Sunday 1 July 2018

2018 Wimbledon Predictions - Women's

The Wimbledon Championships are starting tomorrow, and here are my predictions for the Women's draw. After the jump, I shall summarise the highlights, then present the full table for you to view.

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  • Simona Halep is the most likely to win the tournament, with a 16.19% chance of winning the whole thing, with Serena Williams next at 13.59%. The 3rd most likely is Petra Kvitova with 8.62% and Caroline Wozniacki 4th with 7.99%
  • Andrea Petkovic has a really easy draw compared to other players with a similar ELO rating. I have her as the 85th most likely winner, while she is only the 103rd highest ranked player here.
  • On the other hand, Varvara Lepchenko has a tough draw. She is the 114th most likely winner, but she is the 90th highest ranked player competing.
  • The toughest 1st round draw went to Aliaksandra Sasnovich, as she's the 122nd most likely player to progress to round 2, but she's ranked 57th of the competitors. 
  • Viktorija Golubic got the easiest 1st round draw, as she's the 47th most likely player to advance to round 2, while she's the 108th highest ranked competitor here.
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# Name ELO R1 % R2 % R3 % R4 % R5 % R6 % R7 %
1 Simona Halep 1864 92.80% 80.29% 66.73% 53.37% 36.14% 25.44% 16.19%
2 Kurumi Nara 1420 7.20% 2.55% 0.73% 0.18% 0.03% 0.01% 0.00%
3 Zheng Saisai 1396 26.15% 2.41% 0.62% 0.14% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00%
4 Wang Qiang 1576 73.85% 14.75% 7.24% 3.20% 1.00% 0.33% 0.09%
5 Ana Bogdan 1542 52.82% 21.27% 4.45% 1.76% 0.48% 0.14% 0.03%
6 Lara Arruabarrena 1522 47.18% 17.75% 3.44% 1.27% 0.32% 0.09% 0.02%
7 Hseih Su-Wei 1565 39.19% 21.39% 4.88% 2.08% 0.62% 0.20% 0.05%
8 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1641 60.81% 39.58% 11.91% 6.35% 2.48% 1.01% 0.35%
9 Johanna Konta 1653 72.73% 42.03% 24.09% 8.49% 3.44% 1.46% 0.52%
10 Natalia Vikhlyantseva 1483 27.27% 9.27% 3.20% 0.60% 0.13% 0.03% 0.01%
11 Alize Cornet 1574 43.79% 19.86% 9.24% 2.48% 0.77% 0.25% 0.07%
12 Dominika Cibulkova 1617 56.21% 28.84% 15.13% 4.74% 1.71% 0.65% 0.20%
13 Marketa Vondrousova 1519 52.59% 17.87% 6.64% 1.45% 0.36% 0.09% 0.02%
14 Sachia Vickery 1501 47.41% 15.05% 5.24% 1.06% 0.25% 0.06% 0.01%
15 Danielle Collins 1556 33.27% 18.82% 7.95% 2.00% 0.58% 0.18% 0.04%
16 Elise Mertens 1677 66.73% 48.25% 28.52% 10.83% 4.72% 2.16% 0.84%
17 Jelena Ostapenko 1666 73.55% 49.56% 23.82% 10.44% 4.11% 1.82% 0.68%
18 Katy Dunne 1488 26.45% 11.39% 3.04% 0.73% 0.15% 0.03% 0.01%
19 Heather Watson 1473 35.90% 11.08% 2.79% 0.63% 0.12% 0.03% 0.00%
20 Kirsten Flipkens 1573 64.10% 27.97% 10.16% 3.33% 0.96% 0.31% 0.08%
21 Sofia Kenin 1531 46.36% 12.77% 5.21% 1.47% 0.36% 0.10% 0.02%
22 Maria Sakkari 1556 53.64% 16.22% 7.16% 2.21% 0.60% 0.18% 0.05%
23 Vitalia Diatchenko 1426 13.28% 4.46% 1.24% 0.23% 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
24 Maria Sharapova 1752 86.72% 66.54% 46.57% 25.50% 12.78% 7.16% 3.49%
25 Daria Gavrilova 1631 65.48% 38.46% 14.14% 6.35% 2.24% 0.89% 0.29%
26 Zarina Diyas 1520 34.52% 14.80% 3.72% 1.15% 0.27% 0.07% 0.02%
27 Peng Shuai 1565 48.67% 22.43% 6.63% 2.41% 0.68% 0.21% 0.05%
28 Samantha Stosur 1575 51.33% 24.31% 7.42% 2.78% 0.81% 0.26% 0.07%
29 Pauline Parmentier 1533 59.94% 12.95% 5.50% 1.79% 0.44% 0.12% 0.03%
30 Taylor Townsend 1463 40.06% 6.41% 2.13% 0.53% 0.10% 0.02% 0.00%
31 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 1541 16.75% 9.23% 4.03% 1.35% 0.34% 0.10% 0.02%
32 Petra Kvitova 1820 83.25% 71.41% 56.45% 39.11% 22.93% 14.90% 8.62%
33 Garbine Muguruza 1742 83.03% 66.88% 49.75% 30.56% 17.17% 7.87% 3.73%
34 Naomi Broady 1466 16.97% 7.78% 3.02% 0.80% 0.18% 0.03% 0.00%
35 Alison Van Uytvanck 1506 53.54% 14.17% 6.25% 1.94% 0.52% 0.10% 0.02%
36 Polona Hercog 1482 46.46% 11.16% 4.55% 1.29% 0.31% 0.05% 0.01%
37 Jennifer Brady 1460 47.94% 15.92% 4.18% 1.09% 0.24% 0.04% 0.01%
38 Kateryna Kozlova 1475 52.06% 18.23% 5.06% 1.39% 0.33% 0.06% 0.01%
39 Denisa Allertova 1504 33.32% 18.40% 5.68% 1.75% 0.46% 0.09% 0.02%
40 Anett Kontaveit 1625 66.68% 47.46% 21.51% 9.87% 4.01% 1.26% 0.41%
41 Ashleigh Barty 1705 78.97% 61.68% 36.96% 21.37% 10.96% 4.50% 1.91%
42 Stefanie Vogele 1475 21.03% 10.24% 3.16% 0.92% 0.22% 0.04% 0.01%
43 Gabriella Taylor 1490 51.94% 14.95% 4.88% 1.50% 0.38% 0.07% 0.01%
44 Eugenie Bouchard 1477 48.06% 13.13% 4.08% 1.20% 0.28% 0.05% 0.01%
45 Magda Linette 1458 41.99% 10.29% 3.07% 0.84% 0.18% 0.03% 0.00%
46 Yulia Putintseva 1514 58.01% 17.71% 6.44% 2.16% 0.59% 0.12% 0.03%
47 Jana Fett 1495 22.21% 11.24% 3.83% 1.20% 0.31% 0.06% 0.01%
48 Daria Kasatkina 1713 77.79% 60.75% 37.57% 22.11% 11.57% 4.87% 2.12%
49 Angelique Kerber 1774 82.96% 65.32% 47.27% 31.44% 19.76% 9.90% 5.12%
50 Vera Zvonareva 1499 17.04% 7.47% 2.78% 0.88% 0.24% 0.05% 0.01%
51 Ana Konjuh 1579 64.14% 19.76% 9.42% 3.91% 1.44% 0.38% 0.10%
52 Claire Liu 1478 35.86% 7.45% 2.58% 0.76% 0.19% 0.03% 0.01%
53 Katie Boulter 1494 55.52% 17.25% 4.47% 1.39% 0.38% 0.07% 0.01%
54 Veronica Cepede Royg 1455 44.48% 11.86% 2.64% 0.71% 0.16% 0.03% 0.00%
55 Monica Niculescu 1539 30.76% 18.10% 5.56% 2.03% 0.65% 0.15% 0.03%
56 Naomi Osaka 1680 69.24% 52.80% 25.29% 13.83% 6.95% 2.64% 1.03%
57 Carla Suarez Navarro 1604 67.68% 43.08% 17.85% 7.05% 2.83% 0.82% 0.25%
58 Carina Witthoft 1476 32.32% 14.73% 3.90% 0.97% 0.24% 0.04% 0.01%
59 Sara Sorribes Tormo 1489 45.40% 18.08% 5.04% 1.32% 0.35% 0.06% 0.01%
60 Kaia Kanepi 1521 54.60% 24.12% 7.57% 2.24% 0.67% 0.14% 0.03%
61 Alison Riske 1572 65.46% 21.56% 11.62% 4.13% 1.49% 0.38% 0.10%
62 Mariana Duque Marino 1461 34.54% 7.39% 2.84% 0.67% 0.16% 0.03% 0.00%
63 Belinda Bencic 1509 20.05% 9.33% 4.21% 1.20% 0.34% 0.07% 0.01%
64 Caroline Garcia 1750 79.95% 61.72% 46.96% 27.49% 16.41% 7.69% 3.73%
65 Karolina Pliskova 1777 83.97% 53.22% 39.55% 27.88% 18.79% 9.41% 4.84%
66 Harriet Dart 1489 16.03% 4.35% 1.57% 0.53% 0.16% 0.03% 0.01%
67 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1460 18.36% 3.49% 1.13% 0.34% 0.09% 0.01% 0.00%
68 Victoria Azarenka 1719 81.64% 38.94% 26.30% 16.70% 10.04% 4.25% 1.85%
69 Irina-Camelia Begu 1568 64.44% 27.49% 7.89% 3.43% 1.37% 0.34% 0.09%
70 Katie Swan 1464 35.56% 10.35% 1.93% 0.59% 0.16% 0.03% 0.00%
71 Aryna Sabalenka 1608 46.98% 28.51% 9.52% 4.65% 2.10% 0.61% 0.18%
72 Mihaela Buzarnescu 1629 53.02% 33.65% 12.11% 6.26% 3.00% 0.94% 0.30%
73 Kiki Bertens 1628 69.85% 48.44% 24.29% 9.85% 4.72% 1.47% 0.47%
74 Barbora Stefkova 1482 30.15% 14.93% 4.71% 1.11% 0.33% 0.06% 0.01%
75 Wang Yafan 1506 56.80% 22.30% 7.67% 2.00% 0.64% 0.12% 0.02%
76 Anna Blinkova 1458 43.20% 14.34% 4.14% 0.88% 0.24% 0.04% 0.01%
77 Alexandra Dulgheru 1452 39.56% 9.19% 3.33% 0.69% 0.18% 0.03% 0.00%
78 Kristyna Pliskova 1526 60.44% 18.93% 8.71% 2.45% 0.85% 0.18% 0.04%
79 Johanna Larsson 1562 29.81% 17.66% 9.01% 2.92% 1.14% 0.28% 0.07%
80 Venus Williams 1711 70.19% 54.23% 38.15% 19.73% 11.65% 4.82% 2.05%
81 Julia Gorges 1704 65.48% 50.21% 31.88% 19.68% 10.33% 4.18% 1.74%
82 Monica Puig 1593 34.52% 21.90% 10.51% 4.99% 1.88% 0.51% 0.14%
83 Vera Lapko 1510 54.03% 15.86% 5.80% 2.14% 0.59% 0.12% 0.02%
84 Christina McHale 1482 45.97% 12.04% 3.96% 1.33% 0.33% 0.06% 0.01%
85 Lesia Tsurenko 1592 58.45% 25.85% 11.83% 5.59% 2.09% 0.57% 0.16%
86 Timea Babos 1532 41.55% 14.98% 5.69% 2.26% 0.68% 0.15% 0.03%
87 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1615 45.54% 25.88% 12.66% 6.37% 2.58% 0.77% 0.23%
88 Barbora Strycova 1646 54.46% 33.28% 17.67% 9.61% 4.28% 1.43% 0.49%
89 Zhang Shuai 1535 58.45% 32.13% 11.64% 4.35% 1.33% 0.29% 0.06%
90 Andrea Petkovic 1476 41.55% 19.30% 5.67% 1.70% 0.41% 0.07% 0.01%
91 Mona Barthel 1506 51.50% 25.39% 8.30% 2.79% 0.76% 0.15% 0.03%
92 Yanina Wickmayer 1495 48.50% 23.18% 7.31% 2.36% 0.62% 0.11% 0.02%
93 Viktoria Kuzmova 1515 55.94% 15.94% 8.15% 2.83% 0.80% 0.16% 0.03%
94 Rebecca Peterson 1473 44.06% 10.62% 4.80% 1.43% 0.34% 0.06% 0.01%
95 Donna Vekic 1538 24.88% 13.91% 7.57% 2.86% 0.88% 0.19% 0.04%
96 Sloane Stephens 1730 75.12% 59.53% 46.57% 29.71% 16.63% 7.29% 3.29%
97 Elina Svitolina 1812 88.16% 75.27% 38.68% 29.35% 19.08% 12.71% 7.14%
98 Tatjana Maria 1463 11.84% 5.23% 0.87% 0.28% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00%
99 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 1477 43.17% 7.49% 1.32% 0.45% 0.11% 0.03% 0.00%
100 Kristina Mladenovic 1525 56.83% 12.01% 2.53% 1.01% 0.29% 0.08% 0.02%
101 Tereza Smitkova 1419 40.89% 4.39% 0.74% 0.20% 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
102 Viktoriya Tomova 1483 59.11% 8.47% 1.84% 0.63% 0.15% 0.04% 0.01%
103 Arantxa Rus 1495 10.87% 6.03% 1.37% 0.50% 0.13% 0.03% 0.01%
104 Serena Williams 1861 89.13% 81.11% 52.65% 42.38% 29.98% 21.70% 13.59%
105 Magdalena Rybarikova 1603 62.66% 43.46% 20.88% 5.09% 1.93% 0.75% 0.22%
106 Sorana Cirstea 1513 37.34% 21.46% 7.80% 1.31% 0.36% 0.10% 0.02%
107 Evgeniya Rodina 1442 45.09% 14.73% 4.12% 0.50% 0.10% 0.02% 0.00%
108 Antonia Lottner 1476 54.91% 20.35% 6.48% 0.92% 0.22% 0.05% 0.01%
109 Luksika Kumkhum 1464 39.23% 10.28% 4.15% 0.56% 0.13% 0.03% 0.00%
110 Bernada Pera 1540 60.77% 21.26% 10.80% 2.03% 0.62% 0.19% 0.04%
111 Ajla Tomljanovic 1519 26.23% 13.45% 6.45% 1.11% 0.31% 0.09% 0.02%
112 Madison Keys 1699 73.77% 55.01% 39.32% 13.69% 6.91% 3.57% 1.46%
113 Coco Vandeweghe 1641 61.25% 45.72% 25.33% 10.07% 3.26% 1.43% 0.48%
114 Katerina Siniakova 1561 38.75% 25.22% 11.18% 3.38% 0.81% 0.27% 0.07%
115 Viktorija Golubic 1473 56.72% 17.82% 5.83% 1.24% 0.21% 0.05% 0.01%
116 Ons Jabeur 1426 43.28% 11.23% 3.06% 0.53% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
117 Aleksandra Krunic 1563 68.05% 27.13% 13.41% 4.08% 0.99% 0.33% 0.08%
118 Madison Brengle 1432 31.95% 7.61% 2.46% 0.44% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00%
119 Camila Giorgi 1600 41.34% 25.09% 13.64% 4.73% 1.32% 0.50% 0.15%
120 Anastasija Sevastova 1660 58.66% 40.17% 25.09% 10.60% 3.67% 1.70% 0.61%
121 Agnieszka Radwanska 1677 74.90% 47.57% 19.91% 12.07% 4.42% 2.15% 0.82%
122 Elena Gabriela Ruse 1487 25.10% 9.45% 1.99% 0.69% 0.12% 0.03% 0.01%
123 Kateryna Bondarenko 1481 30.91% 9.46% 1.94% 0.66% 0.11% 0.03% 0.00%
124 Lucie Safarova 1621 69.09% 33.52% 11.70% 6.18% 1.86% 0.76% 0.24%
125 Petra Martic 1573 45.03% 11.54% 4.98% 2.30% 0.58% 0.20% 0.05%
126 Ekaterina Makarova 1607 54.97% 16.04% 7.68% 3.92% 1.12% 0.44% 0.13%
127 Varvara Lepchenko 1488 13.33% 4.73% 1.52% 0.53% 0.09% 0.02% 0.00%
128 Caroline Wozniacki 1813 86.67% 67.68% 50.27% 38.58% 20.86% 13.92% 7.85%