Australian Open 2017 qualifying points

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Australian Open 2017 qualifying points

Vandenburg · Futures level

Not the right thread for this but what do you think considering rankings would be Murray's worst possible draw, is this possible?

F-Novak
SF- Stan or Roanic
QF-Nishikori
L16- Nadal/Federer
L32- Dimitrov

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

No, as a top 8 seed, his L32 opponent would be a 25-32 seed, and as a top 4 seed, his L16 opponent would be a 13-24 seed, so I would say his worst case scenario (ignoring unseeded players) would be

L32: Querrey (Andy should beat whoever is here easily but I'd say Querrey is most likely to cause an upset)
L16: Federer (Dimitrov and Kyrgios also scary possibilities)
QF: Nishikori/Nadal
SF: Wawrinka/Raonic
F: Djokovic

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, not the right thread, but it is where it is now ( I apparently can't split off individual posts, just merge full threads )

Kounosuke is right about the seeding brackets. I see that Brisbane last and this year looks like it will shake up some Monday 09/01 rankings ( on which the seedings will be based ) around the top 16 mark, though that does leave all Kounosuke's round by round concerns as possible - they do look about as bad as it can get. We appear to be going to have :

15 ( up 2 from 17 ) : Dimitrov - Brisbane winner 2017
16. ( down 1 from 15 ) ; Pouille
17. ( down 1 from 16 ) : Federer - Brisbane runner-up 2016

So Dimitrov is is still not a L32 option, but remains a L16 option. Federer could be met in the L16 or QF depending on which 9-16 seed he is bracketed with in the L32 ( joy for that 9-16 seed - we could actually have a (9) Nadal vs (17) Federer L32 match ! ). Nadal, yes could be met in the QF, but not the L16. My 'Nadal vs Federer' winner would be bracketed against a 5-8 seed in the L16.

Clearly assumes all present and correct in the possible seeds. Monfils ?

Constant · Lower Club Player

lack of brits in qualifying, may save myself to goto 2 main draw days instead.

Vandenburg · Futures level

When was the last time there was not a single GB man in AO qualifying? Anyone know?

Oakland2002 · All-time great

But remember the glass is half full in that we have 4 men in the main draw!! Including the world number 1 and a 22 yr old in the top 50.
I feel it is a brief hiatus and hopefully next year Cam, Lloyd and Brydan perhaps also Liam will feature, the quailes still hold some interest on the ladies side.

indiana · Tennis legend

Kounosuke wrote:
No, as a top 8 seed, his L32 opponent would be a 25-32 seed, and as a top 4 seed, his L16 opponent would be a 13-24 seed, so I would say his worst case scenario (ignoring unseeded players) would be

L32: Querrey (Andy should beat whoever is here easily but I'd say Querrey is most likely to cause an upset)
L16: Federer (Dimitrov and Kyrgios also scary possibilities)
QF: Nishikori/Nadal
SF: Wawrinka/Raonic
F: Djokovic

Not an Andy full house but pretty good effort !

L32: Querrey

L16: Pouille / Isner

QF: Nishikori / Berdych / Federer

SF: Wawrinka / Cilic / Tsonga / Kyrgios

F: Djokovic