1996 DAY JOB AWARDS And now it's time for a trophy I've been awarding since 1990 (and is probably the reason why the ATP doesn't like me); it's the Time to Get a Day Job Awards! This list shows all players who lost 10 or more first round matches on the ATP Tour this year. I've actually sorted it in two ways: the first list is sorted by number of first-round losses, while the second list is sorted by who has the greatest percentage of first-round losses to total tournaments played. And who on the ATP Tour ought to be thinking about perhaps going back to college, getting a job at McDonald's, or moving back in with Mom and Dad? In terms of total number of first-round losses, it's Filip Dewulf who leads the pack, having gone out 19 times in the first round in 1996. But in terms of Futility Percentage, our clear winner is Jordi Arrese, who exited in the first round an astonishing 100 percent of the time he played on the ATP Tour! Finally, remember this: The Day Job contest rewards players who perform well enough in challenger events to gain entry into quite a few ATP tour events, but then can't seem to make the cut in the Show. 1st Rd Total Player Losses Tourn. Pct. -------------------- ------ ------- ------ Dewulf, Filip 19 32 0.5938 Sanchez, Javier 19 34 0.5588 Alami, Karim 16 23 0.6957 El Aynaoui, Younes 16 23 0.6957 Noszaly, Sandor 16 20 0.8000 Carbonell, Tomas 15 26 0.5769 Vacek, Daniel 15 28 0.5357 Fetterlein, Frederik 14 18 0.7778 Forget, Guy 14 24 0.5833 Goossens, Kris 14 18 0.7778 Kucera, Karol 14 24 0.5833 Matsuoka, Shuzo 14 23 0.6087 Pescosolido, Stefano 14 24 0.5833 Schaller, Gilbert 14 25 0.5600 Steeb, Carl-Uwe 14 19 0.7368 Chesnokov, Andrei 13 20 0.6500 Gumy, Hernan 13 28 0.4643 Haarhuis, Paul 13 27 0.4815 Prinosil, David 13 24 0.5417 Rikl, David 13 21 0.6190 Carlsen, Kenneth 12 22 0.5455 Draper, Scott 12 24 0.5000 Golmard, Jerome 12 14 0.8571 Hlasek, Jakob 12 26 0.4615 Karbacher, Bernd 12 26 0.4615 Meligeni, Fernando 12 17 0.7059 Pereira, Nicolas 12 20 0.6000 Ruud, Christian 12 23 0.5217 **1995 Day Job Winner** Sanchez, Emilio 12 16 0.7500 Volkov, Alexander 12 22 0.5455 Goellner, Marc-Kevin 11 24 0.4583 Kulti, Nicklas 11 17 0.6471 Lapentti, Nicolas 11 19 0.5789 Ondruska, Marcos 11 19 0.5789 Schalken, Sjeng 11 27 0.4074 Ulihrach, Bohdan 11 31 0.3548 Voinea, Adrian 11 25 0.4400 Arrese, Jordi 10 10 1.0000 Bjorkman, Jonas 10 24 0.4167 Boetsch, Arnaud 10 26 0.3846 Burillo, Jordi 10 21 0.4762 Caratti, Cristiano 10 15 0.6667 Carretero, Roberto 10 15 0.6667 Cunha-Silva, Joao 10 13 0.7692 Damm, Martin 10 29 0.3448 Fleurian, J.-P. 10 15 0.6667 Joyce, Michael 10 22 0.4545 Ogorodov, Oleg 10 16 0.6250 Siemerink, Jan 10 28 0.3571 Futility Percentage: 1st Rd Total Player Losses Tourn. Pct. -------------------- ------ ------- ------ Arrese, Jordi 10 10 1.0000 Golmard, Jerome 12 14 0.8571 Noszaly, Sandor 16 20 0.8000 Fetterlein, Frederik 14 18 0.7778 Goossens, Kris 14 18 0.7778 Cunha-Silva, Joao 10 13 0.7692 Sanchez, Emilio 12 16 0.7500 Steeb, Carl-Uwe 14 19 0.7368 Meligeni, Fernando 12 17 0.7059 Alami, Karim 16 23 0.6957 El Aynaoui, Younes 16 23 0.6957 Caratti, Cristiano 10 15 0.6667 Carretero, Roberto 10 15 0.6667 Fleurian, J.-P. 10 15 0.6667 Chesnokov, Andrei 13 20 0.6500 Kulti, Nicklas 11 17 0.6471 Ogorodov, Oleg 10 16 0.6250 Rikl, David 13 21 0.6190 Matsuoka, Shuzo 14 23 0.6087 Pereira, Nicolas 12 20 0.6000 Dewulf, Filip 19 32 0.5938 Forget, Guy 14 24 0.5833 Kucera, Karol 14 24 0.5833 Pescosolido, Stefano 14 24 0.5833 Lapentti, Nicolas 11 19 0.5789 Ondruska, Marcos 11 19 0.5789 Carbonell, Tomas 15 26 0.5769 Schaller, Gilbert 14 25 0.5600 Sanchez, Javier 19 34 0.5588 Carlsen, Kenneth 12 22 0.5455 Volkov, Alexander 12 22 0.5455 Prinosil, David 13 24 0.5417 Vacek, Daniel 15 28 0.5357 Ruud, Christian 12 23 0.5217 Draper, Scott 12 24 0.5000 Haarhuis, Paul 13 27 0.4815 Burillo, Jordi 10 21 0.4762 Gumy, Hernan 13 28 0.4643 Hlasek, Jakob 12 26 0.4615 Karbacher, Bernd 12 26 0.4615 Goellner, Marc-Kevin 11 24 0.4583 Joyce, Michael 10 22 0.4545 Voinea, Adrian 11 25 0.4400 Bjorkman, Jonas 10 24 0.4167 Schalken, Sjeng 11 27 0.4074 Boetsch, Arnaud 10 26 0.3846 Siemerink, Jan 10 28 0.3571 Ulihrach, Bohdan 11 31 0.3548 Damm, Martin 10 29 0.3448