Many will have already played their last match of 2019 so it won't make too much difference, but as a new entrant to this, do we use the rankings now, or right up until the end of December?
Traditionally the rankings after the ATP finals for both the men's and women's predictions. So 18th November.
So it'll just be Naiktha, Sam and Katie S this week (who can finish in the top 10), and then those participating in the 2 125k events next week who can add to their totals (think there's 3 or 4 - those 3 and maybe Maia)?
-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Wednesday 6th of November 2019 03:26:45 PM
If that's correct then there won't be too much change to the above link. Naiktha will have to beat the young 7th seed in Thailand to pass Jodie for 6th (or get a win in Taiwan next week), and Katie S will have a very outside chance of passing Sam.
So with Naiktha's exploits in Thailand in addition to Sam and Katie S not being in the Houston draw, and Maia withdrawing from Taiwan, we can pretty much conclude the final standings.
Naiktha has passed Jodie with her fine Thailand W25 SF, but would need the same result in the Taiwan 125k to move ahead of Katie S, which seems very unlikely in a stronger field that she only just managed to sneak in to. So it's looking like JK, HW, HD, SM, KS, NaB, JB, ML, KB and KD as the final 2019 GB standings - although I would be happy if this proved the opposite of a jinx and Naiktha actually pulled it off.
So Naiktha's good run in Taiwan was not quite enough to see her pass Katie S into GB #5, so the year end placings are finalised and the modest 10 are as follows:
Final standings and wow what a race to be no.1 in the prediction stakes.
Just 3 points between 1st and 6th places and we have a tie for first place with congratulations to our joint winners Ace Ventura and paulsi. Coup Droit is in third place just one point behind.
I haven't check but with only 7 places between GB 9 and 12 perhaps 1 win has made all the difference