Hi folks, this is the 'mini-predictions' contest: a less frenetic, less grandiose version of the main contest. Basically, you have to guess the line-ups for both the mens' and womens' singles for quarter-finals onwards, and also predicted a seeded player to lose in 1st round, and the unseeded player who goes furthest.

Draws should be available, pinned on this website, but they'll also be available here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6691657.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6691155.stm

Points will be awarded as follows: Correct quarter-finalist: 5 points, correct semi-finalist 10 points, correct finalist 20 points, correct winner 30 points, correct 1st round seeded upset 5 points, correct unseeded star player 5 points.

Maximum number of points is 160 each for mens' and womens' singles (320 total).

Best of luck to you all!

Here's mine:

MENS

q-finals:

Fed v Robredo
Davydenko v Nalbandian
Djokovic v Mathieu
Moya v Nadal

s-finals:

Fed v Nalbandian
Djokovic v Nadal

final:

Fed v Nadal

Winner: Fed

1st round upset: Mayer to lose to Mathieu

Unseeded star: Mathieu

WOMENS:

q-finals

Henin v Serena
Jankovic v Vaidisova
Ivanovic v Kuznetsova
Mauresmo v Sharapova

s-finals

Serena v Jankovic
Kuznetsova v Mauresmo

Final

Serena v Kuznetsova

Winner: Serena

1st round upset: Bremond to lose to Krajicek

unseeded star: Groenefeld

Here's mine:

MENS

q-finals:

Fed v Robredo
Davydenko v Gasquet
Djokovic v Mathieu
Hewitt v Blake (I just like to take risks)

s-finals:

Fed v Gasquet
Djokovic v Hewitt
final:

Fed v Hewitt (like the good old days)

Winner: Fed

1st round upset: Mayer to lose to Mathieu

Unseeded star: Mathieu

WOMENS:

q-finals

Henin v Serena
Jankovic v Vaidisova
Ivanovic v Kuznetsova
Mauresmo v Sharapova

s-finals

Serena v Jankovic
Kuznetsova v Mauresmo

Final

Serena v Mauresmo

Winner: Mauresmo (do not see any patriotism here) ;)

1st round upset: Bremond to lose to Krajicek

unseeded star: Groenefeld

MENS:

quarterfinals:

Fed v Robredo
Davydenko v Gasquet
Djokovic v Mathieu
Moya v Nadal

semifinals:

Fed v Davydenko
Djokovic v Nadal

final:

Fed v Nadal

Winner: Fed

1st round upset: Mayer to lose to Mathieu

Unseeded star: Mathieu

WOMENS:

quarterfinals

Henin v Serena
Venus v Petrova
Ivanovic v Kuznetsova
Mauresmo v Schnyder

s-finals

Serena v Venus
Ivanovic v Mauresmo

Final

Serena v Ivanovic

Winner: Serena

1st round upset: Bremond to lose to Krajicek

unseeded star: Na Li!!!!

WOMEN

1/4
henin - serena (this should be the final - part I)
jankovic - petrova
hantuchova - kuznetsova
safarova - sharapova

1/2
henin - jankovic (this should be the final - part II)
kuznetsova -safarova

final
henin - kuznetsova

champ
henin - c'est bon!!

seeded upset: no. 19 garbin
unseeded star: kremer

MEN

1/4
federer - robredo
nalbandian - gasquet
djokovic - massu
berdych - nadal

1/2
federer - gasquet
djokovic - nadal

final
federer - djokovic

champ
federer - c'est bon aussi!!

seeded upset: no. 27 melzer
unseedd star: simon

MENS:
Quarter-Finals:
Federer V Robredo
Chela V Gonzalez
Djokovic V Andreev
Nadal V Moya

Semi-Finals:
Federer V Gonzalez
Nadal V Djokovic

Final:
Nadal V Federer

Winner: Nadal
Seeded player that loses in 1st Round - Andy Roddick to lose to Andreev
Unseeded player that goes the furthest - Igor Andreev

WOMENS:
Quarter-Finals
Serena V Justine
Jankovic V Petrova
Kuznetsova V Ivanovic
Mauresmo V Schynyder

Semi-finals
Serena V Jankovic
Kuznetsova V Mauresmo

Final
Serena V Kuznetsova

Winner: Serena
Seeded player that loses in 1st round - Marion Bartoli to lose to Rezai
Unseeded Star - Iveta Benesova (my knowledge of women's tennis is terrible)

MENS

q-finals:

Fed v Robredo
Davydenko v Gasquet
Djokovic v Mathieu
Moya v Nadal

s-finals:

Fed v Gasquet
Djokovic v Nadal
final:

Fed v Nadal

Winner: Fed

1st round upset: Mayer to lose to Mathieu

Unseeded star: Mathieu

WOMENS:

q-finals

Henin v Serena
Jankovic v Petrova
Hantuchova v Kuznetsova
Chakvetadze v Schnyder

s-finals

Henin v Jankovic
Kuznetsova v Chakvetadze

Final

Henin v Kuznetzova

Winner: Henin

1st round upset: Bartoli to lose to Rezai

unseeded star: Benesova

After painstaking factual research and a thorough critical thinking exercise in logic i came to this result:

Road to the final

Roger Federer » Michael Russell » Julien Benneteau » Juan Carlos Ferrero » Tommy Robredo »Nikolay Davydenko

Novak Djokovic » Qualifier » Sam Querrey » Agustin Calleri »David Ferrer » Paul-Henri Mathieu » Tomas Berdych

What a djoko of a draw he had

Final

Federer - Djokovic

7-5 6-4 6-1 Winner Federer

Instead of Djoko i have a dark horse candidate after painstaking factual research and a thorough critical thinking exercise with no logic and most for fun:

Ivo Karlovic » James Blake »Jonas Bjorkman » Philipp Kohlschreiber » Tomas Berdych » Lleyton Hewitt » Novak Djokovic

Final

Federer - Karlovic

6-7 6-7 7-6 7-6 22-20 winner federer

Nadal loses to Hewitt

You laugh at it here first roflmao

I repost because just now i saw the rules


After painstaking factual research and a thorough critical thinking exercise in logic i came to this result:

Quarters
Roger Federer - Tommy Robredo
Nikolay Davydenko - Canas
Novak Djokovic - Paul-Henri Mathieu
Tomas Berdych - hewitt

No seeded player to lose in 1st round and the unseeded player to go further will be Paul-Henri Mathieu

Road to the final

Roger Federer » Michael Russell » Julien Benneteau » Juan Carlos Ferrero » Tommy Robredo »Nikolay Davydenko

Novak Djokovic » Qualifier » Sam Querrey » Agustin Calleri »David Ferrer » Paul-Henri Mathieu » Tomas Berdych

What a djoko of a draw he had

Final

Federer - Djokovic

7-5 6-4 6-1 Winner Federer

Instead of Djoko i have a dark horse candidate after painstaking factual research and a thorough critical thinking exercise with no logic and most for fun:

Ivo Karlovic » James Blake »Jonas Bjorkman » Philipp Kohlschreiber » Tomas Berdych » Lleyton Hewitt » Novak Djokovic

Final

Federer - Karlovic

6-7 6-7 7-6 7-6 22-20 winner federer

Nadal loses to Hewitt

You laugh at it here first roflmao


As for the woman i really don't know as i do not follow the game.
I like good tennis and not screams and :yawn:

My guesses (and that's all they are, guesses)...

Men's

QF
Federer vs Robredo
Davydenko vs. Canas
Djokovic vs. Roddick (weak group for Andy, so he'll get through to here)
Berdych vs. Nadal

SF
Federer vs. Canas
Djokovic vs. Nadal

Final
Canas vs. Djokovic (upset city in the semi's ;) )

winner. Djokovic

R1 Upset: Baghdatis drops to Grosjean in 4 sets
Suprise unseated: Grosjean makes it to R4, given the weak group.


Women's

QF
Henin vs. S. Williams
Dementieva vs. Vaidisova
Ivanovic vs. Kuznetsova
Dechy vs. Sharapova

SF
Henin vs Vaidisova
Kuznetsova vs Sharapova

Final
Henin vs. Kuznetsova

Winner - in revenge for last year.. Kuznetsova

R1 Upset - Venus drops to Cornet
Suprise Unseated: Smashnova slips past Petrova to get to R4

MENS

q-finals:

Federer v Robredo
Gonzalez v Canas
Djokovic v Ferrer
Moya v Nadal

s-finals:

Federer v Gonzalez
Djokovic v Nadal

final:

Gonzalez v Nadal

Winner: Nadal

1st round upset: Roddick

Unseeded star: Monfils

WOMENS:

q-finals

Henin v S Williams
Jankovic v Vaidisova
Peer v Kuznetsova
Chakvetadze v Sharapova

s-finals

S Williams v Vaidisova
Kuznetsova v Chakvetadze

Final

S Williams v Kuznetsova

Winner: Kuznetsova

1st round upset: Srebotnik

unseeded star: Dechy

MENS

Quarters
Federer vs. Robredo
Gonzalez vs. Chela
Djokovic vs. Ferrer
Berdych vs. Nadal

Semis
Federer vs. Gonzalez
Djokovic vs. Nadal

Final
Federer vs. Nadal

Winner: Nadal

Seeded player to go out in first round: Roddick
unseeded star: Massu

WOMENS:

quarters
Henin v Serena
Jankovic v Petrova
Hantuchova v Kuznetsova
Chakvetadze v Schnyder

semis
Henin v Jankovic
Kuznetsova v Chakvetadze

Final
Henin v Kuznetzova

Winner: Henin

Seeded player to go out in first round: Bartoli :shrug:

Unseeded star: Groenfeld :shrug: :shrug:

Womens

QF's

Henin v Serena
Jankovic v Petrova
Ivanovic v Kuznetsova
Safarova v Schnyder

SF's

Henin v Jankovic
Kuznetsova v Safarova

Final

Henin beats Kuznetsova

unseeded upset - Bartoli loses to Rezai
Unseeded star - Rezai

Men's

QF's

Federer v Robredo
Nalbandian v Gasquet
Ferrer v Andreev
Berdych v Nadal

SF's

Federer v Nalbandian
Ferrer v Nadal

Final

Nadal beats Federer.

Roddick to go out first round.
Andreev the best unseeded player.

Men's

Federer v Robredo
Davydenko v Gonzalez
Djokovic v Andreev
Moya v Nadal

Federer v Davydenko
Djokovic v Nadal

Federer v Djokovic

Federer

Best unseeded - Andreev
Seed to fall first round - Roddick


Women's

Henin v Williams
Jankovic v Vaidisova
Ivanovic v Kuznetsova
Mauresmo v Schnyder

Henin v Jankovic
Ivanovic v Mauresmo

Jankovic v Ivanovic

Jankovic

Best unseeded - Rezai
Seed to fall first round - Bartoli

If it's ok MrI Im gonna say Schnyder gets to the semis instead of Mauresmo, but Ivanovic still beats her.

Men's:

Federer vs Safin (sorry Marat fans! :unsure: )
Davydenko vs Gasquet
Ferrer vs Baghdatis
Berdych vs Nadal

Federer vs Davydenko
Baghdatis vs Nadal

Nadal def. Federer

1st round upset: Acasuso def. Melzer
Unseeded star: Gilles Simon

Women's

Henin vs Safina
Petrova vs Dementieva
Ivanovic :wub: vs Peer
Chakvetadze vs Schnyder

Henin vs Dementieva :yikes:
Ivanovic :wub: vs Schnyder

Henin def. Ivanovic

1st round upset: Rezai def. Bartoli
Unseeded star: Rezai?!

Oops, I've not added the scores up for this yet! Will try and do something later today, possibly to put up the final scores tomorrow morning...

I'm pretty confident I've not won though (I did disastrously in the womens' singles!).

Sorry for being extremely slow on this, but work, and lack of home internet access, got in the way! The results are...

OVERALL CONTEST

1. WiseAnalyst 220 *** WINNER *** Well done ***
2. DinkyJo 215 * runner-up *
2. GS2 215 * runner-up *
4. LiamValid 185
5. Fah51: 180
6. AwesomeAgassi: 175
7. SerenaW19: 170
8. Vivahate: 160
9. MrInvisible: 155
10: TimMadigan: 130
11: Oblivion: 125
12: Tenez: 115

MENS' CONTEST only

1. Awesome Agassi 140 *** WINNER *** by a long way
2. DinkyJo: 125 * runner-up*
3. GS2: 120
3. WiseAnalyst: 120
5: SerenaW19 105
5: MrInvisible: 105
7. Oblivion: 95
7. LiamValid: 95
9. Tenez: 65
9. Vivahate 65
11.TimMadigan 60
12. Goat 55

WOMENS' CONTEST only

1. Wise Analyst 100 *** WINNER ***
2. GS2: 95
2. Vivahate: 95
4. DinkyJo: 90
4. LiamValid: 90
6: TimMadigan: 70
6: Fah51: 70
8: SerenaW19: 55
9: MrInvisible: 50
9: Tenez: 50
11: AweseomeAgassi 35
12: Oblivion 30


So, congratulations to Wise Analyst, who lives up to his name, and does the double (main predictions contest and the mini-predictions). Commiserations to Tenez, who trailed in last place of overall mini-predictions...

So, Wise won the overall contest thanks to successfully predicting an Ivanovic and Henin final, and sticking by his man Nadal in the mens' singles. Special mention to Awesome Agassi who nailed the mens' quarter-finals - great call on Andreev getting through to the quarters.

Generally, the mens' scores were OK (would have been better if more had gone for Nadal instead of Federer) but the womens' scores were rather low - too much faith shown in Serena Williams and Mauresmo, and the unseeded star was a tricky one - there were *no unseeded players in 4th round* and the best performing unseeded player was Knapp (!), an Italian who pushed Schynder very close in 3rd round.

WTG Wise :clap: :clap:

Im surprised i came 4th in this though :huh:

the disappointment of losing this contest is really negligeable compared to the one of having Fed losing the FO!

I am still furious!!! :moody:

Hi Tenez, :wave:

well, I was indeed quite sad at the end of the final :cry: ..But given that I was in holidays and moreover in Tuscany :P ..Well, it took me 5 min to pass over ;) ..Rafa was the best player during the final because: a. FED did not take the opportunities he had during the first set and b b. Rafa was able to move the match on a physical battle and in this sort of battle well all know who will win right? In particular on clay..So..But still, if you think that Rafa is already, IMO, one of the major "physical" player ever in Tennis history then FED only possibility to win was to end up as quickly as possible the battle..He was not able to implement this plan (due to his lack of ..I do not know what" during the first set...) so he lost..

On that side, the only sad aspect is, IMO, that there is no a Borg II player on the tour at the moment...I mean see this sort of player against Rafa at RG would be just fantastic..(both of them playing during 5 hours at the minimum roflmao )...

Anyway..I really hope FED will be able to do his job at Wimbledon: This is the main objective of the season..By default.. :ok: