Well it is that time of year again. We've just gotten the main draw for the most fun grand slam of the year.
We had 13 entries in 2015, won by kingweed
We had 16 entries in 2016, won by mw828
Let's see if we can get to 20 entries this year.
Like last year I'm also going to play. I've already locked in my selections and can't change them (see end of post for details).
Research is allowed. This is for the Australian Open Men's and Women's Main Singles events (no juniors, doubles or wheelchair picks please). My apologies for all the small print but I don't want any pre-round withdrawals to give later entrants an unfair advantage.
WINNER
The winner is the person that scores the fewest points
SCORING
General rules copied from KrazyKris from NFL PEEHS.
This is PEEHS, so the winner (or winners) will have the lowest total score after all 16 questions have been revealed. And with PEEHS, you want to submit a correct answer that will be guessed by as few entrants as possible.
Correct answers are worth as many points as total people who have guessed that answer. The best score per question is 1 (an ace), which means you guessed a correct answer that nobody else guessed.
Incorrects will be scored the same as for the NFL PEEHS, that being (highest score for a correct answer) + (# of different correct answers submitted for that question).
ENTRIES
If you would like to play, please PM me a list of your answers. Make sure to answer all 16 questions. Please put either the full name (if necessary) or full last name on your list. This isn't an issue of me decoding your picks, it is just easier to process if the names are all the same format. I know most of you wont do this anyways but in case you are nice:
Example for question #1:
Quote:
1. Pete Sampras - Good
1. Sampras - Good
1. Pete - Bad
1. Pistol Pete - Bad
Entries close SUNDAY AT 4PM PST. Entries after that are not counted. This is based on 2+2 time of when I receive the PM.
Reveals at the end of each round.
QUESTIONS
Round 1:
1) MENS: Pick a player that will win and not have their serve broken in their first round match
(If opponent withdraws before playing: scored as incorrect. If opponent withdraws mid-match: it could be correct.)
2) MENS: Pick a top-16 seed who will win in 4 or 5 sets in their first round match
3) WOMENS: Name a player who will win and give up at most 4 games to their opponent in their first round match
(If opponent withdraws before playing: scored as incorrect. If opponent withdraws mid-match: it could be correct.)
4) WOMENS: Name a top-32 seed that will lose in their first round match
(if player withdraws before playing: scored as incorrect, if player withdraws mid-match: scored as correct)
Round 2:
5) MENS: Name a top-32 seed who will lose in either round 1 or round 2
(must play at least one match in tournament - no withdraws before first round)
6) WOMENS: Name a player who didn't make the 3rd round last year who wins in round 2 this year
Round 3:
7) MENS: Name a player who didn't make it into the 4th round last year who wins their 3rd round match this year
8) WOMENS: Name a player who has made it into round 4 without losing a set
Round 4:
9) MENS: Name a player who won in round 4
10) WOMENS: Name a player who won in round 4
Quarters:
11) MENS: Name a player who lost at least 2 sets in the quarterfinals (doesn't matter if they won or lost the match)
12) WOMENS: Name a player who lost at least 1 set in the quarterfinals (doesn't matter if they won or lost the match)
Semis:
13) MENS: Name a player who is in the top 5 of aces at this point
(does not still need to be in the tournament)
14) WOMENS: Name a player who is in the top 5 of aces at this point
(does not still need to be in the tournament)
End of Tournament:
15) MENS: Name a player who will finish the Australian open singles having won 6 or more sets than he lost aggregated over all his matches
16) WOMENS: Name a player who will finish the Australian open singles having won 4 or more sets than she lost aggregated over all her matches
Good luck. If you are confused about any of the questions let me know.
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The shasum of my 16 answers is c9e7190211638c3c18dd5f5765b48139982f5c95, which at the end of the PEEHS I'll show the text file and anybody can confirm from the matching hash, meaning I couldn't have changed any of them.
