2015 male ranking predictions

Miriambee · Futures level

RE: 2015 male ranking predictions

paulisi · Tennis legend

There is a big risk with Bedene as he has allegedly applied for a GB passport, but may not be allowed to play for GB under the new rules in Davis Cup. Will he still play under the GB banner?

indiana · Tennis legend

Maybe go by how the ATP / ITF list Bedene ?

Alternatively, bribe Steven to put him / not put him on the top 25 table :)

steven · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Maybe go by how the ATP / ITF list Bedene ?

Alternatively, bribe Steven to put him / not put him on the top 25 table :)

LOL he goes on the GB top 25 table once the ATP and ITF list him as GBR (maybe only one of them if it becomes clear that the other will change him to GBR within a week or two) or we get absolutely clear confirmation that he has applied and is expected to succeed.

I know I added JoKo to the women's table more than a year before her final switch came through but I with switches and possible switches seemingly becoming more common, I don'f think I would add a player whose switch was surrounded by that much uncertainty again, even if all was well than ended well with Jo

For this competition, I'd suggest excluding Aljaz since he wasn't classed as British at the start of 2015 but with all the entries in, I guess it might be quite difficult to do that now unless everyone who picked him picked an alternate/more than 10 players in total.

indiana · Tennis legend

I think for practical purposes, given we are where we are, Bedene has to be accepted ( although individual entrants still have the rest of the day to adjust any players ).

Bedene's basic circumstances would have been known to most, particularly those who went for him, so if they take such a punt fair dos just as with injured players. An interesting subplot ...

Seriously re the top 25 table, that ATP / ITF guideline that Steven refers to is fine and to me Bedene should count come season end if he is on the top 25 for more than indicative purposes ( i.e. Steven may still end up putting him on early in a similar way to JoKo if it looks very likely he will become a Brit, but he should count when there is no proviso re him being classsified as a Brit, the Davis Cup position not being particularly relevant ).

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I think picking Bedene is just part of the normal punt. As you say, Indy, it's like any other punt. i.e. we can't have "I'll pick Lisa W assuming she's recovered but give an alternate for if not" or "I'll put Oli GOlding in my top 10 but give an alternate in case he doesn't make a comeback".

I'm quite happy having picked Bedene - if he's playing for GB (according to ATP/ITF) at the end of the year, then kudos and points for those who picked him. If he doesn't change, then that's a zero, just like the zeroes we got for Laura this year.

All part of life's rich tapestry . . . .

kaseldop · Social player

A Murray 4
J Ward 88
K Edmund 115
J Broady 123
B Klien 182
E Corrie 214
D Cox 264
A Ward 271
M Willis 280
D Smethurst 298

-- Edited by kaseldop on Friday 2nd of January 2015 11:06:25 PM

Ben W · Social player

I will go for.....

A Murray 3

J Ward 92

L Broady 138

K Edmund 145

D Evans 169

B Klein 247

A Ward 289

M Willis 315

E Corrie 317

C Norrie 345

Please accept my entry, sorry it is after midnight!

Josh · Challenger level

1) Murray 4
2) J.Ward 87
3) Edmund 126
4) Broady 164
5) Klein 185
6) Cox 243
7) A.Ward 254
8) Corrie 265
9) Smethurst 270
10) Willis 284

LouieG · County player

1. Murray 3
2. Wardy 75
3. Broady 120
4. Edmund 134
5. Evans 147
6. A. Ward 189
7. Cox 199
8. Corrie 205
9. Klein 217
10. Smethurst 234

-- Edited by LouieG on Saturday 3rd of January 2015 01:39:37 AM

Sim · County player

BeefyDeedz wrote:
Andy Murray: 5
James Ward: 75
Kyle Edmund: 110
Liam Broady: 154
Brydan Klein: 201
Dan Cox: 232
Alex Ward: 249
Dan Cox: 274
Ed Corrie: 304
Dan Smethurst: 330

BeefyDeedz you have put Dan Cox down twice! Do you want to change one of those to someone else - Dan Evans?

-- Edited by Sim on Saturday 3rd of January 2015 07:24:12 PM

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Sim wrote:
BeefyDeedz wrote:
Andy Murray: 5
James Ward: 75
Kyle Edmund: 110
Liam Broady: 154
Brydan Klein: 201
Dan Cox: 232
Alex Ward: 249
Dan Cox: 274
Ed Corrie: 304
Dan Smethurst: 330
BeefyDeedz you have put Dan Cox down twice! Do you want to change one of those to someone else - Dan Evans?

-- Edited by Sim on Saturday 3rd of January 2015 07:24:12 PM

Oops, sorry about that. From my notes I think that was supposed to be Marcus in the place of the second Dan Cox. Have no idea how it happened!

Sim · County player

I have put all the predictions into a spreadsheet and it is published here: http://www.britishtennis.net/predictions/2015%20Male%20Ranking%20predictions.htm.

Please double check your entries incase I have made any mistakes.

The running order using current rankings is:

Ratty	100
Spud	66
Kundalini	65
Salmon	65
SMC1809	62
Sim	58
Mirambee	57
Kaseldop	55
Forbesman	52
Josh	51
Koriban	51
Floody78	49
Beefydeedz	47
Jaffa	47
tommymac	47
Jaggy1876	44
LordBrownof	44
Paulsi	44
Bright Spark	42
Indiana	42
BenW	41
Bob in Spain	41
Coup Droit	39
LouieG	38
Freerider	36

Ratty's 100% score is down to his ploy of assuming no change. Those towards the bottom of the table have gone for greater change.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hi Sim - love your charts - I'm figuring you're a bit of an Excel boffin ?? :)

I think you might have misaligned my JWH points though - think they've gone to Farris.

Now, I love Farris too - any non-conventional player gets my vote! - but I have to give my points to Josh, as a diehard 'now I'm a believer' (breaks out into embarrassing singing).

Sim · County player

Coup Droit and BeefyDeedz I have updated your entries.

I am not sure about an excel boffin - I am sure there is a neater way of doing it, but it seems to work and I now have a template which I should save some time. Will publish the womens table tomorrow or Tuesday evening.