Bubble Gap Championship 2019

[Manaus]

Bubble Gap Championship 2019
Welcome back everyone, hope you enjoyed the holidays. A new tennis season is here which means a new bubble gap season. Fingers crossed that Andy is fit and healthy.


Rules of the competition

The competition was created and originally run by Rondun. The aim is to guess the 'bubble gap' at the end of a tournament which is either:

The no. of points between Andy and the player in 9th place in the rankings (if Andy is in the top 8) or
The no. of points between Andy and the player in 8th place (if Andy is outside the top 8).


NOTE: In situations where Andy is not playing, the bubble gap being guessed will be based on Kyle Edmund’s points instead.

Race rankings are used for this competition not the ATP rankings. These are rankings based on current year results unlike the normal ATP rankings which is based on results from the last 12 months.

With each competition you have to guess what you think the bubble gap will be and the person closest to the correct answer is the winner. Only positive numbers are allowed, no need to guess negative values. For example if you think Andy will be 500 points behind the 8th ranked player then your guess is 500, not -500. If Andy ends up 500 points ahead of the 9th ranked player then you still win.

Note that no 2 entrants can guess the same number and you can't change your guess once you've posted it.

Bubble Gap competitions run at all the Slams and Master tournaments, so a total of 13.


Scoring
The scoring used for this competition is the same as the one used in F1 racing. The top 10 entrants will get the following points:


1st

25


2nd

18


3rd

15


4th

12


5th

10


6th

8


7th

6


8th

4


9th

2


10th

1


There is also an additional 10 points given to the person who correctly guesses the exact bubble gap. In the event of a tie, the one who posted first gets higher precedence.

The overall winner of the Bubble Gap Championship will be the player who has the most points at the end of the year. Tiebreaks in the leaderboard are settled by the following:
1st place finishes -> Exact bubble gap guesses -> 2nd place finishes -> 3rd place finishes -> Points earned in slams -> No. tournaments scored


General deadlines
Deadline for entries will be just before the 1st match of the tournament. You're free to enter as many of the competitions as you like so join in at any time!

Best of luck to all who take part and may the best driver win!:trophy:

[Manaus]

Leaderboard and stuff

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[Manaus]

Standings after Miami:

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[Manaus]

Standings after Monte Carlo:

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[Helen40]

I know it's only a lowly 500, but as it'll be in people's minds, are we doing a BG for Queens?

[Manaus]

Standings after the French Open:


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I know it's only a lowly 500, but as it'll be in people's minds, are we doing a BG for Queens?
I've not run one on the past but think it's a bit late to set one up now.

[Manaus]

Standings after Wimbledon:


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[cazza99]

Genbrit thrashing us all. :clap:

[Helen40]

Thanks Manuas. Well done Genbrit. Looking at the overall scores, it's a funny year without Andy, and Dan being so far in front of Kyle in the race. Still good fun though.

[Sallydaisy]

Thanks for keeping the competition going Manaus!
:thumbup:

And well done to Genbrit!

[Genbrit]

:thanks: Manaus

[Manaus]

Standings after Cincinnati:


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[Manaus]

Standings after the US Open:


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[Manaus]

Standings after Shanghai:


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Quite obvious that Genbrit cannot be caught at this point, early congratulations. :clap:

[Genbrit]

Thanks Manaus. I've waited a long while for this, 8 years since my last win. :thumbup:

[anor]

Big congratulations, Genbrit! :bravo: You well and truly skelped us all. Well done Juicy as runner up and thanks again to Manaus for running the competition.

[cazza99]

Well done Genbrit :clap:

[Genbrit]

Don't forget everyone, still one more race to go!!!!!!!!

[Manaus]

So we arrive at the end of another tennis season. A lot quieter this year with Andy undergoing and recovering from surgery but we still managed to make it through a full year of Bubble Gap races.
A very clear winner this year, being the sole driver that scored in every single race, the Bubble Gap Champion for the 2nd time is Genbrit! :cheer:


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Congratulations to Genbrit, impressive score and excellent predictions throughout the year (6 1st place finishes!) :clap:

Hope you all had a good time and enjoy the WTF.

Final leaderboard:

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[anor]

Great show, Genbrit! Your consistency was so impressive. :trophy: Well done too, Juicy. Manaus, you deserve a medal too for keeping us going in a topsy turvy year.

[hfwardhouse]

Well done Genbrit :cheer:

[Genbrit]

Thanks Manaus for the kind words.
It was indeed a topsy turvy strange year without Andy for a lot of it. That probably helped me, as there weren't so many entrants. Hopefully we can all get back to the normality of Andy in tournaments. We will see.
Well done Juicy & Anor as well, you kept me on my toes!!!
Thanks to everyone who took part, see you next year.

[Juicy]

Congratulations Genbrit - A worthy winner:trophy:

[cazza99]

Well done Genbrit :clap: :clap: