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JonH · Tennis legend

RE: British Wins at Grand Slam Tournaments - predictions contest overview thread

JonH · Tennis legend

Hard to think that just 11 months ago we managed 36 wins at the French Open; up from 13 and 15 in the two years previously, and our FO average over recent years is just 15.6

Hard (impossible?) to see us getting near 36 this season? Or famous last words?!

Given our average is 15.6 and 36 is a real outlier, I am going to set the range for voting for this years FO at something like 10 or less at the low end and 29 or more at the high end. I would imagine we will fall somewhere in that range this year! Anyone feeling last year was the start of something special can go top end and let us know the specific number they choose!

Elegant Point · Futures qualifying

Think youve probably defined the range well JH!

Predicting Brit wins at the FO (2025 excepted) is usually an exercise in managed pessimism and there are a few extra complications this year hmm

JonH · Tennis legend

Here is our updated roll of honour, to include The Addict and emmsie69, first time winners both.

Wins	Titles
	2019	Best predictor
13	AO	Wolf, Miriamabc
11	FO	No winner named
25	W	Wolf (2)
24	USO	Miriamabc (2), MichaelD, Indiana
	2020
21	AO	Blue Belle
9	FO	SuperT
	W	no competition
11	USO	SuperT (2)
	2021
23	AO	Indiana (2)
9	FO	Brendan F
40	W	foobarbaz
32	USO	Miriamabc (3)
	2022
17	AO	brittak
16	FO	no competition
43	W	Miramabc (4)
26	USO	JonH
	2023
20	AO	Coup Droit, Indiana (3)
15	FO	Miriamabc (5), JonH (2)
30	W	Miriamabc (6)
26	USO	Elegant Point
	2024
21	AO	Elegant Point (2), goldfish
13	FO	mdewey
40	W	Indiana (4)
27	USO	Indiana (5), FlipFlops
	2025
28	AO	goldfish (2)
36	FO	Indiana (6)
39	W	DF, Danten
15 - excl mixed doubles	USO	Telstar


	2026
21	AO	Elegant Point (3)
15	FO	The Addict, emmsie69
	W
	USO

JonH · Tennis legend

Here is the ranking list at halfway through the 4 slams - Brittak, Canda and goldfish have been equal second and then equal third in both slams, with EP, emmsie and TA winning one each, and several players then chasing.

With 55 points (50 for winning, 5 for being spot on) there are 110 points for maxing out in the remaining two slams and literally anyone can still win this!

For now, Brittak, Canda and goldfish lead the way

Position	Total	Name

1	70	Brittak
	70	Canda
	70	goldfish
4	56	Elegant Point
5	55	emmsie69
	55	The Addict
7	50	Danny1312
8	41	Mdewey
9	40	Brendan F
	40	DF
	40	Johnny Aitch
	40	vhughes
13	30	Telstar
14	10	AB1984
	10	JonH
	10	Pierrot
	10	Tanaqui
18	3	SuperT
19	2	Blue Belle
	2	Miriam abc
	2	Sliced Backhand
	2	Tramlines
	2	Var

-- Edited by JonH on Saturday 6th of June 2026 10:23:09 PM

-- Edited by JonH on Saturday 6th of June 2026 10:26:31 PM

JonH · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
Here is the ranking list at halfway through the 4 slams - Brittak, Canda and goldfish have been equal second and then equal third in both slams, with EP, emmsie and TA winning one each, and several players then chasing.

With 55 points (50 for winning, 5 for being spot on) there are 110 points for maxing out in the remaining two slams and literally anyone can still win this!

For now, Brittak, Canda and goldfish lead the way

Position Total Name

1 70 Brittak
70 Canda
70 goldfish
4 56 Elegant Point
5 55 emmsie69
55 The Addict
7 50 Danny1312
8 41 Mdewey
9 40 Brendan F
40 DF
40 Johnny Aitch
40 vhughes
13 30 Telstar
14 10 AB1984
10 JonH
10 Pierrot
10 Tanaqui
18 3 SuperT
19 2 Blue Belle
2 Miriam abc
2 Sliced Backhand
2 Tramlines
2 Var

-- Edited by JonH on Saturday 6th of June 2026 10:23:09 PM

DF won the 2025 version and is still in the hunt here, goldfish was 3rd last season and up at the top again. Indy won 2024 and RU in 25 but is finding 2026 a tougher proposition!

-- Edited by JonH on Saturday 6th of June 2026 10:26:07 PM

JonH · Tennis legend

I wanted to capture this here from mdewey so I don't lose sight of it

mdewey wrote:
Just a suggestion for next year.

Everyone who enters gets a score computed as the (absolute) difference between their prediction and the true value. At the end of the year just add them up and the smallest wins. Anyone who misses a tournament is awarded a score for that tournament one greater than the maximum score for that tournament.

Advantages: it differentiates between people who in the current system all score zero, everyone who enters benefits, anyone who forgets one slam is penalised but not holed below the waterline.

JonH · Tennis legend

Here is our updated roll of honour, to include Pierrot ,first time winner.

Wins	Titles
	2019	Best predictor
13	AO	Wolf, Miriamabc
11	FO	No winner named
25	W	Wolf (2)
24	USO	Miriamabc (2), MichaelD, Indiana
	2020
21	AO	Blue Belle
9	FO	SuperT
	W	no competition
11	USO	SuperT (2)
	2021
23	AO	Indiana (2)
9	FO	Brendan F
40	W	foobarbaz
32	USO	Miriamabc (3)
	2022
17	AO	brittak
16	FO	no competition
43	W	Miramabc (4)
26	USO	JonH
	2023
20	AO	Coup Droit, Indiana (3)
15	FO	Miriamabc (5), JonH (2)
30	W	Miriamabc (6)
26	USO	Elegant Point
	2024
21	AO	Elegant Point (2), goldfish
13	FO	mdewey
40	W	Indiana (4)
27	USO	Indiana (5), FlipFlops
	2025
28	AO	goldfish (2)
36	FO	Indiana (6)
39	W	DF, Danten
15 - excl mixed doubles	USO	Telstar


	2026
21	AO	Elegant Point (3)
15	FO	The Addict, emmsie69
27	W	Pierrot
	USO

JonH · Tennis legend

These are the 12 who will be in the points when I work them out this evening:

25 Spireman, Julia carrot - equal 2nd

26

27 Pierrot - winner

28

29 Sliced Backhand, Densher - equal 2nd

30 RainDelay, RJH1962 - equal 6th

31 Brendan F, Blue belle, Vhughes - equal 8th

32 Sheddie, goldfish - equal 11th

Ill need to get my slide rule out and Ill post the table later. Suspect
Its wide open for the US Open so hope all join in.

JonH · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
JonH wrote:
Here is the ranking list at halfway through the 4 slams - Brittak, Canda and goldfish have been equal second and then equal third in both slams, with EP, emmsie and TA winning one each, and several players then chasing.

With 55 points (50 for winning, 5 for being spot on) there are 110 points for maxing out in the remaining two slams and literally anyone can still win this!

For now, Brittak, Canda and goldfish lead the way

Position Total Name

1 70 Brittak
70 Canda
70 goldfish
4 56 Elegant Point
5 55 emmsie69
55 The Addict
7 50 Danny1312
8 41 Mdewey
9 40 Brendan F
40 DF
40 Johnny Aitch
40 vhughes
13 30 Telstar
14 10 AB1984
10 JonH
10 Pierrot
10 Tanaqui
18 3 SuperT
19 2 Blue Belle
2 Miriam abc
2 Sliced Backhand
2 Tramlines
2 Var

-- Edited by JonH on Saturday 6th of June 2026 10:23:09 PM
DF won the 2025 version and is still in the hunt here, goldfish was 3rd last season and up at the top again. Indy won 2024 and RU in 25 but is finding 2026 a tougher proposition!

-- Edited by JonH on Saturday 6th of June 2026 10:26:07 PM

Spoiler alert - we have a new outright leader but its by the smallest of margins.

And lots of folks getting their first points this season. I calculate 19 voters or so could do well enough in the US Open to take the title.

Updated table coming in a couple of hours

JonH · Tennis legend

So, this is the latest table after Wimbledon:

Position	Total	Name	AO	FO	W

1	72	goldfish	40	30	2
2	70	Brittak	40	30
	70	Canda	40	30
4	65	Pierrot		10	55
5	56	Elegant Point	55	1
6	55	emmsie69		55
	55	The Addict		55
8	50	Danny1312	40	10
9	47	Brendan F	40		7
	47	vhughes	40		7
11	42	Sliced Backhand	2		40
12	41	Mdewey	40	1
13	40	DF	40
	40	Johnny Aitch	40
	40	Densher			40
	40	Spireman			40
	40	Julia Carrot			40
18	30	Telstar		30
19	15	RJH1962			15
	15	RainDelay			15
21	10	AB1984		10
	10	JonH		10
	10	Tanaqui		10
24	9	Blue Belle	2		7
25	3	SuperT	2	1
26	2	Miriam abc	2
	2	Tramlines	2
	2	Var	2
	2	Sheddie			2

-- Edited by JonH on Sunday 12th of July 2026 04:12:42 PM

JonH · Tennis legend

Goldfish leads, just, and is the only person scoring in all 3 events. Pierrot comes up to 4th. Little boosts for Brendan F and vhughes, and Sliced Backhand comes in.

Anyone down to 18th place can still win this.

-- Edited by JonH on Sunday 12th of July 2026 04:49:46 PM

JonH · Tennis legend

Updated average wins at Slams for Brits since 2019

Overall 23.2
AO average 20.5
FO average 15.5
W average 34.9
USO average 23.3

this includes USO Mixed last year where we had 2 wins. It excludes Wimbledon 2020 which wasn't played, of course.

This year we have had:

Overall - 21 (around 9% below average overall)

21 AO - bang on the average
15 FO - bang on the average
27 W - 20% below average
?? USO - ???