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Tennis Tipping #38A - Chengdu Open - Pauchis & BMT360/Starluk are the Champions!!!

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TENNIS TIPPING #38A
Chengdu Open

Chengdu, China

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Picks can be sent in as soon as the draws are ready. Remember, you pick a winner in every match!. Picks should be sent by PM, so that your opponent does not know your picks. Picks should be titled: [TT: Chengdu, Day #]. It would be helpful if you could also include (S + D), (S Only), or (D Only) as well to keep track of which events are still relevant for you. Picks can be sent in anytime until the beginning of play each day. If you're still in both singles & doubles, you use the same tips for both. For doubles, you still tip the ATP singles matches, not the doubles! No changes can be made after the play has started.

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FACT SHEET

Location: Chengdu, China
Type: ATP 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Date: 16 - 23 September 2025
Tournament website: Chengdu Open

Singles Initial Entry Deadline:
Tuesday 9 September at 18:00 CET
Singles and Doubles Final Entry Deadline: Sunday 14 September at 18:00 CET
Anyone committing after that deadline will be an ALT
Draw size for singles:
32 (28 direct entry, 4 qualifiers, 16 player qualifying draw)
Draw size for doubles: 16 (14 direct entry, 2 qualifiers, 8 team qualifying draw)

TT RANKING POINTS
Rich (BB code):
W -- 200
F -- 140
SF -- 90
QF -- 50
R16 - 20
R32 -- 0
Q2 -- 10
Q1 --- 5
TT Schedule

SINGLES

Tuesday (16 September) ~ TT QR1
Wednesday ~ TT FQR
Wednesday & Thursday ~ TT R32
Thursday ~ TT R16
Friday & Saturday ~ TT QF
Sunday ~ TT SF
Monday & Tuesday ~ TT Final

DOUBLES
Tuesday (16 September) ~ TT QR1
Wednesday ~ TT FQR
Wednesday & Thursday ~ TT R16
Friday & Saturday ~ TT QF
Sunday ~ TT SF
Monday & Tuesday ~ TT Final

Week 38 Events
Rich (BB code):
#38a 16/9/2025 Chengdu         CHN OH 32/16/16/8 tommyboy0515
#38b 16/9/2025 Hangzhou        CHN OH 32/16/16/8 dinkulpus
#38c 15/9/2025 Saint Tropez CH FRA OH 32/16/16/8 dinkulpus
 
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ENTRY LISTS
Last update: post #65

Rich (BB code):
SINGLES ENTRY LIST (rankings from August 25, 2025)
 
1. FERNANDO CORDEIR (ARG) 2
2. sdtoot (GBR) 3
3. vjatceslav (ESP) 4
4. scher (POR) 6
5. anny (BLR) 7
6. lucassilva (BRA) 8
7. Lisandro (BRA) 9
8. digor (RUS) 13
9. Hidalgo (RUS) 14
10. Bublike (CAN) 15
11. Pauchis (ARG) 23
12. Cazorla (UKR) 26
13. tommyboy0515 (CHI) 27
14. gux (BLR) 28
15. Elmo Jr (BRA) 29
16. alejan_milos (ESP) 31
17. Rodrigo R3 (BRA) 32
18. kondrashov (RUS) 34
19. Walsall (GBR) 35
20. goOudinUSA (USA) 38
21. Ertl93 (GER) 40
22. ^bibi^ (KOR) 41
23. Taz Warrior (GBR) 42
24. PDK (NED) 43
25. Himalaya (NED) 51
26. Han Fei-tzu (ISL) 55
27. ibreak4coffee (CAN) 56
28. rjd (ARG) 58
 
ALTERNATES/QUALIFYING LIST
 
29. Phiil (GER) 60
30. starluk (CHN) 62
31. lovro7777777 (CRO) 67
32. Kirilenko-Fan (GER) 71
33. Lipsum (RUS) 73
34. Chilenaitor (CHI) 78
35. Randy (ISL) 83
36. Matty1 (CZE) 84
37. rafagami (PNG) 85
38. BMT360 (USA) 86
39. Chris. (AUS) 90
40. RHB1993 (GER) 96
41. Herzeleid (GER) 97
42. buji (IND) 99
43. Poltergeist (SRB) 100
44. Tomek. (POL) 101
 
QUALIFYING ALTERNATES LIST
 
45. dinkulpus (KOR) 103
46. Murata-BR (BRA) 124
47. VictorHaas (BRA) 126
48. bry17may (NOR) 52   LE
49. Mesut Ozil (POR) 147   LE
 
Rich (BB code):
DOUBLES ENTRY LIST (rankings from August 25, 2025)
 
1. alejan_milos (ESP)/vjatceslav (ESP) 1 + 1 = 2 (7780)
2. Murata-BR (BRA)/VictorHaas (BRA) 3 + 3 = 6 (7730)
3. Walsall (GBR)/sdtoot (GBR) 5 + 10 = 15 (6485)
4. Elmo Jr (BRA)/Rodrigo R3 (BRA) 11 + 11 = 22 (5890)
5. anny (BLR)/gux (BLR) 13 + 13 = 26 (5790)
6. Randy (ISL)/Han Fei-tzu (ISL) 15 + 16 = 31 (5590)
7. BMT360 (USA)/starluk (CHN) 18 + 20 = 38 (5285)
8. PDK (NED)/Himalaya (NED) 22 + 23 = 45 (5215)
9. Lipsum (RUS)/lovro7777777 (CRO) 24 + 24 = 48 (5100)
10. Ertl93 (GER)/Tomek. (POL) 26 + 26 = 52 (4980)
11. Bublike (CAN)/lucassilva (BRA) 21 + 38 = 59 (4830)
12. scher (POR)/Lisandro (BRA) 28 + 32 = 60 (4775)
13. goOudinUSA (USA)/Poltergeist (SRB) 30 + 31 = 61 (4650)
14. Kirilenko-Fan (GER)/Herzeleid (GER) 45 + 46 = 91 (4240)
 
ALTERNATES/QUALIFYING LIST
 
15. dinkulpus (KOR)/Normand (FRA) 50 + 54 = 104 (4040)
16. rjd (ARG)/Taz Warrior (GBR) 47 + 61 = 108 (3940)
17. tommyboy0515 (CHI)/Chilenaitor (CHI) 56 + 59 = 115 (3825)
18. FERNANDO CORDEIR (ARG)/rafagami (PNG) 43 + 85 = 128 (3336)
19. digor (RUS)/Hidalgo (RUS) 41 + 97 = 138 (3067)
20. buji (IND)/RHB1993 (GER) 79 + 80 = 159 (2560)
21. Phiil (GER)/Matty1 (CZE) 94 + 107 = 201 (1610)
22. Chris. (AUS)/Mesut Ozil (POR) 95 + 112 = 207 (1517)
 
Players free for doubles
 
- kondrashov (51)
- ^bibi^ (66)
- bry17may (98)
- ibreak4coffee (135)
- Cazorla (NR)
- Pauchis (NR)
 
 
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#4 · (Edited)
SINGLES DRAW
Final:
00:00 | Pauchis (ARG) vs. Hidalgo (RUS)

Semifinals:
00:00 | Pauchis (ARG) vs. Himalaya (NED)
00:00 | alejan_milos (ESP) vs. Hidalgo (RUS)

Quarterfinals:
00:00 | tommyboy0515 (CHI) vs. Pauchis (ARG)
00:00 | Himalaya (NED) vs. (3) vjatceslav (ESP)
00:00 | alejan_milos (ESP) vs. (5) anny (BLR)
00:00 | Hidalgo (RUS) vs. Elmo Jr (BRA)

Round 2:
00:00 | (1) FERNANDO CORDEIR (ARG) vs. tommyboy0515 (CHI)
00:00 | Pauchis (ARG) vs. (7) Lisandro (BRA)
00:00 | Himalaya (NED) vs. Rodrigo R3 (BRA)
00:00 | Ertl93 (GER) vs. (3) vjatceslav (ESP)

00:00 | (Q) rafagami (PNG) vs. alejan_milos (ESP)
00:00 | (LL) dinkulpus (KOR) vs. (5) anny (BLR)
00:00 | Han Fei-tzu (ISL) vs. Hidalgo (RUS)
00:00 | Elmo Jr (BRA) vs. (2) sdtoot (GBR)

Round 1:

00:00 | (1) FERNANDO CORDEIR (ARG) vs. (Q) buji (IND)
00:00 | PDK (NED) vs. tommyboy0515 (CHI)
00:00 | Pauchis (ARG) vs. Taz Warrior (GBR)
00:00 | (LL) Randy (ISL) vs. (7) Lisandro (BRA)

00:00 | (8) digor (RUS) vs. Himalaya (NED)
00:00 | Rodrigo R3 (BRA) vs. Bublike (CAN)
00:00 | gux (BLR) vs. Ertl93 (GER)
00:00 | (Q) Chris. (AUS) vs. (3) vjatceslav (ESP)

00:00 | (4) scher (POR) vs. (Q) rafagami (PNG)
00:00 | Walsall (GBR) vs. alejan_milos (ESP)
00:00 | (LL) dinkulpus (KOR) vs. (LL) lovro7777777 (CRO)
00:00 | (Q) Kirilenko-Fan (GER) vs. (5) anny (BLR)

00:00 | (6) lucassilva (BRA) vs. Han Fei-tzu (ISL)
00:00 | kondrashov (RUS) vs. Hidalgo (RUS)
00:00 | Elmo Jr (BRA) vs. goOudinUSA (USA)
00:00 | rjd (ARG) vs. (2) sdtoot (GBR)


SINGLES QUALIFYING DRAW
Round 2:
00:00 | Chris. (AUS) vs. (ALT) dinkulpus (KOR)
00:00 | Poltergeist (SRB) vs. rafagami (PNG)
00:00 | (3) lovro7777777 (CRO) vs. buji (IND)
00:00 | (4) Kirilenko-Fan (GER) vs. (7) Randy (ISL)

Round 1:

00:00 | (1) Phiil (GER) vs. Chris. (AUS)
00:00 | (8) Matty1 (CZE) vs. Herzeleid (GER)
00:00 | (2) starluk (CHN) vs. Poltergeist (SRB)
00:00 | (5) Lipsum (RUS) vs. rafagami (PNG)

00:00 | (3) lovro7777777 (CRO) vs. Tomek. (POL)
00:00 | (6) Chilenaitor (CHI) vs. buji (IND)
00:00 | (4) Kirilenko-Fan (GER) vs. RHB1993 (GER)
00:00 | (7) Randy (ISL) vs. BMT360 (USA)
 
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DOUBLES DRAW
Final:
00:00 | (8) PDK/Himalaya (NED/NED) vs. (7) BMT360/starluk (USA/CHN)

Semifinals:

00:00 | (8) PDK/Himalaya (NED/NED) vs. Bublike/lucassilva (CAN/BRA)
00:00 | (7) BMT360/starluk (USA/CHN) vs. scher/Lisandro (POR/BRA)

Quarterfinals:
00:00 | (1) alejan_milos/vjatceslav (ESP/ESP) vs. (8) PDK/Himalaya (NED/NED)
00:00 | Bublike/lucassilva (CAN/BRA) vs. (4) Elmo Jr/Rodrigo R3 (BRA/BRA)
00:00 | (3) Walsall/sdtoot (GBR/GBR) vs. (7) BMT360/starluk (USA/CHN)
00:00 | scher/Lisandro (POR/BRA) vs. Ertl93/Tomek. (GER/POL)

Round of 16:
00:00 | (1) alejan_milos/vjatceslav (ESP/ESP) vs. Kirilenko-Fan/Herzeleid (GER/GER)
00:00 | (Q) dinkulpus/Normand (KOR/FRA) vs. (8) PDK/Himalaya (NED/NED)
00:00 | (5) anny/gux (BLR/BLR) vs. Bublike/lucassilva (CAN/BRA)
00:00 | (Q) rjd/Taz Warrior (ARG/GBR) vs. (4) Elmo Jr/Rodrigo R3 (BRA/BRA)

00:00 | (3) Walsall/sdtoot (GBR/GBR) vs. (LL) tommyboy0515/Chilenaitor (CHI/CHI)
00:00 | Lipsum/lovro7777777 (RUS/CRO) vs. (7) BMT360/starluk (USA/CHN)
00:00 | (6) Randy/Han Fei-tzu (ISL/ISL) vs. scher/Lisandro (POR/BRA)
00:00 | Ertl93/Tomek. (GER/POL) vs. (2) Murata-BR/VictorHaas (BRA/BRA)


DOUBLES QUALIFYING DRAW
Round 2:
00:00 | (1) dinkulpus/Normand (KOR/FRA) vs. (3) tommyboy0515/Chilenaitor (CHI/CHI)
00:00 | (2) rjd/Taz Warrior (ARG/GBR) vs. (4) FERNANDO CORDEIR/rafagami (ARG/PNG)

Round 1:

00:00 | (1) dinkulpus/Normand (KOR/FRA) vs. buji/RHB1993 (IND/GER)
00:00 | (3) tommyboy0515/Chilenaitor (CHI/CHI) vs. digor/Hidalgo (RUS/RUS)
00:00 | (2) rjd/Taz Warrior (ARG/GBR) vs. Phiil/Matty1 (GER/CZE)
00:00 | (4) FERNANDO CORDEIR/rafagami (ARG/PNG) vs. Chris./Mesut Ozil (AUS/POR)
 
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ORDER OF PLAY

DEADLINE daily is 7:00 PM local time = 1:00 PM CET
Send LAST NAMES only please.
PTS = predict the score (e.g., 64 67 63)
SR = set ratio (e.g., 20 or 21)

Send all picks to @tommyboy0515

Tuesday 23 September
(Singles & Doubles Final Day 2 of 2):
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA) vs. Alejandro TABILO (CHI) PTS1

Monday 22 September (Singles & Doubles Final Day 1 of 2):
Brandon NAKASHIMA (USA) vs. Alejandro TABILO (CHI) PTS2
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA) vs. Alexander SHEVCHENKO (KAZ) PTS3

Sunday 21 September (Singles & Doubles SF Day 1 of 1):
 
Christopher O'CONNELL (AUS) vs. Alejandro TABILO (CHI) PTS1
Taro DANIEL (JPN) vs. Alexander SHEVCHENKO (KAZ) PTS2
Marcos GIRON (USA) vs. Brandon NAKASHIMA (USA) PTS3
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA) vs. Nikoloz BASILASHVILI (GEO) SR


Saturday 20 September (Singles & Doubles QF Day 2 of 2):
 
Mackenzie MCDONALD (USA) vs. Nikoloz BASILASHVILI (GEO) PTS1
Alexander SHEVCHENKO (KAZ) vs. Giovanni MPETSHI PERRICARD (FRA) SR
Tallon GRIEKSPOOR (NED) vs. Taro DANIEL (JPN) SR
Lorenzo MUSETTI (ITA) vs. Dino PRIZMIC (CRO) SR


Friday 19 September (Singles & Doubles QF Day 1 of 2):
 
Alejandro TABILO (CHI) vs. Luciano DARDERI (ITA) PTS2
Lorenzo SONEGO (ITA) vs. Marcos GIRON (USA) PTS3
Juncheng SHANG (CHN) vs. Brandon NAKASHIMA (USA) SR
Yi ZHOU (CHN) vs. Christopher O'CONNELL (AUS) SR


Thursday 18 September (Singles R32 Day 2 of 2 & Singles R16 Day 1 of 1 & Doubles R16 Day 2 of 2):
 
Mackenzie MCDONALD (USA) vs. Botic VAN DE ZANDSCHULP (NED) PTS1 (singles R16)/PTS1 (doubles)
Jordan THOMPSON (AUS) vs. Alejandro TABILO (CHI) PTS2/PTS2
Terence ATMANE (FRA) vs. Dino PRIZMIC (CRO) PTS3/PTS3
Nikoloz BASILASHVILI (GEO) vs. Sebastian BAEZ (ARG) SR/PTS4
Alexander SHEVCHENKO (KAZ) vs. Gael MONFILS (FRA) SR/PTS5
Filip MISOLIC (AUT) vs. Giovanni MPETSHI PERRICARD (FRA) SR/PTS6
Lorenzo SONEGO (ITA) vs. Juan Manuel CERUNDOLO (ARG) PTS1 (singles R32)/PTS7
Taro DANIEL (JPN) vs. Coleman WONG (HKG) PTS2/PTS8


Wednesday 17 September (Singles R32 Day 1 of 2 & Doubles R16 Day 1 of 2):
 
Zizou BERGS (BEL) vs. Juncheng SHANG (CHN) PTS3/PTS9
Quentin HALYS (FRA) vs. Christopher O'CONNELL (AUS) PTS4/PTS10
Marcos GIRON (USA) vs. Ethan QUINN (USA) PTS5/PTS11
Cameron NORRIE (GBR) vs. Yi ZHOU (CHN) PTS6/PTS12


Wednesday 17 September (Singles & Doubles FQR):
 
Alejandro TABILO (CHI) vs. Lloyd HARRIS (RSA) PTS1
Taro DANIEL (JPN) vs. Billy HARRIS (GBR) PTS2
Bernard TOMIC (AUS) vs. Nikoloz BASILASHVILI (GEO) PTS3
Mackenzie MCDONALD (USA) vs. Nicolai BUDKOV KJAER (NOR) SR


Tuesday 16 September (Singles & Doubles QR1):
 
Nicolai BUDKOV KJAER (NOR) vs. Yannick HANFMANN (GER) PTS1
James DUCKWORTH (AUS) vs. Taro DANIEL (JPN) PTS2
Lloyd HARRIS (RSA) vs. Zachary SVAJDA (USA) PTS3
Tristan SCHOOLKATE (AUS) vs. Bernard TOMIC (AUS) PTS4
Rei SAKAMOTO (JPN) vs. Nikoloz BASILASHVILI (GEO) PTS5
Mackenzie MCDONALD (USA) vs. James MCCABE (AUS) PTS6
Alejandro TABILO (CHI) vs. Rigele TE (CHN) PTS7
Fumin JIANG (CHN) vs. Billy HARRIS (GBR) PTS8
 
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Welcome to Tennis Tipping for the Chengdu Open, one of four Chinese hard court tour-level events during the autumn season!

This is my fifty-fourth time managing Tennis Tipping. Please let me know if you have any questions.

You may commit now and good luck to all!
 
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#14 ·
In singles and doubles
 
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In
 
#17 ·
In for singles
In for doubles with @Hidalgo
 
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#52 ·
In singles. Doubles confirmed