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Challenge: Predict the Top 8 of 2013 [final standings]

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:cool: Predict the Top 8 of 2013


Final Standings

Congrats, Marto :yeah:
Code:
Nobody predicted Wawrinka, so nobody finished on 8/8, though many participants on 7/8: 

  1. [B][I]Marto[/I]              8 2[/B]  1.Nadal 2.Djokovic 3.Murray 4.Ferrer 5.Federer 6.DelPotro 7.Tsonga 8.Berdych
  2. [B][I]ciprianned[/I]        10 2[/B]  1.Nadal 2.Djokovic 3.Federer 4.Murray 5.Ferrer 6.DelPotro 7.Tsonga 8.Berdych
  3. [B][I]Alex999[/I]           10 0[/B]  1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Murray 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Ferrer 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
  3. [B][I]Abel[/I]              10 0[/B]  1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Murray 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Ferrer 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
  3. [B][I]Matthew2408[/I]       10 0[/B]  1.Murray 2.Djokovic 3.Ferrer 4.Nadal 5.Federer 6.DelPotro 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
  6. [B][I]bizzle[/I]            12 0[/B]  1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Murray 4.DelPotro 5.Federer 6.Ferrer 7.Tsonga 8.Berdych
  6. [B][I]nole_no1[/I]          12 0[/B]  1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Murray 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Ferrer 7.Tsonga 8.Berdych
  6. [B][I]nazzac[/I]            12 0[/B]  1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Murray 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Berdych 7.Ferrer 8.Tsonga
  6. [B][I]GSMnadal[/I]          12 0[/B]  1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Federer 4.Murray 5.Ferrer 6.Berdych 7.DelPotro 8.Tsonga
  6. [B][I]Kowchi[/I]            12 0[/B]  1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Nadal 4.Federer 5.Ferrer 6.DelPotro 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
  6. [B][I]duong[/I]             12 0[/B]  1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Nadal 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Ferrer 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
  6. [B][I]Featherer[/I]         12 0[/B]  1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Nadal 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Ferrer 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
  6. [B][I]Federer in 2[/I]      12 0[/B]  1.Federer 2.Djokovic 3.Nadal 4.Murray 5.Ferrer 6.DelPotro 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
 ... 
 ->[URL="http://www.menstennisforums.com/showpost.php?p=12639154&postcount=96"][B]full list of entries[/B][/URL] 

[B]ATP YearEnd Rankings:[/B]        1.Nadal 2.Djokovic 3.Ferrer 4.Murray 5.DelPotro 6.Federer 7.Berdych 8.[B]Wawrinka[/B] 
                               9.Gasquet 10.Tsonga 11.Raonic 


[I]*side note: I excluded the following double accounts from the game (and also from the stats): 
    [B]Cheyen, RafaelNadalisGod, Noserer[/B][/I]


Stats
Code:
The Tennis players picked by 56 of the 57 entrants are sorted by their ATP rankings (season end 2012) 
to better illustrate the expected changes. 
(I excluded the picks of one entrant, that was obviously trolling, from the stats, but not from the game.) 
The first number after the players' names shows how often they were picked. 
The second number results from the predicted rankings, if 8 points for 1st ranks, ..., 1 for 8th. 

  1. [B]Djokovic[/B]   56   431 
  2. [B]Federer[/B]    56   310 
  3. [B]Murray[/B]     56   364 
  4. [B]Nadal[/B]      56   324 
  5. [B]Ferrer[/B]     47   132 
  6. [B]Berdych[/B]    49   119 
  7. [B]DelPotro[/B]   54   224 
  8. [B]Tsonga[/B]     39    65 
  9. [B]Tipsarevic[/B]  1     1  by [B][I]coolfish1103[/I][/B] 
 10. [B]Gasquet[/B]     2     2  by [B][I]Slasher1985[/I][/B] and [B][I]Pratik[/I][/B] 
(11. [B]Almagro[/B]     0) 
(12. [B]Monaco[/B]      0) 
 13. [B]Raonic[/B]     18    33! 
 14. [B]Isner[/B]       1     1  by [B][I]latso[/I][/B] 
 15. [B]Cilic[/B]       3     4  by [B][I]AncicCilic[/I][/B] and [B][I]Legendary Lopata[/I][/B] and [B][I]GrimbleGromble[/I][/B] 
(17. [B]Wawrinka[/B]    0!) 
 19. [B]Nishikori[/B]   5     6 
 24. [B]Verdasco[/B]    1     2  by [B][I]Dr. Albans[/I][/B] 
 26. [B]Janowicz[/B]    3     5  by [B][I]nellis_lv[/I][/B] and [B][I]BauerAlmeida[/I][/B] and [B][I]Brick Top[/I][/B] 
 48. [B]Dimitrov[/B]    1     1  by [B][I]iniesta896[/I][/B]
Code:
So the Top 8 of 2013 as expected by the average of the entrants are: 

  1. [B]Djokovic[/B]       0 
  2. [B]Murray[/B]        +1 
  3. [B]Nadal[/B]         +1 
  4. [B]Federer[/B]       -2 
  5. [B]DelPotro[/B]      +2 
  6. [B]Ferrer[/B]        -1 
  7. [B]Berdych[/B]       -1 
  8. [B]Tsonga[/B]         0 

And in fact two entrants chose precisely the above version: [B][I]duong[/I][/B] and myself.


The Challenge was...
Code:
[B]Predict the Tennis players that will make the Top 8[/B] (Entry list) [B]at the end of the 2013 season[/B] 
(after the DavisCup finals)[B] - and their rankings! 

Basically the winner is who predicts most Top 8 players correctly (so as possible all 8). 
The predicted rankings will be used for tiebreaks. 

1st tiebreak[/B]: (for entrants on the same number of correct picks) 
[B]Every single deviation from the real rankings leads to one penalty point[/B] 
(for every player/pick simply accumulated). 
For example, if I guess that Federer finishes 1st and Nadal 3rd, but in reality it turns out to be reversely, 
then I receive 2 penalty points for each of them, so altogether 4. 
[B]2nd tiebreak[/B]: (for entrants still tied after the 1st tiebreak) 
[B]Correctly predicted rankings in uninterrupted sequence, starting with the correct N°1.[/B] 
For example, if I pick "1.Djokovic 2.Federer 3.Murray", but in reality the order becomes "1.Djokovic 2.Murray 
3.Federer", then another entrant who picked "1.Djokovic 2.Murray" wins the tiebreak over me. 
[B]Entry deadline is the start of the AbuDhabi tournament on 27th December 2012.[/B] 
Before then you can also alter your picks / edit your posts if you like.
->2012 Top8Challenge: _ 1) !VamosRafa! & Looner 3) mark73http://www.menstennisforums.com/member.php?u=43989
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#78 ·
Re: Challenge: Predict the Top 8 of 2013 !

Really depends on how much of the season Nadal takes part in.

If he's relatively healthy for a good amount of the season:

1. Djokovic
2. Nadal
3. Murray
4. Federer
5. JMDP
6. Ferrer
7. Berdych
8. Tsonga

If he's not then he'll end up 4th, maybe even 5th if Ferrer or JMDP have great seasons.
 
#79 ·
Re: Challenge: Predict the Top 8 of 2013 !

Djokovic
Nadal
Murray
Federer
Tsonga
Ferrer
Del Potro
Berdych
 
#82 ·
Re: Challenge: Predict the Top 8 of 2013 !

1. Djokovic
2. Nadal
3. Federer
4. Murray
5. Del Potro
6. Berdych
7. Tsonga
8. Isner
 
#85 ·
Re: Challenge: Predict the Top 8 of 2013 !

I'll go ahead and do top 100 predictions:

1) Djokovic
2) Murray
3) Del Potro
4) Berdych
5) Federer
6) Nadal
7) Ferrer
8) Janowicz


9) Nishikori
10) Tsonga
11) Cilic
12) Querrey
13) Isner
14) Anderson
15) Wawrinka
16) Dolgopolov
17) Raonic
18) Monaco
19) Tipsarevic
20) Gasquet
21) Haas
22) Klizan
23) Youzhny
24) Simon
25) Almagro
26) Verdasco
27) Kohlschreiber
28) Stepanek
29) Lopez
30) Baghdatis
31) Troicki
32) F. Mayer
33) Seppi
34) Paire
35) Granollers
36) Bellucci
37) Dimitrov
38) Fognini
39) Falla
40) Goffin
41) Benneteau
42) Matosevic
43) Giraldo
44) Soeda
45) Nieminen
46) Chardy
47) L. Mayer
48) Dodig
49) Sock
50) Rufin
51) Malisse
52) Zemlja
53) Ramos
54) Rosol
55) Kubot
56) Garcia-Lopez
57) Lacko
58) Andujar
59) Ito
60) Roger-Vasselin
61) Stakhovsky
62) Darcis
63) Istomin
64) Llodra
65) Kavcic
66) Cipolla
67) Mathieu
68) Pella
69) Bemelmans
70) Robredo
71) Petzschner
72) Jaziri
73) Haase
74) Berankis
75) Yen Lu
76) Kuznetsov
77) Lorenzi
78) Melzer
79) Tomic
80) Muller
81) Del Bonis
82) Pospisil
83) Becker
84) Karlovic
85) R. Harrison
86) Kukushkin
87) Mahut
88) Rochus
89) Ungur
90) Marchenko
91) Sijsling
92) Gimeno-Traver
93) Sousa
94) Montanes
95) Sugita
96) Donskoy
97) Bedene
98) Kudla
99) Berlocq
100) Bogomolov


Monfils, Fish, and Davydenko will retire. :angel:

Baker will fall out of top 100, sadly, I believe.
 
#86 ·
Re: Challenge: Predict the Top 8 of 2013 !

I'll go ahead and do top 100 predictions:

1) Djokovic
2) Murray
3) Del Potro
4) Berdych
5) Federer
6) Nadal
7) Ferrer
8) Janowicz


9) Nishikori
10) Tsonga
11) Cilic
12) Querrey
13) Isner
14) Anderson
15) Wawrinka
16) Dolgopolov
17) Raonic
18) Monaco
19) Tipsarevic
20) Gasquet
21) Haas
22) Klizan
23) Youzhny
24) Simon
25) Almagro
26) Verdasco
27) Kohlschreiber
28) Stepanek
29) Lopez
30) Baghdatis
31) Troicki
32) F. Mayer
33) Seppi
34) Paire
35) Granollers
36) Bellucci
37) Dimitrov
38) Fognini
39) Falla
40) Goffin
41) Benneteau
42) Matosevic
43) Giraldo
44) Soeda
45) Nieminen
46) Chardy
47) L. Mayer
48) Dodig
49) Sock
50) Rufin
51) Malisse
52) Zemlja
53) Ramos
54) Rosol
55) Kubot
56) Garcia-Lopez
57) Lacko
58) Andujar
59) Ito
60) Roger-Vasselin
61) Stakhovsky
62) Darcis
63) Istomin
64) Llodra
65) Kavcic
66) Cipolla
67) Mathieu
68) Pella
69) Bemelmans
70) Robredo
71) Petzschner
72) Jaziri
73) Haase
74) Berankis
75) Yen Lu
76) Kuznetsov
77) Lorenzi
78) Melzer
79) Tomic
80) Muller
81) Del Bonis
82) Pospisil
83) Becker
84) Karlovic
85) R. Harrison
86) Kukushkin
87) Mahut
88) Rochus
89) Ungur
90) Marchenko
91) Sijsling
92) Gimeno-Traver
93) Sousa
94) Montanes
95) Sugita
96) Donskoy
97) Bedene
98) Kudla
99) Berlocq
100) Bogomolov


Monfils, Fish, and Davydenko will retire. :angel:

Baker will fall out of top 100, sadly, I believe.
ouch, that's a lot of typing, admire you for your effort (unless you used that copy/paste trick... If you did, I'm taking my words back :)
 
#92 ·
Re: Challenge: Predict the Top 8 of 2013 !

Djokovic
Murray
Nadal
Federer
del Potro
Ferrer
Tsonga
Raonic
 
#93 ·
Re: Challenge: Predict the Top 8 of 2013 !

Federer (2 slams, 1 masters)
Nadal (1 slam, 2 masters)
Davydenko (1 slam , 1 master)
Hewitt (2 masters)
Robredo (1 master)
Nalbandian (1 master)
Blake (1 master)
Del Potro (2 ATP 500 , 4 ATP 250)

:silly: :D
 
#98 ·
Re: Challenge: Predict the Top 8 of 2013 !

Federer (2 slams, 1 masters)
Nadal (1 slam, 2 masters)
Davydenko (1 slam , 1 master)
Hewitt (2 masters)
Robredo (1 master)
Nalbandian (1 master)
Blake (1 master)
Del Potro (2 ATP 500 , 4 ATP 250)

:silly: :D
You've stopped taking your medication again, haven't you?
 
#96 · (Edited)
Re: Challenge: Predict the Top 8 of 2013 [# stats]

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Stats
Code:
The Tennis players picked by 59 of the 60 entrants are sorted by their ATP rankings (season end 2012) 
to better illustrate the expected changes. 
(I excluded the picks of one entrant, who was obviously joking, from these stats.) 
The first number after the players' names shows how often they were picked. 
The second number results from the predicted rankings, if 8 points for 1st ranks, ..., 1 for 8th. 

  1. [B]Djokovic[/B]   59   454 
  2. [B]Federer[/B]    59   325 
  3. [B]Murray[/B]     59   383 
  4. [B]Nadal[/B]      59   342 
  5. [B]Ferrer[/B]     50   141 
  6. [B]Berdych[/B]    52   124 
  7. [B]DelPotro[/B]   57   237 
  8. [B]Tsonga[/B]     41    70 
  9. [B]Tipsarevic[/B]  1     1  by [B][I]coolfish1103[/I][/B] 
 10. [B]Gasquet[/B]     2     2  by [B][I]Pratik[/I][/B] and [B][I]Slasher1985[/I][/B] 
(11. [B]Almagro[/B]     0) 
(12. [B]Monaco[/B]      0) 
 13. [B]Raonic[/B]     19    34! 
 14. [B]Isner[/B]       1     1  by [B][I]latso[/I][/B] 
 15. [B]Cilic[/B]       3     4  by [B][I]AncicCilic[/I][/B] and [B][I]Legendary Lopata[/I][/B] and [B][I]GrimbleGromble[/I][/B] 
 19. [B]Nishikori[/B]   5     6 
 24. [B]Verdasco[/B]    1     2  by [B][I]Dr. Albans[/I][/B] 
 26. [B]Janowicz[/B]    3     5  by [B][I]nellis_lv[/I][/B] and [B][I]BauerAlmeida[/I][/B] and [B][I]Brick Top[/I][/B] 
 48. [B]Dimitrov[/B]    1     1  by [B][I]iniesta896[/I][/B]
Code:
So the Top 8 of 2013 as expected by the majority of the entrants are: 

  1. [B]Djokovic[/B]       0 
  2. [B]Murray[/B]        +1 
  3. [B]Nadal[/B]         +1 
  4. [B]Federer[/B]       -2 
  5. [B]DelPotro[/B]      +2 
  6. [B]Ferrer[/B]        -1 
  7. [B]Berdych[/B]       -1 
  8. [B]Tsonga[/B]         0 

And in fact two entrants chose precisely the above version: [B][I]duong[/I][/B] and myself.


Entrants
Code:
Almost half of the entrants think we'll get exactly the same Top 8 as last year. 
If that really happens it would be the first time in history, I guess. 

    [B][I]duong[/I][/B]              1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Nadal 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Ferrer 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]Featherer[/I][/B]          1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Nadal 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Ferrer 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]Kowchi[/I][/B]             1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Nadal 4.Federer 5.Ferrer 6.DelPotro 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]outrider[/I][/B]           1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Nadal 4.Federer 5.Ferrer 6.DelPotro 7.Tsonga 8.Berdych
    [B][I]Chase Visa[/I][/B]         1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Federer 4.Nadal 5.DelPotro 6.Berdych 7.Ferrer 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]Roy Emerson[/I][/B]        1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Federer 4.Nadal 5.DelPotro 6.Berdych 7.Ferrer 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]ProdigyEng[/I][/B]         1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Federer 4.Nadal 5.DelPotro 6.Tsonga 7.Berdych 8.Ferrer
    [B][I]Nole fan[/I][/B]           1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Federer 4.Nadal 5.DelPotro 6.Ferrer 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]duarte_a[/I][/B]           1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Federer 4.Nadal 5.Ferrer 6.DelPotro 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]Eddy DoubleD[/I][/B]       1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Federer 4.DelPotro 5.Nadal 6.Ferrer 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
  * [B][I]Cheyen[/I][/B]             1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Federer 4.Ferrer 5.DelPotro 6.Nadal 7.Tsonga 8.Berdych
    [B][I]Del GOATro[/I][/B]         1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.DelPotro 4.Federer 5.Nadal 6.Ferrer 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]Alex999[/I][/B]            1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Murray 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Ferrer 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]Abel[/I][/B]               1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Murray 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Ferrer 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]nole_no1[/I][/B]           1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Murray 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Ferrer 7.Tsonga 8.Berdych
    [B][I]nazzac[/I][/B]             1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Murray 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Berdych 7.Ferrer 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]JurajCrane[/I][/B]         1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Murray 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Tsonga 7.Ferrer 8.Berdych
    [B][I]TigerTim[/I][/B]           1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Murray 4.Federer 5.Tsonga 6.Ferrer 7.DelPotro 8.Berdych
    [B][I]bizzle[/I][/B]             1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Murray 4.DelPotro 5.Federer 6.Ferrer 7.Tsonga 8.Berdych
    [B][I]GSMnadal[/I][/B]           1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Federer 4.Murray 5.Ferrer 6.Berdych 7.DelPotro 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]End da Game[/I][/B]        1.Djokovic 2.DelPotro 3.Federer 4.Nadal 5.Murray 6.Berdych 7.Ferrer 8.Tsonga
  * [B][I]RafaelNadalisGod[/I][/B]   1.Nadal 2.Djokovic 3.Murray 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Tsonga 7.Berdych 8.Ferrer
    [B][I]Marto[/I][/B]              1.Nadal 2.Djokovic 3.Murray 4.Ferrer 5.Federer 6.DelPotro 7.Tsonga 8.Berdych
    [B][I]ciprianned[/I][/B]         1.Nadal 2.Djokovic 3.Federer 4.Murray 5.Ferrer 6.DelPotro 7.Tsonga 8.Berdych
  * [B][I]se7en[/I][/B]              1.Murray 2.Djokovic 3.Nadal 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Berdych 7.Ferrer 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]Matthew2408[/I][/B]        1.Murray 2.Djokovic 3.Ferrer 4.Nadal 5.Federer 6.DelPotro 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]Bashkatik[/I][/B]          1.Federer 2.Djokovic 3.Nadal 4.Murray 5.Ferrer 6.DelPotro 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]Federer&Hingis[/I][/B]     1.Federer 2.Murray 3.Djokovic 4.DelPotro 5.Berdych 6.Nadal 7.Ferrer 8.Tsonga

[I][U]Tsonga won't make the Top8:[/U][/I] 
    [B][I]djokovicgonzalez[/I][/B]   1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Federer 4.Nadal 5.Berdych 6.DelPotro 7.Ferrer 8.Raonic
    [B][I]Han Solo[/I][/B]           1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Nadal 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Berdych 7.Ferrer 8.Raonic
  * [B][I]Noserer[/I][/B]            1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Murray 4.DelPotro 5.Federer 6.Ferrer 7.Berdych 8.Raonic
    [B][I]MOhero[/I][/B]             1.Murray 2.Djokovic 3.Federer 4.Nadal 5.Ferrer 6.DelPotro 7.Berdych 8.Raonic
    [B][I]156mphserve[/I][/B]        1.Djokovic 2.Federer 3.Murray 4.DelPotro 5.Nadal 6.Ferrer 7.Raonic 8.Berdych
    [B][I]nellis_lv[/I][/B]          1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.DelPotro 4.Berdych 5.Federer 6.Nadal 7.Ferrer 8.Janowicz
    [B][I]BauerAlmeida[/I][/B]       1.Djokovic 2.DelPotro 3.Nadal 4.Murray 5.Federer 6.Berdych 7.Ferrer 8.Janowicz
    [B][I]Brick Top[/I][/B]          1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Nadal 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Janowicz 7.Ferrer 8.Berdych
    [B][I]lucyfur[/I][/B]            1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.DelPotro 4.Federer 5.Nadal 6.Berdych 7.Ferrer 8.Nishikori
    [B][I]Slasher1985[/I][/B]        1.Murray 2.Djokovic 3.Federer 4.Nadal 5.DelPotro 6.Ferrer 7.Berdych 8.Gasquet
    [B][I]Pratik[/I][/B]             1.Murray 2.Djokovic 3.Federer 4.DelPotro 5.Nadal 6.Ferrer 7.Berdych 8.Gasquet
    [B][I]AncicCilic[/I][/B]         1.Murray 2.Djokovic 3.Federer 4.Nadal 5.Berdych 6.DelPotro 7.Ferrer 8.Cilic
    [B][I]coolfish1103[/I][/B]       1.Djokovic 2.Federer 3.Murray 4.DelPotro 5.Berdych 6.Nadal 7.Ferrer 8.Tipsarevic
    [B][I]iniesta896[/I][/B]         1.Federer 2.Djokovic 3.Murray 4.Nadal 5.Berdych 6.Ferrer 7.DelPotro 8.Dimitrov 
    [B][I]Dr. Albans[/I][/B]         1.Nadal 2.Djokovic 3.Federer 4.Murray 5.DelPotro 6.Ferrer 7.Verdasco 8.Berdych

[I][U]Ferrer won't make the Top8:[/U][/I] 
    [B][I]Certinfy[/I][/B]           1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Nadal 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Berdych 7.Tsonga 8.Raonic
    [B][I]johnny tsunami[/I][/B]     1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Murray 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Berdych 7.Tsonga 8.Raonic
    [B][I]sdmartin[/I][/B]           1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.DelPotro 4.Federer 5.Nadal 6.Raonic 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]DDRickyDD[/I][/B]          1.Djokovic 2.Federer 3.Nadal 4.DelPotro 5.Raonic 6.Murray 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]Mark Lenders[/I][/B]       1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Murray 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Nishikori 7.Berdych 8.Tsonga
    [B][I]latso[/I][/B]              1.Djokovic 2.Nadal 3.Federer 4.Murray 5.DelPotro 6.Berdych 7.Tsonga 8.Isner

[I][U]Berdych won't make the Top8:[/U][/I] 
    [B][I]Droog[/I][/B]              1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Federer 4.Nadal 5.DelPotro 6.Tsonga 7.Ferrer 8.Raonic
    [B][I]FleetSeb[/I][/B]           1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Nadal 4.Federer 5.DelPotro 6.Ferrer 7.Tsonga 8.Raonic
    [B][I]samo7266[/I][/B]           1.Djokovic 2.Federer 3.Murray 4.DelPotro 5.Nadal 6.Tsonga 7.Ferrer 8.Raonic
    [B][I]Chirag[/I][/B]             1.Murray 2.Djokovic 3.Federer 4.Nadal 5.DelPotro 6.Ferrer 7.Tsonga 8.Raonic
    [B][I]ZackBusner[/I][/B]         1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.DelPotro 4.Nadal 5.Federer 6.Raonic 7.Tsonga 8.Ferrer

[I][U]Two out of DelPotro / Berdych / Tsonga / Ferrer won't make the Top8:[/U][/I] 
    [B][I]come2papa[/I][/B]          1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Federer 4.Nadal 5.DelPotro 6.Ferrer 7.Raonic 8.Nishikori
    [B][I]Federer-Fan[/I][/B]        1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Federer 4.Nadal 5.Tsonga 6.DelPotro 7.Nishikori 8.Raonic
    [B][I]Mountaindewslave[/I][/B]   1.Nadal 2.Federer 3.Djokovic 4.Raonic 5.Murray 6.Ferrer 7.Berdych 8.Nishikori
    [B][I]Legendary Lopata[/I][/B]   1.Djokovic 2.Murray 3.Nadal 4.DelPotro 5.Berdych 6.Federer 7.Cilic 8.Raonic
    [B][I]GrimbleGromble[/I][/B]     1.Murray 2.Djokovic 3.Berdych 4.Nadal 5.Federer 6.Raonic 7.Tsonga 8.Cilic

[I][U]TBkeeper will make it:[/U][/I] 
    [B][I]TBkeeper[/I][/B]           1.Federer 2.Nadal 3.Davydenko 4.Hewitt 5.Robredo 6.Nalbandian 7.Blake 8.DelPotro


* Side note: It might be that some (currently banned) entrants are double accounts. 
If that proves to be true I will remove them from the list of entrants as well as from the stats later on.

Just as last year there was just one entrant who marched to a different tune, and just as last year it was precisily the last entrant (before the deadline), who did so.
I don't really know what to make of this "tradition". :eek:

...Checking back our predictions will start to become interesting after the US Open. :smoke:
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#101 ·
Re: Challenge: Predict the Top 8 of 2013 [# stats]

^^uxyzapenje
You sended your picks when Tipsarevic had already beaten Murray and Ferrer had beaten or was near beating Berdych in AbuDhabi. So Tipsarevic made the Top8 in your predictions and Ferrer landed even above Federer. Nice try, man!

The deadline:
Even if an Exho the AbuDhabi tournament is best for deadline since information is more important than a few ranking points.
AbuDhabi already holds a lot of information about the shape of several top players, probably more than Doha/Brisbane/Chennai and Sydney/Auckland combined.
The awarded ranking points for the latter are comparatively unimportant.
For example, at the 2011 AbuDhabi edition it became clear that Djokovic fully recovered from his back injury, which was pretty uncertain beforehand!
At last year's edition Nadal withdrew from the Australian Open during AbuDhabi.
Moreover, this thread is intended to be a relaxed Off-season activity.
I mean, it's almost the same if you settle your picks on 6th or 26th December. Not much happens during that three weeks.
Whereas predictions during the AbuDhabi tournament already imply an advantage in information.
It would be bad if most entrants waited with their predictions until the end of December.
 
#103 ·
Re: Challenge: Predict the Top 8 of 2013 [# stats]

^^uxyzapenje
You sended your picks when Tipsarevic had already beaten Murray and Ferrer had beaten or was near beating Berdych in AbuDhabi. So Tipsarevic made the Top8 in your predictions and Ferrer landed even above Federer. Nice try, man!

The deadline:
Even if an Exho the AbuDhabi tournament is best for deadline since information is more important than a few ranking points.
AbuDhabi already holds a lot of information about the shape of several top players, probably more than Doha/Brisbane/Chennai and Sydney/Auckland combined.
The awarded ranking points for the latter are comparatively unimportant.
For example, at the 2011 AbuDhabi edition it became clear that Djokovic fully recovered from his back injury, which was pretty uncertain beforehand!
At last year's edition Nadal withdrew from the Australian Open during AbuDhabi.
Moreover, this thread is intended to be a relaxed Off-season activity.
I mean, it's almost the same if you settle your picks on 6th or 26th December. Not much happens during that three weeks.
Whereas predictions during the AbuDhabi tournament already imply an advantage in information.
It would be bad if most entrants waited with their predictions until the end of December.
WTF? Man, I was banned until 26th of December. You can see my posting history if you think I'm lying. I came here on 27th after 1 month, couldn't have picked it earlier. And if you saw any of my posts, you know that I would pick Tipsarevic even if he was beaten 6-0 6-0 by Murray. And also, if Tipsarevic beat Murray, why did I put Murray 2nd? It's an exho, it didn't affect my picks whatsoever...
 
#106 ·
Re: Challenge: Predict the Top 8 of 2013 [# stats]

1. Murray
2. Djokovic
3. Federer
4. Ferrer
5. Nadal
6. Berdych
7. Del Potro
8. Almagro
 
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