FRENCH OPEN 2012 - MEN'S SINGLES CONTEST sponsored by William Hill

[jjgold]

Hunny I am running my own next tourney

We can go head to head

Hey when your grading day and fukkin night I will b watching porn and sipping brandy nude on a beach chair in my fukkin pad as the tennis channel grades everything

[MoYaL]

SCORES AFTER ROUND 3

Matchbook: 135

Empiremaker: 134

Moyal: 132

JNic: 130

Goat: 129

Cross: 128

JJ, LVHerbie, Chaz: 126

Blax0r, Vladfan: 125

Delpiero: 124

Diesel: 123

Me-First, Tsonga: 122

Glitch, Brandoc: 121

beefcake: 120

Ha1ogen: 119

aeiou: 117

Shari, Yisman, Horja: 116

Aggie: 106

Optional: 96

Realmadrid: 91

Just for the sportsmanship , I think I have 131 points .
I have the same Bracket on Tennis Channel :

http://www.tourneytopia.com/RacquetBracketFrenchOpenATP/FrenchOpenATP/pool/EntryPicks.aspx?EntryId=306445

and it says 131 points .
1 point less then What you wrote :P

[JNic]

Just for the sportsmanship , I think I have 131 points .
I have the same Bracket on Tennis Channel :

http://www.tourneytopia.com/RacquetBracketFrenchOpenATP/FrenchOpenATP/pool/EntryPicks.aspx?EntryId=306445

and it says 131 points .
1 point less then What you wrote :P

Maybe because on here if someone retires without the set complete its void? 2 matches I can think of would be Klizan over Dancevic and Serra over Feli... And I'm sure Tennis channel gives you the points?

[JNic]

Yea look you have Klizan on tennischannel, theres your 1 point

[MoYaL]

Oh alright ,
I dont mind having extra point :P

[jjgold]

good contest
Shari does a lot of work for it

[Imsmarterthanu]

I'm thinkin Tsonga + Berdych + Tipsarevic

[Tsonga]

i'm pretty far down this list in this contest but at least i got 7/8 quarterfinalists...i see some have them all though.

[yisman]

I guess I struggled in the early rounds but it's looking better now.

[beefcake]

GAS CAN and Birdshite fukked me today..

[shari91]

SCORES AFTER ROUND 4

Matchbook: 175

Cross: 168

Vladfan: 165

Empire: 164

Chaz, JJ, Brandoc: 161

Goat: 159

Diesel: 158

Moyal, Tsonga, Me-First: 157

Glitch, LVHerbie, Yisman: 156

JNic, Blax0r: 155

Horja: 151

Ha1ogen: 149

AEIOU: 147

Delpiero: 144

Shari, Aggieshawn: 141

Beefcake: 140

Optional: 126

RealMadrid: 101

[shari91]

SCORES AFTER QUARTER FINALS


Matchbook: 215 = Djoko, Nadal/Nadal

Vladfan: 205 = Djoko, Nadal/Nadal

Empire: 204 = Djoko, Nadal/Nadal

Chaz: 201 = Djoko, Nadal/Djoko

JJ: 201 = Djoko, Nadal/Nadal

Brandoc: 201 = Fed, Nadal/Nadal

Goat: 199 = Fed, Nadal/Fed

Cross: 198 = Fed, Nadal/Nadal

Tsonga: 197 = Djoko, Nadal/Nadal

Me-First: 197 = Fed, Nadal/Nadal

JNic: 195 = Djoko, Nadal/Nadal

Blax0r: 195 = Fed, Nadal/Nadal

Horja: 191 = Djoko, Nadal/Nadal

Diesel: 188 = Djoko, Nadal/Nadal

AEIOU: 187 = Djoko, Nadal/Nadal

Moyal: 187 = Nadal/Nadal

LVHerbie, Yisman: 186 = Djoko, Nadal/Nadal

Shari, Aggieshawn: 181 = Djoko, Nadal/Nadal

Ha1ogen: 179 = Djoko, Nadal/Djoko

Glitch: 176 = Nadal/Nadal

Delpiero: 174 = Djoko, Nadal/Nadal

Beefcake: 160 = Djoko, Nadal/Nadal

Optional: 156 = Fed, Nadal/Nadal

RealMadrid: 121 = Fed, Nadal/Nadal

[yisman]

hard to do before the tournament.

Today I actually bet Ferrer over Murray but I lost major ground in this contest because I had Murray in it. Doesn't matter, too many have Nadal for me to get much out of this.

[shari91]

hard to do before the tournament.

Today I actually bet Ferrer over Murray but I lost major ground in this contest because I had Murray in it. Doesn't matter, too many have Nadal for me to get much out of this.

Yeah it's definitely a difficult contest. The women more so than the men by far but still it's not easy. That's why I was so excited when William Hill agreed to sponsor both of them so we could have bigger prizes.

It's funny how both of the contests always play out opposite to each other every time. For the men, no matter what Slam it is the majority of people take the Big 3, if not Murray as well, to make the semis so you really have to pick well before then to build some sort of lead. For the women someone's lucky to have 4 of 8 in the quarters, let alone someone in the semis so if you manage to get one or two right at that point you can win purely based on the way the rounds are weighted. I still wonder if that's the fair way to do it or if each pick should just be scored the same all the way through. A part of me thinks that some who picked at a high % should be rewarded but on the other hand, having the ability to pick the quarters, semis, finalists and winner before the tourney has started and the players have 4 chances to be knocked out is a big achievement too.

[yisman]

my problem was that I didn't have enough time to devote to analyzing head to head matchups. I was picking as quickly as I could because it was taking long enough as it was. Perhaps if I had actually looked at Ferrer/Murray I would've picked correctly. Oh well. The truth is, Ferrer, for all his clay prowess, had never made the semis before. In fact, he hadn't even gotten to the quarters since 2008.

[EmpireMaker]

Murray NEVER NEVER NEVER should be mentioned with Fed, Djoker, and Nadal he can't carry any of their jocks !!!!!

[delpiero7]

So true. We get it pretty bad here in the UK because Murray is from Scotland and the tennis broadcasters want the UK public to believe that Murray is part of a 'big 4'. But the truth is that no matter how many Masters titles he wins or however long he is ranked 4 (or maybe even higher), he cannot be counted in that elite company until he at least wins one of the major events.

[Optional]

I still wonder if that's the fair way to do it or if each pick should just be scored the same all the way through. A part of me thinks that some who picked at a high % should be rewarded but on the other hand, having the ability to pick the quarters, semis, finalists and winner before the tourney has started and the players have 4 chances to be knocked out is a big achievement too.

As someone possibly benefiting from the scoring system in the womens this time, I agree it might be weighted a little too high for picking the tourney winner. I have done terribly over most rounds, but if Sharapova wins I'll suddenly jump into top 3.

Was thinking yesterday that simply adding 1 more point onto the first four round picks, making them worth 2,3,4 and 6, might even it out a bit more. Would put someone like me more like 8th or 9th I think.

Although maybe it is right that if only 2 of us pick the winner, those 2 should be near the top regardless of how badly they picked early rounds?

[shari91]

As someone possibly benefiting from the scoring system in the womens this time, I agree it might be weighted a little too high for picking the tourney winner. I have done terribly over most rounds, but if Sharapova wins I'll suddenly jump into top 3.

Was thinking yesterday that simply adding 1 more point onto the first four round picks, making them worth 2,3,4 and 6, might even it out a bit more. Would put someone like me more like 8th or 9th I think.

Although maybe it is right that if only 2 of us pick the winner, those 2 should be near the top regardless of how badly they picked early rounds?

It's a tough call. I'm one who usually picks a high % of women right but when it comes to the qf's onwards, it can go either way for me. That's why I personally find it so impressive if people can actually pick who makes it through that far with the women. With the men it's less pronounced because people tend to choose the same guys for the semis so those early rounds really matter. And which one of the big 3 you've picked to win it all

I've changed the scoring a few times based on feedback from people but then we finally settled on the Tennis Channel's system. Figured they had more brainpower to sort it out than we did. Maybe next time I'll ask everyone if we should drop one of the prizes and give it as a consolation to the person who picked the higher %. Or change the scoring altogether.

[jjgold]

I will be running my own for Wimbledon

[shari91]

I will be running my own for Wimbledon

Yes we heard you the first 40 times you said that. The more the merrier.

[Blax0r]

It's a tough call. I'm one who usually picks a high % of women right but when it comes to the qf's onwards, it can go either way for me. That's why I personally find it so impressive if people can actually pick who makes it through that far with the women. With the men it's less pronounced because people tend to choose the same guys for the semis so those early rounds really matter. And which one of the big 3 you've picked to win it all

I've changed the scoring a few times based on feedback from people but then we finally settled on the Tennis Channel's system. Figured they had more brainpower to sort it out than we did. Maybe next time I'll ask everyone if we should drop one of the prizes and give it as a consolation to the person who picked the higher %. Or change the scoring altogether.

My stance, which is on the women's thread, is that the pure pick% is more impressive than the weighted rounds. I would support a substantial prize for the person w/ the highest %, or some kind of weighted score between the tennis-channel method and pure %.

[Tsonga]

Looks like Matchbook will get the W.

[shari91]

SCORES AFTER SEMI FINALS


Matchbook: 255 = Nadal

Vladfan: 245 = Nadal

Empire: 244 = Nadal

Chaz: 241 = Djoko

JJ: 241 = Nadal

Tsonga: 237 = Nadal

JNic: 235 = Nadal

Horja: 231 = Nadal

Diesel: 228 = Nadal

AEIOU: 227 = Nadal

LVHerbie, Yisman: 226 = Nadal

Shari, Aggieshawn, Brandoc: 221 = Nadal

Ha1ogen: 219 = Djoko

Goat: 219 = DONE

Cross: 218 = Nadal

Me-First: 217 = Nadal

Blax0r: 215 = Nadal

Delpiero: 214 = Nadal

Moyal: 207 = Nadal

Beefcake: 200 = Nadal

Glitch: 196 = Nadal

Optional: 176 = Nadal

RealMadrid: 141 = Nadal

[shari91]

FINAL SCORES

Congrats to all the winners and thank you everyone for entering! Free plays should be credited later today.


1. Matchbook: 285 = 1500 SBR FP

2. Vladfan: 275 = 1000 FP

3. Empire: 274 = 750 FP

4. JJ: 271 = 500 FP

5. Tsonga: 267 = 350 FP

6. JNic: 265 = 300 FP

7. Horja: 261 = 250 FP

8. Diesel: 258 = 200 FP

9. AEIOU: 257 = 150 FP

LVHerbie, Yisman: 256

Shari, Aggieshawn, Brandoc: 251

Cross: 248

Me-First: 247

Blax0r: 245

Delpiero: 244

Chaz: 241

Moyal: 237

Beefcake: 230

Glitch: 226

Ha1ogen, Goat: 219

Optional: 206

RealMadrid: 171

[MCherry281]

Great contest! I'm looking forward to Wimbledon

[yisman]

bubbled

[yisman]

thanks for running the contest

[Optional]

Congrats winners. Thanks Shari.

[LVHerbie]

Thanks for contests Shari... I wouldn't worry too much about the format as after the next grand slam where JJ shows all of us how perfect tennis contests are ran you can just copy his formatting...

bubbled

Only thing worse then bubbling is being co-bubble boy...

[yisman]

Only thing worse then bubbling is being co-bubble boy...

well we got the final right

[JNic]

Thanks for running this

[EmpireMaker]

bubbled

I bubbled the Women's contest

[EmpireMaker]

Thanks for the contests Shari

[yisman]

yeah well the men's was different because you could nail it and still not get a prize

all 8 QFs and the finals

with the women the outcome was so unexpected...

I wish I had entered the women's instead!