswuYgYxw2Advo34ATBGUI/
(access issues should now be fixed)

For now, the automation is not working - I will be manually updating the spreadsheet multiple times per week. You can find the latest updated time on the top right corner of the Events tab.



7 players have recorded 3 wins in the first Grand Slam of the Year, and they all sit amongst the top 8 places on the early leaderboard, with CraZy taking an early lead. Arsene Wenger has shot up to second after reaching the Quarters of both Snow Mountains 250 and Belarus 500!

I don't know whether Ekstone explicitly wrote this somewhere, but as many of you know AWP is based on ATP. So, in the event that players have the same total number of points, we should follow ATP Tour rules https://www.atptour.com/corporate/rulebook.aspx

So, here are the tie breakers:

1) the most total points from the Grand Slams, ATP World Tour Masters 1000 mandatory tournaments and Barclays ATP World Tour Finals main draws, and if still tied, then,

2) the fewest events played, counting all missed Grand Slams, ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments and Barclays ATP World Tour Finals they could have played (as described under A. above) as if played, and if still tied, then,

3) the highest number of points from one single tournament, then, if needed, the second highest, and so on.

Thank you both! I think referencing ATP World Tours in determining tiebreakers makes complete sense.