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47 in both men and women.

Consistent suckage!

[ArunSh]

In first place in this one right now, just as I was roughly at this point in French Open and in March Madness earlier this year! Glad I seem to have some ability just really wish I could work on my timing - be in first place at the end of these contests rather than near the beginning!

[JAKEPEAVY21]

In first place in this one right now, just as I was roughly at this point in French Open and in March Madness earlier this year! Glad I seem to have some ability just really wish I could work on my timing - be in first place at the end of these contests rather than near the beginning!

you need to find some round 1 tennis contests somewhere online!!

[Grivas_Digeni]

Fantastic 2nd set by Hurkacz. This is what it takes to beat Djokovic. Pretty much impossible to sustain for a long time.

[playersonly69]

shari does my entry not show up?? I paid the 10 points and I submitted right after I did the Womens version

[beefcake]

Is it me or is Nishikori looking very strong.If the italian upsets fed then nishi could go to the final

[shari91]

shari does my entry not show up?? I paid the 10 points and I submitted right after I did the Womens version

It’s not there! Did you enter the main contest first and didn’t link your bracket to my contest? If you’re in the main one send me your entry and I should be able to connect your entry to this one

[SamsNCharge99]

looks like if Federer wins, then I'll win the title as well!!!!

[shari91]

STANDINGS BEFORE QUARTERFINALS

soccerzyko: 138

deadphish, msutter, ArunSh: 134

SamsNCharge: 133

Pin0cchio: 132

mpohtc: 129

thetrinity, CookieMonster, gunslinger: 127

Chaz, fried cheese: 126

JaimeMiro, Imarocketpro: 125

MrSink: 124

eSTOXX: 123

mr. teaser, Cross, beefcake: 121

shari91, pavy: 119

vladfan, Stefan: 118

jrgum, yisman: 117

cincikid, eaglesfan: 115

Alright Alright: 114

Jakepeavy, bsmmenon: 113

danjoan, Miklos, bigt71906, DR225: 112

Slipknot: 111

Cabo, aggieshawn: 110

hawkeye: 109

Tcarv, Chiefs, Giuvara: 108

D10, Empiremaker: 107

cricketer, shadymcgrady: 106

Asche, mikejamm: 105

dhristov, ttwarrior: 104

Terpkeg, Optional, Prodane: 103

ThirdThought: 101

leetreaper, spider: 100

toga toga: 99

Betonunderdogs: 97

igor1965: 96

pabonaparte, maritsa: 80

grivas: 65

OVAKUL: 62

Pinny420: 54

Krashman: 41

[ArunSh]

Will tie for 1st if Djokovic wins while finishing just out of the $ in a tie for 11th if Federer wins. Ohh the pressure! Lol

[SamsNCharge99]

Fed wins and I get 2nd. Would be back to back men's brackets getting 1st then 2nd

common Fed!!!!!

[hawkeye 16]

Fed wins and I get 2nd. Would be back to back men's brackets getting 1st then 2nd

common Fed!!!!!

Rooting for Fed too. I'll just get 8th, but better than a kick in the ass. Thanks for the contest Shari!

[msutter]

Thanks for the contest Shari! First time doing it. I had fun and won points!

[thetrinity]

Thanks shari

[SamsNCharge99]

oh wow, didn't realize I got 5th. Figured with Joker winning a bunch of people would pass me. I'll take that all day!!!!

1st in French Open
5th Wimbledon

2 match points lost from taking 2nd in the contest

Bring on the US Open

Thanks Shari and SBR

[gunslinger572]

Shari - TourneyTopia hasn't updated the brackets with Djokovic winning yet. The standings posted aren't the final standings

[shari91]

oh wow, didn't realize I got 5th. Figured with Joker winning a bunch of people would pass me. I'll take that all day!!!!

1st in French Open
5th Wimbledon

2 match points lost from taking 2nd in the contest

Bring on the US Open

Thanks Shari and SBR

I almost wonder if I have to audit this whole contest thing

Seriously though, congrats!

The Tennis Channel has introduced a few different scoring options for Slams now ie say you pick a seeded player to win, your normal point score for winning that match is either added or multiplied by that seed. In the earlier rounds I think that's a bit random although it still does favour the lower seeds but they do give you the option of what rounds you want to add that in. So say someone who picked a 25 seed to win in round 4 gets their 5 points for the match + or x 25 for that seed making it through.

Give this a thought guys for the US Open. I don't mind either way... just figured I'd put it out there as it's now available for any of you who may want to shake it up and/or get rewarded for picking those sneaky ones. Like I did at the French with Ash Barty, yeah? (just reminding you I'm not always this craphouse!)

Scoring Bonus Explained

None: Points will be awarded by round. There will be no bonus points. Each round winning competitor will receive the point value.
Add Seed: Points will be awarded by round plus seed. Each round winning competitor will receive the point value added to their seed number.
Multiply Seed: Scoring for that round will take the points awarded by round and multiply it by the seed. Each round winning competitor will receive the point value multiplied by their seed number.

[shari91]

Shari - TourneyTopia hasn't updated the brackets with Djokovic winning yet. The standings posted aren't the final standings

Oh crap, if that's the case then I'll delete the standings. I got a notice that they'd updated after the final. A mistake maybe? I always post on the Monday night after a Slam

I'll update them manually myself and repost any adjusted standings in here

[shari91]

Adjusted Standings FFS - Really tired of this friggen Tennis Channel now!


1. deadphish: 234 points Prize = 2500 BP Novak winner

2. msutter: 234 points Prize = 2000 Novak winner

3. Arunsh: 234 Prize = 1500 Novak winner

4. Pin0cchio: 232 1000BP

5. gunslinger572: 227 750BP

6. Cookie Monster: 227 300

7. the trinity: 227 300

8. Chaz22: 226 300

9. fried cheese: 226 300

10. eSTOXX: 223 300



mr teaser: 221

the rest I'll update when the site does

[shari91]

Adjusted Standings FFS - Really tired of this friggen Tennis Channel now!


1. deadphish: 234 points Prize = 2500 BP Novak winner

2. msutter: 234 points Prize = 2000 Novak winner

3. Arunsh: 234 Prize = 1500 Novak winner

4. Pin0cchio: 232 1000BP

5. gunslinger572: 227 750BP

6. Cookie Monster: 227 300

7. the trinity: 227 300

8. Chaz22: 226 300

9. fried cheese: 226 300

10. eSTOXX: 223 300



mr teaser: 221

the rest I'll update when the site does

[fried cheese]

thanks for the contest

[SamsNCharge99]

damn haha

[ArunSh]

I almost wonder if I have to audit this whole contest thing

Seriously though, congrats!

The Tennis Channel has introduced a few different scoring options for Slams now ie say you pick a seeded player to win, your normal point score for winning that match is either added or multiplied by that seed. In the earlier rounds I think that's a bit random although it still does favour the lower seeds but they do give you the option of what rounds you want to add that in. So say someone who picked a 25 seed to win in round 4 gets their 5 points for the match + or x 25 for that seed making it through.

Give this a thought guys for the US Open. I don't mind either way... just figured I'd put it out there as it's now available for any of you who may want to shake it up and/or get rewarded for picking those sneaky ones. Like I did at the French with Ash Barty, yeah? (just reminding you I'm not always this craphouse!)

Scoring Bonus Explained

None: Points will be awarded by round. There will be no bonus points. Each round winning competitor will receive the point value.
Add Seed: Points will be awarded by round plus seed. Each round winning competitor will receive the point value added to their seed number.
Multiply Seed: Scoring for that round will take the points awarded by round and multiply it by the seed. Each round winning competitor will receive the point value multiplied by their seed number.

I'd be down to try something new, fun no matter what!

One thing I personally would recommend though is to make the gap between how much picks count for between the first round and final to be not so big - makes the early rounds too inconsequential imo. I mean in this contest I wound up tieing for 1st while if Federer and won in the Final I would not have even finished Top 10! And I think the Finals having that big an impact on the standings is too much. Like say 1 point for first round, 2 points for second, 3 points for third, then say going up by two points each additional round 1/2/3/5/7/9/11 or whatever. That I think would make it much more balanced.

Just my suggestion, probably tennis channel can't even do that! But I think that would make for a better experience overall (I would do same in March Madness for instance!). Even though that worked in my favor this time, I like the idea of better overall picking (even in the first round) resulting in higher scores rather than the hugely high variance of picking the winner correctly vs not.

But anyway, thanks much for the contests, they are great fun whatever the format! Have really revitalized some of my old interest in tennis, sure is a bit more fun to follow when rooting for your bracket to do well!

[fried cheese]

i liked the nccam bracket with the difference in seeds gave the extra points. seems kinda dumb that you get over 60 points in the first round for picking a coinflip of two 60+ seeds playing eachother.

[MrSink]

nice finish

thanks shari once again for those contests. see you during USOpen

[gunslinger572]

Thank you Shari!

[ArunSh]

3rd place in both isn't bad will be tough to top that next time, but will always try! Thanks as always to shari + SBR for the great contests!