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So we have a bit more info before the Two Masters/ US Open.
Chiba/ Perez and Molyneaux all only managed semi final results. Not a disaster for any of them but not enough to really stick their hands up again. Feels tough for Perez, another match he deserved to win and indeed was serving for it at 1 point. Stachovsky was a little behind with a final appearance and makes up that ground. Balzar takes a step towards being relevant with a win in Germany. Still off the pace of the other contenders but potentially within striking distance of reaching with a good hard court season. I think the 4 contenders all missed a good chance in the 500s to really stick their necks out.
One other point is that your scores seem to include the points from the later rounds of the World Cup from last year. Out of the group in contention for spots Balzar is defending 50 points that won't happen. Molyneaux is defending 150 which he will probably make up most of. Perez and Stachovsky are not defending anything and can get some free points though Perez is probably more likely here to pick up a few with both sets of matches happening on clay. Chiba is not defending anything but won't be scoring more points that way.
On the lower probables:
Solheim was absent during the warm ups and stayed in practice. Surprising and may struggle for form if he gets a bad draw in Canada. Rhodes is also out of sorts having played 3 weeks in a row and wrecked although only 250s so does not add anything to his total. Even with another win. Going off the above calculations 5th - 10th are within about 500 hundred points of each other.
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