2016 AO Women's Summary + ELO Rankings 01/02/2016

With the Australian Open finishing today, now's the best time to have a look back at how my predictions did. These predictions were solely based on an ELO rating system I have been using for just over a year now.

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2016 Australian Open Predictions - Finals

We're in to the final! I didn't know whether I would be able to make this post, but something was cancelled, so here I am. How did I do in the last round?

Men's - 2/2
Women's - 2/2

All 4 correct, though this wasn't a difficult round to predict. Still going to take the points. For those of you keeping track, I am unfortunately now out of the Men's Drop Out contest on prediction-game.com, as I got the score in Murray/Raonic wrong. To my complete surprise, I still have a theoretical shot at winning the Classic contest there, but as you will see below, I'm not predicting the upset to happen, so that isn't going to happen either. I've been scoring above average in every round so far, let's hope that stays the same for the final.

Men's Prediction.

	Jan 31 • 08:30	Novak Djokovic		-		Andy Murray				3:0 3:1 3:2  ---  2:3 1:3 0:3

Women's Prediction.

	Jan 30 • 08:30	Serena Williams		-		Angelique Kerber				2:0 2:1  ---  1:2 0:2

2016 Australian Open Predictions - Semi Finals

Thanks to all of you who read this blog, for breaking the calendar month page view record this January, but the Australian Open isn't finished yet, so let's take a look at how my predictions did in the last round.

Men's - 4/4
Women's - 4/4

100% correct! I'm really proud of this one, as almost everyone else I saw who made a prediction went for Azarenka over Kerber, but my Elo ratings has Kerber ahead (by 1 point), so I went for Kerber, and she won.

For those of you paying attention to the prediction contests I entered, I managed to stay in the Men's Drop Out again, as I got the scores for 3 of the matches correct, which was necessary along with getting the 4 matches right to stay in. It's going to be really tough now to make it to the final round.

Men's predictions

	Jan 27 • 23:00	Novak Djokovic		-		Roger Federer				3:0 3:1 3:2  ---  2:3 1:3 0:3
		Milos Raonic		-		Andy Murray				3:0 3:1 3:2  ---  2:3 1:3 0:3

Women's predictions

	Jan 27 • 23:00	Serena Williams		-		Agnieszka Radwanska				2:0 2:1  ---  1:2 0:2
		Angelique Kerber		-		Johanna Konta				2:0 2:1  ---  1:2 0:2

2016 Australian Open Predictions - Quarter Finals

I didn't know whether I would be able to make this post, but something was cancelled, so here I am. How did I do in the last round?

Men's - 7/8
Women's - 6/8

Another good round, though I'm now out of the Women's Drop out contest as I didn't do quite well enough on the exact set scores. Still in the Men's, but it gets tougher to stay in with each round.

Men's Predictions

	Jan 26 • 03:30	Roger Federer		-		Tomáš Berdych				3:0 3:1 3:2  ---  2:3 1:3 0:3
	Jan 26 • 08:15	Novak Djokovic		-		Kei Nishikori				3:0 3:1 3:2  ---  2:3 1:3 0:3
	Jan 27 • 00:00	Gaël Monfils		-		Milos Raonic				3:0 3:1 3:2  ---  2:3 1:3 0:3
		David Ferrer		-		Andy Murray				3:0 3:1 3:2  ---  2:3 1:3 0:3

Women's Predictions

	Jan 26 • 00:00	Agnieszka Radwanska		-		Carla Suarez Navarro				2:0 2:1  ---  1:2 0:2
	Jan 26 • 01:45	Serena Williams		-		Maria Sharapova				2:0 2:1  ---  1:2 0:2
	Jan 27 • 00:00	Angelique Kerber		-		Victoria Azarenka				2:0 2:1  ---  1:2 0:2
		Johanna Konta		-		Shuai Zhang				2:0 2:1  ---  1:2 0:2