Saturday 26 September 2020

2020 French Open Predictions - Women's

We now come to the final Grand Slam of the year, the French Open. Let's take a look at the draw for this tournament, and my predictions for the tournament, including who's most likely to win, and full probabilities for how likely each player is to make it to each round.

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But before the full table, some highlights I want to pick out.
  • Simona Halep is the most likely to win the tournament, with an 18.4% chance of winning the whole thing, with Serena Williams next at 12.82%. The 3rd most likely is Karolina Pliskova with 8.47% and Petra Kvitova 4th with 6.24%
  • Kvitova also has the easiest overall draw, as she is 0.7 percentage points more likely to win the tournament than expected. On the other hand, Victoria Azarenka has a tough draw. She is 0.8 percentage points less likely to win the tournament than expected.
  • The toughest 1st round draw went to Jessica Pegula, as she's 32.38 percentage points less likely to win than a player of her rank is expected to win. Ana Bogdan got the easiest 1st round draw, as she's 31.32 percentage points more likely to make it to round 2 than her ranking would expect.
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 1870 91.39% 80.59% 67.30% 54.23% 41.16% 26.55% 18.40%
2 Sara Sorribes Tormo 1459 8.61% 3.57% 1.18% 0.35% 0.08% 0.01% 0.00%
3 Irina-Camelia Begu 1494 43.44% 6.14% 2.31% 0.78% 0.22% 0.04% 0.01%
4 Jil Teichmann 1539 56.56% 9.70% 4.25% 1.68% 0.56% 0.13% 0.03%
5 Catherine Bellis 1597 59.62% 30.96% 8.03% 3.81% 1.56% 0.46% 0.15%
6 Bernada Pera 1529 40.38% 17.18% 3.47% 1.33% 0.43% 0.10% 0.02%
7 Tamara Korpatsch 1490 31.51% 12.24% 2.12% 0.70% 0.19% 0.04% 0.01%
8 Amanda Anisimova 1625 68.49% 39.62% 11.34% 5.82% 2.60% 0.85% 0.31%
9 Dayana Yastremska 1680 70.29% 51.31% 31.21% 11.85% 6.18% 2.43% 1.07%
10 Daria Gavrilova 1530 29.71% 15.96% 6.41% 1.45% 0.47% 0.11% 0.03%
11 Anna Kalinskaya 1435 35.31% 8.73% 2.47% 0.38% 0.08% 0.01% 0.00%
12 Eugenie Bouchard 1541 64.69% 23.99% 9.98% 2.36% 0.79% 0.19% 0.05%
13 Barbara Haas 1420 27.51% 6.60% 1.79% 0.26% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00%
14 Hsieh Su-Wei 1589 72.49% 32.71% 15.77% 4.45% 1.77% 0.50% 0.16%
15 Iga Swiatek 1573 38.54% 20.84% 9.62% 2.57% 0.97% 0.26% 0.08%
16 Marketa Vondrousova 1654 61.46% 39.85% 22.76% 7.99% 3.89% 1.40% 0.57%
17 Johanna Konta 1681 59.90% 37.65% 22.51% 11.90% 4.86% 1.92% 0.85%
18 Coco Gauff 1611 40.10% 21.48% 10.83% 4.71% 1.54% 0.48% 0.17%
19 Camila Giorgi 1631 74.63% 34.97% 18.56% 8.56% 2.99% 0.99% 0.37%
20 Martina Trevisan 1444 25.37% 5.89% 1.70% 0.40% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
21 Kamilla Rakhimova 1490 41.68% 12.60% 3.86% 1.10% 0.23% 0.04% 0.01%
22 Shelby Rogers 1548 58.32% 21.83% 8.28% 2.93% 0.76% 0.18% 0.05%
23 Ajla Tomljanovic 1525 28.32% 14.20% 4.96% 1.61% 0.38% 0.08% 0.02%
24 Maria Sakkari 1686 71.68% 51.37% 29.31% 15.70% 6.50% 2.61% 1.17%
25 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1652 50.12% 35.21% 17.09% 8.92% 3.33% 1.19% 0.48%
26 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1651 49.88% 34.98% 16.95% 8.82% 3.28% 1.17% 0.47%
27 Katerina Siniakova 1517 54.77% 17.31% 5.50% 1.87% 0.43% 0.09% 0.02%
28 Lauren Davis 1484 45.23% 12.50% 3.51% 1.05% 0.21% 0.04% 0.01%
29 Monica Puig 1556 56.74% 18.15% 7.77% 3.03% 0.81% 0.20% 0.06%
30 Sara Errani 1509 43.26% 11.62% 4.25% 1.40% 0.31% 0.06% 0.01%
31 Katarina Zavatska 1474 17.68% 7.29% 2.35% 0.67% 0.13% 0.02% 0.00%
32 Kiki Bertens 1741 82.32% 62.93% 42.59% 27.34% 13.17% 6.24% 3.27%
33 Elina Svitolina 1779 82.47% 69.45% 53.89% 34.60% 18.26% 9.90% 5.71%
34 Varvara Gracheva 1510 17.53% 9.33% 4.07% 1.19% 0.26% 0.06% 0.01%
35 Renata Zarazua 1474 46.33% 9.27% 3.60% 0.91% 0.17% 0.03% 0.01%
36 Elsa Jacquemot 1500 53.67% 11.95% 5.05% 1.42% 0.29% 0.06% 0.01%
37 Anna Blinkova 1520 57.07% 23.74% 6.92% 2.11% 0.47% 0.11% 0.03%
38 Astra Sharma 1471 42.93% 15.08% 3.66% 0.92% 0.17% 0.03% 0.01%
39 Maddison Inglis 1477 29.83% 13.95% 3.46% 0.89% 0.17% 0.03% 0.01%
40 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1625 70.17% 47.23% 19.36% 8.45% 2.82% 0.98% 0.36%
41 Anett Kontaveit 1729 71.40% 52.67% 31.62% 17.94% 8.29% 3.95% 2.01%
42 Caroline Garcia 1570 28.60% 15.15% 5.91% 2.17% 0.59% 0.17% 0.05%
43 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 1546 49.09% 15.61% 5.62% 1.91% 0.48% 0.12% 0.03%
44 Anna-Lena Friedsam 1553 50.91% 16.58% 6.10% 2.11% 0.54% 0.14% 0.04%
45 Marie Bouzkova 1552 49.47% 15.95% 5.95% 2.06% 0.52% 0.14% 0.04%
46 Kaia Kanepi 1555 50.53% 16.51% 6.24% 2.18% 0.56% 0.15% 0.04%
47 Margarita Gasparyan 1537 24.32% 11.60% 4.12% 1.36% 0.33% 0.08% 0.02%
48 Elise Mertens 1735 75.68% 55.94% 34.46% 19.79% 9.28% 4.49% 2.31%
49 Victoria Azarenka 1777 86.70% 64.93% 48.87% 26.50% 15.87% 8.56% 4.91%
50 Danka Kovinic 1451 13.30% 4.40% 1.51% 0.29% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00%
51 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 1454 27.17% 4.99% 1.73% 0.34% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
52 Venus Williams 1625 72.83% 25.68% 14.67% 5.31% 2.11% 0.73% 0.27%
53 Greet Minnen 1479 55.27% 18.06% 4.09% 0.89% 0.21% 0.04% 0.01%
54 Nadia Podoroska 1442 44.73% 12.69% 2.47% 0.46% 0.09% 0.02% 0.00%
55 Kirsten Flipkens 1491 28.04% 15.18% 3.62% 0.83% 0.20% 0.04% 0.01%
56 Yulia Putintseva 1655 71.96% 54.07% 23.04% 9.12% 3.97% 1.52% 0.62%
57 Barbora Strycova 1579 72.11% 44.76% 12.14% 4.37% 1.48% 0.44% 0.14%
58 Varvara Lepchenko 1414 27.89% 10.85% 1.50% 0.29% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00%
59 Nina Stojanovic 1461 42.16% 16.91% 2.88% 0.67% 0.14% 0.03% 0.00%
60 Barbora Krejcikova 1516 57.84% 27.49% 5.87% 1.69% 0.45% 0.10% 0.03%
61 Tsvetana Pironkova 1555 48.85% 10.11% 5.49% 1.82% 0.57% 0.15% 0.04%
62 Andrea Petkovic 1563 51.15% 10.93% 6.06% 2.06% 0.66% 0.18% 0.05%
63 Kristie Ahn 1492 11.48% 4.64% 2.11% 0.55% 0.13% 0.03% 0.01%
64 Serena Williams 1847 88.52% 74.32% 63.96% 44.81% 30.74% 19.28% 12.82%
65 Aryna Sabalenka 1755 71.71% 55.09% 40.64% 25.11% 15.11% 8.47% 3.94%
66 Jessica Pegula 1593 28.29% 16.15% 8.59% 3.47% 1.34% 0.47% 0.12%
67 Daria Kasatkina 1580 65.35% 21.48% 11.05% 4.28% 1.59% 0.53% 0.13%
68 Harmony Tan 1470 34.65% 7.28% 2.65% 0.69% 0.17% 0.04% 0.01%
69 Nao Hibino 1538 55.86% 23.51% 7.73% 2.59% 0.83% 0.23% 0.05%
70 Marta Kostyuk 1497 44.14% 16.17% 4.56% 1.31% 0.36% 0.09% 0.02%
71 Zarina Diyas 1511 32.86% 16.02% 4.77% 1.45% 0.42% 0.11% 0.02%
72 Ons Jabeur 1635 67.14% 44.30% 20.00% 9.19% 4.06% 1.63% 0.51%
73 Jennifer Brady 1665 73.41% 46.76% 23.05% 11.97% 5.76% 2.53% 0.88%
74 Clara Tauson 1488 26.59% 10.48% 2.93% 0.86% 0.23% 0.05% 0.01%
75 Monica Niculescu 1491 34.40% 11.41% 3.22% 0.96% 0.26% 0.06% 0.01%
76 Danielle Collins 1603 65.60% 31.36% 12.98% 5.68% 2.27% 0.82% 0.23%
77 Viktoria Kuzmova 1505 44.86% 11.36% 4.10% 1.29% 0.36% 0.09% 0.02%
78 Kristyna Pliskova 1541 55.14% 16.04% 6.55% 2.34% 0.76% 0.22% 0.05%
79 Tamara Zidansek 1507 19.57% 9.28% 3.38% 1.07% 0.30% 0.08% 0.01%
80 Garbine Muguruza 1753 80.43% 63.32% 43.78% 27.75% 16.63% 9.28% 4.28%
81 Elena Rybakina 1729 75.84% 55.75% 38.15% 22.45% 12.67% 6.67% 2.88%
82 Sorana Cirstea 1531 24.16% 11.37% 4.79% 1.61% 0.49% 0.14% 0.03%
83 Fiona Ferro 1575 58.13% 20.76% 9.98% 3.89% 1.40% 0.46% 0.11%
84 Heather Watson 1518 41.87% 12.13% 4.90% 1.58% 0.46% 0.12% 0.02%
85 Stefanie Vogele 1382 27.01% 5.91% 1.12% 0.21% 0.03% 0.00% 0.00%
86 Patricia Maria Tig 1555 72.99% 30.72% 11.51% 4.20% 1.40% 0.42% 0.10%
87 Christina McHale 1492 27.87% 13.29% 3.98% 1.17% 0.31% 0.07% 0.01%
88 Karolina Muchova 1658 72.13% 50.08% 25.56% 12.66% 5.92% 2.54% 0.86%
89 Donna Vekic 1605 69.21% 39.53% 16.19% 7.25% 2.88% 1.04% 0.29%
90 Irina Bara 1464 30.79% 11.46% 2.95% 0.81% 0.19% 0.04% 0.01%
91 Alison Van Uytvanck 1549 48.20% 23.19% 7.99% 2.99% 0.98% 0.29% 0.06%
92 Rebecca Peterson 1561 51.80% 25.82% 9.26% 3.61% 1.24% 0.38% 0.09%
93 Timea Babos 1408 41.51% 6.87% 2.01% 0.44% 0.08% 0.01% 0.00%
94 Ana Bogdan 1468 58.49% 12.49% 4.58% 1.27% 0.30% 0.06% 0.01%
95 Liudmila Samsonova 1478 16.72% 9.19% 3.49% 1.01% 0.25% 0.06% 0.01%
96 Sofia Kenin 1757 83.28% 71.45% 53.54% 34.85% 20.96% 11.82% 5.54%
97 Petra Kvitova 1770 83.12% 68.85% 53.68% 35.43% 21.65% 12.86% 6.24%
98 Oceane Dodin 1493 16.88% 8.36% 3.53% 1.06% 0.28% 0.07% 0.01%
99 Aliona Bolsova 1510 54.42% 13.11% 5.85% 1.87% 0.53% 0.14% 0.03%
100 Jasmine Paolini 1479 45.58% 9.68% 3.91% 1.11% 0.28% 0.06% 0.01%
101 Diane Parry 1494 42.38% 17.12% 4.65% 1.40% 0.37% 0.09% 0.02%
102 Polona Hercog 1547 57.62% 27.58% 9.05% 3.31% 1.07% 0.32% 0.07%
103 Leylah Annie Fernandez 1516 39.33% 19.21% 5.66% 1.86% 0.54% 0.14% 0.03%
104 Magda Linette 1591 60.67% 36.09% 13.69% 5.80% 2.20% 0.78% 0.21%
105 Angelique Kerber 1665 74.10% 53.81% 27.34% 13.74% 6.51% 2.94% 1.02%
106 Kaja Juvan 1482 25.90% 12.46% 3.44% 0.97% 0.25% 0.06% 0.01%
107 Arantxa Rus 1505 52.96% 18.49% 5.58% 1.72% 0.48% 0.12% 0.02%
108 Clara Burel 1485 47.04% 15.24% 4.25% 1.21% 0.31% 0.07% 0.01%
109 Chloe Paquet 1469 30.14% 7.00% 2.43% 0.65% 0.16% 0.03% 0.01%
110 Alize Cornet 1615 69.86% 28.17% 15.21% 6.68% 2.73% 1.05% 0.31%
111 Zhang Shuai 1562 27.37% 13.32% 6.24% 2.33% 0.80% 0.26% 0.06%
112 Madison Keys 1732 72.63% 51.51% 35.50% 20.86% 11.73% 6.37% 2.76%
113 Petra Martic 1676 81.04% 54.25% 32.55% 15.77% 7.72% 3.60% 1.30%
114 Misaki Doi 1424 18.96% 6.29% 1.64% 0.34% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
115 Pauline Parmentier 1453 30.94% 8.61% 2.54% 0.59% 0.13% 0.03% 0.00%
116 Veronika Kudermetova 1592 69.06% 30.85% 14.86% 5.66% 2.15% 0.76% 0.20%
117 Laura Siegemund 1566 47.40% 19.59% 8.44% 2.95% 1.02% 0.33% 0.08%
118 Kristina Mladenovic 1584 52.60% 23.07% 10.50% 3.90% 1.44% 0.50% 0.13%
119 Julia Gorges 1639 53.88% 31.84% 16.89% 7.40% 3.26% 1.36% 0.43%
120 Alison Riske 1612 46.12% 25.50% 12.58% 5.10% 2.06% 0.79% 0.23%
121 Sloane Stephens 1557 71.13% 42.58% 12.45% 5.11% 1.72% 0.54% 0.12%
122 Vitalia Diatchenko 1400 28.87% 10.89% 1.67% 0.37% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
123 Kateryna Kozlova 1479 47.67% 21.63% 4.66% 1.44% 0.36% 0.08% 0.01%
124 Paula Badosa 1495 52.33% 24.91% 5.74% 1.89% 0.50% 0.12% 0.02%
125 Jelena Ostapenko 1626 71.57% 23.85% 15.77% 7.99% 3.38% 1.35% 0.41%
126 Madison Brengle 1465 28.43% 5.08% 2.24% 0.66% 0.16% 0.03% 0.01%
127 Mayar Sherif 1492 14.80% 5.62% 2.69% 0.88% 0.23% 0.06% 0.01%
128 Karolina Pliskova 1796 85.20% 65.45% 54.79% 39.94% 25.85% 16.26% 8.47%