2019 female prediction rankings

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

2019 female prediction rankings

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

vohor wrote:
Too slow to catch a cold, me :(
Last year Katie B exceeded my optimism; here's hoping for more exceeders this year!

1. Jo 16
2. Katie B 48
3. Heather 55
4. Gabi 75
5. Harriet 85
6. Katie S 95
7. Laura 125
8. Jodie 145
9. Katy 175
10. Emma 195

Would you have Harriet that high had you submitted on time? Thought not.

the addict · Tennis legend

Jaggy, I think you'll find that just over half of those that posted by the Dec 31st deadline had Harriet in the top 100 (23/42). Although I wasn't one of them, and will probably regret not revising it.

Michael D · All-time great

the addict wrote:
Jaggy, I think you'll find that just over half of those that posted by the Dec 31st deadline had Harriet in the top 100 (23/42). Although I wasn't one of them, and will probably regret not revising it.

And Harriet had also won all her matches before new year. A lot of people revised her upwards before 1 Jan.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

I was the first to submit my WTA predictions and have since edited them (before the deadline), however, while I did knock a few spaces of Harriet, I still have her outside the top 100 (121, come in from 140odd) - I'd say it was still odds on that she finishes outside the top 100, despite the very encouraging start. Happy to be proved wrong.

brittak · Pro player

And this is why (Jaggys comments) I have stopped posting here very much!

indiana · Tennis legend

Ace Ventura wrote:
I was the first to submit my WTA predictions and have since edited them (before the deadline), however, while I did knock a few spaces of Harriet, I still have her outside the top 100 (121, come in from 140odd) - I'd say it was still odds on that she finishes outside the top 100, despite the very encouraging start. Happy to be proved wrong.

Yes I edited mine too and not just Harriet.

Whether some of us may have overreacted to Harriet's early pre deadline wins who knows but it was certainly open to everyone to change up until then.

Late entries are I think up to Sim but I'm not sure that there has been much post deadline info to be gleaned in the big scheme of things and as for Harriet, as said her wins were pre deadline.

Hopefully vohor's pretty optimistic across the board slate turns out quite close with at least some and I note within these that Harriet is GB #5 which may actually be lower than the overall average GB prediction.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

brittak wrote:
And this is why (Jaggys comments) I have stopped posting here very much!

Yeah whatever. Silly wee dig that.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

If you were going to make it a strict, serious competition, then I think it should be based around the end of the tennis year, with a two-week or so window after the end-of-year rankings are issued, and running to the end-of-year rankings to the next year.

Then there are no issues of stellar starts to the new year being factored in and the predictions mirror the rankings in term of timeframe which surely makes sense.

However, that's not the aim and the calendar year is far more instinctive and natural and ties in with Xmas festivities, New Year resolutions and everything that is seasonal.

As such, Dec 31st is Dec 31st, a deadline, and with a little leeway coz it's just a game.

For what it's worth, Harriet's wins made no difference to my predictions (posted on the 29th, I think) and actually on the 30th I thought about moving Katie S up a bit (and would have done if I'd posted them on the 30th), and putting Katy Dunne back in (probably a daft reasoning for leaving her out) but then left it, because you can fiddle around and drive yourself mad and - for me - short of a typo, once they're up, they're up.

Canda · Junior player

I explained my reason for late posting - no internet while moving house. But since someone has questioned it, my predictions have been on the back of an envelope since Christmas Eve, including Harriet ranked 98. If you remember, she was ill in 2017 so while her rise up the rankings during 2018 might have come as a surprise to some I think there is potential for even greater rise for her. I saw her at Ilkley and liked the look of her game and attitude.

Rule me out for being late if you wish but as a newbie on this forum I didn't expect to be accused of anything underhand. Besides, any of these players could receive injuries or retire during the year so the competition is all a bit of fun, surely?

the addict · Tennis legend

Canda, ignore Jaggy.
It IS just a fun competition, and there is nothing wrong in your posts.

indiana · Tennis legend

Indeed, fun competition it is which is one reason why while best to be in time hardly anyone cares two hoots about the odd few often understandable slightly late entries in a season long competition.

For new / occasional posters I think interesting and often fun forum too in general although a few months ago, even after a err few posts, I felt cause to take some time out before simply thinking **** it since the cause of my pretty temporary absence simply wasn't worth it.

Sim · County player

There is no prize so it does not matter except for pride. Everyone had the chance to edit their entries up-to Dec 31st so there should not be a disadvantage of posting early.

Harriet had won all her matches by Dec 31st so there is no additional advantage of posting in the last couple of days.

There is always a danger of reading too much in one week's results especially the first week.

I will put up the initial tables this weekend including the late entries but no more now.....

-- Edited by Sim on Friday 4th of January 2019 12:58:51 PM

TheTraveller2 · Lower Club Player

Sim wrote:
There is no prize so it does not matter except for pride. Everyone had the chance to edit their entries up-to Dec 31st so there should not be a disadvantage of posting early.
Harriet had won all her matches by Dec 31st so there is no additional advantage of posting in the last couple of days.
There is always a danger of reading too much in one week's results especially the first week.
I will put up the initial tables this weekend including the late entries but no more now.....

-- Edited by Sim on Friday 4th of January 2019 12:58:51 PM

Thanks for doing this again Sim. It is always great to know in January that I can anticipate being completely wrong every year by December!!

Sim · County player

I have compiled all the tables but can't upload them at the moment. I think Steven must have changed the password for access.

This is the current "standings". All it shows is how close your predictions are to the current rankings. Status Quo is an additional entry which is as it says the current GB top 10 with their world rankings so currently gets 100 points. This will enable you to see if your predictions are better than simply keeping the top 10 exactly as they are today

Points Table

Status Quo	100
paulsi	69
Ace Ventura	68
flamingowings	61
kundalini	59
brittak	59
indiana	58
ROSAMUND	57
the addict	55
Miriambee	55
Strongbow	55
JonH	54
Babfive	54
SuperT	54
Andy Parker	54
telstar	53
Tennpar	53
The Traveller2	52
adz1983	51
scottie1	51
Deano13	50
Helen40	50
brendan	49
LordBrownof	49
RedSquirrel	49
Oakland	48
christ	46
hoots	46
Barefoot	46
Steve J	45
Jaffa	45
nickw811	45
JayFayFulham	45
Bolt	45
Jon	45
Grachka	44
Bruce	44
M Turner04	40
Coup Droit	40
Canda	40
Peter too	39
Ian1314	39
Mervatron2	39
Michael D	37
vohor	31
Jaggy1876	24