Sunday 25 August 2019

2019 US Open Predictions - Women's

The US Open is 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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  • Ashleigh Barty is the most likely to win the tournament, with a 14.66% chance of winning the whole thing, with Simona Halep next at 13.77%. The 3rd most likely is Karolina Pliskova with 9.98% and Serena Williams 4th with 8.59%
  • Karolina Pliskova has the easiest overall draw, as she is 1.39 percentage points more likely to win the tournament than expected. On the other hand, Serena Williams has a tough draw. She is 1.39 percentage points less likely to win the tournament than expected
  • The toughest 1st round draw went to Maria Sharapova, as she's 43.21 percentage points less likely to win than a player of her rank is expected to win. Zhu Lin got the easiest 1st round draw, as she's 24.76 percentage points more likely to make it to round 2 than her ranking would expect.
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# Name ELO R1 % R2 % R3 % R4 % R5 % R6 % R7 %
1 Naomi Osaka 1743 82.31% 62.73% 45.41% 28.69% 16.91% 8.31% 3.81%
2 Anna Blinkova 1475 17.69% 7.26% 2.68% 0.76% 0.19% 0.03% 0.01%
3 Astra Sharma 1504 41.39% 10.83% 4.40% 1.39% 0.39% 0.08% 0.02%
4 Magda Linette 1564 58.61% 19.19% 9.40% 3.67% 1.28% 0.35% 0.08%
5 Anastasia Potapova 1563 55.29% 26.76% 9.86% 3.84% 1.34% 0.36% 0.09%
6 Cori Gauff 1526 44.71% 19.42% 6.30% 2.16% 0.65% 0.15% 0.03%
7 Timea Babos 1424 24.36% 8.07% 1.76% 0.40% 0.08% 0.01% 0.00%
8 Carla Suarez Navarro 1621 75.64% 45.76% 20.20% 9.43% 3.99% 1.33% 0.40%
9 Anett Kontaveit 1694 79.14% 56.76% 33.16% 18.65% 9.76% 4.16% 1.64%
10 Sara Sorribes Tormo 1462 20.86% 8.40% 2.37% 0.64% 0.15% 0.03% 0.00%
11 Ajla Tomljanovic 1555 58.21% 21.96% 8.70% 3.30% 1.12% 0.29% 0.07%
12 Marie Bouzkova 1498 41.79% 12.88% 4.17% 1.29% 0.35% 0.07% 0.01%
13 Alize Cornet 1588 55.54% 23.10% 10.56% 4.45% 1.69% 0.50% 0.13%
14 Jessica Pegula 1549 44.46% 16.32% 6.62% 2.46% 0.82% 0.21% 0.05%
15 Mandy Minella 1441 18.80% 6.06% 1.67% 0.41% 0.09% 0.01% 0.00%
16 Belinda Bencic 1695 81.20% 54.53% 32.75% 18.47% 9.70% 4.15% 1.64%
17 Aryna Sabalenka 1672 45.18% 29.89% 17.30% 8.82% 4.49% 1.78% 0.65%
18 Victoria Azarenka 1705 54.82% 38.50% 23.98% 13.29% 7.37% 3.25% 1.33%
19 Yulia Putintseva 1593 67.75% 24.69% 11.67% 4.75% 1.91% 0.58% 0.16%
20 Madison Brengle 1464 32.25% 6.92% 2.13% 0.55% 0.14% 0.02% 0.00%
21 Kaia Kanepi 1564 60.83% 24.56% 9.34% 3.46% 1.26% 0.34% 0.08%
22 Tatjana Maria 1488 39.17% 12.19% 3.49% 0.98% 0.27% 0.05% 0.01%
23 Richel Hogenkamp 1425 18.62% 6.50% 1.43% 0.31% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
24 Donna Vekic 1681 81.38% 56.75% 30.65% 15.99% 8.34% 3.41% 1.29%
25 Julia Gorges 1643 71.09% 47.19% 21.11% 10.34% 4.85% 1.75% 0.58%
26 Natalia Vikhlyantseva 1487 28.91% 12.92% 3.40% 0.98% 0.27% 0.05% 0.01%
27 Francesca Di Lorenzo 1488 41.33% 14.55% 3.85% 1.11% 0.31% 0.06% 0.01%
28 Veronika Kudermetova 1549 58.67% 25.34% 8.40% 3.05% 1.05% 0.27% 0.06%
29 Pauline Parmentier 1474 35.29% 7.69% 2.78% 0.76% 0.20% 0.04% 0.01%
30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1580 64.71% 21.08% 10.63% 4.28% 1.65% 0.47% 0.12%
31 Paula Badosa 1471 16.08% 6.45% 2.31% 0.62% 0.16% 0.03% 0.00%
32 Kiki Bertens 1758 83.92% 64.78% 47.51% 30.70% 19.19% 9.83% 4.71%
33 Simona Halep 1842 91.03% 79.82% 65.50% 47.99% 33.04% 23.23% 13.77%
34 Nicole Gibbs 1439 8.97% 3.70% 1.18% 0.27% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00%
35 Taylor Townsend 1486 46.04% 7.12% 2.69% 0.75% 0.18% 0.04% 0.01%
36 Kateryna Kozlova 1513 53.96% 9.36% 3.89% 1.20% 0.33% 0.09% 0.02%
37 Sorana Cirstea 1520 43.82% 17.70% 3.85% 1.22% 0.34% 0.10% 0.02%
38 Katerina Siniakova 1563 56.18% 26.04% 6.64% 2.46% 0.81% 0.27% 0.07%
39 Aliona Bolsova 1517 34.66% 15.97% 3.44% 1.08% 0.30% 0.08% 0.02%
40 Barbora Strycova 1627 65.34% 40.29% 12.81% 5.83% 2.38% 0.99% 0.31%
41 Caroline Wozniacki 1684 68.14% 45.53% 23.99% 10.01% 4.84% 2.39% 0.91%
42 Wang Yafan 1552 31.86% 15.47% 5.48% 1.49% 0.47% 0.15% 0.03%
43 Danielle Collins 1580 55.99% 23.20% 9.04% 2.71% 0.94% 0.34% 0.09%
44 Polona Hercog 1538 44.01% 15.80% 5.34% 1.38% 0.41% 0.13% 0.03%
45 Lesia Tsurenko 1594 63.80% 23.88% 11.21% 3.54% 1.29% 0.48% 0.13%
46 Kirsten Flipkens 1496 36.20% 9.57% 3.24% 0.71% 0.18% 0.05% 0.01%
47 Katie Volynets* (new) 1400 13.16% 3.81% 0.88% 0.13% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00%
48 Bianca Andreescu 1728 86.84% 62.74% 40.83% 19.24% 10.44% 5.81% 2.54%
49 Sloane Stephens 1666 79.15% 45.26% 24.53% 11.38% 4.54% 2.14% 0.77%
50 Anna Kalinskaya 1435 20.85% 5.68% 1.40% 0.29% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00%
51 Kristie Ahn 1487 27.10% 8.89% 2.72% 0.69% 0.14% 0.04% 0.01%
52 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1659 72.90% 40.18% 21.38% 9.72% 3.79% 1.75% 0.61%
53 Aleksandra Krunic 1499 39.82% 10.77% 3.44% 0.92% 0.20% 0.05% 0.01%
54 Jelena Ostapenko 1571 60.18% 21.53% 8.84% 3.05% 0.88% 0.30% 0.08%
55 Alison Riske 1617 37.27% 22.56% 10.69% 4.29% 1.46% 0.59% 0.18%
56 Garbine Muguruza 1708 62.73% 45.14% 27.00% 13.97% 6.31% 3.33% 1.37%
57 Elise Mertens 1654 62.35% 44.55% 18.79% 9.52% 3.65% 1.66% 0.57%
58 Jil Teichmann 1566 37.65% 22.66% 7.22% 2.79% 0.79% 0.27% 0.07%
59 Kristyna Pliskova 1483 47.03% 14.77% 3.46% 0.98% 0.20% 0.05% 0.01%
60 Diane Parry 1504 52.97% 18.01% 4.57% 1.41% 0.31% 0.08% 0.02%
61 Andrea Petkovic 1517 44.59% 9.99% 4.10% 1.33% 0.31% 0.09% 0.02%
62 Mihaela Buzarnescu 1555 55.41% 14.40% 6.65% 2.47% 0.67% 0.22% 0.05%
63 Denisa Allertova 1498 15.39% 6.81% 2.62% 0.79% 0.17% 0.04% 0.01%
64 Petra Kvitova 1794 84.61% 68.80% 52.59% 36.41% 20.54% 13.22% 6.98%
65 Elina Svitolina 1753 82.99% 50.24% 36.16% 20.91% 11.54% 5.58% 2.89%
66 Whitney Osuigwe 1478 17.01% 4.32% 1.51% 0.36% 0.08% 0.01% 0.00%
67 Zheng Saisai 1538 25.83% 7.38% 3.18% 0.96% 0.27% 0.06% 0.02%
68 Venus Williams 1721 74.17% 38.06% 25.94% 13.89% 7.08% 3.12% 1.48%
69 Monica Puig 1587 55.11% 27.18% 8.97% 3.23% 1.10% 0.31% 0.09%
70 Rebecca Peterson 1551 44.89% 19.91% 5.74% 1.83% 0.55% 0.13% 0.04%
71 Monica Niculescu 1511 33.27% 13.79% 3.38% 0.92% 0.24% 0.05% 0.01%
72 Dayana Yastremska 1632 66.73% 39.12% 15.12% 6.30% 2.49% 0.82% 0.29%
73 Sofia Kenin 1729 73.13% 57.78% 32.91% 18.55% 9.65% 4.36% 2.11%
74 Coco Vandeweghe 1555 26.87% 15.74% 5.58% 1.86% 0.57% 0.14% 0.04%
75 Magdalena Frech 1405 32.24% 5.74% 1.18% 0.21% 0.04% 0.00% 0.00%
76 Laura Siegemund 1534 67.76% 20.74% 6.87% 2.12% 0.60% 0.14% 0.03%
77 Zhu Lin 1447 45.61% 9.18% 2.39% 0.52% 0.10% 0.02% 0.00%
78 Wang Xinyu 1478 54.39% 12.38% 3.63% 0.89% 0.20% 0.04% 0.01%
79 Misaki Doi 1418 13.01% 5.65% 1.31% 0.25% 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
80 Madison Keys 1748 86.99% 72.78% 46.14% 27.19% 14.81% 7.05% 3.60%
81 Johanna Konta 1722 63.13% 48.27% 35.63% 17.63% 9.13% 4.04% 1.92%
82 Daria Kasatkina 1628 36.87% 24.24% 15.10% 5.71% 2.23% 0.73% 0.26%
83 Margarita Gasparyan 1552 66.67% 21.16% 10.95% 3.19% 0.95% 0.23% 0.06%
84 Priscilla Hon 1432 33.33% 6.33% 2.22% 0.40% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
85 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1569 55.16% 31.76% 12.61% 3.90% 1.24% 0.32% 0.09%
86 Samantha Stosur 1533 44.84% 23.57% 8.28% 2.25% 0.62% 0.14% 0.03%
87 Viktorija Golubic 1448 35.57% 12.59% 3.20% 0.62% 0.12% 0.02% 0.00%
88 Zhang Shuai 1552 64.43% 32.07% 12.00% 3.49% 1.03% 0.25% 0.07%
89 Caroline Garcia 1646 68.85% 43.16% 15.85% 8.52% 3.53% 1.23% 0.46%
90 Ons Jabeur 1509 31.15% 13.46% 3.04% 1.08% 0.27% 0.05% 0.01%
91 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 1569 53.86% 24.28% 6.85% 2.96% 0.94% 0.24% 0.07%
92 Jennifer Brady 1542 46.14% 19.10% 4.89% 1.94% 0.55% 0.13% 0.03%
93 Mariam Bolkvadze 1500 42.37% 7.70% 2.91% 1.00% 0.24% 0.05% 0.01%
94 Bernada Pera 1553 57.63% 12.98% 5.84% 2.41% 0.72% 0.18% 0.05%
95 Tereza Martincova 1421 9.24% 3.22% 0.90% 0.23% 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
96 Karolina Pliskova 1818 90.76% 76.10% 59.73% 44.69% 28.95% 16.47% 9.98%
97 Serena Williams 1841 67.58% 56.98% 44.41% 34.31% 21.07% 13.54% 8.59%
98 Maria Sharapova 1713 32.42% 23.41% 14.79% 9.26% 4.18% 1.97% 0.91%
99 Caty McNally 1492 37.93% 5.72% 1.90% 0.63% 0.13% 0.03% 0.01%
100 Timea Bacsinszky 1577 62.07% 13.88% 6.18% 2.74% 0.80% 0.24% 0.07%
101 Elena Rybakina 1583 48.39% 21.87% 6.27% 2.83% 0.84% 0.25% 0.08%
102 Karolina Muchova 1594 51.61% 24.09% 7.20% 3.35% 1.03% 0.33% 0.10%
103 Jana Cepelova 1409 18.90% 4.97% 0.69% 0.17% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00%
104 Hsieh Su-Wei 1662 81.10% 49.07% 18.56% 10.39% 4.03% 1.63% 0.64%
105 Petra Martic 1689 70.68% 55.36% 34.85% 15.55% 6.54% 2.87% 1.23%
106 Tamara Zidansek 1536 29.32% 17.59% 7.44% 1.97% 0.49% 0.12% 0.03%
107 Ana Bogdan 1453 46.69% 12.00% 3.80% 0.71% 0.13% 0.02% 0.00%
108 Harriet Dart 1476 53.31% 15.05% 5.19% 1.08% 0.21% 0.04% 0.01%
109 Ivana Jorovic 1480 38.70% 12.47% 4.27% 0.90% 0.18% 0.04% 0.01%
110 Iga Swiatek 1560 61.30% 25.99% 11.52% 3.35% 0.91% 0.25% 0.07%
111 Eugenie Bouchard 1481 26.17% 11.33% 3.90% 0.83% 0.16% 0.03% 0.01%
112 Anastasija Sevastova 1662 73.83% 50.21% 29.02% 11.94% 4.62% 1.86% 0.73%
113 Angelique Kerber 1725 71.01% 53.78% 36.64% 16.29% 8.43% 4.11% 1.97%
114 Kristina Mladenovic 1569 28.99% 16.24% 7.67% 2.06% 0.66% 0.19% 0.05%
115 Fiona Ferro 1510 45.60% 12.79% 5.01% 1.07% 0.27% 0.06% 0.01%
116 Daria Gavrilova 1541 54.40% 17.19% 7.45% 1.80% 0.52% 0.13% 0.03%
117 Viktoria Kuzmova 1539 48.30% 19.58% 7.18% 1.72% 0.49% 0.13% 0.03%
118 Alison Van Uytvanck 1551 51.70% 21.78% 8.30% 2.08% 0.62% 0.17% 0.04%
119 Caroline Dolehide 1496 28.86% 12.40% 3.90% 0.79% 0.19% 0.04% 0.01%
120 Wang Qiang 1653 71.14% 46.24% 23.85% 8.54% 3.61% 1.41% 0.54%
121 Maria Sakkari 1659 51.84% 37.02% 12.58% 6.69% 2.88% 1.15% 0.45%
122 Camila Giorgi 1646 48.16% 33.66% 10.98% 5.65% 2.34% 0.89% 0.33%
123 Peng Shuai 1532 63.50% 21.17% 4.65% 1.69% 0.47% 0.12% 0.03%
124 Varvara Lepchenko 1436 36.50% 8.15% 1.22% 0.31% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00%
125 Lauren Davis 1515 56.95% 9.47% 3.51% 1.20% 0.31% 0.07% 0.02%
126 Johanna Larsson 1466 43.05% 5.80% 1.80% 0.51% 0.11% 0.02% 0.00%
127 Zarina Diyas 1495 11.01% 5.53% 1.91% 0.61% 0.15% 0.03% 0.01%
128 Ashleigh Barty 1858 88.99% 79.21% 63.35% 48.99% 33.56% 22.31% 14.66%