Each week all the participants make one prediction:
Which player will get through the most ATP tournament rounds, how many, AND who they go out to( or beat in the final). For example Tim , 2 rounds, Roddick or Andy, 3 rounds, Nadal or Boggo , wins , beating Fed in final )
Note, for tournaments with RR groups, if think your chosen player will go out at the RR group stage, then effectively they go out to whover won the RR group, so you need to say who that is. Winning a game in the RR group does not count as getting through a round.
There is a weekly total of points ( say 120, for ease of division) shared between all competitiors who got it exactly right. Getting a bye in the case of RR tourneys, 48 or 96 draws would not count as getting through a round, though a W/O would count. In the case of no-one getting it exactly right, 60 pts would be shared between whoever got the correct player + number of rounds. Or correct player, if rounds not right. Running total of points carries forwards through the season, where the top 8 put have to make more predictions for the Masters Cup to determine the seasons winner.
Predictions would have to be provided BEFORE the first game in the tournament starts. Eblunt works out the points each week and keeps the table. ATP tournaments only. GS count double.
Important note on the points shareout : In the case of 2 players (e.g Tim and Andy) getting through the same number of rounds, then the points are firstly split between the 2 Tim and Andy, then between the players in this comp. Confused ? here's an example: Player A,B,C correctly predict Andy thru 3 rounds beaten by fed Players D, E correctly predict Tim thru 3 rounds beaten by nadal Greg only gets thru 2 rounds. Total points to share =120, So A,B,C get 20pts each D,E get 30pts each.
"OK, first event of the year, the AO. Jamie and Andy in it. Double points for GS. Remember to say who your selction eventually goes out to (or beats in the final)
I'm sure you've seen a draw on other parts of of the forum, Andy first up against Tsonga, Jamie plays big Ivo.
Oops, I posted in other thread before I saw this one. Andy to lose to Fed in final
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Not ATP tourney with any brits in this coming week.
All entries get an undeserved 20pts this week, for being as totally innacurate as each other. Except Wolf who has the added kudos of not having read the rules either.
can't edit in a table at the top of the thread, since it's not my thread ...
eblunt, do you want to start a new thread with the rules and the leaderboard in it and then I'll (or whichever mod gets there first) delete this one so you can edit throughout the year? If we just put a first post with all the entries for AO in that'll be good enough.
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