Wednesday, 7 March 2018

2018 Indian Wells Predictions - Women's

The Indian Wells tournament is one of the biggest of the year outside of the Grand Slams, so I'm here with a preview and predictions for how the Women's bracket will turn out. After the jump, I present a table for percentages for all 96 players competing and how they will do.

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But before the full table, some highlights I want to pick out.
  • Serena Williams is the favourite to win the title based on her previous form, she has a 15.18% chance of winning the title. Simona Halep is 2nd favourite with 13.49%, Caroline Wozniacki is 3rd with 10% and Elina Svitolina 4th with 9.99%.
  • Kristina Mladenovic has a really easy draw compared to other players with a similar ELO rating. I have her as the 35th most likely winner, while she is only the 50th highest ranked player here.
  • On the other hand, Zarina Diyas has a tough draw. She is the 84th most likely winner, but she is the 62nd highest ranked player competing.
  • The toughest 1st round draw went to Naomi Osaka, as she's the 93rd most likely player to progress to round 2, but she's ranked 34th of the competitors. 
  • Danielle Collins got the easiest 1st round draw, as she's the 58th most likely player to advance to round 2, while she's the 88th highest ranked competitor here.
Here's the full table. Want to be the 1st to hear of new updates? Follow @tennis_elo on Twitter.




# Name ELO R1 % R2 % R3 % R4 % R5 % R6 % R7 %
1 Simona Halep 1828 100.00% 87.31% 67.72% 52.88% 38.01% 24.07% 13.49%
2 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
3 Duan Yingying 1495 50.58% 6.48% 2.25% 0.79% 0.22% 0.05% 0.01%
4 Kristyna Pliskova 1491 49.42% 6.21% 2.12% 0.74% 0.20% 0.04% 0.01%
5 Shelby Rogers 1542 54.02% 19.09% 4.07% 1.69% 0.57% 0.15% 0.03%
6 Caroline Dolehide 1514 45.98% 14.60% 2.78% 1.05% 0.32% 0.07% 0.01%
7 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
8 Dominika Cibulkova 1647 100.00% 66.32% 21.06% 11.83% 5.67% 2.19% 0.71%
9 Elise Mertens 1653 100.00% 56.62% 37.06% 13.54% 6.60% 2.61% 0.86%
10 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
11 Wang Qiang 1551 37.60% 13.43% 6.90% 1.74% 0.61% 0.16% 0.04%
12 Timea Bacsinszky 1639 62.40% 29.94% 19.05% 6.64% 3.11% 1.17% 0.37%
13 Samantha Stosur 1555 58.13% 29.57% 11.46% 2.94% 1.04% 0.29% 0.06%
14 Lauren Davis 1498 41.87% 17.88% 5.61% 1.14% 0.33% 0.07% 0.01%
15 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
16 Kristina Mladenovic 1549 100.00% 52.55% 19.94% 5.00% 1.73% 0.47% 0.10%
17 Johanna Konta 1682 100.00% 74.38% 40.83% 22.52% 9.92% 4.31% 1.57%
18 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
19 Marketa Vondrousova 1523 59.80% 17.10% 5.74% 1.93% 0.49% 0.12% 0.02%
20 Madison Brengle 1454 40.20% 8.53% 2.18% 0.56% 0.11% 0.02% 0.00%
21 Aryna Sabalenka 1557 57.01% 18.10% 7.10% 2.70% 0.78% 0.22% 0.05%
22 Varvara Lepchenko 1508 42.99% 11.16% 3.69% 1.18% 0.28% 0.06% 0.01%
23 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
24 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1690 100.00% 70.74% 40.46% 22.77% 10.26% 4.57% 1.71%
25 Barbora Strycova 1692 100.00% 76.64% 46.94% 25.75% 11.67% 5.23% 1.97%
26 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
27 Petra Martic 1520 65.84% 17.84% 6.70% 2.13% 0.54% 0.13% 0.02%
28 Tatjana Maria 1406 34.16% 5.52% 1.33% 0.26% 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
29 Belinda Bencic 1503 42.01% 12.71% 3.98% 1.19% 0.28% 0.06% 0.01%
30 Timea Babos 1559 57.99% 21.73% 8.29% 3.04% 0.89% 0.25% 0.06%
31 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
32 Jelena Ostapenko 1648 100.00% 65.56% 32.77% 15.97% 6.34% 2.47% 0.80%
33 Garbine Muguruza 1745 100.00% 80.32% 47.88% 30.49% 15.67% 8.36% 3.74%
34 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
35 Eugenie Bouchard 1495 48.42% 9.28% 2.44% 0.74% 0.16% 0.04% 0.01%
36 Sachia Vickery 1506 51.58% 10.40% 2.86% 0.91% 0.21% 0.05% 0.01%
37 Naomi Osaka 1597 33.00% 13.40% 4.89% 2.13% 0.69% 0.23% 0.06%
38 Maria Sharapova 1720 67.00% 38.95% 20.49% 12.37% 5.94% 2.97% 1.23%
39 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
40 Agnieszka Radwanska 1663 100.00% 47.65% 21.43% 11.27% 4.56% 1.93% 0.66%
41 Coco Vandeweghe 1658 100.00% 70.20% 36.91% 16.13% 6.43% 2.68% 0.90%
42 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
43 Kurumi Nara 1444 36.26% 8.19% 2.11% 0.40% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
44 Kaia Kanepi 1542 63.74% 21.61% 8.03% 2.32% 0.61% 0.17% 0.04%
45 Donna Vekic 1475 48.71% 11.20% 3.51% 0.77% 0.15% 0.03% 0.00%
46 Maria Sakkari 1484 51.29% 12.27% 3.98% 0.91% 0.19% 0.04% 0.01%
47 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
48 Ashleigh Barty 1685 100.00% 76.53% 45.45% 21.57% 9.35% 4.23% 1.56%
49 Petra Kvitova 1797 100.00% 84.45% 64.13% 41.80% 27.05% 16.28% 8.44%
50 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
51 Yulia Putintseva 1490 46.55% 6.79% 2.48% 0.68% 0.17% 0.04% 0.01%
52 Alison Van Uytvanck 1514 53.45% 8.76% 3.48% 1.04% 0.28% 0.07% 0.01%
53 Amanda Anisimova 1478 52.73% 15.20% 2.86% 0.75% 0.18% 0.04% 0.01%
54 Pauline Parmentier 1459 47.27% 12.59% 2.18% 0.53% 0.11% 0.02% 0.00%
55 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
56 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1635 100.00% 72.21% 24.86% 11.05% 4.70% 1.82% 0.56%
57 Zhang Shuai 1551 100.00% 57.82% 16.84% 4.80% 1.52% 0.43% 0.10%
58 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
59 Sofia Kenin 1511 54.73% 24.23% 6.04% 1.47% 0.40% 0.10% 0.02%
60 Claire Liu 1478 45.27% 17.95% 3.90% 0.83% 0.20% 0.04% 0.01%
61 Aleksandra Krunic 1517 45.27% 8.88% 4.30% 1.07% 0.30% 0.07% 0.01%
62 Irina-Camelia Begu 1550 54.73% 12.47% 6.62% 1.88% 0.59% 0.17% 0.04%
63 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
64 Karolina Pliskova 1762 100.00% 78.65% 62.30% 34.10% 20.50% 11.40% 5.36%
65 Venus Williams 1721 100.00% 73.33% 27.82% 15.71% 7.59% 3.66% 1.72%
66 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
67 Monica Niculescu 1534 46.98% 11.94% 2.38% 0.76% 0.19% 0.05% 0.01%
68 Sorana Cirstea 1555 53.02% 14.73% 3.18% 1.09% 0.30% 0.08% 0.02%
69 Serena Williams 1885 89.38% 78.86% 60.05% 45.79% 31.74% 22.11% 15.18%
70 Zarina Diyas 1515 10.62% 5.01% 1.47% 0.43% 0.10% 0.02% 0.01%
71 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
72 Kiki Bertens 1535 100.00% 16.13% 5.11% 1.63% 0.42% 0.11% 0.03%
73 Anastasija Sevastova 1639 100.00% 63.28% 27.02% 8.16% 3.07% 1.14% 0.41%
74 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
75 Monica Puig 1564 56.58% 22.28% 7.41% 1.68% 0.49% 0.14% 0.04%
76 Beatriz Haddad Maia 1518 43.42% 14.44% 4.05% 0.76% 0.18% 0.04% 0.01%
77 Vera Zvonareva 1509 50.29% 10.57% 3.88% 0.70% 0.16% 0.04% 0.01%
78 Natalia Vikhlyantseva 1507 49.71% 10.35% 3.78% 0.68% 0.16% 0.03% 0.01%
79 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
80 Julia Gorges 1739 100.00% 79.08% 53.85% 22.60% 11.46% 5.80% 2.87%
81 Madison Keys 1713 100.00% 80.29% 53.91% 24.53% 10.09% 4.75% 2.18%
82 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
83 Danielle Collins 1477 52.44% 10.72% 3.73% 0.73% 0.12% 0.02% 0.00%
84 Taylor Townsend 1460 47.56% 8.99% 2.94% 0.54% 0.08% 0.02% 0.00%
85 Sofya Zhuk 1475 34.16% 10.89% 2.86% 0.56% 0.09% 0.02% 0.00%
86 Alize Cornet 1589 65.84% 31.22% 12.34% 3.77% 1.01% 0.31% 0.09%
87 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
88 Magdalena Rybarikova 1607 100.00% 57.90% 24.22% 7.88% 2.25% 0.75% 0.24%
89 Carla Suarez Navarro 1626 100.00% 62.59% 19.09% 8.91% 2.74% 0.97% 0.33%
90 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
91 Carina Witthoft 1540 51.01% 19.32% 4.24% 1.50% 0.33% 0.08% 0.02%
92 Hseih Su-Wei 1533 48.99% 18.09% 3.86% 1.33% 0.28% 0.07% 0.02%
93 Veronica Cepede Royg 1499 50.00% 6.81% 2.52% 0.77% 0.14% 0.03% 0.01%
94 Mona Barthel 1499 50.00% 6.81% 2.52% 0.77% 0.14% 0.03% 0.01%
95 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
96 Elina Svitolina 1820 100.00% 86.39% 67.76% 48.71% 26.83% 16.52% 9.99%
97 Caroline Garcia 1736 100.00% 76.87% 51.18% 29.62% 14.88% 6.42% 3.15%
98 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
99 Jennifer Brady 1479 39.23% 7.28% 2.36% 0.60% 0.12% 0.02% 0.00%
100 Mihaela Buzarnescu 1555 60.77% 15.85% 6.69% 2.27% 0.63% 0.14% 0.04%
101 Yanina Wickmayer 1512 54.31% 16.50% 4.54% 1.31% 0.31% 0.06% 0.01%
102 Kayla Day 1482 45.69% 12.27% 3.00% 0.77% 0.16% 0.03% 0.00%
103 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
104 Daria Gavrilova 1656 100.00% 71.22% 32.23% 15.17% 6.02% 1.99% 0.76%
105 Elena Vesnina 1563 100.00% 49.00% 14.73% 5.16% 1.47% 0.34% 0.09%
106 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
107 Sara Sorribes Tormo 1489 33.26% 13.14% 2.91% 0.77% 0.16% 0.03% 0.01%
108 Catherine Bellis 1610 66.74% 37.86% 13.56% 5.57% 1.89% 0.53% 0.17%
109 Ekaterina Makarova 1653 67.38% 24.16% 14.84% 6.96% 2.73% 0.89% 0.34%
110 Kirsten Flipkens 1527 32.62% 6.95% 3.04% 0.93% 0.23% 0.05% 0.01%
111 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
112 Angelique Kerber 1754 100.00% 68.89% 50.91% 30.86% 16.25% 7.40% 3.81%
113 Sloane Stephens 1651 100.00% 44.29% 23.03% 9.00% 3.96% 1.29% 0.48%
114 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
115 Victoria Azarenka 1739 78.60% 49.05% 31.33% 15.72% 8.82% 3.84% 1.90%
116 Heather Watson 1513 21.40% 6.66% 2.23% 0.54% 0.14% 0.03% 0.01%
117 Christina McHale 1484 38.55% 9.51% 2.33% 0.50% 0.12% 0.02% 0.00%
118 Katerina Siniakova 1565 61.45% 21.07% 7.12% 2.08% 0.68% 0.16% 0.04%
119 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
120 Daria Kasatkina 1678 100.00% 69.42% 33.97% 14.41% 6.88% 2.46% 1.01%
121 Anett Kontaveit 1575 100.00% 54.85% 13.96% 5.07% 1.73% 0.42% 0.12%
122 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
123 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 1561 56.58% 27.15% 6.53% 2.26% 0.73% 0.17% 0.04%
124 Magda Linette 1515 43.42% 18.00% 3.58% 1.04% 0.28% 0.05% 0.01%
125 Lara Arruabarrena 1477 33.39% 4.09% 1.57% 0.39% 0.09% 0.01% 0.00%
126 Lesia Tsurenko 1597 66.61% 14.52% 8.02% 3.14% 1.16% 0.31% 0.09%
127 Bye 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
128 Caroline Wozniacki 1819 100.00% 81.39% 66.35% 45.86% 30.55% 16.57% 10.00%