2018 Australian Open Week 2 Predictions - Women's

The 2nd week of the Australian Open is starting up in a few hours time, so it's time for me to update the predictions I made last week, with some new predictions for the rest of the tournament.

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• Of the 4 favourites for the title before the tournament, all of them are still in!
• Whilst Duan Yingying and Mariana Duque Marino had the easiest overall draws, this didn't help them to victory, as after Duan beat Duque Marino, she then lost to Jelena Ostapenko in round 2. Varvara Lepchenko had the toughest draw and lost her opening match to Anastasij Sevastova.
• After receiving the easiest 1st round draw, Ekaterina Alexandrova won her opening match but then lost to Madison Keys. Mihaela Buzarnescu, who had the toughst opening match, lost as expected to Caroline Wozniacki.

But what about the future? Let's take a look at what the rest of the tournament looks like.

• Elina Svitolina is still the favourite, and has a 23.23% chance of winning the title, Caroline Wozniacki is 2nd at 17.77%, Simona Halep is 3rd at 17.28%, and 4th is Karolina Pliskova with 9.04%.
• Petra Martic, along with Svitolina and Wozniacki have the easiest draws to the title relative to their ranking, as they're the 14th, 1st and 2nd most likely players to win, but are the 15th, 2nd and 3rd highest ranked players remaining.
• Elise Mertens has the easiest round 4 match, as she's the 5th most likely player to make it to the quarter finals, but is the 9th highest ranked competitior.
• Simona Halep has the toughest draw relative to her ranking, as she is the 3rd most likely winner, but is the 1st highest ranked player in the tournament.
• As for the next match, Barbora Strycova and Madison Keys have the toughest round 4 matches, as they are is the 11th and 10th most likely players to win their next match, but are the 8th and 9th highest ranked players.

Now, the full table. Want to be the 1st to hear of new updates? Follow @tennis_elo on Twitter.

#	Name	ELO	R4 %	R5 %	R6 %	R7 %
1	Simona Halep	1818	79.27%	47.14%	29.76%	17.28%
2	Naomi Osaka	1585	20.73%	5.79%	1.82%	0.51%
3	Barbora Strycova	1713	40.89%	17.19%	8.35%	3.67%
4	Karolina Pliskova	1777	59.11%	29.88%	17.20%	9.04%
5	Hseih Su-Wei	1538	25.64%	6.11%	1.28%	0.30%
6	Angelique Kerber	1723	74.36%	35.34%	15.11%	6.84%
7	Madison Keys	1721	44.98%	25.18%	10.69%	4.81%
8	Caroline Garcia	1756	55.02%	33.37%	15.79%	7.85%
9	Petra Martic	1516	30.75%	6.29%	1.58%	0.32%
10	Elise Mertens	1657	69.25%	24.11%	10.10%	3.62%
11	Denisa Allertova	1512	14.88%	5.38%	1.33%	0.26%
12	Elina Svitolina	1815	85.12%	64.23%	40.29%	23.23%
13	Anett Kontaveit	1594	45.69%	13.39%	4.17%	1.17%
14	Carla Suarez Navarro	1624	54.31%	17.82%	6.16%	1.95%
15	Magdalena Rybarikova	1618	25.86%	13.21%	4.48%	1.39%
16	Caroline Wozniacki	1801	74.14%	55.57%	31.89%	17.77%