Sunday 24 May 2015

Roland Garros Predictions -1st Round

I am going to try and predict the result of every singles match at the French Open. I am using my ELO rankings to decide the winner. Note to those following this, I don't recommend that you use this for betting purposes as if I had found a way of beating the house, this blog post wouldn't exist.

I am entering my predictions on to http://www.prediction-game.com/, my predictions are under the name "Kounosuke Kuri". I'm entered in to the Classical, Cup and Drop Out contests there, and hopefully I'll do well in all 3 of them as I'm competing against others with their own methods of picking winners. The scores I have picked are based on gut feeling alone. Times are accurate for Sunday only. I can't find a way to get the scores out of those boxes, if you change any of them, just refresh the page to see my predictions again.

Men's Singles - Ernests Gulbis is my lowest ranked winner, and Jack Sock is my higest ranked loser.

May 24 • 10:00Roberto Bautista-Agut-Florian Mayer
Elias Ymer-Lukáš Rosol
Go Soeda-Philipp Kohlschreiber
Damir Džumhur-Mikhail Youzhny
May 24 • 11:30Albert Ramos-Pablo Andújar
Stanislas Wawrinka-Marsel İlhan
Ivo Karlović-Marcos Baghdatis
Alejandro Falla-Roger Federer
May 24 • 12:00Marcel Granollers-Matthias Bachinger
May 24 • 13:30Kei Nishikori-Paul-Henri Mathieu
Dusan Lajovic-Máximo González
Ernests Gulbis-Igor Sijsling
Nicolas Mahut-Kimmer Coppejans
May 24 • 15:00Jo-Wilfried Tsonga-Christian Lindell
Mikhail Kukushkin-Dudi Sela
Steve Johnson-Guillermo García-López
May 25 • 10:00Novak Djokovic-Jarkko Nieminen
Gilles Müller-Paolo Lorenzi
Nikoloz Basilashvili-Thanasi Kokkinakis
Luca Vanni-Bernard Tomic
Richard Gasquet-Germain Gigounon
Illya Marchenko-Carlos Berlocq
Blaž Kavčič-Lu Yen-Hsun
Tim Smyczek-Kevin Anderson
Grigor Dimitrov-Jack Sock
Pablo Carreño Busta-Víctor Estrella Burgos
Borna Ćorić-Sam Querrey
Andrey Golubev-Tommy Robredo
Adrian Mannarino-Jürgen Melzer
Andrey Kuznetsov-Malek Jaziri
Nicolás Almagro-Alexandr Dolgopolov
Quentin Halys-Rafael Nadal
Andy Murray-Facundo Argüello
Vasek Pospisil-João Sousa
Kyle Edmund-Stéphane Robert
Denis Istomin-Nick Kyrgios
David Goffin-Filip Krajinović
Santiago Giraldo-Donald Young
Jérémy Chardy-Michael Berrer
Andreas Seppi-John Isner
Marin Čilić-Robin Haase
James Duckworth-Andrea Arnaboldi
Jerzy Janowicz-Maxime Hamou
Jiří Veselý-Leonardo Mayer
Viktor Troicki-Jan-Lennard Struff
Simone Bolelli-Steve Darcis
Daniel Gimeno-Traver-João Souza
Lukáš Lacko-David Ferrer
Marinko Matosevic-Thomaz Bellucci
Ruben Bemelmans-Benjamin Becker
Taro Daniel-Fernando Verdasco
Juan Mónaco-Federico Delbonis
Teymuraz Gabashvili-Feliciano López
Fabio Fognini-Tatsuma Ito
Gastão Elias-Benoît Paire
Ivan Dodig-Radek Štěpánek
Yoshihito Nishioka-Tomáš Berdych
Ričardas Berankis-Sergiy Stakhovsky
Frances Tiafoe-Martin Kližan
Lucas Pouille-Gilles Simon
Gaël Monfils-Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Diego Schwartzman-Andreas Haider-Maurer
Dominic Thiem-Aljaž Bedene
Samuel Groth-Pablo Cuevas

Women's Singles   Pauline Parmentier is my lowest ranked winner, and Sloane Stephens is my highest ranked loser.

May 24 • 10:00Fiona Ferro-Teliana Pereira0:2
Louisa Chirico-Ekaterina Makarova0:2
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni-Lauren Davis0:2
Evgeniya Rodina-Simona Halep0:2
May 24 • 12:00Bojana Jovanovski-Lesia Tsurenko
Garbine Muquruza-Petra Martic
Tatjana Maria-Camila Giorgi
May 24 • 13:30Petra Cetkovska-Misaki Doi
Donna Vekic-Caroline Garcia
Magda Linette-Flavia Pennetta
May 24 • 14:00Magdaléna Rybáriková-Olivia Rogowska
May 24 • 15:30Ana Ivanovic-Yaroslava Shvedova
Shuai Peng-Polona Hercog
Kirsten Flipkens-Elena Vesnina
Lucie Šafářová-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Océane Dodin-Kurumi Nara
May 25 • 10:00Serena Williams-Andrea Hlavackova
Anna-Lena Friedsam-Alexa Glatch
Zheng Saisai-Lucie Hradecka
María Teresa Torró Flor-Victoria Azarenka
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova-Tsvetana Pironkova
Denisa Allertová-Johanna Konta
Mathilde Johansson-Heather Watson
Sloane Stephens-Venus Williams
Andrea Petkovic-Shelby Rogers
Lourdes Dominguez Lino-Christina McHale
Carina Witthöft-Kateřina Siniaková
Alison Riske-Sara Errani
Jelena Jankovic-Sesil Karatantcheva
Irina Falconi-Manon Arcangioli
Coco Vandeweghe-Julia Görges
Karin Knapp-Caroline Wozniacki
Petra Kvitova-Marina Erakovic
Silvia Soler-Espinosa-Pauline Parmentier
Margarita Gasparyan-Ana Konjuh
Bethanie Mattek-Sands-Irina-Camelia Begu
Timea Bacsinszky-Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino
Tereza Smitková-Taylor Townsend
Belinda Bencic-Daniela Hantuchova
Varvara Lepchenko-Madison Keys
Karolina Pliskova-Shuai Zhang
Andreea Mitu-Alizé Lim
Wang Qiang-Francesca Schiavone
Kiki Bertens-Svetlana Kuznetsova
Zarina Diyas-Dinah Pfizenmaier
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová-Alison Van Uytvanck
Klara Koukalová-Danka Kovinić
Kristina Mladenovic-Eugenie Bouchard
Agnieszka Radwanska-Annika Beck
Paula Kania-Mona Barthel
Aleksandra Krunić-Yulia Putinsiva
Yanina Wickmayer-Elina Svitolina
Alize Cornet-Roberta Vinci
Alexandra Dulgheru-Nicole Gibbs
Carla Suarez Navarro-Monica Niculescu
Virginie Razzano-Verónica Cepede Royg
Casey Dellacqua-Ajla Tomljanović
Tímea Babos-Angelique Kerber
Johanna Larsson-Daria Gavrilova
Mónica Puig-Sabine Lisicki
Samantha Stosur-Madison Brengle
Amandine Hesse-Jarmila Gajdosova
Stefanie Voegele-Vitalia Diatchenko
Kaia Kanepi-Maria Sharapova
CORRECTION: I should have had Ajla Tomljanovic beating Casey Dellacqua 2-1, but I misread my updated ratings and didn't correct it in time.