French Open 2013 pick em for fun [Archive]

Manaus

24-05-2013, 17:52

Missing the pick em? Missing the feeling of tearing your hair out over GEMs ruining your brackets? Fear not, as you can continue your frustrations with this pick em for fun.:pierre:

Had a bit of time on my hands so I created a spreadsheet where you can enter your picks. Download the attachment, unzip the file and start predicting. :)
You'll need Microsoft Office or OpenOffice(which is free) to open the file. Just enter '1' beside the player you think will win and the player name will be filled in for the next round.

Scoring is the same as the one used in Steven's pickems. I'll keep track of everyone's scores but you can do your own too with the spreadsheet.

Once you've filled in your picks you can either zip the file and attach it onto a post in this thread or you can email the file to me (email address is in the file).

Best of luck to all. :trophy:

Deadline: Sunday 26th May 10am UK time

super8

24-05-2013, 18:34

Ah, good stuff!

You ok with CC folk having the option to take part with this too?

Manaus

24-05-2013, 18:43

Ah, good stuff!

You ok with CC folk having the option to take part with this too?

Sure no problem, not a member of CC though so I can't post updates there.

Manaus

24-05-2013, 20:02

I've updated the entry form with qualifiers added in.

Sallydaisy

24-05-2013, 21:06

Manaus genius!!!
:dance:

Thanks so much for setting this up!

DaveArneRiise

24-05-2013, 21:10

Great stuff Manaus!

hfwardhouse

24-05-2013, 21:24

:yahoo: :boogie: I'm gonna have fun tomorrow :big grin:

DaveArneRiise

25-05-2013, 11:49

Sent mine in!

Manaus

25-05-2013, 12:29

Sent mine in!

:thanks: For some reason the file you sent me wasn't a spreadsheet but I've got your picks so it's fine.

greatunclebulgaria

25-05-2013, 12:55

I'm in

pabbers

25-05-2013, 16:19

Me too!!

JAMES4578

25-05-2013, 17:33

Have sent mine in, thanks a lot Manaus

T3nnisFan

25-05-2013, 22:27

Just saw this post! I wrote on this forum (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?1900-BOTB-(Battle-of-the-Boards)-aka-the-inter-tennis-forum-Pick-em-competition&p=138611&viewfull=1#post138611) about running a comp but hey if that falls through at least we've got this! Great job Manaus! :)

Genbrit

25-05-2013, 23:38

Sent mine in - thanks Manaus :thumbup:

cazza99

25-05-2013, 23:58

Sent mine :) Bedtime now.

Manaus

26-05-2013, 10:19

Big thank you to the following who entered this:

Big Al
cazza99
DaveArneRiise
fah51
Genbrit
greatunclebulgaria
hfwardhouse
JAMES4578
Linda
Nevets
Pabbers
Sallydaisy
Super8

In particular to Super8 for posting about this on the CC tennis forum and the 3 members there (Big Al, fah51 and Nevets) who entered. Best of luck to all of you. :big grin:

Link below shows a summary of everyone's picks. Although I'm confident that I've got everything right please check that I got your entry correct if you have time.
Summary of everyone's picks (http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/1299/fo2013allpicks.png)

Manaus

26-05-2013, 10:22

Summary of today's matches and who was picked in %:

Pablo Carrena-Busta vs Roger Federer (0-100)
Steve Darcis vs Michael Llodra (21-79)
Gilles Simon vs Lleyton Hewitt (100-0)
Marinko Matosevic vs David Ferrer (0-100)
Milos Raonic vs Xavier Malisse (100-0)
Benjamin Becker vs Jeremy Chardy (0-100)
Ilya Marchenko vs Kevin Anderson (7-93)
Viktor Troicki vs James Blake (93-7)
Andreas Seppi vs Leonardo Mayer (100-0)
Marcel Granollers vs Feliciano Lopez (86-14)
Blaz Kavcic vs James Duckworth (79-21)
Somdev Devvarman vs Daniel Munoz-De La Nava (50-50)
Joao Sousa vs Go Soeda (79-21)
Lukas Lacko vs Sam Querrey (14-86)
Roberto Bautista Agut vs Gilles Muller (64-36)
Jan Hajek vs Denis Kudla (71-29)

Also looking at winner picks everyone (to no surprise) picked Nadal. As for picks of the other finalist:
Federer 9 (64%)
Ferrer 3 (21%)
Tsonga 1 (7%)
Gulbis 1 (7%) :shocked:

Linda

26-05-2013, 11:44

Hewitt is up two sets on Simon - and I have Simon reaching R4 :sad:

pabbers

26-05-2013, 12:12

Hewitt is up two sets on Simon - and I have Simon reaching R4 :sad:

I did select Hewitt for my dream team but only because I had a small amount of money left to spend and he seemed the least silly choice in that price bracket :shamed:

JAMES4578

26-05-2013, 12:19

Hewitt is up two sets on Simon - and I have Simon reaching R4 :sad:

See we all have Simon to win and even though it wouldn't be good fot the comp,would quite like Hewitt to come through. Simon though taken 3rd so a 5th set thriller not out of the question.

Manaus

26-05-2013, 12:21

Hewitt is up two sets on Simon - and I have Simon reaching R4 :sad:

Nearly everyone had Simon going to R4 though so it won't do that much damage if Hewitt does win this. GUB is the only one who doesn't have Simon in R4 but Lacko instead.

greatunclebulgaria

26-05-2013, 13:01

Nearly everyone had Simon going to R4 though so it won't do that much damage if Hewitt does win this. GUB is the only one who doesn't have Simon in R4 but Lacko instead.

he is a frenchman I felt really uneasy having him go that far in France :rolling::rolling::rolling::rolling:

JAMES4578

26-05-2013, 13:06

Has gone to 5 sets but last few sets haven't been as exciting as I'd envisaged, Simon running away with it now at 4-0!!

Linda

26-05-2013, 15:53

Goodness knows why I picked Soeda over Sousa; I can only think I got confused over the similar names. My only wrong pick on the men's side so far.

Manaus

26-05-2013, 20:54

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/2984/scoresg.png

Match results:
Pablo Carrena-Busta vs Roger Federer (0-100)
Steve Darcis vs Michael Llodra (21-79)
Gilles Simon vs Lleyton Hewitt (100-0)
Marinko Matosevic vs David Ferrer (0-100)
Milos Raonic vs Xavier Malisse (100-0)
Benjamin Becker vs Jeremy Chardy (0-100)
Ilya Marchenko vs Kevin Anderson (7-93)
Viktor Troicki vs James Blake (93-7)
Andreas Seppi vs Leonardo Mayer (100-0)
Blaz Kavcic vs James Duckworth (79-21)
Somdev Devvarman vs Daniel Munoz-De La Nava (50-50)
Joao Sousa vs Go Soeda (79-21)
Lukas Lacko vs Sam Querrey (14-86)
Roberto Bautista Agut vs Gilles Muller (64-36)
Jan Hajek vs Denis Kudla (71-29)
Marcel Granollers vs Feliciano Lopez (86-14) (To finish tomorrow, 2 sets all)

Link below for summary of everyone's picks highlighted with right/wrong picks:
http://imageshack.us/a/img833/1717/fo2013allpickscurrent.png

DaveArneRiise

26-05-2013, 21:23

I think I should have 10 for my total thus far Manaus, not that it will make much difference as I'll still be bottom. But yea pretty sure I got 10 right.

Manaus

26-05-2013, 22:32

I think I should have 10 for my total thus far Manaus, not that it will make much difference as I'll still be bottom. But yea pretty sure I got 10 right.

:oops: My mistake, I fixed the chart.

T3nnisFan

26-05-2013, 22:33

Ooouh! Nice colors!
So many people doing so well! It's like all the good BOTBers decided to join via Manaus!

Where's the Gorilla? :P

T3nnisFan

27-05-2013, 05:24

T3nnisFan

27-05-2013, 06:18

And the rankings! Didn't bother formatting... Things will get prettier with time. :thumbup:
Ranks (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/Picks/Ranking.htm)

hfwardhouse

27-05-2013, 11:00

I see I got off to my usual sparkling start :rolleyes: :lol:

pabbers

27-05-2013, 16:34

I daren't look :facepalm:

Linda

27-05-2013, 18:50

Well, that has completely messed up my pick'em - Berdy was supposed to reach the quarters :grrr:

cazza99

27-05-2013, 18:53

Maybe most of us had Berdy to win several rounds,so it won't have less impact.

super8

27-05-2013, 18:55

Picked Berdych to make the quarters or semis, I think!

I'm ok with being proven 100% wrong with that one. Much prefer Monfils' game.

Manaus

27-05-2013, 20:18

Hey guys,

All the picks can be found here: All Picks (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/Picks/Picks.htm)

I can't pick nice, matching colors if my life depended on it! :facepalm: What do you think? Any suggestions? Not just for color but anything really...

Anyway it seems a bit redundant that I did this considering Manaus had his own version. But, the names & associated seeding/entry types were not the same as what I have in my database. So I had to change them, which took long enough! The reason for that conversion is so that I can post your own personalized bracket which will be linked to your names on the above page when they become available. I have a busy day ahead... But hopefully I can have those up sometime tomorrow evening! *fingers crossed*

Cheers!

Thanks T3ennisFan. Don't think it's redundant as it's a good time now to test things out before Wimbledon. Apologies if the way I had player names gave you trouble. The picks page look fine to me. I like having the seed numbers there as well but it's not a big deal. I also prefer green/red for right/wrong but that's just my preference and I realise that red backgrounds are not easy on the eye unless you go with a lighter tone or pink. Great work so far though!

Also, the entries I gave you for Big Al, fah51, Nevets and Super8 aren't part of the AMFF team but the CC Tennis Forum.

Manaus

27-05-2013, 20:46

http://imageshack.us/a/img534/628/scoresr12.png

Whereas yesterday we were lulled into a false sense of security with the majority picks winning, we've resumed normal pickem service with today's muppeting!

3 matches went completely the opposite of what everyone predicted. Monaco started the muppet preceedings losing to Gimeno-Traver followed by Stepanek losing to wildcard replacement Nick Kyrgios (WR 262).
Biggest upset however goes to Gael Monfils, somehow managing to discard his GEM status to take out Berdych, the highest seed to fall so far. Nearly everyone had him going to the QFs with the exception of 3 people – DaveArneRiise and JAMES4578 (both choosing Almagro), and Pabbers (going with Gulbis). Well done to you 3 as you have the potential to gain quite a few more points.

Other upset matches involve Lopez beating 31st seed Granollers (well done Pabbers and Super8), Zemlja taking out Giraldo (well done greatunclebulgaria) and Sijsling beating Melzer (well done Cazza, greatunclebulgaria and JAMES4578).

Full results:
Feliciano Lopez def Marcel Granollers (14-86)
Gael Monfils (W) def Tomas Berdych [5] (0-100)
Rafael Nadal [3] def Daniel Brands (100-0)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [6] def Aljaz Bedene (100-0)
Richard Gasquet [7] def Sergiy Stakhovsky (93-7)
Julien Benneteau [30] def Ricardas Berankis (93-7)
Jarkko Nieminen def Paul-Henri Mathieu (71-29)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin def Martin Alund(93-7)
John Isner [19] def Carlos Berlocq (71-29)
Nicolas Almagro [11] def Andreas Haider-Maurer (Q) (100-0)
Ernests Gulbis def Rogerio Dutra Silva (100-0)
Martin Klizan def Michael Russell (100-0)
Evgeny Donskoy def Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) (79-21)
Pablo Cuevas def Adrian Mannarino (W) (43-57)
Jerzy Janowicz [21] def Albert Ramos (93-7)
Kei Nishikori [13] def Jesse Levine (100-0)
Marin Cilic [10] def Philipp Petzschner (100-0)
Tobias Kamke def Paolo Lorenzi (64-36)
Albert Montanes def Steve Johnson (Q) (86-14)
Igor Sijsling def Jurgen Melzer (21-79)
Ryan Harrison def Andrey Kuznetsov (29-71)
Grega Zemlja def Santiago Giraldo (7-93)
Lukas Rosol def Pere Riba (Q) (93-7)
Fabio Fognini [27] def Andreas Beck (Q) (100-0)
Michal Przysiezny (Q) def Rhyne Williams (Q) (86-14)
Tommy Robredo [32] def Jurgen Zopp (100-0)
Daniel Gimeno-Traver def Juan Monaco [17] (0-100)
Nick Kyrgios (W) def Radek Stepanek (0-100)
Robin Haase def Kenny De Schepper (100-0)

Picks summary here: http://imageshack.us/a/img833/1717/fo2013allpickscurrent.png
Also check out T3nnisFan's site with our picks here (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/Picks/Picks.htm) and let him know what you think.

T3nnisFan

28-05-2013, 00:27

Well, that has completely messed up my pick'em - Berdy was supposed to reach the quarters :grrr:

Same here Linda :( Btw, your picks were in deed identical! ;)

T3nnisFan

28-05-2013, 00:41

Thanks T3ennisFan. Don't think it's redundant as it's a good time now to test things out before Wimbledon. Apologies if the way I had player names gave you trouble. The picks page look fine to me. I like having the seed numbers there as well but it's not a big deal. I also prefer green/red for right/wrong but that's just my preference and I realise that red backgrounds are not easy on the eye unless you go with a lighter tone or pink. Great work so far though!

Also, the entries I gave you for Big Al, fah51, Nevets and Super8 aren't part of the AMFF team but the CC Tennis Forum.

Hey Manaus, great job with your speedy posting and stats! I may take you on for running the "replacement BOTB" for SW19 if you're interested?

Thanks for the feedback as well :) I like seeing the seed numbers too but again the database stands in the way and I can't think of a quick solution to displaying the names with seeds while still matching the names with the database :/ Yeah the background bothers me too... I'll try some theme with a lighter background then.

I'll make the changes for the 4 from CC!

Some reactions to matches:
Damn you Berdych! Monfils you damn muppet!!!
I also had Monaco going to Round 4/Round of 16... So disappointing for those 2 losses!
Floppy Disk over Granola Bar... Sousa or Soda... whole section is bonkers for me!
Brands took a set off of Nadal?!?! Wow for Brands! But, as far as Rafa's concerned, he had trouble with Isner but stlll won that year! No biggie as long as he gets the 'W'...

T3nnisFan

28-05-2013, 02:24

Picks can be found at this new link: All Picks (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/Picks.htm)
Ranking is a bit nicer now: Daily Ranking (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/Daily_Ranking.htm)

JAMES4578

28-05-2013, 06:33

Still doing fairly well thus far,even if a few results haven't gone my way! Pleased to see Monfils go through really even if had Berdych in the 4th round!

greatunclebulgaria

28-05-2013, 12:39

I really wanted Monfils to win but thought it would be too much for him so I don't care that I'll drop later

cazza99

28-05-2013, 15:00

:thanks: Manaus and t3nnisfan

Manaus

28-05-2013, 20:26

http://imageshack.us/a/img689/1417/scoresr13.png
Rain, rain and more rain. Don't you just love it?http://delhigreens.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/playing-in-the-rain-smiley.gif

16 out of the 20 remaining round 1 matches were completed today. Just 1 match slipped by everybody, and that's qualifier Jack Sock beating Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
Other upsets include Guido Pella breathing a sigh of relief after beating Ivan Dodig 12-10 in the final set (well done DaveArneRiise and Nevets), Dmitry Tursunov taking out 22nd seed Alexandr Dologopolov (well done Linda) and 29% people predicting that 28th seed Florian Mayer would fall to Denis Istomin.

With round 1 nearly done CC forum member fah51 has a clear lead although Big Al and Linda have the least number of dead matches for round 2 (4 as opposed to fah51's 5).

Results:
Novak Djokovic [1] def David Goffin (100-0)
Guido Pella def Ivan Dodig (21-79)
Lucas Pouille (W) def Alex Kuznetsov (W) (29-71)
Grigor Dimitrov [26] def Alejandro Falla (100-0)
Dmitry Tursunov def Alexandr Dolgopolov [22] (7-93)
Victor Hanescu def Bernard Tomic (57-43)
Yen-Hsun Lu def Simone Bolelli (36-64)
Philipp Kohlschreiber [16] def Jiri Vesely (Q) (100-0)
Tommy Haas [12] def Guillaume Rufin (100-0)
Jack Sock (Q) def Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (0-100)
Mikhail Youzhny [29] def Pablo Andujar (64-36)
Federico Delbonis def Julian Reister (Q) (64-36)
Fernando Verdasco def Marc Gicquel (W) (93-7)
Stanislas Wawrinka [9] vs Thiemo De Bakker (100-0)
Denis Istomin def Florian Mayer [28] (29-71)
Nikolay Davydenko def Florent Serra (W) (86-14)

Picks summary here (http://imageshack.us/a/img560/1717/fo2013allpickscurrent.png)
And T3nnisFan's picks page (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/Picks.htm) and rankings page (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/Daily_Ranking.htm).

DaveArneRiise

28-05-2013, 22:40

GGL & Monaco cost me big time in the pick em and dream team. Monaco was 2 sets up as well :rolleyes:

Linda

28-05-2013, 22:44

I had GGL & Monaco winning too - I had Monaco getting to the 3rd round. Mayer too. :sad:

So, my four dead 2nd round matches are due to the following muppets: Berdych, Granollers, Monaco and Mayer.

T3nnisFan

29-05-2013, 05:26

Hey guys. Had some busy days but hopefully Day 4 will be one where I can provide more than 1 update! :thumbup:
Anyone notice anything different? ;)

pabbers

29-05-2013, 08:15

New avatar? Can't actually see it properly - looks like a tennis ball with clouds of smoke and is that Andy in the middle?

hfwardhouse

29-05-2013, 09:39

Banana anyone?!

T3nnisFan

29-05-2013, 14:22

@pabbers lol no! I meant in the updates... Keep guessing! :P

And it's Federer followed by a cloud of dusty clay behind him btw.

@hfwardhouse over here please? What's the occasion for the bananas?

pabbers

29-05-2013, 14:51

@pabbers lol no! I meant in the updates... Keep guessing! :P

And it's Federer followed by a cloud of dusty clay behind him btw.

@hfwardhouse over here please? What's the occasion for the bananas?

:shamed:

:shocked::eek:

Linda

29-05-2013, 17:31

And with Querrey's win I've got all my live matches correct today :) - shame about the 3 dead ones :sad:

Manaus

29-05-2013, 18:48

http://imageshack.us/a/img43/5927/scoresr21.png

Day 4:
No rain delays today mean that we're back on schedule for the men's matches. The remaining round 1 matches went with the majority and most of today's round 2 matches went the same way, resulting in a pretty high scoring day.

Matches giving the biggest gains involve Lopez beating Sousa (well done Pabbers and Super8) and Troicki beating Gimeno-Traver (well done Sallydaisy).
The Monfils/Gulbis match was dead for everyone but Pabbers who could have earned more points if the latter won. Sadly for her, it was not to be.

Full results (with picks in %):
Lukasz Kubot def Maxime Teixera (Q) (100-0)
Horacio Zeballos def Vasek Pospisil (Q) (100-0)
Benoit Paire [24] def Marcos Baghdatis (100-0)
Janko Tipsarevic [8] def Nicolas Mahut (W)(93-7)

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [6] def Jarkko Nieminen (100-0)
Gael Monfils def Ernests Gulbis (0-7, 93 dead match)
Milos Raonic [14] def Michael Llodra (93-7)
Roger Federer [2] def Somdev Devvarman (100-0)
Julien Benneteau [30] def Tobias Kamke (93-7)
David Ferrer [4] def Albert Montanes (100-0)
Gilles Simon [15] def Pablo Cuevas (100-0)
Nicolas Almagro [11] def Edouard Roger-Vasselin (100-0)
Tommy Robredo [32] def Igor Sijsling (71-0, 29 dead match)
Andreas Seppi [20] def Blaz Kavcic (100-0)
Sam Querrey [18] def Jan Hajek (71-14, 15 dead match)
Marin Cilic [10] def Nick Kyrgios (100-0)
Jeremy Chardy [25] def Roberto Bautista Agut (86-7, 7 dead match)
Viktor Troicki def Daniel Gimeno-Traver (7-0, 93 dead match)
Feliciano Lopez def Joao Sousa (14-0, 86 dead match)
Kevin Anderson [23] def Evgeny Donskoy (86-7, 7 dead match)

Picks summary here (http://imageshack.us/a/img849/1717/fo2013allpickscurrent.png)
And T3nnisFan's picks page (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/Picks.htm) and rankings page (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/Daily_Ranking.htm).

T3nnisFan

29-05-2013, 19:29

You can also check out the end of ROUND1 Picks (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/R1/Picks.htm) and Results (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/R1/Ranking.htm).

@hfwardhouse; don't worry! You have 2 others joining you at the bottom ;)

Seriously no one noticed anything yet??? :( Okay well, I'll let you know soon. It's on its way! Everything takes long the 1st time around but then things *should* go smoothly thereafter! Hopefully WB will be that... :dance:

hfwardhouse

29-05-2013, 20:26

Thank goodness the gorillas aren't in this pickem :shocked: :crying:

banskogirl

29-05-2013, 20:28

Well done Manaus! I'm afraid I was away and missed this but a great idea!

Linda

29-05-2013, 22:29

Thank goodness the gorillas aren't in this pickem :shocked: :crying:

How do you know?

T3nnisFan

30-05-2013, 00:55

Okay guys, I'm going to post all updates from hereon at: T3nnisStats (http://t3nnisstats.webs.com/)

JAMES4578

30-05-2013, 06:40

A bit of a slump for me, wonder if I can recover!

Manaus

30-05-2013, 20:08

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/8125/scoresr22.png

Day 5
The wet weather continues resulting in less than half of the scheduled matches being completed. With the forecast not looking great for tomorrow either it looks like there's going to be a growing backlog as we head into the weekend.

Not much to report on with only 7 results. Linda could have gained 2 points over everyone else had Tursonov beaten Hanescu, but the opposite happened. Only other noteworthy highlight is 64% correctly picking 27th seed Fognini to beat Rosol, preventing a rematch between the latter and a certain Rafael Nadal.

Full results (with picks in %):
Novak Djokovic [1] def Guido Pella (100-0)
Grigor Dimitrov [26] def Lucas Pouille (100-0)
Kei Nishikori [13] def Grega Zemlja (79-7, 14 dead match)
Fabio Fognini [27] def Lukas Rosol (64-36)
Philipp Kohlschreiber [16] def Yen-Hsun Lu (79-7, 14 dead match)
Victor Hanescu def Dmitry Tursunov (0-7, 93 dead match)
Benoit Paire [24] def Lukasz Kubot (100-0)

Picks summary here: http://imageshack.us/a/img811/1717/fo2013allpickscurrent.png
And as always, T3nnisFan's site here: http://t3nnisstats.webs.com/

hfwardhouse

30-05-2013, 20:10

How do you know?

:shocked: :eek: :crying:

You meant they might be?

T3nnisFan

30-05-2013, 23:26

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/8125/scoresr22.png

Day 5
The wet weather continues resulting in less than half of the scheduled matches being completed. With the forecast not looking great for tomorrow either it looks like there's going to be a growing backlog as we head into the weekend.

Not much to report on with only 7 results. Sallydaisy could have gained 2 points over everyone else had Tursonov beaten Hanescu, but the opposite happened. Only other noteworthy highlight is 64% correctly picking 27th seed Fognini to beat Rosol, preventing a rematch between the latter and a certain Rafael Nadal.

Full results (with picks in %):
Novak Djokovic [1] def Guido Pella (100-0)
Grigor Dimitrov [26] def Lucas Pouille (100-0)
Kei Nishikori [13] def Grega Zemlja (79-7, 14 dead match)
Fabio Fognini [27] def Lukas Rosol (64-36)
Philipp Kohlschreiber [16] def Yen-Hsun Lu (79-7, 14 dead match)
Victor Hanescu def Dmitry Tursunov (0-7, 93 dead match)
Benoit Paire [24] def Lukasz Kubot (100-0)

Picks summary here: http://imageshack.us/a/img811/1717/fo2013allpickscurrent.png
And as always, T3nnisFan's site here: http://t3nnisstats.webs.com/

It was Linda actually, I believe... (not Sallydaisy)

Manaus

31-05-2013, 08:11

It was Linda actually, I believe... (not Sallydaisy)

:oops: Thanks for spotting that.

Linda

31-05-2013, 12:15

The descent begins - I have a good stock of bananas though :)

T3nnisFan

31-05-2013, 13:17

The descent begins - I have a good stock of bananas though :)

Not to worry! You're still 6th. It's cazza99 who's dropping!
Updated minutes ago: Daily Ranking (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/Daily_Ranking.htm)

T3nnisFan

31-05-2013, 15:28

Well, Round 2 is finally done!

Out of a possible 28 matches to be gotten correct for this round, Big Al and I managed to pull it off! That's got to be a 1st for me in BOTB! :boogie: It's given Big Al a chance to challenge long-time leader fah51! But, still losing on tie-breaker... This would also be a perfect time to know which of them have the most to gain in the next round so I've added a new column forecasting the next round's "SLR" as it's called in BOTB while keeping the current round's possible max also :)

Linda, Genbrit, and stefny87 all can get 15/16 matches correct in R3! See Linda? You're okay! On the flipside, greatunclebulgaria better watch out before he finds himself eating with (or by!) the Gorillas (now added)!

Links:
Round 1: Recap (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/R1/Results.htm) & Picks (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/R1/Picks.htm)
Round 2: Summary (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/R2/Results.htm) & Picks (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/R2/Picks.htm)

Current Results (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/Daily_Ranking.htm)
Picks with highlights (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/Picks.htm) (now also includes future incorrect picks highlighted). Would a white background be better for you?

Still working on that special element I'm afraid... Even though no one seems to care! lol

AllyB

31-05-2013, 16:10

T3nnisFan

31-05-2013, 16:17

You'd better watch out when GUB finds out you called her a "he"! ;)

This is why I've already put in the "Sex/gender" for the next entry form! lol How was I supposed to know greatUNCLEbulgaria is a she, especially with the uncle in the nickname?!?!

T3nnisFan

31-05-2013, 17:45

There goes Raonic! Most of us had him losing to Ferrer in the next round, except for Sallydaisy who had him reaching the Semi-Finals! Ouch :banghead: Her only hope now is Seppi. We all have Almagro!

Too bad Monfils' fire fizzled out to Robredo, who's no push-over on clay...

I just realized that the picks highlight only works for a single round in advance and not the whole table! Trying to fix it before submitting the results.

Linda

31-05-2013, 17:59

Your chart is most impressive!

Hopefully not a bad day for me today - of course the Monfils/Robredo match was dead for me but other than that the only player who let me down was Cilic.

hfwardhouse

31-05-2013, 18:15

:thanks: GUB .... :big grin:

Manaus

31-05-2013, 18:33

T3nnisFan will likely have an update on the website soon but to sate anyone's curiosity:

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7707/scoresr31.png

Day 6
No rain to be seen today so we're back on schedule once again. Most of the remaining round 2 matches went with the majority, with the biggest swing match being the Tipsarevic/Verdasco match, being a near 50-50 pick. Other significant gains involve 57% pick Isner beating Harrison and the 29% who picked Davydenko.

3 of the 8 R3 matches were picked correctly by everybody and 2 others went with the majority. Biggest swing match was the Anderson/Raonic match, a split 50-50 pick which Anderson won. Nobody scored on the other 2 matches, the Robredo/Monfils match being a dead match and the Troicki/Cilic match had 57% pick Cilic (who lost) with the other 43% picking already out Monaco.

With half of R3 done fah51 maintains the lead but Big Al has managed to catch up. The top 3 have all 8 matches live for tomorrow with fah51 and Big Al having the same picks. Linda has picked 1 match different, choosing Nishikori over Paire meaning that she could catch up tomorrow.

Full results:
Richard Gasquet [7] def Michal Przysiezny (93-7)
Rafael Nadal [3] def Martin Klizan (100-0)
Janko Tipsarevic [8] def Fernando Verdasco (50-43, 7 dead match)
Tommy Haas [12] def Jack Sock (86-0, 14 dead match)
John Isner [19] def Ryan Harrison (57-0, 43 dead match)
Stanislas Wawrinka [9] def Horacio Zeballos (86-14)
Nikolay Davydenko def Denis Istomin (29-14, 57 dead match)
Jerzy Janowicz [21] def Robin Haase (93-0, 7 dead match)
Mikhail Youzhny [29] def Federico Delbonis (64-0, 36 dead match)

Roger Federer [2] def Julien Benneteau [30] (100-0)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [6] def Jeremy Chardy [25] (100-0)
Tommy Robredo [32] def Gael Monfils (100 dead match)
David Ferrer [4] def Feliciano Lopez (100-0)
Gilles Simon [15] def Sam Querrey [18] (93-0, 7 dead match)
Nicolas Almagro [11] def Andreas Seppi [20] (93-7)
Viktor Troicki def Marin Cilic [10] (0-57, 43 dead match)
Kevin Anderson [23] def Milos Raonic [14] (50-50)

Picks summary: http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/1717/fo2013allpickscurrent.png
And T3nnisFan's site here: http://t3nnisstats.webs.com/ with nice looking charts (and hopefully gorillas, I failed at rounding them up when they escaped from Steven)

Edit: Make that 2 different matches for Linda, she also chose Tipsy whereas the other 2 went with Youzhny.

Linda

31-05-2013, 18:35

Vamos Nishikori! :swingin:

Yorkie

01-06-2013, 07:54

Great to see this running even if being away for a week Friday to Friday and with no internet access I completely missed this

Linda

01-06-2013, 12:03

Well done Nishikori! :cheer:

But unfortunately Tipsy lost. :sad: The strange thing is, I have Youzhny and not Tipsy in my Dream Team, so I've no idea why I picked Tipsy for this.

T3nnisFan

01-06-2013, 18:24

Warblefly81 10/10 today! (out of a possible 10 to be correct on) Went up 5 spots to #8 (tied but winning on tie-breaker)! GUB's % of max points now at 58.54% is dangerously close to Gorilla-land! :faint:
Updates at: T3nnisStats (http://t3nnisstats.webs.com/)

Haas just won an epic vs. Isner, after saving a MP too! What a great year he's having! What's a career!
Oh look who's 3rd! :P

greatunclebulgaria

01-06-2013, 20:39

So I'm having a bad day, week, tournament hey I came prepared lots and lots and lots of bananas

Manaus

01-06-2013, 20:44

http://imageshack.us/a/img543/8747/scoresr32.png

Day 7
Biggest upset of the remaining R3 matches goes to (surprisingly low) 29% pick Kei Nishikori beating 71% pick Benoit Paire. The 14% who picked Youzhny also made big gains with the other 36% picking 8th seed Tipsarevic and 50% having a dead match. Other highlight is 57% picking Kohly to beat Hanescu (other 43% backing Dolgopolov).

Looking ahead to R4, JAMES4578 is the only one with all 8 matches live, giving him a chance to move up the table. The top 3 all have 1 dead match with the exact same picks, so there will be no movement there.

Full results:
Rafael Nadal [3] def Fabio Fognini [27] (100-0)
Novak Djokovic [1] def Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [26] (100-0)
Kei Nishikori [13] def Benoit Paire [24] (29-71)
Richard Gasquet [7] def Nikolay Davydenko (93-0, 7 dead match)
Tommy Haas [12] def John Isner [19] (79-7, 14 dead match)
Philipp Kohlschreiber [16] def Victor Hanescu (57-0, 43 dead match)
Stanislas Wawrinka [9] def Jerzy Janowicz [21] (79-7, 14 dead match)
Mikhail Youzhny [29] def Janko Tipsarevic [8] (14-36, 50 dead match)

Picks summary: http://imageshack.us/a/img543/1717/fo2013allpickscurrent.png
And nicer looking charts and picks at T3nnisFan's site: http://t3nnisstats.webs.com/

T3nnisFan

02-06-2013, 15:05

Omg... I can't believe Robredo's serving for the match!!! Another old-timer (Haas) making deep runs in tourneys this year after coming back from injury/surgery! I feel bad for Almagro... blowing a 2-0 set lead :/

Linda

02-06-2013, 15:10

I guess the majority of us had Berdych winning that match so it won't have much impact on the pick'em.

T3nnisFan

02-06-2013, 15:32

I guess the majority of us had Berdych winning that match so it won't have much impact on the pick'em.

Yup! 2 people had picked Almagro actually but since he lost, there's no impact whatsoever! :thumbup:

T3nnisFan

02-06-2013, 16:14

All 3 results are up-to-date (as of Federer winning the 1st set after dangling the "2nd game" carrot in front of Simon for what seemed like forever)!
But, what a round-the-pole shot from Federer! Vintage stuff! I don't think he's done one of those since 2007!

Also, the PICK % (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/Picks%20Distributions.htm) is now up and the predicted outcomes in green and the rest in red/burgundy. Enjoy! :)

Manaus

02-06-2013, 18:51

http://imageshack.us/a/img827/7723/scoresr41.png

Day 8
Rather 'boring' results today as 3 of the 4 matches went with the majority (although Simon nearly ruined a lot of pickems!) whilst the biggest gain match ended with no-one scoring as Robredo beats 14% pick Almagro.

Full results:
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [6] def Viktor Troicki (86-0, 14 dead match)
Roger Federer [2] def Gilles Simon [15] (100-0)
David Ferrer [4] def Kevin Anderson [23] (93-0, 7 dead match)
Tommy Robredo [32] def Nicolas Almagro [11] (0-14, 86 dead match)

Picks summary: http://imageshack.us/a/img15/1717/fo2013allpickscurrent.png
T3nnisFan's site: http://t3nnisstats.webs.com/

super8

02-06-2013, 22:01

All 3 results are up-to-date (as of Federer winning the 1st set after dangling the "2nd game" carrot in front of Simon for what seemed like forever)!
But, what a round-the-pole shot from Federer! Vintage stuff! I don't think he's done one of those since 2007!

It made the highlights package on the RG website - 2nd rally in this..

http://www.rolandgarros.com/fr_FR/multimedia/2013-06-02/013f06674a8000000cb3.html

T3nnisFan

03-06-2013, 13:45

I CANNOT remember for the life of me why oh why I chose Youzhny to win over Haas??? I saw that I was the only one who made that pick too... urgh!
Congrats to Linda, the new #3! Fah51 & Big Al still tied for 1st but fah51 winning on tie-breaker. All top 3 entrants now have >= 80% of max points as well!!!

Huge 50/50 match is the Gasquet vs. Wawrinka match currently taking place and it's off to a great start!
It won't affect #'s 1 or 2 but could change #3/#4 right back to the way it was! Good luck Linda/Wawrinka! ;)

Manaus

03-06-2013, 18:24

http://imageshack.us/a/img594/4088/scoresr42.png

Day 9
The Djokovic and Nadal matches were 100% picks for the aforementioned players. The other 2 matches were more significant with the 64% who picked 12th seed Haas gaining some points whilst the Wawrinka/Gasquet match was the big swing match with a near 50/50 split. Pretty epic match with Stan the Man coming through after winning the final set 8-6.

Although there's no change in the top 3 there's quite a bit of movement with the rest of the table. Looking ahead to QFs the top 4 have the same picks so there'll be no change there. Sallydaisy and Pabbers could move up the table if their pick of Tsonga beating Fed comes true.

Full results:
Novak Djokovic [1] def Philipp Kohlschreiber [16] (100-0)
Rafael Nadal [3] def Kei Nishikori [13] (100-0)
Tommy Haas [12] def Mikhail Youzhny [29] (64-0, 36 dead match)
Stanislas Wawrinka [9] def Richard Gasquet [7] (50-43, 7 dead match)

Picks summary: http://imageshack.us/a/img198/1717/fo2013allpickscurrent.png
T3nnisFan's site: http://t3nnisstats.webs.com/

pabbers

04-06-2013, 09:17

Most deffo not holding my breath!!

T3nnisFan

04-06-2013, 16:30

Congrats Sallydaisy & pabbers for picking Tsonga's win! However, you both had Ferrer's win wrong! lol

But, Sallydaisy's looking good if Tsonga wins the Semi vs. Ferrer! ;)
Genbrit, GUB and Linda's got Ferrer... Should be very interesting!

As for me... :banghead:

Manaus

04-06-2013, 17:57

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/5465/scoresqf1.png

Day 10
Ferrer beating Robredo gives 64% pickers some points but thanks to Tsonga causing the upset of the tournament so far and taking out Fed no-one was able to score the max number of points (and many have now lost a finalist). Well done to Pabbers and Sallydaisy for correctly predicting the upset. Both matches tomorrow are 100% picks for Nadal and Djoko but after what happened today who knows if they'll come through!

Full results:
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [6] def Roger Federer [2] (14-79, 7 dead match)
David Ferrer [4] def Tommy Robredo [32] (64-0, 36 dead match)

Picks summary: http://imageshack.us/a/img32/1717/fo2013allpickscurrent.png
T3nnisFan's site: http://t3nnisstats.webs.com/

Manaus

05-06-2013, 21:16

Not updating the table today as everybody picked Nadal and Djoko to win so everybody gets 10 points.

For SFs everyone picked Nadal to beat Djoko but the other semi is a bit more interesting. Only 4 people can score points in the Ferrer/Tsonga match: Genbrit, greatunclebulgaria, Linda and Sallydaisy. Only Sallydaisy picked Tsonga whilst the other 3 went with Ferrer.

Linda has the most to gain from this match as if Ferrer wins then she tops the table and will win overall. fah51 will win if Tsonga is victorious. Good luck to the 2 of you. :)

T3nnisFan

07-06-2013, 17:39

Well, there goes my lone finalist and winner-pick! :smashed: Just to make myself feel even worse, I've included the Average Joe ROBOT who took over me considering most of the entrants picked Nadal to win the SF! Yeah! hehe

The addition of Av.Jo has changed the Pick % Distribution but I'll fix that sooner or later. I can't believe I still haven't been able to put up my special little surprise for you guys!

:baguette:Also I'll be doing an "Awards Ceremony" at the end of the competition; stay tuned!

The blackened names now represent people who have no hope left... (where's the strikethrough???) I mean people who have 0 possible picks in the next round and consequently in the remainder of the tournament...

I made some other fixes too including max highlights all over the Results Table. Feel free to let me know if you find any mistakes!

T3nnisFan

07-06-2013, 20:30

Okay, pick % fixed now. :)

Oh and I've added ranking points also! With a slightly modified formula; the lowest ranked entrant no longer gets 1 but receives 500/(# of entrants)

Congrats to Linda and Genbrit! It's a pity for GUB, who will stay last despite that low-% pick! But, congrats nonetheless! It guarantees inclusion in the "Awards Ceremony" ;)

Manaus

07-06-2013, 22:26

http://imageshack.us/a/img849/3323/scoresrsf.png

Semi Finals
Ferrer beating Tsonga means that greatunclebulgaria, Genbrit and Linda gain 6 more points than everyone else - well predicted you 3!
Most importantly, those 6 points mean that Linda moves to the top spot after being in reaching distance for quite sometime. With everyone picking Rafa for the final Linda is guaranteed to win overall. Slightly premature but well done Linda! :clap:

Full results:
Rafael Nadal [3] def Novak Djokovic [1] (100-0)
David Ferrer [4] def Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [6] (21-7, 72 dead match)

Picks summary: http://imageshack.us/a/img38/1717/fo2013allpickscurrent.png
T3nnisFan's site: http://t3nnisstats.webs.com/

T3nnisFan

08-06-2013, 08:31

Okay ladies & gentlemen,

It's not perfect (I see several issues already) but I wanted to make it available at least before the final takes place so... if you haven't noticed yet, your names in all the Picks pages were also links but if you clicked them, you'd have noticed that they didn't work! That's because I hadn't uploaded those files yet but the links were there in anticipation of them! ;)

Now, I've finally uploaded all the files! What are they? They are the bracket-shaped picks of each entrant in contrast to the linear picks seen in the picks pages thus far...
You may begin here: Picks (http://t3nnisfan.host-ed.me/RG/Picks.htm) :cheers:

You might also notice that there are a lot of colors there and again, I apologize if it's too much or too confusing. I have a real problem with colors/styles! lol

Here's a simple explanation:
Basically, each round has its own color and if you got a pick right, it'll highlight it in that color, otherwise it's marked black with red font and the eventual winner shown either above or below the incorrect pick.
The green highlighting (which should only now show in the "Winner" column, indicates a seeded player. You'll see in Wimbledon how it looks in the beginning... that is if I haven't changed colors by then! :P
Everything else is gray!

Feel free to comment on it! :)

greatunclebulgaria

08-06-2013, 08:41

I left my run too late one of the top scorers last two rounds oh well back to the drawing board for Wimbledon and the secret is not to be top scorer at the end but the beginning :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

Linda

08-06-2013, 11:35

Perhaps it's the start of a run of good luck that will continue into Wimbly? :)

T3nnisFan

09-06-2013, 15:03

Hey everyone!
Enjoying the match I hope! And how about that weirdness in the 2nd set? :surprised:

Any suggestions for "honorable mentions" in the awards ceremony?

Also, would any of you be interested in participating for a Halle Pick'em?

cazza99

09-06-2013, 15:23

You might also notice that there are a lot of colors there and again, I apologize if it's too much or too confusing. I have a real problem with colors/styles! lol
.....
Feel free to comment on it! :)

I think its absolutely brilliant - its great to show the results like this in a bracket like picks style.

One comment on the colours though - I was completely confused - but I accept your apology :lol: But otherwise its great.

Maybe it would be clearer to do something like the ATP bracket and have one colour for matches lost, another for matches won and different for matches not played yet rather than have a different colour for each round. Computer designers often try and stick to just a few colours and related shades on one screen.

Manaus

09-06-2013, 16:05

You might also notice that there are a lot of colors there and again, I apologize if it's too much or too confusing. I have a real problem with colors/styles! lol

Great work on the brackets T3nnisFan. I agree with Cazza though, too many colours makes it confusing, I like her suggestion.

Final results table:

http://imageshack.us/a/img546/6123/scoresfm.png
And picks summary: http://imageshack.us/a/img703/1717/fo2013allpickscurrent.png

I'll leave it to T3nnisFan and the awards ceremony to finish things off. Thanks all for playing and hope you all enjoyed it. :)

T3nnisFan's site: http://t3nnisstats.webs.com/