0 for 4 including an illegal answer. LOL me.

glad I was on top at some point because my steady decline is going to continue I'm sure

Start off with an Ace, won't get one again!

my perfect game disappears next question

Did the AO site get worse during its overhaul? Can't find the stats section anymore for the aces leaderboard and such

Yes it is a disaster. I used to be able to do break points and aces just via the stats section, but it is all gone.

I had to write a script to download all the raw match data files and then calculate all the stats myself. And the data files could be organized a lot better too, but at least all the info is there.

Here are the top 15 (and ties) of aces through round 1 for the men:
Milos Raonic 36
Kevin Anderson 35
Sam Querrey 28
Quentin Halys 27
John Isner 24
Viktor Troicki 22
Karen Khachanov 21
Ivo Karlovic 21
Marin Cilic 20
Lukas Lacko 19
Jan Lennard Struff 19
Paolo Lorenzi 18
Alexander Zverev 17
Alexei Popyrin 17
Tim Smyczek 16
Fabio Fognini 16
Nick Kyrgios 16


And the women:
Kristyna Pliskova 14
Julia Goerges 14
Samantha Stosur 13
Eugenie Bouchard 12
Ashleigh Barty 11
Naomi Osaka 11
Jennifer Brady 10
CoCo Vandeweghe 10
Kiki Bertens 8
Kateryna Kozlova 8
Kirsten Flipkens 8
Kaia Kanepi 8
Johanna Konta 8
Monica Puig 7
Camila Giorgi 7
Karolina Pliskova 7
Aryna Sabalenka 7
Katerina Siniakova 7

No 2nd round matches are included in these stats, even if the players are done with their match

Ugh, so much for the fan friendliest slam

Thanks for the extra effort.

Believe me, had I known all the stats would be broken I'd have picked questions that were easier to grade. But by the time I realized the Australian Open site was so crappy, I'd already posted the PEEHS. Fortunately the only stat heavy thing left is aces, and I've got that covered, but it does suck that all other stats they used to have are gone. It also makes no sense why they'd get rid of it. I know they have the data because I'm downloading it. It would be so easy to just put up the basic aggregate stats of the information they already have.

Kerber getting me a gain on the field of 3 points for being right when only one other person was is tilting...

But what can you do...

Nice to start well. I'll try and remember the feeling this time next week when I'm down the field.

The app is dreadful as well now. It just doesn't work and is a complete nightmare to navigate.

Reveal for questions 5 and 6 in about an hour.

Nice nice.

Just put me out of my misery. I'm like baids in the Premier League PEEHS, only I was actually trying

Let's get this going

Question #5

As I already hinted above there are at least 5 distinct correct answers for this question, so it isn't one you want to get wrong.

For Question #5 we have 8 correct and 10 incorrect answers

There were 6 unplayed aces:

INCORRECT ANSWERS

The most popular incorrect and our SHEEP score was taken by 3 of you, including one of our leaders. The #28 seed could have easily lost in the first round, but pulled it out in 5, and then won his 2nd round match in 4.


Two of you picked the #30 seed who also took 5 sets to win his first round match, and 4 sets to win his 2nd round match. But a win is a win, which makes him incorrect.


The #17 seed has been shockingly composed in the first two rounds en route to straight set victories, and while it wasn't a bad gamble for this question, this year it did not pay off.

The next 3 incorrect answers were taken by 1 each:

The #24 seed was down 2 sets to 1 in his first round match, but won the last 2 sets, including 11-9 in the 5th, then a tidy straight set victory in the 2nd round making him incorrect for this one.


The #15 could have easily lost his 2nd round match in the 4th set or the 5th set, but somehow pulled it out.


A bit of a gamble here with the #14 seed who has quite a bit of winning experience in Melbourne. Maybe he'd retire, maybe his form would be off? Nope, just 2 very solid victories and an incorrect answer.

LOL I suck at this.

CORRECT ANSWERS

The first two corrects were taken by two of you each.

Last year, this unseeded player made it all the way to the quarters. This year he came in as the #32 seed, played 1.5 sets and went home. One of our leaders was wrong, but the other one is right with this answer:


Well the #32 seed was a correct answer, why not the #31 seed? A little extra sweat was required here as he won his first round match in straight sets, but a couple days later was on the opposite end of a straight set loss, making him a correct answer.

And we close with 4 aces, none of which required any sweating... they all were eliminated in the first round.

You get an ace! You get an ace! Everybody get's an ace!!!

As a noted button clicker, my strategy for this question involves finding Fernando Verdasco on the draw, seeing if he is playing a seeded player and picking them. This year looked like a great combination, Verdasco playing the #20 seed who also happens to be a fellow countryman? Jackpot. And my brilliant reasoning was rewarded with my first correct answer, the #20 seed:


The #27 seed also scores an ace. He put up a fight, but still lost in 5 sets in his first round match.


Last year's PEEHS champ had no faith in the highest seeded American, and he was rewarded with a quick and embarrassing loss by the #8 seed in the first round.


And it wasn't just the highest seeded American, every single American seeded player was a correct answer to this question. Our final ace goes to the #16 seed who lost in 4 sets in his first round match.

Incorrect score = 9 = 6 distinct corrects + 3 for Damir Džumhur

Scores after question 5
15 Chrizza (4/5)
16 MR SHEEP
17 xander biscuits (3/5)
18 True North (3/5)
21 Isidiop (2/5)
22 Tommy_Tomich969 (2/5)
23 kingweed (2/5)
23 mw828 (2/5)
24 Booker Wolfbox (2/5)
26 pokergrader (1/5)
27 Nandos v2 (1/5)
27 sixfour (1/5)
29 GusJohnsonGOAT (1/5)
29 tommyd0907 (1/5)
30 SuperUberBob (1/5)
31 Habsfan09 (1/5)
31 ashley12 (1/5)
31 kutuz_off (1/5)
34 eyebooger (0/5)

Correct SHEEP
3 Chrizza
2 Booker Wolfbox
2 xander biscuits
1 SuperUberBob
1 True North
1 kutuz_off
1 mw828
1 sixfour

Aces
2 Chrizza
2 Tommy_Tomich969
1 Isidiop
1 True North
1 ashley12
1 kingweed
1 pokergrader
1 xander biscuits

Overall Correct Answers Percentage: 29/90 (32.2%)

Can't do any worse. Onward and upward!

I believe in you! Let's see how you fare in the next question.

Question #6

For Question #6 we have 9 correct and 9 incorrect answers

There were 18 unplayed aces: