This is always a fun question given the variance in the women's game. You had basically the whole catalog of women to choose from, and it is all about risk vs reward.

INCORRECT ANSWERS

The most popular incorrect was taken by 3, which will tie for the SHEEP score. Last year as an unseeded player she was knocked out in the 2nd round, and this year as the #12 seed she had the same fate.


Our leader after question #5 and one other entrant took this player. The #27 seed did not play in last year's Aussie open due to an injury sustained during an armed robbery. In her first round match she twice had the opportunity to serve for the match, but twice was broken and lost in 3 sets.


As the #23 seed last year, this player lost in the first round. She was one better as a seed this year, and advanced one round further, but unfortunately still short of being correct. Two of you were wrong with the #22 seed.

The final two incorrect answers were chosen by 1 each, and were a lot more risk for the reward of an almost guaranteed ace. Unfortunately the players did not come through:

This player was incredibly high on the risk scale. Last year as an unseeded player she lost in the first round. This year as a qualifier, she got crushed 6-1 6-1 in her first round match. Would have been a very flashy answer if correct, but this one went down in flames.


Another high risk pick. Lost in the first round last year, lost in the first round this year.

CORRECT ANSWERS

This answer also tied for the SHEEP with 3. It seemed like the obvious safe pick as the #1 seed, but she'd lost in the first round the past 2 years. The bad streak was finally broken this year and she fairly easily made her way into the 3rd round. Myself and 2 others tally another SHEEP with...

Both entrants needed this to be correct. Tommy_Tomich969 went from being tied for the lead to 7 off the pace with his last incorrect, and eyebooger was our only entrant without a correct answer.

But they both scored with this one. It wasn't easy, the #27 seed lost the first set in both her first and second round matches, but unlike last year when she was bounced in the second round as the #3 seed, this year she came back and won them both.

And once again we close with 4 aces.

The flashiest correct answer goes to this entrant. This player is outside of the top 50 and unseeded, but made the 3rd round in 2016, and after a 2nd round loss last year, made the 3rd round again this year. Enjoy your well deserved ace with this one.


Last year this player had the unfortunate draw of having to face Serena Williams in the 2nd round, which ended any hopes of reaching the 3rd round. This year as the #29 seed, she's into the 3rd round without losing a set.


Last year as the #19 seed she lost in the first round, but this year as the #30 seed shes into the 3rd round with a very winnable match against Wozniacki in the 3rd round. Another well deserved ace.

And we close with one last ace. This player missed last year's open due to a wrist injury, and came in as the #17 seed this time. She has looked dominant in both her victories and really was never in doubt of reaching the 3rd round.

This answer is saved for last not because it is the flashiest choice, but because it is this entrants' second ace in a row, and completes his meteoric rise to the top of the standings, the place he was all of last year. Enjoy the ace and the top spot on the podium with

Incorrect score = 9 = 6 distinct corrects + 3 for Julia Görges / Simona Halep

Scores after question 6
19 True North (4/6)
19 MR SHEEP
24 Chrizza (4/6)
24 Tommy_Tomich969 (3/6)
26 xander biscuits (3/6)
27 Booker Wolfbox (3/6)
29 pokergrader (2/6)
30 GusJohnsonGOAT (2/6)
30 Isidiop (2/6)
30 tommyd0907 (2/6)
31 SuperUberBob (2/6)
32 kingweed (2/6)
32 mw828 (2/6)
34 ashley12 (2/6)
36 Nandos v2 (1/6)
36 eyebooger (1/6)
36 sixfour (1/6)
40 Habsfan09 (1/6)
40 kutuz_off (1/6)

Correct SHEEP
3 Booker Wolfbox
3 Chrizza
2 xander biscuits
1 SuperUberBob
1 True North
1 ashley12
1 eyebooger
1 kutuz_off
1 mw828
1 sixfour

Aces
2 Chrizza
2 Tommy_Tomich969
2 True North
1 GusJohnsonGOAT
1 Isidiop
1 SuperUberBob
1 ashley12
1 kingweed
1 pokergrader
1 tommyd0907
1 xander biscuits

Overall Correct Answers Percentage: 38/108 (35.2%)

And for those watching the ace counts:

Men:
Ivo Karlovic 74
Karen Khachanov 49
Gilles Muller 47
Sam Querrey 47
Alexander Zverev 42
Marin Cilic 40
Viktor Troicki 38
Dominic Thiem 36
Milos Raonic 36
Kevin Anderson 35
Marcos Baghdatis 35
Nick Kyrgios 33
Lukas Lacko 33
David Goffin 33
Alexandr Dolgopolov 30
Yuichi Sugita 30

Women:
Ashleigh Barty 23
Naomi Osaka 19
Julia Goerges 16
Kiki Bertens 15
Jelena Ostapenko 15
Kristyna Pliskova 14
Eugenie Bouchard 14
Samantha Stosur 13
Caroline Garcia 13
Kirsten Flipkens 12
Karolina Pliskova 12
Kaia Kanepi 12
Elina Svitolina 11
Anett Kontaveit 11
Madison Keys 11
Marta Kostyuk 11

How long before they move the Australian open to November/early December because of climate change? It's probably a good move right?

NOT LAST ANYMORE

TN going for b2b wins!

Grats chrizza you’ve got it. Levelled myself too often.

I'm doing much better than expected, but I have multiple confirmed incorrects still to come so this will surely all change

Next time I use a random number generator for the woman-questions. That will probably result in more correct answers than thinking about what could be correct.

Tbh i didn't feel like loooking up the womans draw of last year so I picked a random girl I expected not to make the 3rd round last year. Happy not to join the club

Self-sabotage is half the fun of this game.

FWIW, it looks to be going downhill for me from here on, so unless you are at trainwreck level you should still have a chance.

Way too much Kevin Anderson left in my entry for me to have any realistic hope of that, but I’m pleasantly surprised to this point.

Next reveal will be during the AFC championship

Ace counts through round 3. Bold players are still active. Players in red cannot make the top 5 as they are eliminated and outside the top 5.

Mens
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Ivo Karlovic 126
Gilles Muller 87
Alexander Zverev 63
Nick Kyrgios 61
Marin Cilic 56
Karen Khachanov 49
Sam Querrey 47
Dominic Thiem 45
Jo Wilfried Tsonga 42
Roger Federer 41
Kyle Edmund 40
Ryan Harrison 39
Viktor Troicki 38
Tomas Berdych 37
Tennys Sandgren 36

Women
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Naomi Osaka 31
Ashleigh Barty 24
Caroline Garcia 23
Karolina Pliskova 23
Kiki Bertens 19
Jelena Ostapenko 18
Anett Kontaveit 17
Madison Keys 17
Julia Goerges 16
Elina Svitolina 16
Kaia Kanepi 14
Kristyna Pliskova 14
Eugenie Bouchard 14
Samantha Stosur 13
Lucie Safarova 12

Man my score is gonna be ****.

Halftime reveal

Question #7

For Question #7 we have 7 correct and 11 incorrect answers

There were 8 unplayed aces:

INCORRECT ANSWERS

Most popular incorrect was taken by 4 of you. Last year this rising star was up 2-1 against Nadal in the third round, but lost the 4th and 5th set. This year as the 4 seed, he was up 2-1 against an unseeded opponent, but lost the 4th set and got bageled in the 5th. Weak stuff and a deserved incorrect for.


The next incorrect by 3 of you. Last year this big serving American lost in the 2nd round. This year he did one worse, losing in the first round.

The next 4 incorrects were taken by one each. Would have been an ace, but sadly the players came up short.

Our leader took this player, who missed last season's open due to injury, but couldn't make it out of the first round this year.


Last year as the #16 seed, he lost in the first round. This year as the #18 seed, he lost in the first round.


This was a risky pick that almost paid off. This 18 year made his debut performance at the open and won his first round match, and had a real change to knock off Tsonga in the 2nd round. But he came up a little short. Might be a correct answer for this question next year, but unfortunately not this year:


The highest ranked American was knocked off in the third round last year, and this year did a couple rounds worse, losing in the first round.

CORRECT ANSWERS

Our SHEEP, picked by 5 of you, was knocked out in the second round last year. This year he not only made the 4th round, but already won his 4th round match and made it into the quarters last night.

And in addition to our huge SHEEP, we've got 2 aces.

This player lost last night in his 4th round match, but no matter, he qualifies for this question. An inexplicable 2nd round loss last year, but this year he stayed composed roughly the whole tournament and had a much better performance.


And the final ace is from yours truly. This player has won the tournament a cool 6 times, but was an unknown returning from injury. Well he easily outdid his 2nd round exit last year, getting to the 4th round this year with a very winnable match against Chung Hyeon. I inexplicably slide onto the podium with this ace...