[PREDICTION CONTEST] Tennis Roland Garros 2017

tuniscof · May 27, 2017

Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games

"Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction

because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature"

Competition Details
City	Paris
Start Date	May 28th, 2017
End Date	June 11th, 2017
Participants	23
Gold	Dunadan
Silver	ady48
Bronze	africaboy

Instructions

In order to post your predictions, you have to do the following:

Select with your mouse specified content of the Post named Prediction Contest Design
Copy the selected content
Go to Reply Box at the end of the Page, click on "Reply to this topic"
Paste the copied content (When information "You have pasted content with formatting" appears at the end of the Reply Box, ignore it, it will disappear eventually. DO NOT click on "Remove formatting" under any circumstances)
Once you have specified content in new Post, start making your predictions according to the Rules
To post your predictions, click on "Submit Reply" button

Rules

This Prediction Contest consists of two parts.

In the first part of the Contest, you are predicting only winning players for First, Second, Third and Fourth Rounds, not scores.

To do that, you have to Copy/Paste or Type the name of the Athlete from the first Column (named First Round) into appropriate Cells in Columns named First Round Winner, Second Round Winner, Third Round Winner and Fourth Round Winner.

NOTE: When you Copy/Paste or Type the names, PLEASE, make it sure that the names you are entering in empty cells are THE SAME AS THE NAMES IN PREDICTION DESIGN TABLE. In other words, if you have "Petra Kvitova (2)" in first column, you should have "Petra Kvitova (2)" through your draw, and not "P. Kvitova" or only "Petra Kvitova". If you see only "Novak Djokovic (1)" PLEASE, don't write "Novak Đoković" or "Novak Djoković" Just copy/paste as you see it.

Example

Women's Singles

First Round	First Round Winner	Second Round Winner
Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Evgeniya Rodina	Petra Kvitova (15)
Evgeniya Rodina
Julia Boserup	Petra Kvitova (15)
Petra Kvitova (15)

Scoring system for the first part of the Contest:

For each correct First Round Winner you will earn - 1 Point

For each correct Second Round Winner you will earn - 2 Points

For each correct Third Round Winner you will earn - 4 Points

For each correct Fourth Round Winner you will earn - 8 Points

You don't need to have both players correct for a particular match in order to earn Points.

If any match finishes with walkover - it won't be counted.

If any match finishes with retirement of one player, it still will be counted.

In the second part of the Contest, which starts with Quarterfinals, you are predicting both - a Winner and a Set Score for each match. From Semifinals onward, you will predict Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles matches as well.

To do that, you have to write in empty Cells a number of Sets won by each Athlete (or Doubles Team). If your prediction is that Athlete 1 is going to win, you should type appropriate number of Sets won by that player (3 for Men's Singles, 2 for all other categories) in appropriate Cell of A1 Column and do the same for Athlete 2 of that match-up. If your prediction is that Athlete 2 is going to win, then do the same accordingly.

Example

Women's Singles Quarterfinals

Date and Venue	Athlete 1	A1	A2	Athlete 2
*June 6th, h. 11:00, Philippe Chatrier, Paris*	Angelique Kerber	2	1	Svetlana Kuznetsova
*June 6th, h. 13:00, Philippe Chatrier, Paris*	Simona Halep	0	2	Agnieska Radwanska

Scoring system for the second part of the Contest:

Quarterfinals

10 Points - Correct Winner+Correct Set Ratio
6 Points - Correct Winner+Wrong Set Ratio
3 Points - Wrong Winner+Correct 3-2 Score (Only for Men's Singles)
0 Points - Wrong Winner

Semifinals

12 Points - Correct Winner+Correct Set Ratio
8 Points - Correct Winner+Wrong Set Ratio
4 Points - Wrong Winner+Correct 3-2 Score (Only for Men's Singles)
0 Points - Wrong Winner

Finals

14 Points - Correct Winner+Correct Set Ratio
10 Points - Correct Winner+Wrong Set Ratio
5 Points - Wrong Winner+Correct 3-2 Score (Only for Men's Singles)
0 Points - Wrong Winner

If any match finishes with walkover - it won't be counted.

If any match finishes with retirement of one player - you will earn points only for correct winner.

TB Rules

If two or more contestants have the same number of points at the end, Tie-Break rule will be applied to break the tie.

Number or perfect predictions from Quarterfinals to Finals will be compared for the involved contestants. If involved contestants are still tied, number of correct winners from Quarterfinals to Finals will be compared, then number of correct Fourth Round Winners, and so on.

Example

Contestant 1: 4, 8, 9, 3

Contestant 2: 4, 8, 8, 4

Contestant 1 will be placed ahead of Contestant 2.

Contestant with most points wins the competition.

The Ranking is determined by the Sum of Points the Contestant scores in all predicted Matches.

You can enter the Contest whenever you want. The moment you post your predictions is the moment when you are entering the Contest and your points will be calculated for all the matches you predicted AND which haven't started.

In order to earn points from the start, you should post your predictions before the start of the first match of the Tournament - May 28th, h. 11:00 (GMT +2).

If you want to use Jolly in this Prediction Contest (which will double your Points for General Standings), Copy and Paste the following picture at the top of your Prediction Post.

You can add Jolly in your Post until the start of the first Match of the Prediction Contest. You can't remove a Jolly you have submitted after the start of the first Match of the Prediction Contest.

You can EDIT your predictions whenever you want until the start of the first match of the Prediction Design Post. Once competition starts, you are not allowed to edit your post and any further changes will be ignored. On contestant's request, edited predictions will be accepted, but contestant will earn 0 points for finished matches and the matches that have started. Moment at the latest editing will be considered as the entry moment, in other words.

Qualifiers: If it happens that the main draws are already known, but qualifiers are yet to be determined and their placement in the draw, you can fill in the draw according to the Rules (meaning - you are putting in Qualifier 10 if Qualifier 10 appears in the first Column).

Once qualifiers are placed in the draw, I will put the names in Prediction Design post. If there is still time to edit your predictions, you are allowed to do so.

In Tennis there is always possibility of Draw Changes because of late Withdrawals. If there will be such late changes, all "new" 1st Round Matches involving all moved Athletes will not be counted. It means you can receive Points for right predicted 1st Round winning Athlete only if the Match started with both Athletes from the Prediction Design Table.

You will be allowed to edit your Predictions (if you want) for the 2nd to 4th Round Matches involving moved Athletes, but only before the start of the first Match of the 2nd Round. All other editing will be ignored.
But please - before you edit, send a PM to the manager, otherwise editing will be ignored completely.

You can fill in Men's and Women's Singles Draws in separate posts if you want to.

If you want to comment on this Prediction Contest, please use Prediction Contests - Discussion Thread 2016 only.

If you have problem with the format, you can post your predictions in simplified format. Also, if the forum is down, or you cannot access the forum for any reason, you can send you predictions on e-mail: totallympics.predictions@gmail.com. Make sure your predictions are understandable. For instance, A. Kerber 2-1 means Angelique Kerber wins 2-1. Kerber 2 means nothing. And please, write your Totallympics username so the contest manager can know who actually sent predictions.

Every contestant MUST HIDE own predictions. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same with "[ /hide]" at the end of prediction post too. The hidden content will appear to other users as follows:

You don't have permission to view this hidden content

If you have any other questions concerning this prediction contest, problems with format, editing etc... please, contact the contest manager via Personal Message.

Edited June 13, 2017 by tuniscof

tuniscof · May 27, 2017

You MUST hide your post. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same at the end of prediction post with "[ /hide]" too.

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Men's Singles

First Round	First Round Winner	Second Round Winner	Third Round Winner	Fourth Round Winner
Andy Murray (1)
Andrey Kuznetsov
Laurent Lokoli (WC)
Martin Klizan
Marcos Baghdatis
Nicolas Almagro
Guido Pella (Q)
Juan Martin Del Potro (29)
John Isner (21)
Jordan Thompson
Paolo Lorenzi
Ricardas Berankis
Karen Khachanov
Nicolas Jarry (Q)
Jan-Lennard Struff
Tomas Berdych (13)
Alexander Zverev (9)
Fernando Verdasco
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Jared Donaldson
Damir Dzumhur
Nicolas Kicker
Maxime Hamou (Q)
Pablo Cuevas (22)
Sam Querrey (27)
Hyeon Chung
Ernesto Escobedo
Denis Istomin
Radu Albot
Jeremy Chardy
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Kei Nishikori (8)
Stan Wawrinka (3)
Jozef Kovalik (Q)
Alexandr Dolgopolov
Carlos Berlocq
Santiago Giraldo (Q)
Andreas Seppi
Frances Tiafoe
Fabio Fognini (28)
Richard Gasquet (24)
Arthur De Greef (Q)
Teymuraz Gabashvili (Q)
Victor Estrella Burgos
Thiago Monteiro
Alexandre Muller (WC)
Dustin Brown
Gael Monfils (15)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (12)
Renzo Olivo
Kyle Edmund
Gastao Elias
Kevin Anderson
Malek Jaziri
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Nick Kyrgios (18)
David Ferrer (30)
Donald Young
Feliciano Lopez
Bjorn Fratangelo (Q)
Konstantin Kravchuk
Federico Delbonis
Ernests Gulbis
Marin Cilic (7)
Milos Raonic (5)
Steve Darcis
Rogerio Dutra Silva
Mikhail Youhzny
Marco Trungelliti (Q)
Quentin Halys (WC)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
Gilles Muller (26)
Pablo Carreno Busta (20)
Florian Mayer
Taro Daniel (Q)
Jerzy Janowicz
Tommy Robredo
Daniel Evans
Stephane Robert
Grigor Dimitrov (11)
Jack Sock (14)
Jiri Vesely
Aljaz Bedene
Ryan Harrison
Mikhail Kukushkin
Tennys Sandgren (WC)
John Millman
Roberto Bautista Agut (17)
Gilles Simon (31)
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Viktor Troicki
Evgeny Donskoy
Robin Haase
Alex De Minaur (WC)
Benoit Paire
Rafael Nadal (4)
Dominic Thiem (6)
Bernard Tomic
Simone Bolelli (Q)
Nicolas Mahut
Mathias Bourgue (WC)
Borna Coric
Yuichi Sugita
Steve Johnson (25)
Ivo Karlovic (23)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Q)
Horacio Zeballos
Adrian Mannarino
Yen-Hsun Lu
Sergiy Stakhovsky (Q)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (Q)
David Goffin (10)
Lucas Pouille (16)
Julien Benneteau (WC)
Thomaz Bellucci
Dusan Lajovic
Benjamin Bonzi (WC)
Daniil Medvedev
Marius Copil (Q)
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (19)
Mischa Zverev (32)
Stefano Napolitano (Q)
Andrey Rublev (LL)
Diego Schwartzman
Joao Sousa
Janko Tipsarevic
Marcel Granollers
Novak Djokovic (2)

Women's Singles

First Round	First Round Winner	Second Round Winner	Third Round Winner	Fourth Round Winner
Angelique Kerber (1)
Ekaterina Makarova
Lesia Tsurenko
Kateryna Kozlova (Q)
Louisa Chirico
Jelena Ostapenko
Monica Puig
Roberta Vinci (31)
Samantha Stosur (23)
Kristina Kucova
Kirsten Flipkens
Mandy Minella
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Q)
Evgeniya Rodina
Julia Boserup
Petra Kvitova (15)
Caroline Wozniacki (11)
Jaimee Fourlis (WC)
Francoise Abanda (Q)
Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (WC)
Catherine Bellis
Quirine Lemoine (Q)
Ajla Tomljanovic
Kiki Bertens (18)
Shuai Zhang (32)
Donna Vekic
Viktorija Golubic
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Camila Giorgi
Oceane Dodin
Christina McHale
Svetlana Kuznetsova (8)
Garbine Muguruza (4)
Francesca Schiavone
Anett Kontaveit
Monica Niculescu
Johanna Larsson
Natalia Vikhlyantseva
Myrtille Georges (WC)
Yulia Putintseva (27)
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (22)
Cagla Buyukakcay
Marina Erakovic
Shelby Rogers
Sara Errani (Q)
Misaki Doi
Jennifer Brady
Kristina Mladenovic (13)
Venus Williams (10)
Qiang Wang
Amanda Anisimova (WC)
Kurumi Nara
Jelena Jankovic
Richel Hogenkamp (Q)
Elise Mertens
Daria Gavrilova (24)
Timea Bacsinszky (30)
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Madison Brengle
Julia Goerges
Ons Jabeur (LL)
Ana Bogdan (Q)
Lara Arruabarrena
Dominika Cibulkova (6)
Elina Svitolina (5)
Yaroslova Shvedova
Mona Barthel
Tsvetana Pironkova
Alizé Lim (WC)
Magda Linette
Danka Kovinic
Ana Konjuh (29)
Anastasija Sevastova (17)
Annika Beck
Risa Ozaki
Eugenie Bouchard
Kateryna Bondarenko
Petra Martic (Q)
Ashleigh Barty
Madison Keys (12)
Elena Vesnina (14)
Beatriz Haddad Maia (Q)
Varvara Lepchenko
Andrea Petkovic
Sorana Cirstea
Shuai Peng
Maria Sakkari
Carla Suarez Navarro (21)
Daria Kasatkina (26)
Yanina Wickmayer
Marketa Vondrousova (Q)
Amandine Hesse (WC)
Ying-Ying Duan
Tatjana Maria
Jana Cepelova
Simona Halep (3)
Johanna Konta (7)
Su-Wei Hsieh
Miyu Kato (Q)
Taylor Townsend
Chloé Paquet (WC)
Kristyna Pliskova
Nao Hibino
Caroline Garcia (28)
Barbora Strycova (20)
Alison Riske
Alizé Cornet
Timea Babos
Naomi Osaka
Alison Van Uytvanck (Q)
Fiona Ferro (WC)
Agnieszka Radwanska (9)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (16)
Patricia Maria Tig
Veronica Cepede Royg
Lucie Safarova
Mariana Duque-Marino
Irina-Camelia Begu
Magdalena Rybarikova
Coco Vandeweghe (19)
Lauren Davis (25)
Carina Witthoeft
Irina Khromacheva
Pauline Parmentier
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Katerina Siniakova
Saisai Zheng
Karolina Pliskova (2)

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africaboy · May 27, 2017

13 hours ago, tuniscof said:

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bestmen · May 27, 2017