Sunday 26 May 2019

2019 French Open Predictions - Women's

The French Open is starting today, here are my predictions for the draw. After the jump, I shall summarise the highlights, then present the full table of my percentage odds for you to view.

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  • Karolina Pliskova is the most likely player to win the tournament, with a 10.91% chance of winning the whole thing, with Serena Williams next at 10.76%. The 3rd most likely is Simona Halep with 10.67% and Petra Kvitova 4th with 8.38%
  • Ivana Jorovic has a really easy draw compared to other players with a similar ELO rating. I have her as the 90th most likely winner, while she is only the 100th highest ranked player here.
  • On the other hand, Jessica Pegula has a tough draw. She is the 87th most likely winner, but she is the 67th highest ranked player competing.
  • The toughest 1st round draw went to Ajla Tomljanovic, as she's the 119th most likely player to progress to round 2, but she's ranked 47th of the competitors. 
  • Dalila Jakupovic got the easiest 1st round draw, as she's the 45th most likely player to advance to round 2, while she's the 112th 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 Naomi Osaka 1763 84.83% 51.70% 38.20% 24.69% 11.92% 6.37% 3.42%
2 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 1464 15.17% 3.49% 1.21% 0.32% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00%
3 Jelena Ostapenko 1565 28.27% 8.58% 4.14% 1.60% 0.39% 0.11% 0.03%
4 Victoria Azarenka 1727 71.73% 36.23% 25.29% 15.19% 6.61% 3.22% 1.57%
5 Elena Rybakina 1528 46.44% 19.56% 4.95% 1.68% 0.35% 0.09% 0.02%
6 Katerina Siniakova 1553 53.56% 24.33% 6.80% 2.51% 0.59% 0.16% 0.04%
7 Anna Tatishvili 1425 23.20% 7.85% 1.26% 0.29% 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
8 Maria Sakkari 1633 76.80% 48.26% 18.14% 8.60% 2.74% 1.00% 0.36%
9 Caroline Garcia 1682 74.02% 51.97% 29.12% 14.23% 5.37% 2.29% 0.98%
10 Mona Barthel 1500 25.98% 11.95% 4.02% 1.06% 0.20% 0.04% 0.01%
11 Anna Blinkova 1438 31.90% 8.09% 2.20% 0.45% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00%
12 Margarita Gasparyan 1570 68.10% 27.99% 11.74% 4.03% 1.01% 0.29% 0.08%
13 Timea Babos 1442 51.09% 11.74% 3.36% 0.70% 0.10% 0.02% 0.00%
14 Priscilla Hon 1435 48.91% 10.90% 3.03% 0.61% 0.08% 0.01% 0.00%
15 Evgeniya Rodina 1423 15.79% 7.53% 1.99% 0.38% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00%
16 Madison Keys 1713 84.21% 69.84% 44.54% 23.68% 9.89% 4.64% 2.18%
17 Serena Williams 1832 91.00% 82.62% 63.00% 39.98% 27.35% 17.08% 10.76%
18 Vitalia Diatchenko 1430 9.00% 4.48% 1.15% 0.20% 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
19 Kurumi Nara 1389 39.92% 4.21% 0.90% 0.13% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00%
20 Dalila Jakupovic 1460 60.08% 8.68% 2.50% 0.51% 0.11% 0.02% 0.00%
21 Giulia Gatto-Monticone 1486 30.37% 9.81% 1.95% 0.44% 0.11% 0.02% 0.00%
22 Sofia Kenin 1630 69.63% 35.44% 11.61% 4.41% 1.83% 0.66% 0.24%
23 Marie Bouzkova 1446 21.72% 6.82% 1.16% 0.22% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00%
24 Bianca Andreescu 1669 78.28% 47.92% 17.73% 7.59% 3.54% 1.46% 0.60%
25 Hsieh Su-Wei 1666 78.23% 53.81% 21.30% 8.21% 3.80% 1.54% 0.62%
26 Viktorija Golubic 1443 21.77% 8.28% 1.45% 0.24% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00%
27 Alison Riske 1541 54.12% 21.41% 5.55% 1.38% 0.42% 0.11% 0.03%
28 Andrea Petkovic 1513 45.88% 16.50% 3.83% 0.85% 0.23% 0.05% 0.01%
29 Danielle Collins 1589 65.03% 17.08% 8.38% 2.49% 0.90% 0.28% 0.09%
30 Tatjana Maria 1481 34.97% 5.90% 2.06% 0.40% 0.10% 0.02% 0.00%
31 Jessica Pegula 1528 15.28% 7.13% 2.91% 0.69% 0.20% 0.05% 0.01%
32 Ashleigh Barty 1826 84.72% 69.89% 54.53% 32.25% 21.81% 13.45% 8.35%
33 Simona Halep 1829 80.25% 70.25% 56.63% 43.53% 28.75% 17.04% 10.67%
34 Ajla Tomljanovic 1586 19.75% 12.51% 6.39% 2.94% 1.02% 0.28% 0.09%
35 Chloe Paquet 1486 48.76% 8.24% 3.07% 1.01% 0.24% 0.04% 0.01%
36 Magda Linette 1495 51.24% 9.00% 3.46% 1.18% 0.29% 0.05% 0.01%
37 Daria Gavrilova 1578 58.60% 28.26% 8.54% 3.84% 1.29% 0.35% 0.10%
38 Aleksandra Krunic 1518 41.40% 16.49% 4.01% 1.48% 0.40% 0.08% 0.02%
39 Eugenie Bouchard 1523 35.49% 16.25% 4.04% 1.52% 0.42% 0.09% 0.02%
40 Lesia Tsurenko 1627 64.51% 39.00% 13.86% 7.17% 2.86% 0.93% 0.33%
41 Daria Kasatkina 1650 74.70% 44.53% 25.68% 10.60% 4.53% 1.60% 0.61%
42 Jasmine Paolini 1462 25.30% 8.58% 2.81% 0.60% 0.13% 0.02% 0.00%
43 Monica Puig 1620 66.49% 34.71% 18.62% 7.03% 2.74% 0.87% 0.30%
44 Kirsten Flipkens 1501 33.51% 12.18% 4.59% 1.14% 0.29% 0.06% 0.01%
45 Iga Swiatek 1525 53.54% 19.54% 7.59% 2.06% 0.57% 0.12% 0.03%
46 Selena Janicijevic 1500 46.46% 15.53% 5.53% 1.37% 0.34% 0.07% 0.01%
47 Zheng Saisai 1501 27.37% 13.21% 4.72% 1.18% 0.30% 0.06% 0.01%
48 Wang Qiang 1671 72.63% 51.72% 30.46% 13.35% 6.07% 2.30% 0.95%
49 Aryna Sabalenka 1701 60.48% 40.62% 24.80% 12.44% 6.13% 2.57% 1.16%
50 Dominika Cibulkova 1627 39.52% 22.72% 11.68% 4.78% 1.91% 0.62% 0.22%
51 Amanda Anisimova 1615 68.46% 28.74% 14.31% 5.64% 2.17% 0.67% 0.23%
52 Harmony Tan 1480 31.54% 7.93% 2.59% 0.64% 0.15% 0.03% 0.01%
53 Irina-Camelia Begu 1474 52.01% 13.64% 3.82% 0.91% 0.21% 0.04% 0.01%
54 Zhu Lin 1460 47.99% 11.87% 3.14% 0.71% 0.15% 0.02% 0.00%
55 Karolina Muchova 1559 30.42% 19.15% 7.38% 2.43% 0.77% 0.19% 0.05%
56 Anett Kontaveit 1703 69.58% 55.34% 32.28% 16.26% 8.05% 3.39% 1.54%
57 Mihaela Buzarnescu 1595 61.58% 33.02% 11.26% 4.79% 1.72% 0.50% 0.16%
58 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1513 38.42% 16.15% 4.13% 1.32% 0.35% 0.07% 0.02%
59 Barbora Strycova 1600 60.88% 33.54% 11.61% 5.01% 1.83% 0.54% 0.17%
60 Samantha Stosur 1523 39.12% 17.30% 4.58% 1.52% 0.42% 0.09% 0.02%
61 Aliona Bolsova 1492 45.92% 8.71% 3.40% 1.00% 0.25% 0.05% 0.01%
62 Vera Zvonareva 1521 54.08% 11.58% 4.96% 1.64% 0.45% 0.10% 0.02%
63 Sorana Cirstea 1553 18.56% 10.47% 4.97% 1.84% 0.57% 0.14% 0.04%
64 Petra Kvitova 1810 81.44% 69.24% 55.11% 39.06% 24.63% 13.95% 8.38%
65 Sloane Stephens 1693 81.79% 58.47% 39.88% 18.91% 9.10% 4.30% 1.70%
66 Misaki Doi 1432 18.21% 6.62% 2.21% 0.40% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
67 Sara Sorribes Tormo 1474 37.22% 10.52% 4.07% 0.88% 0.20% 0.04% 0.01%
68 Alison Van Uytvanck 1565 62.78% 24.40% 12.49% 3.88% 1.23% 0.38% 0.09%
69 Jennifer Brady 1505 53.28% 20.70% 7.18% 1.77% 0.45% 0.11% 0.02%
70 Ivana Jorovic 1483 46.72% 16.76% 5.35% 1.20% 0.28% 0.06% 0.01%
71 Polona Hercog 1505 33.28% 17.14% 5.94% 1.46% 0.37% 0.09% 0.02%
72 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 1626 66.72% 45.39% 22.88% 8.82% 3.46% 1.33% 0.41%
73 Garbine Muguruza 1726 80.07% 62.75% 32.29% 21.02% 11.04% 5.70% 2.50%
74 Taylor Townsend 1484 19.93% 9.50% 2.14% 0.71% 0.16% 0.04% 0.01%
75 Magdalena Rybarikova 1528 59.51% 18.20% 4.88% 1.89% 0.52% 0.14% 0.03%
76 Johanna Larsson 1461 40.49% 9.55% 1.95% 0.59% 0.12% 0.03% 0.00%
77 Bernada Pera 1529 50.30% 10.52% 3.73% 1.45% 0.40% 0.11% 0.02%
78 Kateryna Kozlova 1527 49.70% 10.29% 3.62% 1.40% 0.39% 0.10% 0.02%
79 Venus Williams 1753 48.08% 37.76% 24.18% 16.55% 9.30% 5.15% 2.45%
80 Elina Svitolina 1767 51.92% 41.43% 27.20% 19.05% 11.04% 6.30% 3.11%
81 Belinda Bencic 1686 76.06% 55.27% 33.73% 15.04% 7.37% 3.41% 1.31%
82 Jessika Ponchet 1485 23.94% 10.96% 3.70% 0.81% 0.20% 0.04% 0.01%
83 Laura Siegemund 1543 60.10% 22.33% 9.22% 2.53% 0.78% 0.22% 0.05%
84 Sofya Zhuk 1471 39.90% 11.45% 3.67% 0.76% 0.18% 0.04% 0.01%
85 Yulia Putintseva 1614 64.51% 32.51% 16.50% 5.86% 2.31% 0.85% 0.25%
86 Rebecca Peterson 1510 35.49% 12.92% 4.79% 1.16% 0.31% 0.08% 0.01%
87 Liudmila Samsonova 1500 29.08% 11.44% 4.10% 0.95% 0.25% 0.06% 0.01%
88 Donna Vekic 1655 70.92% 43.13% 24.29% 9.86% 4.42% 1.86% 0.64%
89 Johanna Konta 1723 82.43% 65.72% 32.41% 20.61% 11.15% 5.72% 2.48%
90 Antonia Lottner 1454 17.57% 8.01% 1.56% 0.44% 0.09% 0.02% 0.00%
91 Lauren Davis 1484 49.71% 13.01% 2.87% 0.91% 0.22% 0.05% 0.01%
92 Kristyna Pliskova 1486 50.29% 13.26% 2.95% 0.94% 0.23% 0.05% 0.01%
93 Viktoria Kuzmova 1567 49.69% 12.99% 5.25% 2.23% 0.75% 0.23% 0.06%
94 Alize Cornet 1569 50.31% 13.25% 5.40% 2.30% 0.78% 0.24% 0.06%
95 Pauline Parmentier 1488 13.98% 5.40% 1.68% 0.54% 0.13% 0.03% 0.01%
96 Kiki Bertens 1803 86.02% 68.36% 47.87% 35.05% 22.68% 14.03% 7.63%
97 Angelique Kerber 1749 76.30% 48.97% 35.32% 24.27% 13.04% 7.04% 3.31%
98 Anastasia Potapova 1546 23.70% 8.63% 3.88% 1.61% 0.46% 0.13% 0.03%
99 Wang Yafan 1569 33.97% 11.07% 5.34% 2.38% 0.74% 0.22% 0.06%
100 Marketa Vondrousova 1685 66.03% 31.33% 20.10% 12.15% 5.49% 2.48% 0.95%
101 Astra Sharma 1526 51.87% 19.33% 5.51% 2.13% 0.56% 0.14% 0.03%
102 Shelby Rogers 1513 48.13% 17.09% 4.62% 1.71% 0.43% 0.10% 0.02%
103 Dayana Yastremska 1621 51.33% 32.94% 13.26% 6.86% 2.55% 0.93% 0.29%
104 Carla Suarez Navarro 1612 48.67% 30.64% 11.96% 6.04% 2.17% 0.77% 0.23%
105 Elise Mertens 1650 65.75% 46.02% 25.54% 12.32% 5.02% 2.03% 0.69%
106 Tamara Zidansek 1537 34.25% 18.79% 7.52% 2.51% 0.69% 0.18% 0.04%
107 Diane Parry 1500 49.21% 17.15% 6.05% 1.76% 0.42% 0.10% 0.02%
108 Vera Lapko 1505 50.79% 18.05% 6.49% 1.93% 0.47% 0.11% 0.02%
109 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1612 72.70% 36.22% 19.88% 8.58% 3.09% 1.10% 0.32%
110 Mandy Minella 1442 27.30% 7.73% 2.48% 0.57% 0.11% 0.02% 0.00%
111 Luksika Kumkhum 1459 23.96% 8.53% 2.92% 0.72% 0.14% 0.03% 0.00%
112 Anastasija Sevastova 1660 76.04% 47.52% 29.12% 14.44% 6.06% 2.53% 0.89%
113 Caroline Wozniacki 1722 73.77% 58.41% 40.41% 19.57% 11.63% 5.85% 2.54%
114 Veronika Kudermetova 1543 26.23% 15.09% 6.82% 1.84% 0.65% 0.18% 0.04%
115 Zarina Diyas 1479 46.99% 11.90% 4.36% 0.91% 0.25% 0.05% 0.01%
116 Audrey Albie 1500 53.01% 14.61% 5.75% 1.31% 0.39% 0.09% 0.02%
117 Zhang Shuai 1533 59.70% 23.42% 8.64% 2.24% 0.76% 0.20% 0.04%
118 Varvara Lepchenko 1465 40.30% 12.28% 3.56% 0.70% 0.18% 0.04% 0.01%
119 Kaia Kanepi 1551 36.86% 20.82% 8.15% 2.27% 0.82% 0.23% 0.05%
120 Julia Gorges 1645 63.14% 43.49% 22.30% 8.60% 4.20% 1.67% 0.56%
121 Petra Martic 1676 73.42% 49.39% 19.47% 10.92% 5.81% 2.55% 0.95%
122 Ons Jabeur 1500 26.58% 11.50% 2.40% 0.79% 0.24% 0.05% 0.01%
123 Fiona Ferro 1468 33.46% 9.74% 1.79% 0.52% 0.14% 0.03% 0.00%
124 Kristina Mladenovic 1588 66.54% 29.36% 8.60% 3.80% 1.56% 0.51% 0.14%
125 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1611 71.48% 19.79% 9.91% 4.69% 2.07% 0.73% 0.22%
126 Kristina Kucova 1451 28.52% 4.15% 1.22% 0.34% 0.08% 0.02% 0.00%
127 Madison Brengle 1451 10.40% 3.59% 1.05% 0.29% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
128 Karolina Pliskova 1825 89.60% 72.46% 55.55% 41.20% 29.72% 19.04% 10.91%