We have several weeks of grass coming up and for the past few years we have tracked which British players win the most main draw and qualifying draw matches!
And it is time to go again!
Starting with Surbiton, we will track the wins in qualies and main draw through all the events in Britain and overseas, through to the end of Newport Rhode Island (for the men). The wins that count include all main draws and qualies AND include the LTA Wild Card Play offs pre qualifiers that take place.
Your job is to predict which player you think will get the most wins!!
When you vote, please say for whom and I will anoint a winner at the end.
For the last 2 years, the players with most wins have been:
2022 - 16 wins - Dan Cox; 10 wins - Andy Murray and Stuart Parker
2023 - 13 wins - Dan Cox; 11 wins - Andy Murray, Billy Harris, Charlie Broom
The big difference this year is that there are no ITF events post Wimbledon - so Dan Cox will not be able to take advantage of that!!
I have listed the top 19 men as of today plus AN other, in case you think someone outside the top 19 will win!
Enjoy!
PLEASE NOTE, I HAVE DECIDED TO CLOSE THIS POLL EARLIER THAN PLANNED, IT WILL NOW BE 9.30AM FRIDAY MORNING NEXT WEEK, 31ST MAY. PLAY STARTS OVER THAT WEEKEND IN SURBITON AND AS WE ARE A WEEK OUT, IT IS BETTER TO CLOSE PREDICTIONS BEFORE PLAY ACTUALLY STARTS.
PLEASE NOTE AND DONT MISS THE NEW DEADLINE!
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Monday 20th of May 2024 04:18:30 PM
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-- Edited by JonH comes home on Friday 24th of May 2024 08:32:09 AM
For the avoidance of doubt, wins are counted from both BRITISH and OVERSEAS ATP and ITF grass court events, main draws and qualies, and wildcard play offs but not British Tour or junior events. And wins in matches moved onto indoor or non grass courts, in part or in whole, also count as wins.
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Friday 14th of June 2024 07:45:25 PM
I've voted for Billy. Evidence from last year is that he's pretty decent on grass and he should get the opportunity to play quite a few tournaments, as he'll generally be playing at lower level events (unless he gets lots of WCs into the top tournaments! And I won't object to seeing that, even if it means fewer wins overall.)
I've voted for Billy. Evidence from last year is that he's pretty decent on grass and he should get the opportunity to play quite a few tournaments, as he'll generally be playing at lower level events (unless he gets lots of WCs into the top tournaments! And I won't object to seeing that, even if it means fewer wins overall.)
Thanks Tanaqui - and if others who enter could say who they vote for, it will allow us to track who ends up winning.
The peak position is getting it right for men and womens events, something Jaggy did last year. Jaggy is our effective defending champion, the only person to get the mens winner two straight years and also the womens last year - 3 out of 4 predictions correct!