2015 Australian Open 'Suicide' Competition (Monday 19th January)

Nathers7 · 16/01/15 - 19:07

The usual thanks to everyone who has organised it previously: JustWonderful, davethecue, EPY and fab cesc.

RULES
Each day, you must pick one player from the WTA and ATP singles main draw who are scheduled to play that day. (The order of play will be updated daily).
Once you have chosen that player, you cannot pick them again for the remainder of the tournament. So picking Novak or Serena in the earlier rounds could cost you the chance of winning the competition further down the line... but it's entirely up to you!
I'd like all picks to be chosen before the day's play begins. This way everybody has the same players to choose from. If you forget to pick a player before the day's play begins, you will be out of the tournament. (I may allow for some discretion if the first match of the day is midway through the first set. )
If your player wins their match, you'll be able to continue in the competition the next day. If your player loses the match, you will be eliminated.
If your first choice withdraws before the match begins, or is the beneficiary of a walkover, you must provide me with a back-up pick. Please make sure you provide me with a back-up pick the same time as your first choice pick.
If your player's match is suspended until the next day of play, that still counts as your pick for that day. If he loses the next day you will be eliminated. However, you must still provide a pick for the next day's scheduled matches. Eg. if your Day 5 pick's match gets suspended, you should assume that he/she will win and pick from the Day 6 scheduled matches.

Your picks should look something like this:

ATP: Novak Djokovic
Back-up: Roger Federer

WTA: Serena Williams
Back-up: Victoria Azarenka

For any newbies, here's the comps from last year for an idea of how it goes:

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1929497
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1965169
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1974861
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2001826

Previous Winners

Australian Open
2013 ATP : JustWonderful
2013 WTA : Mr E! / topgooner
2014 ATP: javjamoll84 / yakutz / Cuishla / omgwtfbbq
2014 WTA: Cissy Fairfax / jake1981

French Open
2013 ATP : Magpie11 / fatsi
2013 WTA : Dizzle
2014 ATP: Mike Teevee
2014 WTA: EPY

Wimbledon
2013 ATP: Mike Teevee / Bhaveshghor
2013 WTA: EPY / Cuishla / ellieb123 / javjamoll84
2014 ATP: fab cesc
2014 WTA: Cissy Fairfax / Stunty

US Open
2012 ATP : dean michael
2012 WTA : DimSum
2013 ATP: tso
2013 WTA: Mike Teevee
2014 ATP: dean michael
2014: WTA: Janielovesyou

Another year, another comp. Thought I'd get the thread set up now.

I'll post the schedule when it's up. Play starts at 00:00 on Monday.

Cissy Fairfax · 16/01/15 - 21:01

I shall be defending a title in this one.

Just remind me of the cut off time, Sunday evening for us, I assume?

Nathers7 · 16/01/15 - 22:00

Cissy Fairfax wrote: »

I shall be defending a title in this one.

Just remind me of the cut off time, Sunday evening for us, I assume?

Yes, 12am.

Nathers7 · 17/01/15 - 10:34

Monday schedule:

http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/scores/schedule/index.html

dtcdtcdtc · 17/01/15 - 12:00

ATP

Goffin

Back up Seppi

WTA

Koukalova

Back up Riske

Nice one Nathers:)

Grecomania · 17/01/15 - 12:07

Yay, time to be a gallant loser again:)

ATP
Goffin
Back-up L Mayer

WTA
Puig
Back-up Bouchard

charlieparr · 17/01/15 - 12:37

Cheer Nathers

ATP: Kukushkin
Back up: Kohlschreiber

WTA: Riske
Back up: Puig

Can I make it to the second week this year

ashtray88 · 17/01/15 - 12:43

ATP- Marcos Baghdatis
Back Up- Luke Saville

WTA- Roberta Vinci
Back Up- Carla Suarez Navarro

These choices are quite risky, wouldn't be surprised if I go out on the 1st day..

jake1981 · 17/01/15 - 12:55

ATP
Chardy
B/U Robredo

WTA
Pavlyuchenkova
B/U Scheepers

Cissy Fairfax · 17/01/15 - 19:59

Mens: Klizan
Back Up Matosevic

Womens: Gajdosova
Back Up Lisicki

Taking some gambles in these first few days.

Janielovesyou · 17/01/15 - 20:07

ATP
Goffin
Back-up Chardy

WTA
Riske
Back up S Peng

dazc · 17/01/15 - 21:37

Atp Bernard Tomic
Back Up Ernest Gublis

Wta Shaui Peng
Back Up Kike Bertnes

tso · 17/01/15 - 23:44

ATP
Goffin
Back-up Murray

WTA
Pliskova
Back up Riske

cheers

Cuishla · 18/01/15 - 00:39

ATP: Marinko Matosevic
Back up: Lukas Lacko

WTA: Polona Hercog
Back up: Roberta Vinci

davethecue · 18/01/15 - 08:02

ATP

Igor Sijsling

Back up

K Anderson

WTA

S Voegele

Back up

A Beck

Barney06 · 18/01/15 - 10:19

ATP - Berdych

Back up Chardy

WTA - S. Peng

Back up S Errani

Thanks for running the comp

Nathers7 · 18/01/15 - 11:10

ATP: Philipp Kohlschreiber
Back-up: Bernard Tomic

WTA: Karolina Pliskova
Back-up: Jarmila Gajdosova

13 in so far.

yakutz · 18/01/15 - 12:15

ATP: Mayer
Backup: Goffin

WTA: Cirstea
Backup: Riske

MinkyJoe · 18/01/15 - 13:18

Thanks Nathers

ATP: David Goffin
Back up: Kenny De Schepper

WTA: Shuai Peng
Back up: Chanelle Scheepers

(The plan is to win the competition - obviously - and for every back up selection to lose)