Time to start scratching your heads and come up with your predictions for 2025. We had 38 entries last year, almost the same as the previous year. It would be great to see a few more taking part this year, especially from some of the more recent and more active members. The closing date for entries is midnight on Friday Dec 27th as I will be out of the country for the following week. So you have just over 2 weeks to get your entries in.

The finishing date for the competition will probably be the first Monday in December as this is likely to be the last ranking update of the season after the WTA125 indoor events. I won't be putting any entries onto the spreadsheet before Christmas, so until then you can change your entry as much as you like - but please, do it by editing your post rather than posting afresh, to save me some work !

Just so everyone is clear, and for anyone who didn't take part last year, here are the competition rules

Select 10 players and give your prediction of their end-of season GB ranking and world ranking.
As in the 2024 competition one substitute player is allowed, who must be named as such at the same time as the main selection of 10. Their predicted WR must also be given. The eleventh player may be substituted for any one of your main selections, but only in the two weeks immediately following the end of Wimbledon (i.e. 14th to 27th July only, to be confirmed precisely nearer the time). This will give a little flexibility, particularly in the case of long-term injuries, and will make it more interesting. The substitute will take your prediction of the GB ranking of the player they replace, so for example if you replaced Heather Watson (GB #5) with Hannah Klugman (GB #18), Hannah would become your #7 prediction so think carefully ! Continuing from last year, there will be two dummy entries, AsYouWere (based on the starting rankings) and Mr Average (based on everyones WR predictions).
Points will be awarded with a maximum of 10 points per player split between GB ranking and world ranking.

GB rankings. 5 points for a correct prediction, 4 for one out, 3 for 2 out, 2 for 3 out, 1 for 4 out or more than 4 out and the player finishes in GB top 10. Note you can get points if a player finishes as low as GB14 e.g. You predict 10 they finish 14 difference is 4 so 1 point. You also get a point if your player finishes in the top ten if you havent gained any points for them already i.e. you predict GB7 and they finish GB1 you still get one point.

World ranking. 5 points if your prediction is within 7.5%, 4 if +/- 15%, 3 if +/- 20%, 2 if +/- 25% and 1 if  within +/- 30%  The reason why world ranking points is on % is that there is a big spread of rankings for GB top 10, so this method tries to even it out.