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2014 female ranking predictions


As freerider has started a male thread on rankings projections, I thought it only right to do something similar with the girls for rankings at the end of 2014:

Here goes:

1. Laura Robson 38

2. Heather Watson 70

3. Jo Konta 105

4. Tara Moore 143

5. Sam Murray 179

6. Naomi Broady 196

7. Jade Windley 352

8. Lisa Whybourn 356

9. Amanda Carrerras 358

10. Anna Smith 362

11. Katy Dunne 375

12. Emily Webley Smith 385

13. Katie Boulter 401

14. Manisha Foster 517

15. Lucy Brown 520

16. Harriet Dart 525

17. Freya Christie 533

18. Jasmine Aghar 750

19. Isabelle Wallace 810

20. Laura Deignman 820

 I've tried to do it systematically looking at points earned in 2013, ability and impact on funding cuts. I'm suggesting Jade has outperformed in 2013, Lisa will take a while to get over the shoulder injury. Anna, Katy and Katie have ability and not much to defend. Similarly with Manish and Harriet. I can see Freya playing a lot more on tour this year and she has the ability, however I'm not sure if exams will get in the way. (Same for Jasmine). The dark horses could be those who have finished uni - so potentially Amy Sargeant or any others if they turn Pro.



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I'm just gonna do a top 10

1. Laura 18

2.Heather 45

3. Johanna 72

4.Tara 142

5. Sam 161

6. Naomi 187

7. Katy D 268

8. Anna S 280

9. Jade W 320

10. EWS 333

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Like Mervaton I have only gone for top 10

1 L Robson 36

2 H Watson 45

3 J Konta 89

4 T Moore 156

5 N Broady 204 6

S Murray 243 7

J Windley 265

8 K Dunne 365

9 A Carreras 386

10 A Smith 395



-- Edited by Sim on Tuesday 24th of December 2013 08:35:06 PM

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1. Robson 20
2. Konta 53
3 Watson 82
4 Broady 138
5 Moore 159
6 Murray 240
7 Dunne 279
8 Smith 320
9 Windley 365
10 Whybourn 372
11 Boulter 420
12 Carreras 427
13 Webley Smith 481
14 Dart 562
15 Brown 564
16 Simpson 695
17 Foster 697
18 Christie 731
19 Fitzpatrick 767
20 Wallace 921



-- Edited by Jaggy1876 on Thursday 26th of December 2013 03:51:35 PM

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Oh, has Freya got a precocious younger sister, Jaggy ? :)

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1. Laura Robson 30

2. Heather Watson 50

3. Jo Konta 75

4. Tara Moore 200

5. Sam Murray 230

6. Naomi Broady 250

7. Jade Windley 280

8. Amanda Carrerras 385

9. Lisa Whybourn 400

10. Katy Dunne 485

Very conservative estimates this year, but in previous years I've gone the other way, and then they've got injured/been ill!

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Next year is going to be a strange one. At the top end we are now onto generation 90's

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Tend to side with Jaggy in both men and women.

Also, agree with Helen40 - there's the optimistic estimates (which are possible), and the realistic estimates which seem a bit dour but do take into account all the blips that might happen throughout the year.

Some passing predictions for the year as a whole (the one to 10 does my head in - my fault, my head):

Naomi will make top 200, no problem, but then slip back out and finish the year broadly unchanged.

JoKo will have a great year and make the top 60 or so (like Jaggy, also think she'll finish ahead of Heather).

Tara will break into the top 150 at some point over the year and get close to WR 120.

Amanda and Jade will get into the top 300 but not much more.

Emily may quit.
Anna will make top 350/300 if she doesn't get injured again.
Katy D will have a bit of a rocky patch but still progress.
Lucy will make the top 500 at some point but it'll be hard going.

So . . .

1. Laura Robson 20

2. JoKo 60

3. Heather 75

4. Tara Moore 160

5. Sam Murray 230

6. Naomi Broady 280

7. Jade Windley 300

8. Amanda Carrerras 365

9. Anna Smith 390

10. Katy Dunne 445


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Took me a while to work out I had put her in twice. Doh! I Copied my list and put her in place of Jessica Simpson



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Laura 9
Heather 49
Joko 95
Tara 160
Sam 165
Naomi 195
Jade 265
Lisa 280
Amanda 295
Katy D 310

(I admit there was nothing in 2013 that remotely suggested Laura could be top 10 in 2014. I'm attaching a lot of weight to Laura saying she didn't wish to be ranked 30th for long; in fact she dropped a further 14 places over the next few months!)

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Heather 48

Joko 68

Laura 84

Tara 185

Naomi 230

Sam 240

Jade 255

Katy D 275

Anna 350

Amanda 390



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1. Laura 22
2. Heather 58
3. JoKo 90
4. Tara 170
5. Naomi 175
6. Sam 245
7. Anna 295
8. Katy D 320
9. Jade 335
10. Amanda 390

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1. L.Robson 36
2. H.Watson 77
3. J.Konta 111
4. T.Moore 192
5. N.Broady 255
6. K.Dunne 279
7. S.Murray 312
8. J.Windley 346
9. A.Smith 388
10.L.Whybourn 433

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1. Heather Watson 50

2 Laura Robson 55

3. Jo Konta 95

4 Tara Moore 200

5. Naomi Broady 300

6 sam murray 347

7. Jade Windley 348

8. Lisa Whybourn 349

9. Amanda Carrerras 350

10. Anna Smith 500



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Not going to give specific predictions, want to go out on top after last years performance ;)

But for what its worth, these are my musings for 2014:

Robbo, very tough to predict, already injured, without a fulltime coach, but I do believe she has put in a big fitness shift, with a top fitness coach.
Assuming the injury isn't too bad, anywhere from 20 to 70.

Hev, seems fully recovered from GF, dead cert to get back into the top 100, top 75 at least should be doable.

JoKo, is in the best form of the top 3, but does continue to lose matches she should win, top 100 should be a dead cert, but top 85 should be well within her reach.

Tara, poised for a big year, if fully focussed and injury/ health good, top 150 doable at least.

Naomi, poised to challenge previous career highs, if can sustain current form.

Sam assuming 100% fit, should be able to return to the top 200/150 range.

Anna Smith top 350 and Katy D hopefully the same mark.



-- Edited by philwrig on Friday 27th of December 2013 04:02:48 PM

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