4 out of 6 matches so far have ended up in a seedings upset ie the player with less slams winning. It either means a) slams arent everything b) surface is the key c) favourite players arent necessarily the biggest slam winners
Updated results and draw - worth noting each of the ladies matches has gone against the seedings so far, maybe a flaw in the seedings! And one of the mens as well of course!
M1 - Margaret Court v Monica Seles -HARD 5-9 (vote now 5-10 after poll closed) M2 - Helen Wills Moody v Martina Navratilova - GRASS 4-7 (vote now 4-9 after poll closed) M3 - Steffi Graf v Chris Evert - CLAY 7-8 M4 - Serena Williams v Billy Jean King - 8-3 HARD (vote now 8-4 after poll closed)
Semifinal M5 - (8) Seles v (5) Navratilova - CLAY Semifinal M6 - (6) Evert v (2) S. Williams
Final M7
Mens draw
M1 - Roger Federer v Bill Tilden - GRASS 9-4 (vote now 9-5 after poll closed). M2 - Pete Sampras v Roy Emerson - HARD 10-1 (vote now 11-1 after poll closed). M3 - Novak Djokovic v Bjorn Borg - CLAY 0-14 M4 - Rafa Nadal v Rod Laver - HARD 4-8 (vote now 5-8 after poll closed)
Semifinal M5 - (1) Federer v (4) Sampras - CLAY Semifinal M6 - (6) Borg v (7) Laver
Final M7
Serena's win is the first ladies match to go with seedings.
5 of the 8 matches to date gone against seedings
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 19th of March 2020 11:21:31 AM
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 19th of March 2020 11:21:56 AM
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 19th of March 2020 11:48:49 PM
Updated results and draw - worth noting each of the ladies matches has gone against the seedings so far, maybe a flaw in the seedings! And one of the mens as well of course!
M1 - Margaret Court v Monica Seles -HARD 5-9 (vote now 5-10 after poll closed)
M2 - Helen Wills Moody v Martina Navratilova - GRASS 4-7 (vote now 4-9 after poll closed)
M3 - Steffi Graf v Chris Evert - CLAY 7-8
M4 - Serena Williams v Billy Jean King - HARD 8-3 (vote now 8-4 after poll closed)
Semifinal M5 - (8) Seles v (5) Navratilova - CLAY 8-7
Semifinal M6 - (6) Evert v (2) S. Williams - GRASS
Final M7 - (8) Seles v
Mens draw
M1 - Roger Federer v Bill Tilden - GRASS 9-4 (vote now 9-5 after poll closed).
M2 - Pete Sampras v Roy Emerson - HARD 10-1 (vote now 11-1 after poll closed).
M3 - Novak Djokovic v Bjorn Borg - CLAY 0-14
M4 - Rafa Nadal v Rod Laver - HARD 4-8 (vote now 5-8 after poll closed)
Semifinal M5 - (1) Federer v (4) Sampras - CLAY 12-2
Semifinal M6 - (6) Borg v (7) Laver - GRASS
M1 - Margaret Court v Monica Seles -HARD 5-9 (vote now 5-10 after poll closed) M2 - Helen Wills Moody v Martina Navratilova - GRASS 4-7 (vote now 4-9 after poll closed) M3 - Steffi Graf v Chris Evert - CLAY 7-8 M4 - Serena Williams v Billy Jean King - HARD 8-3 (vote now 8-4 after poll closed)
Semifinal M5 - (8) Seles v (5) Navratilova - CLAY 8-7 Semifinal M6 - (6) Evert v (2) S. Williams - GRASS 4-9
Final M7 - (8) Seles v (2) S.Williams - HARD.
Mens draw
M1 - Roger Federer v Bill Tilden - GRASS 9-4 (vote now 9-5 after poll closed). M2 - Pete Sampras v Roy Emerson - HARD 10-1 (vote now 11-1 after poll closed). M3 - Novak Djokovic v Bjorn Borg - CLAY 0-14 M4 - Rafa Nadal v Rod Laver - HARD 4-8 (vote now 5-8 after poll closed)
Semifinal M5 - (1) Federer v (4) Sampras - CLAY 12-2 Semifinal M6 - (6) Borg v (7) Laver - GRASS 6-8
Final M7 - (1) Federer v (7) Laver - HARD
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 21st of March 2020 10:44:58 AM
Not sure if anyone interested , I've got an idea for a fab set of polls that I will put up after this event is over, will take us through a few days.
No idea whether this whole stuff is actually of any interest or fun for others, hard to tell, so let me know if I'm boring you all!
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 21st of March 2020 04:04:52 PM
It's been far from boring-thanks so much for setting it up. In the absence of real tennis it's been great to follow these match ups. You mentioned a British-only competition but were worried about the inevitability of the outcome in the mens' event. Maybe a 8 player draw with a challenge round against Andy for the winner?
-- Edited by telstar on Saturday 21st of March 2020 08:37:31 PM
Not sure if anyone interested , I've got an idea for a fab set of polls that I will put up after this event is over, will take us through a few days.
No idea whether this whole stuff is actually of any interest or fun for others, hard to tell, so let me know if I'm boring you all!
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 21st of March 2020 04:04:52 PM
It's been far from boring-thanks so much for setting it up. In the absence of real tennis it's been great to follow these match ups. You mentioned a British-only competition but were worried about the inevitability of the outcome in the mens' event. Maybe a 8 player draw with a challenge round against Andy for the winner?
-- Edited by telstar on Saturday 21st of March 2020 08:37:31 PM
Not sure if anyone interested , I've got an idea for a fab set of polls that I will put up after this event is over, will take us through a few days.
No idea whether this whole stuff is actually of any interest or fun for others, hard to tell, so let me know if I'm boring you all!
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 21st of March 2020 04:04:52 PM
It's been far from boring-thanks so much for setting it up. In the absence of real tennis it's been great to follow these match ups. You mentioned a British-only competition but were worried about the inevitability of the outcome in the mens' event. Maybe a 8 player draw with a challenge round against Andy for the winner?
-- Edited by telstar on Saturday 21st of March 2020 08:37:31 PM
Cool, but I've got it all ready and sorted! Look out for more information tomorrow evening!
And thanks for the kind words ! I get very self indulgent and then think I'm being selfish so it's good to know !