Please read the rule post carefully as there may be rule changes throughout the season.
2014 WTA Tour - Premier Tournaments (2013 Winner)
Brisbane - supertec def. goOudinUSA
Sydney - tina110 def. tenniscreep
Australian Open - valac222 def. Meelis (Drake1980)
Paris
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Doha (OhNaNa)
Dubai (taloki)
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Indian Wells (tina110)
Miami (valac222)
Charleston (Igorche)
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Stuttgart (tina110)
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Madrid (tenniscreep)
Roma (tildeloltilde)
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Roland Garros (Chilenaitor)
Birmingham
Eastbourne
Wimbledon (Heinann)
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Stanford (goOudinUSA)
Montreal (coolfish1103)
Cincinnati (tildeloltilde)
New Haven - if Premier
US Open (Monzanator)
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Tokyo (Buitenzorg)
Wuhan
Beijing (Meelis)
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Moscow
Singapore (goOudinUSA)
Sofia
Each participant must choose 6 (1-2-3) different players for [ 32 Draw/RR]
12 (3-4-5) different players for [128 Draw]
9 (2-3-4) different players for [ 64 Draw]
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participating in the tournament before main draw begins.
- The players must be arranged in the fashion where they are in 3 hands (groups).
- If you choose a qualifier before qualifying is finished, identify the draw spot. Q1 = first Q on the draw
- If you choose a doubles team you must list both players on the team.
+ Points earned from doubles team will be based on doubles main draw size.
+ Number of picks allowed will still be based on singles main draw size.
- You may not select LL as one of your players.
- You may change your picks once you have posted or messaged the manager.
- For tie break purposes, please list the number of games played for the final.
Hands
Code:
Hand 1 Hand 2 Hand 3
32 Draw/RR = 1 player , 2 players, 3 players
128 Draw = 3 players, 4 players, 5 players
64 Draw = 2 players, 3 players, 4 players
- You may list back up players for each player in case there's a withdrawal.
Points Earned
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Each player chosen receives points according to the following chart based on round lost:
Size W F SF QF R16 R32 R64 R128
32 Draw 5 4 3 2 1 0
16 Draw 4 3 2 1 (For doubles)
128 Draw 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
64 Draw 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
W F SF RR3 RR4
RR 4 3 2 1 0
Total points earned = 3*(Hand 1) + 2*(Hand 2) -or- 0*(Hand 2) + 1*(Hand 3) -or- 0*(Hand 3)
- Chosen players who received BYE in the draw and lost in their first match will receive 0 points.
- Perfect Hands: Earn bonus points (x2). Read below for more info.
- No perfect hands bonuses will be awarded for tournaments in RR format.
- No perfect hands will be awarded unless you pick thoroughly singles.
- 2*(Hand 2) if [Hand 2 > Hand 1] , else 0*(Hand 2).
- 1*(Hand 3) if [Hand 3 > Hand 1 + 2], else 0*(Hand 3).
Tournament Tie Break
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In case there are participants who receive equal points:
- Points acquired in Hand 2 & Hand 3, if equal
- Points acquired in Hand 3, if equal
- Points acquired in Hand 2, if equal
- Correct final games guessed, if equal
- Closer final games guessed, if equal
- Greater of total rankings combined for the players chosen, if equal
- Whoever posted their hands first
Perfect Hands
- Perfect Hands may have multiple combinations.
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How to achieve perfect hands?
32 draw = Pick Winner, Finalist, 2 Semifinalists and 2 of the 4 Quarter-finalists
64 draw = Pick Winner, Finalist, 2 Semifinalists, 4 Quarter-finalists and any 1 Round 16 achiever
128 draw = Pick Winner, Finalist, 2 Semifinalists, 4 Quarter-finalists and any 4 Round 16 achievers
Post
- Simply list your three hands clearly and identify your back ups before main draw begins.
- Back ups are not necessary if undesired.
- List a final tie break but are not necessary if undesired.
Code:
We will use Brisbane 2013 as an example:
Hand 1
- Pavlyuchenkova (Errani)
Hand 2
- Kerber (Stosur)
- Kvitova (Vinci)
Hand 3
- Azarenka (Lisicki)
- Sharapova (Wozniacki)
- S.Williams (Stephens)
Final
- 20 games
Score
- A scoreboard will be updated by the manager
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How to score?
Hand 1
> 4
> 4 x 3 = 12, earns 12 points
Hand 2
> 2 + 1 = 3
> 3 < 4 so 3 x 0 = 0, earns 0 points
Hand 3
> Wozniacki replaces Sharapova
> 3 + 0 + 5 = 8
> 8 > 4 + 3, earns 8 points
Total Scored: 12 + 0 + 8 = 20 Points
Ranking Rule
- Points earned in each tournament (subject to tournament bonuses) will be added to your ranking
- Max 16 tournaments will count, no mandatory tournaments
Tournament Bonuses
Code:
Tournament WIN RUP 3-4 5-8 9-16
Grand Slam x10 x8.0 x6.0 x4.0 x2.0
Premier M. x6 x4.8 x3.6 x2.4 x1.2
Premier 5 x5 x4.0 x3.0 x2.0
Premier x4 x3.2 x2.4 x1.6
If you earned 50 points in Brisbane and were ranked #3, you will earn 50 x 2.4 = 120 points
- Participants ranked 1-8 will be able to play YEC at Singapore, with 2 alts
- 8 Participants not in YEC who have won a tournament in 2014 will be able to play TOC at Sofia, with 2 alts
In case there are participants who receive equal points:
- Lesser total number of tournaments participated, if equal
- Points earned in Grand Slams, if equal
- Points earned in Premier Mandatories, if equal
- Points earned in Premier 5, if equal
- Points earned in Premiers, if equal
- Points earned in Internationals, if equal
- Stay tied
[1] Sharapova vs BYE
Erakovic vs Hantuchova
Meusburger vs Q
Barthel vs [8] Flipkens
[4] Kerber vs BYE
Zakopalova vs Garcia
Pavlyuchenkova vs Schiavone
Q vs [7] Suarez Navarro
[6] Vinci vs Svitolina
Voegele vs Q
Knapp vs Q
BYE vs [3] Errani
[5] Halep vs Mladenovic
Petkovic vs Jovanovski
Rybarikova vs Cornet
BYE vs [2] Kvitova
Doubles Draw
(1)Errani/Vinci v Hrdinova/Klemenschits
(wc)Cornet/Garcia v (wc)Hantuchova/Kvitova (4)Babos/Mladenovic v Barthel/Moulton-Levy
Voracova/Zahlavova Strycova v Husarova/Rosolska
Erakovic/Martic v Jans-Ignacik/Olaru
Hradecka/Krajicek v (3)Groenefeld/Peschke
Dushevina/Parra Santonja v Dabrowski/Kalashnikova
Niculescu/Zakopalova v (2)Pavlyuchenkova/Petrova