Explanation:
The "Race" is a year-long competition to see who is best at picking WTA tour event winners.
Like the tour, the "Race" continues right up to the WTA finals.
Come and join "Race the Game"
How to Enter:
Pick two women for each event.
One pick MUST be 8th seed or unseeded
if you pick a seeded player, please post her seed # behind her Name
just post your picks here in this thread
you can edit your picks til deadline as often you want
you can also edit your picks til "Late Entry Deadline" but then it will count as "Late Entry"
Points:
you get points if you picked the Winner or the Runner up at a Tournament
Grand Slams: maximum 100 points - but never reached so far
Tier I: Winner 10 - Runner up 5
Tier II: Winner 8 - Runner up 4
Tier III: Winner 6 - Runner up 3
Tier IV: Winner 4 - Runner up 2
Tier V: Winner 2 - Runner up 1
"Late Entry" Rule:
each player can make a "Late Entry" 3 times per year.
"late entry - Deadline" is 24 hours after regular Deadline!!!
no "late entries" at Grand Slams
"Late Entries":
3 x SerialKiller#69
3 x martirogi
3 x tuna
3 x Frau Antje
3 x LucasArg
3 x GoDominique
3 x JonBcn
2 x geewhiz
2 x oren987
2 x S-T-E-V-E
2 x raquel
2 x go hingis
2 x Tweety
2 x pan
2 x go hingis
2 x UDiTY
2 x i_love_chanda
2 x Buitenzorg
2 x #1 Lindsay
1 x Rollo
1 x ASV
1 x kerbear
1 x Nica
1 x spec7er
1 x Je_ne_sais_quoi
1 x Wazza
1 x Freefall
1 x nave 2
1 x Shedevil
1 x jenglisbe
1 x dario88
1 x 7~CELêV3n1/2
1 x Knizzle
1 x yoyoyoyo
1 x Gryffindor80
1 x spencercarlos
1 x Naldo
1 x nave_2
1 x kfh_9118
1 x KoOlMaNsTeVeN
1 x William Hunt
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FilderstadtMaindraw:
Tier II = Winner 6 points - Runner up 3 points
1 Amelie Mauresmo[FRA] vs bye
Patty Schnyder[SUI] vs Q/LL
Karolina Sprem[CRO] vs Silvia Farina Elia[ITA]
5 Elena Dementieva[RUS] vs Q/LL
4 Svetlana Kuznetsova[RUS] vs bye
Elena Bovina[RUS] vs WC Anna Lena Gröenefeld[GER]
Q/LL vs Marlene Weingartner[GER]
8 Ai Sugiyama[JAP] vs Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi[ISR]
6 Vera Zvonareva[RUS] vs Elena Likhovtseva[RUS]
Mary Pierce[FRA] vs Paola Suarez[ARG]
WC Nathalie Dechy[FRA] vs Magdalena Maleeva
3 Anastasia Myskina[RUS] vs bye
7 Nadia Petrova[RUS] vs Q/LL
Q/LL vs Daniela Hantuchova[SVK]
Alicia Molik[AUS] vs Francesca Schiavone[ITA]
2 Lindsay Davenport vs bye
[b][u]TokyoMaindraw:
Tier III = Winner 6 points - Runner up 3 points
1 Maria Sharapova[RUS] vs bye
Aiko Nakamura[JPN] vs Qualifier
Katarina Srebtonik[SLO] vs Akiko Morigami[JPN]
5 Meghann Shaughnessy vs Qualifier
3 Shinobu Asagoe[JPN] vs Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)
Barbora Strycova[CZE] vs Jill Craybas[USA]
Qualifier vs Aniko Kapros[HUN]
8 Arantxa Parra-Santonja[ESP] vs Qualifier
6 Nicole Pratt[AUS] vs Evgenia Linetskaya[RUS]
Rika Fujiwara WC[JPN] vs Saori Obata[JPN]
Maria Sanchez-Lorenzo[ESP] vs. Mashona Washington[USA]
4 Kristina Brandi[RUS] vs Sandra Kleinova[CZE]
7 Klara Koukalova[CZE] vs Milagros Sequera[VEN]
Lubomira Kurhajcova[SVK] vs Alina Jidkova[RUS]
Yoon-Jeong Cho [KOR] vs. Nicole Vaidisova WC[CZE]
2 Tatiana Golovin[FRA] vs bye
[u]Deadline: Monday 4th October 9pm CET
matthias
Oct 3rd, 2004, 12:39 PM
Hasselt/Guangzhou/SeoulPoints
Dementieva(1).......6
Na Li...............6
Sharapova(1)........4
oren987.............4
Buitenzorg..........4
Frau Antje..........4
pan.................4
Naldo...............4
Nicoleke............4
raquel..............4
kerbear.............4
JonBcn all 3 winners + 1 runner up
Zhao all 3 winners + 1 runner up
UDiTY 2 winner + 2 runner up
Rollo all 3 winners
kfh_9118 all 3 winners
matthias
Oct 3rd, 2004, 12:40 PM
New Ranking afterHasselt/Guangzhou/Seoul
Rollo is "mover of the week" because he is back on top
JonBcn and Zhao are "player of the week" because of her great performence with all 3 winner and 1 runner-up picked this week