[UNOFFICIAL PREDICTION CONTEST] Tennis Australian Open 2018

tuniscof · January 12, 2018

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	Melbourne
Start Date	January 15th, 2018
End Date	January 28th, 2018
Participants	TBD
Gold	TBD
Silver	TBD
Bronze	TBD

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 appropriateCells 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
Lauren Davis	Lauren Davis	Petra Kvitova (27)
Jana Cepelova
Andrea Petkovic	Petra Kvitova (27)
Petra Kvitova (27)

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
*January 23rd, h. 11:00, Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne*	Garbine Muguruza	2	1	Kristina Mladenovic
*January 23rd, h. 13:00, Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne*	Simona Halep	0	2	Johanna Konta

Scoring system for the second part of the Contest:

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

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

Finals

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

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 - January 15th, h. 11:00 (GMT +11).

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 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.

tuniscof · January 12, 2018

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PREDICTION DESIGN

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Men's Singles

First Round	First Round Winner	Second Round Winner	Third Round Winner	Fourth Round Winner
Rafael Nadal (1)
Victor Estrella Burgos
Nicolas Jarry
Leonardo Mayer
John Millman
Borna Coric
Paolo Lorenzi
Damir Dzumhur (28)
Diego Schwartzman (24)
Dusan Lajovic
Casper Ruud (Q)
Quentin Halys (Q)
Alexandr Dolgopolov
Andreas Haider-Maurer
Matthew Ebden
John Isner (16)
Pablo Carreno Busta (10)
Jason Kubler (WC)
Gilles Simon
Marius Copil
Salvatore Caruso (Q)
Malek Jaziri
Federico Delbonis
Gilles Muller (23)
Pablo Cuevas (31)
Mikhail Youzhny
Dudi Sela
Ryan Harrison
Dustin Brown (Q)
Joao Sousa
Vasek Pospisil (Q)
Marin Cilic (6)
Grigor Dimitrov (3)
Dennis Novak (Q)
Mackenzie McDonald (Q)
Elias Ymer (Q)
Marcos Baghdatis
Yuki Bhambri (Q)
David Ferrer
Andrey Rublev (30)
Nick Kyrgios (17)
Rogerio Dutra Silva
Viktor Troicki
Alex Bolt (WC)
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Denis Shapovalov
Kevin King (Q)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (15)
Kevin Anderson (11)
Kyle Edmund
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Denis Istomin
Gerald Melzer
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Ruben Bemelmans (Q)
Lucas Pouille (18)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (27)
Yoshihito Nishioka
Andreas Seppi
Corentin Moutet (WC)
Ivo Karlovic
Laslo Djere
Yuichi Sugita
Jack Sock (8)
Dominic Thiem (5)
Guido Pella
Steve Johnson
Denis Kudla (Q)
Vaclav Safranek (Q)
Jiri Vesely
Matteo Berrettini (LL)
Adrian Mannarino (26)
Roberto Bautista Agut (20)
Fernando Verdasco
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
Maximilian Marderer
Jeremy Chardy
Tennys Sandgren
Ricardas Berankis
Stan Wawrinka (9)
Novak Djokovic (14)
Donald Young
Gael Monfils
Jaume Munar (Q)
Tim Smyczek (WC)
Alexei Popyrin (WC)
Jared Donaldson
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (21)
Micha Zverev (32)
Hyeon Chung
Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC)
Daniil Medvedev
Mikhail Kukushkin
Peter Gojowczyk
Thomas Fabbiano
Alexander Zverev (4)
David Goffin (7)
Matthias Bachinger (Q)
Julien Benneteau
Taro Daniel
Evgeny Donskoy
Florian Mayer
Horacio Zeballos
Fabio Fognini (25)
Tomas Berdych (19)
Alex De Minaur (WC)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
Benoit Paire
Karen Kachanov
Peter Polansky (LL)
Frances Tiafoe
Juan Martin Del Potro (12)
Sam Querrey (13)
Feliciano Lopez
Radu Albot
Marton Fucsovics
Nicolas Kicker
Jordan Thompson
Lukas Lacko
Milos Raonic (22)
Richard Gasquet (29)
Blaz Kavcic
Lorenzo Sonego (Q)
Robin Haase
Soonwoo Kwon (WC)
Jan-Lennard Struff
Aljaz Bedene
Roger Federer (2)

Women's Singles

First Round	First Round Winner	Second Round Winner	Third Round Winner	Fourth Round Winner
Simona Halep (1)
Destanee Aiava (WC)
Eugenie Bouchard
Oceane Dodin
Lauren Davis
Jana Cepelova
Andrea Petkovic
Petra Kvitova (27)
Ashleigh Barty (18)
Aryna Sabalenka
Camila Giorgi
Anna Kalinskaya (Q)
Naomi Osaka
Kristina Kucova
Ons Jabeur
Elena Vesnina (16)
Johanna Konta (9)
Madison Brengle
Anna Blinkova (Q)
Margarita Gasparyan
Lara Arruabarrena
Richel Hogenkamp
Kristie Ahn (WC)
Barbora Strycova (20)
Lucie Safarova (29)
Ajla Tomljanovic (WC)
Sorana Cirstea
Zarina Diyas
Lizette Cabrera (WC)
Beatriz Haddad-Maia
Veronica Cepede-Royg
Karolina Pliskova (6)
Garbine Muguruza (3)
Jessika Ponchet (WC)
Su-Wei Hsieh
Lin Zhu (Q)
Natalia Vikhlyantseva
Lesia Tsurenko
Kristyna Pliskova
Agnieszka Radwanska (26)
Angelique Kerber (21)
Anna-Lena Friedsam
Nao Hibino
Donna Vekic
Tatjana Maria
Maria Sharapova
Varvara Lepchenko
Anastasija Sevastova (14)
Kristina Mladenovic (11)
Ana Bogdan
Yulia Putintseva
Heather Watson
Polona Hercog
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Qiang Wang
Madison Keys (17)
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (28)
Shelby Rogers
Christina McHale
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Kurumi Nara
Marketa Vondrousova
Carina Witthoeft
Caroline Garcia (8)
Venus Williams (5)
Belinda Bencic
Luksika Kumkhum (Q)
Johanna Larsson
Alison Van Uytvanck
Petra Martic
Irina-Camelia Begu
Ekaterina Makarova (31)
Daria Gavrilova (23)
Irina Falconi (Q)
Viktoria Kuzmova (Q)
Elise Mertens
Alizé Cornet
Xinyu Wang (WC)
Sofia Kenin
Julia Goerges (12)
Sloane Stephens (13)
Shuai Zhang
Denisa Allertova (Q)
Pauline Parmentier
Jennifer Brady
Magda Linette
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q)
Daria Kasatkina (22)
Shuai Peng (25)
Marta Kostyuk (Q)
Jaimee Fourlis (WC)
Olivia Rogowska (WC)
Maria Sakkari
Katerina Siniakova
Ivana Jorovic (Q)
Elina Svitolina (4)
Jelena Ostapenko (7)
Francesca Schiavone
Ying-Ying Duan
Mariana Duque-Marino
Monica Niculescu
Mona Barthel
Aleksandra Krunic
Anett Kontaveit (32)
Dominika Cibulkova (24)
Kaia Kanepi
Samantha Stosur
Monica Puig
Carla Suarez Navarro
Magdalena Frech (Q)
Timea Babos
Coco Vandeweghe (10)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (15)
Kateryna Kozlova
Viktorija Golubic (Q)
Kateryna Bondarenko
Kirsten Flipkens
Alison Riske
Taylor Townsend
Magdalena Rybarikova (19)
Kiki Bertens (30)
Catherine Bellis
Nicole Gibbs
Viktoriya Tomova (LL)
Jana Fett
Misa Eguchi
Mihaela Buzarnescu
Caroline Wozniacki (2)

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Edited January 14, 2018 by tuniscof

LDOG · January 12, 2018