[ianh]

welcome to WTA Wooden Spoon 2018 thread!
in this thread you will find nothing informative, it's just for fun h: dont take it personally


January

Week 1

Brisbane International, Premier
winner: (1) Garbine Muguruza :hysteric:
Svitolina > (Q) Sasnovich > (7) Sevastova > Krunic > (1) Muguruza (R1 bye)

Shenzhen Open, International
winner: Anna Blinkova (Q)
Halep > (6) Siniakova > Sharapova > Diyas > S.Zhang > Blinkova (> Kerkhove > Han)

Auckland Open, International
winner: Christina McHale
Goerges > (1) Wozniacki > (Q) Vickery > Radwanska > Townsend > McHale


Week 2

Sydney International, Premier
winner: Kristie Ahn (Q)
Kerber > Barty > Gavrilova > (1) Muguruza (wo) > Bertens > Ahn (> Puig > Duan > Wallace)

Hobart International, International
winner: Magda Linette
Mertens > Buzarnescu > (5) Tsurenko > Sabalenka > (1) S.Zhang > Linette


Week 3/4

Australian Open, Grand Slam
winner: Shelby Rogers
Wozniacki > (1) Halep > (21) Kerber > (17) Keys > (8) Garcia > Sasnovich > (28) Lucic-Baroni > Rogers


Week 5

St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Premier
winner:Tatjana Maria
(WC) Kvitova > (4) Mladenovic > (8) Kasatkina > (1) Wozniacki > (WC) Potapova > Maria

Taiwan Open, International
winner: (Q) Anna Blinkova
(4) Babos > Kozlova > (PR) Lisicki > Niculescu > (6) Diyas > (Q) Blinkova (> Raina > Lister)


February

Week 7

Qatar Open, Premier 5
Winner: Anett Kontaveit
(16) Kvitova > (4) Muguruza > (2) Halep (wo) > Bellis > (5) Ka.Pliskova > Cornet > Kontaveit


Week 8

Dubai Tennis Championships, Premier
winner: Anastasija Sevastova
(1) Svitolina > Kasatkina > (2) Muguruza > (5) Garcia > Makarova > Sevastova

Hungarian Ladies Open, International
winner: (WC) Panna Udvardy (WC)
van Uytvanck > (1) Cibulkova > Barthel > Bonaventure > (8) Vekic > (WC) Udvardy


Week 9

Abierto Mexicano Telcel, International
winner: Jana Fett
(7) Tsurenko > Voegele > Peterson > (4) S.Zhang > Teichmann > Fett


March

Week 10/11

Indian Wells, Premier Mandatory
Winner: (18) Magdalena Rybarikova
Osaka > (20) Kasatkina > (8) V. Williams > (27) Suarez Navarro > (WC) Collins > (WC) Zhuk > (18) Rybarikova > BYE


Week 12/13

Miami, Premier Mandatory
Winner: Lara Arruabarrena
(13) Stephens > (6) Ostapenko > (Q) Collins > (8) V. Williams > (11) Konta > (22) Mertens > (WC) Pera > Arruabarrena


April

Week 14

Charleston Open, Premier
Winner: Heather Watson
(12) Bertens > (5) Goerges > (8) Sevastova > Kr. Pliskova > (16) Vesnina > Townsend > Watson

Monterrey Open, International
Winner: (Q) Valentini Grammatikopoulou
(1) Muguruza > (4) Babos > (7) Vickery > (2) Rybarikova > Fett > (Q) Grammatikopoulou > (Perrin > Sizikova > Kratzer)


Week 15

Ladies Open Lugano, International
Winner: Laura Siegemund
(2) Mertens > Sabalenka > (WC) Voegele > (Q) Korpatsch > (Q) von Deichmann > Siegemund

Copa Colasnitas Bogota, International
Winner: Tereza Martincova
Schmiedlova > (5) Arruabarrena > Jakupovic > (2) Linette > (WC) Herazo Gonzalez > Martincova


Week 17

Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Premier
Winner: Julia Goerges
(5) Ka.Pliskova > (WC) Vandeweghe > (6) Garcia > (3) Svitolina > (Q) Vondrousova > Goerges

Istanbul Cup, International
Winner: (Q) Anna Kalinskaya
Parmentier > Hercog > Sakkari > (Q) Rus > (Q) Kovinic > (Q) Kalinskaya (> Sorribes Tormo > Eraydin)


Week 18

Prague Open, International
Winner: (Q) Patty Schnyder
(2) Kvitova > (7) Buzarnescu > Giorgi > Stosur > Allertova > (Q) Schnyder (> Korpatsch > Sramkova > Andrianjafitrimo)

Morocco Open, International
Winner: (2) Dominika Cibulkova
(1) Mertens > Tomljanovic > (7) Krunic > (Q) Badosa Gibert (r) > Hercog > (2) Cibulkova
top seeds winning both titles :worship:


May

Week 19

Madrid Open, Premier Mandatory
Winner: (16) Magdalena Rybarikova
(10) Kvitova > Bertens > (7) Garcia > Suarez Navarro > (Q) Pera > Konta > (16) Rybarikova


Week 20

Italian Open, Premier 5
Winner: (LL) Aryna Sabalenka
(4) Svitolina > (1) Halep > Sharapova > (5) Ostapenko > Konta > (Q) Hsieh > (LL) Sabalenka


Week 21

Strasbourg, International
Winner: (Q) Marina Melnikova
(3) Pavlyuchenkova > (5/WC) Cibulkova > (4) Buzarnescu > (8) Hsieh > (WC) Safarova > (Q) Melnikova (> Poznikhrenko > Vitis)

Nuremburg Cup, International
Winner: Carina Witthöft
Larsson > Riske > Flipkens > Bertens [3] > Barthel > Witthoeft


Week 22/23

French Open, Grand Slam
Winner: (5) Jelena Ostapenko :hysteric:
(1) Halep > (10) Stephens > (13) Keys > Putintseva > (26) Strycova > Siniakova > Kozlova > (5) Ostapenko
defending champion :help:


June

Week 24

Nottingham Open, International
Winner: (Q) Elena-Gabriela Ruse
(1) Barty > (4) Konta > (6) Vekic > Barthel > (2) Rybarikova > (Q) Ruse (> T. Moore > Imanishi)

Rosmalen Championships, International
Winner: Polona Hercog
(7) Krunic > Flipkens > Kuzmova > (Q) Lottner > (2) Mertens > Hercog


Week 25

Birmingham, Premier
Winner: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
(4) Kvitova > Rybarikova > Strycova > Tsurenko > (1) Muguruza > Pavlyuchenkova

Mallorca Open, International
Winner: (LL) Viktoria Kuzmova
Maria > (3) Sevastova > Stosur > (Q) Riske > Hercog > (LL) Kuzmova


Week 26

Eastbourne International, Premier
Winner: (12) Kiki Bertens
(1) Wozniacki > Sabalenka > A. Radwanska > (5) Ostapenko > Buzarnescu > (12) Bertens (1R bye)


July

Week 27/28

Wimbledon Championships, Grand Slam
Winner: Irina-Camelia Begu
(11) Kerber > (25) S. Williams > (13) Goerges > (20) Bertens > (7) Ka. Pliskova > (29) Buzarnescu > (WC) Swan > Begu[/QUOTE]


Week 29

Bucharest Open, International
Winner: Alexandra Dulgheru
(1) Sevastova > (4) Martic > (2) Buzarnescu > Y.Wang > (7) Parmentier > Dulgheru

Ladies Championship Gstaad, International
Winner: Natalia Vikhlyantseva
(1) Cornet > (PR) Minella > Vondrousova > Rodina > Barthel > Vikhlyantseva


Week 30
Moscow River Cup, International
Winner: (Q) Martina Trevisan
(LL) Danilovic > (WC) Potapova > Zidansek > (PR) Siegemund > Kozlova > (Q) Trevisan (> Sizikova > Fujiwara)

Jianxi Open, International
Winner: Shilin Xu
(2) Q.Wang > (6) S.Zheng > Z.Lin > (1/WC)S.Zhang > (PR) Gasparyan > (Q) S Xu (> Kobori > Q.Tang)

 

[Power Shot]

Taipei Open, International
Winner: Anna Blinkova
(4) Babos > Kozlova > (PR) Lisicki > Niculescu > (6) Diyas > (Q) Blinkova (> Raina > Lister)

 

[Ban Boy]

... two time winner already!!!


:bowdown:

 

[Tripolis]

St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, Russia (Premier)

(WC) Kvitova > (4) Mladenovic > (8) Kasatkina > (1) Wozniacki > (WC) Potapova > Maria

Winner: Tatjana Maria

 

[goat]

... two time winner already!!!


:bowdown:

Unprecedented consistency!

 

[rucolo]

Muguruza :lol:

Tatjana Maria in St. Petersburg, never in doubt :rolls:

 

[ianh]

Week 7

Qatar Open, Premier 5
Winner: Anett Kontaveit
(16) Kvitova > (4) Muguruza > (2) Halep (wo) > Bellis > (5) Ka.Pliskova > Cornet > Kontaveit

 

[ianh]

Week 8

Dubai Tennis Championships, Premier
winner: Anastasija Sevastova
(1) Svitolina > Kasatkina > (2) Muguruza > (5) Garcia > Makarova > Sevastova

Hungarian Ladies Open, International
winner: Panna Udvardy (WC)
van Uytvanck > (1) Cibulkova > Barthel > Bonaventure > (8) Vekic > (WC) Udvardy

 

[ianh]

Week 9

Abierto Mexicano Telcel, International
winner: Jana Fett
(7) Tsurenko > Voegele > Peterson > (4) S.Zhang > Teichmann > Fett

 

[Power Shot]

Indian Wells, Premier Mandatory
Winner: Magdalena Rybarikova
Osaka > Kasatkina > V. Williams > Suarez Navarro > Collins > Zhuk > Rybarikova > BYE

 

[Power Shot]

Miami, Premier Mandatory
Winner: Lara Arruabarrena
Stephens > Ostapenko > Collins > V. Williams > Konta > Mertens > Pera > Arruabarrena

 

[Power Shot]

Charleston, Premier
Winner: Heather Watson
Bertens > Goerges > Sevastova > Kr. Pliskova > Vesnina > Townsend > Watson

Monterrey, International
Winner: (Q) Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Muguruza > Babos > Vickery > Rybarikova > Fett > Grammatikopoulou > (Perrin) > (Sizikova) > (Kratzer)

 

[TeamUkraine]

Porsche Tennis Grand Prix - Premier
Winner: Julia Goerges

Pliskova > Vandeweghe > Garcia > Svitolina > Vondrousova > Goerges

 

[Ballbasher]

Lugano:
Mertens>Sabalenka>Voegele>Korpatsch>von Deichmann>Siegemund

Bogota:
Schmiedlova>Arruabarrena>Jakupovic>Linette>Herazo González>Martincová

 

[LenaDMania0003]

Porsche Tennis Grand Prix - Premier
Winner: Julia Goerges

Pliskova > Vandeweghe > Garcia > Svitolina > Vondrousova > Goerges

Goerges beat Pliskova 4 & 2 in Fed Cup right before in the same venue :hysteric:

 

[Power Shot]

TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Cup - International
Winner: Anna Kalinskaya
Parmentier > Hercog > Sakkari > Rus > Kovinic > Kalinskaya

 

[rucolo]

Porsche Tennis Grand Prix - Premier
Winner: Julia Goerges

Pliskova > Vandeweghe > Garcia > Svitolina > Vondrousova > Goerges

Julia :hysteric:

But deserved. She played a horrible match in R1 with many UEs ...

 

[ianh]

Week 17

Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Premier
Winner: Julia Goerges
(5) Ka.Pliskova > (WC) Vandeweghe > (6) Garcia > (3) Svitolina > (Q) Vondrousova > Goerges


Istanbul Cup, International
Winner: Anna Kalinskaya
Parmentier > Hercog > Sakkari > (Q) Rus > (Q) Kovinic > (Q) Kalinskaya (> Sorribes Tormo > Eraydin)


Week 18

Prague Open, International
Winneratty Schnyder
(2) Kvitova > (7) Buzarnescu > Giorgi > Stosur > Allertova > (Q) Schnyder (> Korpatsch > Sramkova > Andrianjafitrimo)

Morocco Open, International
Winner: Dominika Cibulkova
(1) Mertens > Tomljanovic > (7) Krunic > (Q) Badosa Gibert (r) > Hercog > (2) Cibulkova

 

[LucyC.]

It will be Cornet, or even Sharapova. Stosur is also crap. Larsson also crap. Putintseva going down easily.

Bouchard already has the wooden spoon, whilst Wickmayer was caught doped and never bounced back. Germans Petkovic and Barthel, just bad. Lisicki retired? Like Erakovic?

Pironkova should also be a candidate.

 

[Dalek194]

It will be Cornet, or even Sharapova. Stosur is also crap. Larsson also crap. Putintseva going down easily.

Bouchard already has the wooden spoon, whilst Wickmayer was caught doped and never bounced back. Germans Petkovic and Barthel, just bad. Lisicki retired? Like Erakovic?

Pironkova should also be a candidate.

I think you misunderstand the point of this thread (just take a glance above).

Also... Pironkova has been missing through pregnancy. Lisicki is not retired; she is injured, it takes just a glance at her social media to see the announcement. Stosur has actually had a very good couple of wins in the past few weeks. Larsson hasn't lit up the courts this year, but she does have two quarter-finals so far, and only two first-round exits.

Wickmayer broke anti-doping rules in 2009(!) but never tested positive; she failed to report her whereabouts for testing availability three times, like Cornet recently – that doesn't make her a cheat. As for "never bounced back" – she hit her best ranking *after* the doping case; she also suffered from lyme disease. This year, she has had some success in breaking back into the Top 100.