Top 8 competition 2016

[jaysee]

I'm afraid that with all the time-consuming business of buying and selling houses and moving, I hadn't created a spreadsheet yet for this year's competition, so unless anyone else has a record of all the entries this will have to be abandoned for this year. :crying:

[Manaus]

Making use of what Master Yorkie did in the BG thread I was able to find a cached copy of the thread. I think everybody's entries are on it. Problem is I think it's an older copy as there are some bits of missing information since we were allowed to edit our entries until the deadline.

Sir Coolerking
11-12-2015, 16:24
1. Djokovic 14,355
2. Murray 9,320
3. Nadal
4. Federer
5. Nishikori
6. Wawrinka
7. Berdych
8. Tsonga
25. 1,520

themass15
11-12-2015, 17:06
1. Djokovic 13800
2. Andy 8,990
3. Rafa
4. Feddykins
5. Wawrinka
6. Tsonga
7. Nishikori
8. Ferrer

EMS77
11-12-2015, 18:01
1. Djokovic
2. Murray
3. Federer
4. Wawrinka
5. Nadal
6. Nishikori
7. Gasquet
8. Tsonga

Glenys
19-12-2015, 15:23
1) Novak 15255
2) Andy 9685
3) Rafa
4) Fed
5) Kei
6) Ferrer
7) Tsonga
8) Berdych
25) - 1523

jaysee
21-12-2015, 11:52
As an incentive for people to do all three of the tie-break points, instead of zero for any missing ones, I think I'll set the default values below! You can edit your entries up until the closing date.
1. 20,000
Andy 15,000
25. 3,000

Teresa
23-12-2015, 15:09
1) Djokovic 15250
2) Murray 7000
3) Warwrinka
4) Nadal
5) Feddykins
6) Nishikori
7) Berdych
8) Tsonga
25) 1425

Might change it, but wanted to make sure I got an entry in.
JAMES4578
23-12-2015, 17:16
1) Djokovic
2) Andy
3) Nadal
4) Federer
5) Wawrinka
6) Nishikori
7) Ferrer
8) Tsonga
25 1525

DaveArneRiise
03-01-2016, 22:17
1.Nole 15150
2.Murray
3.Nadal
4.Federer
5.Wawrinka
6.Nishikori
7 Ferrer
8. Berdych
25 1525

Genbrit
16-01-2016, 05:51
1. Murray 12,250
2. Djokovic
3. Wawrinka
4. Federer
5. Nadal
6. Raonic
7. Berdych
8. Nishikori
25. 1360

jaysee
16-01-2016, 12:04
1. Djokovic (14500)
2. Murray (10300)
3. Wawrinka
4. Nadal
5. Federer
6. Nishikori
7. Kyrgios
8. Gasquet
25. 1465

Linda
16-01-2016, 17:37
1. Djokovic 14185
2. Murray 9645
3. Federer
4. Nadal
5. Wawrinka
6. Berdych
7. Nishikori
8. Ferrer
25. 1480

cazza99
16-01-2016, 20:22
1. Djokovic 12,100
2. Andy Murray 10,100
3. Federer
4. Wawrinka
5. Nadal
6. Berdych
7. Nishikori
8. Ferrer
25. 1380

karanga
17-01-2016, 01:34
1 Djokovic 12345
2 Andy 10835
3 Nadal
4 Federer
5 Berdych
6 Raonic
7 Kyrgios
8 Dimitrov
25 1475

Yorkie
17-01-2016, 19:34
1. Djokovic 13,000
2. Andy Murray 10,500
3. Wawrinka
4. Federer
5. Nishikori
6. Raonic
7. Nadal
8. Kyrgios
25. 1500

fah51
17-01-2016, 20:19
1. Djokovic 16500
2. Murray 11230
3. Federer
4. Nadal
5. Wawrinka
6. Nishikori
7. Berdych
8. Raonic
25. 1425

Sallydaisy
17-01-2016, 22:09
1. Djokovic 12250
2. Murray 10250
3. Nadal
4. Nishikori
5. Raonic
6. Federer
7. Wawrinka
8. Goffin
25. 1,320

Manaus
17-01-2016, 23:59
1. Djokovic 11500
2. Murray 10000
3. Wawrinka
4. Federer
5. Nishikori
6. Nadal
7. Berdych
8. Raonic
25.1250

[Yorkie]

Federer's withdrawal from the rest of the season means 3 points down for everyone.

[Master Yorkie]

I found the rules for this thread, you probably know them off by heart, but I thought I would post them anyway - before they disappeared from the cache!
Year End Top 8 Predictions for 2016

OK folks, time to put your thinking caps on!

Can you predict the unpredictable??
Will Djokovic dominate again?
Will a newcomer make it into the big time?
Where will Andy finish the year?


All you have to do (ho! ho! ho!) is:-
Predict the Top 8 players in the order you think they will finish in the ATP rankings as published on the Monday after the World Finals and Davis Cup Final are over, i.e. the year-end rankings
On top of this as a tie breaker you need to predict the total ranking points of the world number 1, world number 25 and our own Andy Murray. (NB If you have Andy as your number 1, you only have one guess at his points total, which will count twice). You don't have to predict who the number 25 is!
The scoring is as follows:-
1 point for each person you correctly guess who ends in the top 8
A 2nd point for that player if you have them positioned 1 place away from where they end up (eg you predict Andy as number 2 and he ends up as either number 1 or number 3 then you score 2 points for Andy) - you will also still score 1 point if the player you predicted in 8th spot ended up 9th despite missing out on the 1 point for that player not being in the top 8
You get the maximum 3 points for each player you predict in the right spot.
The maximum points are 24 for getting all 8 in the top 8 and getting them all in the correct order. Simples ...

If we end with a tie under this main scoring system then it will be the closest person to the correct total tie-break score. In the unlikely event that the tie-break is also tied then it will be the person predicting closest to Andy's ranking points, then the number 1's ranking points and if this has still not broken the tie break it will be a tied competition.

As an example, the perfect prediction for 2015 would have been:-

1. Djokovic (16585)
2. Murray (8945)
3. Federer
4. Wawrinka
5. Nadal
6. Berdych
7. Ferrer
8. Nishikori
25. 1480

However this year's contestants ranged from 7 to 17 points out of a possible 24 which shows how unpredictable tennis is. Go on, have a go!

The deadline for entry is start of the first men's singles match of the Australian Open. Play begins on Monday 18th January in Melbourne so for clarity that's likely to be 00.01 in the UK. Edits are allowed up until the closing time.

Good Luck everyone with your predictions for 2016!!


And another comment that I thought might be useful.

Popularity of the players among the 16 contestants is as follows:

16 Nole
16 Andy
16 Fed
16 Rafa

15 Nishikori
14 Wawrinka
10 Berdych
6 Ferrer
6 Raonic
6 Tsonga
3 Kyrgios
2 Gasquet
1 Dimitrov
1 Goffin

[Yorkie]

currently at 5 picked in the right position (Djoko, Andy, Stan, Nishi and Rafa) with Raonic a couple of places out of position. Anyone beating 16 points?

Mind you I hope there is still movement to come at least for number 1 and 2!!

[jaysee]

Despite being Andy's forum, only Genbrit went for him to be year end No 1!! However Yorkie is still just ahead at the moment.

Apologies to anybody who made revised entries which were lost, but here are the current placings based on the above entries. If Raonic withdraws from the O2 and Berdych gets enough points to get into the top 8, that could have a major effect on the final results.



Name
pts
tiebreak


Yorkie
13
1045


Genbrit
12
1905


Manaus
11
-1205


Sallydaisy
10
-135


Teresa
10
-280


jaysee
10
2310


Sir Coolerking
9
1240


fah51
9
5200


EMS77
9
14045


cazza99
8
-375


Glenys
8
2508


James4578
8
12570


Linda
7
1355


themass15
7
1835


DaveArneRiise
7
7720


karanga
6
700

[jaysee]

Current placings based on the following:


1
Andy


2
Nole


3
Wawrinka


4
Raonic


5
Nishikori


6
Monfils


7
Cilic


8
Rafa


9
Thiem


10
Berdych


1st:
11185


Andy:
11185


25th:
1585

[Yorkie]

Yes still plenty to play for though I'm most likely to lose points particularly if Rafa or Stan are passed. I hope I don't get extra points for 1 and 2 swapping places.

[cazza99]

bringing this back up

[Linda]

Are we doing this again this year?

[jaysee]

Apologies for the delay! Been catching up with work in between organising builders...

Here are the final placings. A low-scoring year with both Fed and Rafa outside the top 8 at the end of the year! Everybody lost one point with Rafa dropping to 9th, except Yorkie who lost two points. The other change which affected most people (some positively and some negatively) was Stan dropping from 3rd to 4th


Genbrit
10
-545


Yorkie
10
-1405


Manaus
10
-3655


fah51
9
2750


EMS77
9
11595


jaysee
8
-140


Sir Coolerking
8
-1210


Sallydaisy
8
-2585


Teresa
8
-2730


cazza99
8
-2825


DaveArneRiise
8
5270


James4578
8
10120


Glenys
7
58


themass15
7
-615


Linda
7
-1095


karanga
5
-1750



This is based on the final standings:


1
Andy


2
Nole


3
Raonic


4
Wawrinka


5
Nishikori


6
Cilic


7
Monfils


8
Thiem


9
Rafa


1st:
12410


Andy:
12410


25th:
1585


Total
26405

[Genbrit]

Wow, that's close. :phew:

Congrats to Yorkie & Manaus for tying with me at 10 points :bravo: BUT

How AWESOME is it that the only person who had Andy as #1:trophy: at year end, won due to the tiebreaker. It does pay to have faith. :worship: :big grin:

Of course we all know this is purely luck!!!! Now, why can't I have the same luck with the lottery. :shrug:

Thanks Jaysee for running this comp. :thanks::thumbup::flowers:

[Yorkie]

Second in a three way tie - well I think that's the best I've done on this.

Well done Genbrit and keep the faith and hopefully it will continue to pay off.

Well done Manaus but unlucky on the tie breaker so you stayed in third.

Thanks Jaysee for compiling the scores.

[cazza99]

Well done Genbrit, Yorkie and Manaus :clap:

[karanga]

Well done Genbrit, Yorkie and Manaus. :clap: :clap: :clap:

Thanks Jaysee for running the competition.

[cazza99]

:thanks: Jaysee for running the comp.

[jaysee]

Many thanks Mods (cazza?) for renaming the thread!:thanks: