Saturday 6 February 2021

2021 Australian Open Predictions - Women's

The 1st Grand Slam of the season is starting on Monday, 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 with percentages for all 128 players and how they will do.

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But before the full table, some highlights I want to pick out.
  • Ashleigh Barty is the most likely to win the tournament, with a 22.27% chance of winning the whole thing, with Simona Halep next at 11.66%. The 3rd most likely is Naomi Osaka with 9.86% and Serena Williams is 4th with 7.87%
  • Simona Halep has the easiest overall draw, as she is 1.8 percentage points more likely to win the tournament than expected at the expense of Naomi Osaka, who is 1.8 percentage points less likely to win the tournament than expected
  • The toughest 1st round draw went to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, as she's 43.36 percentage points less likely to win than a player of her rank is expected to win. Ysaline Bonaventure got the easiest 1st round draw, as she's 40.75 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 Ashleigh Barty 1916 93.57% 84.87% 72.16% 59.28% 44.94% 33.87% 22.27%
2 Danka Kovinic 1451 6.43% 2.60% 0.76% 0.20% 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
3 Sara Sorribes Tormo 1491 43.01% 4.75% 1.62% 0.50% 0.12% 0.03% 0.00%
4 Daria Gavrilova 1540 56.99% 7.78% 3.16% 1.17% 0.33% 0.09% 0.02%
5 Zheng Saisai 1580 50.93% 22.87% 4.53% 1.92% 0.64% 0.21% 0.05%
6 Barbora Krejcikova 1574 49.07% 21.61% 4.18% 1.73% 0.56% 0.18% 0.04%
7 Martina Trevisan 1484 26.29% 9.71% 1.32% 0.40% 0.09% 0.02% 0.00%
8 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1663 73.71% 45.81% 12.27% 6.56% 2.87% 1.24% 0.40%
9 Anett Kontaveit 1726 72.61% 55.71% 37.80% 13.90% 7.27% 3.76% 1.51%
10 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 1556 27.39% 15.19% 6.87% 1.40% 0.43% 0.13% 0.03%
11 Kristyna Pliskova 1528 53.10% 16.06% 6.65% 1.21% 0.33% 0.09% 0.02%
12 Heather Watson 1507 46.90% 13.03% 5.02% 0.84% 0.21% 0.05% 0.01%
13 Francesca Jones 1490 38.85% 13.25% 4.10% 0.64% 0.15% 0.03% 0.01%
14 Shelby Rogers 1569 61.15% 27.13% 11.02% 2.36% 0.75% 0.24% 0.05%
15 Olga Danilovic 1481 26.78% 11.22% 3.36% 0.50% 0.11% 0.02% 0.00%
16 Petra Martic 1656 73.22% 48.39% 25.19% 7.39% 3.17% 1.34% 0.42%
17 Belinda Bencic 1681 77.37% 47.32% 22.16% 11.51% 3.97% 1.81% 0.63%
18 Lauren Davis 1468 22.63% 7.21% 1.70% 0.43% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
19 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1632 61.36% 30.43% 12.44% 5.63% 1.65% 0.64% 0.19%
20 Barbora Strycova 1552 38.64% 15.05% 4.79% 1.66% 0.36% 0.11% 0.02%
21 Zhu Lin 1448 49.36% 8.46% 2.23% 0.52% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
22 Whitney Osuigwe 1452 50.64% 8.85% 2.37% 0.56% 0.08% 0.02% 0.00%
23 Leylah Annie Fernandez 1538 19.18% 11.97% 4.45% 1.47% 0.30% 0.08% 0.02%
24 Elise Mertens 1788 80.82% 70.72% 49.86% 32.91% 15.51% 9.32% 4.53%
25 Karolina Muchova 1639 49.88% 35.58% 15.48% 6.41% 1.92% 0.77% 0.23%
26 Jelena Ostapenko 1639 50.12% 35.81% 15.62% 6.48% 1.95% 0.78% 0.23%
27 Mona Barthel 1460 44.76% 11.75% 2.66% 0.57% 0.08% 0.02% 0.00%
28 Elisabetta Cocciaretto 1496 55.24% 16.86% 4.43% 1.10% 0.19% 0.04% 0.01%
29 Danielle Collins 1654 72.89% 31.61% 18.36% 7.97% 2.51% 1.05% 0.33%
30 Ana Bogdan 1482 27.11% 6.39% 2.23% 0.53% 0.09% 0.02% 0.00%
31 Jasmine Paolini 1494 18.81% 6.54% 2.38% 0.59% 0.10% 0.02% 0.00%
32 Karolina Pliskova 1748 81.19% 55.47% 38.84% 21.67% 9.15% 5.00% 2.16%
33 Sofia Kenin 1777 85.88% 64.26% 51.71% 37.20% 22.06% 10.28% 4.84%
34 Maddison Inglis 1463 14.12% 4.68% 1.90% 0.61% 0.13% 0.02% 0.00%
35 Anastasija Sevastova 1546 40.49% 10.82% 5.67% 2.40% 0.70% 0.15% 0.03%
36 Kaia Kanepi 1613 59.51% 20.24% 12.49% 6.40% 2.40% 0.65% 0.17%
37 Nadia Podoroska 1535 55.91% 27.69% 7.95% 3.25% 0.91% 0.18% 0.03%
38 Christina McHale 1493 44.09% 19.24% 4.70% 1.67% 0.40% 0.07% 0.01%
39 Wang Yafan 1509 42.80% 20.96% 5.46% 2.05% 0.52% 0.09% 0.02%
40 Donna Vekic 1560 57.20% 32.12% 10.12% 4.46% 1.38% 0.30% 0.07%
41 Jennifer Brady 1664 72.13% 57.14% 35.11% 17.34% 7.66% 2.51% 0.82%
42 Aliona Bolsova 1499 27.87% 16.62% 6.59% 1.93% 0.47% 0.08% 0.01%
43 Madison Brengle 1452 57.06% 16.25% 5.49% 1.34% 0.27% 0.04% 0.00%
44 Arina Rodionova 1403 42.94% 9.99% 2.80% 0.56% 0.09% 0.01% 0.00%
45 Chloe Paquet 1454 46.46% 13.50% 4.62% 1.13% 0.23% 0.03% 0.00%
46 Mayar Sherif 1478 53.54% 17.09% 6.36% 1.72% 0.39% 0.06% 0.01%
47 Kaja Juvan 1492 27.42% 14.71% 5.73% 1.63% 0.39% 0.06% 0.01%
48 Johanna Konta 1661 72.58% 54.70% 33.31% 16.32% 7.14% 2.32% 0.75%
49 Victoria Azarenka 1769 73.31% 60.22% 39.56% 25.00% 15.75% 7.18% 3.31%
50 Jessica Pegula 1593 26.69% 16.74% 7.19% 2.89% 1.16% 0.29% 0.07%
51 Destanee Aiava 1479 43.89% 9.10% 2.64% 0.71% 0.19% 0.03% 0.00%
52 Samantha Stosur 1521 56.11% 13.94% 4.74% 1.49% 0.47% 0.09% 0.02%
53 Nao Hibino 1539 60.02% 18.51% 6.01% 2.01% 0.67% 0.14% 0.03%
54 Astra Sharma 1469 39.98% 9.28% 2.32% 0.59% 0.15% 0.02% 0.00%
55 Kristina Mladenovic 1558 26.88% 15.23% 5.28% 1.89% 0.68% 0.15% 0.03%
56 Maria Sakkari 1732 73.12% 56.97% 32.27% 18.89% 11.02% 4.51% 1.86%
57 Yulia Putintseva 1650 65.35% 43.72% 19.64% 8.64% 4.11% 1.28% 0.40%
58 Sloane Stephens 1540 34.65% 17.97% 5.61% 1.71% 0.57% 0.12% 0.02%
59 Alison Van Uytvanck 1553 58.83% 24.51% 8.01% 2.55% 0.89% 0.19% 0.04%
60 Clara Burel 1491 41.17% 13.80% 3.57% 0.90% 0.25% 0.04% 0.01%
61 Coco Gauff 1604 63.26% 21.77% 11.48% 4.37% 1.81% 0.48% 0.12%
62 Jil Teichmann 1510 36.74% 8.81% 3.50% 0.95% 0.28% 0.05% 0.01%
63 Marie Bouzkova 1558 22.80% 11.02% 5.09% 1.65% 0.59% 0.13% 0.03%
64 Elina Svitolina 1769 77.20% 58.41% 43.10% 25.78% 16.27% 7.43% 3.43%
65 Bianca Andreescu 1767 80.20% 59.99% 44.66% 27.82% 14.44% 6.78% 3.16%
66 Mihaela Buzarnescu 1524 19.80% 8.38% 3.55% 1.12% 0.26% 0.05% 0.01%
67 Hsieh Su-Wei 1572 48.22% 14.90% 7.31% 2.71% 0.76% 0.18% 0.04%
68 Tsvetana Pironkova 1584 51.78% 16.73% 8.50% 3.29% 0.97% 0.24% 0.06%
69 Kirsten Flipkens 1496 33.90% 13.47% 3.55% 1.01% 0.21% 0.04% 0.01%
70 Venus Williams 1612 66.10% 36.99% 14.79% 6.24% 2.03% 0.57% 0.16%
71 Sara Errani 1509 36.64% 15.07% 4.19% 1.25% 0.27% 0.05% 0.01%
72 Wang Qiang 1604 63.36% 34.47% 13.45% 5.55% 1.76% 0.48% 0.13%
73 Marketa Vondrousova 1645 63.54% 43.95% 19.27% 9.15% 3.33% 1.05% 0.33%
74 Rebecca Peterson 1548 36.46% 20.53% 6.60% 2.32% 0.60% 0.13% 0.03%
75 Rebecca Marino 1496 47.85% 16.52% 4.39% 1.27% 0.27% 0.05% 0.01%
76 Kimberly Birrell 1511 52.15% 19.01% 5.35% 1.64% 0.36% 0.07% 0.01%
77 Patricia Maria Tig 1545 51.15% 14.06% 6.44% 2.24% 0.57% 0.12% 0.03%
78 Sorana Cirstea 1537 48.85% 13.02% 5.83% 1.96% 0.48% 0.10% 0.02%
79 Greet Minnen 1476 15.56% 6.34% 2.32% 0.62% 0.12% 0.02% 0.00%
80 Petra Kvitova 1770 84.44% 66.58% 49.80% 31.80% 16.62% 7.86% 3.70%
81 Garbine Muguruza 1770 80.57% 65.71% 48.52% 25.66% 15.35% 7.26% 3.42%
82 Margarita Gasparyan 1523 19.43% 10.08% 4.23% 1.03% 0.29% 0.06% 0.01%
83 Liudmila Samsonova 1468 40.10% 8.11% 2.83% 0.55% 0.13% 0.02% 0.00%
84 Paula Badosa 1537 59.90% 16.10% 7.08% 1.83% 0.55% 0.11% 0.02%
85 Zarina Diyas 1498 50.28% 17.07% 4.71% 1.05% 0.27% 0.05% 0.01%
86 Tamara Zidansek 1496 49.72% 16.75% 4.59% 1.01% 0.26% 0.04% 0.01%
87 Bernada Pera 1528 31.94% 17.36% 5.34% 1.33% 0.38% 0.08% 0.01%
88 Angelique Kerber 1659 68.06% 48.82% 22.70% 8.89% 4.01% 1.33% 0.44%
89 Ons Jabeur 1663 64.83% 47.67% 17.12% 8.33% 3.80% 1.28% 0.43%
90 Andrea Petkovic 1556 35.17% 21.14% 5.19% 1.83% 0.59% 0.13% 0.03%
91 Mayo Hibi 1490 51.52% 16.39% 3.07% 0.85% 0.21% 0.04% 0.01%
92 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 1480 48.48% 14.80% 2.65% 0.71% 0.17% 0.03% 0.00%
93 Polona Hercog 1542 40.92% 7.60% 3.36% 1.13% 0.34% 0.07% 0.02%
94 Caroline Garcia 1606 59.08% 14.40% 7.62% 3.15% 1.21% 0.33% 0.09%
95 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1642 21.99% 12.93% 7.47% 3.44% 1.48% 0.46% 0.14%
96 Naomi Osaka 1862 78.01% 65.07% 53.52% 39.21% 27.90% 16.65% 9.86%
97 Aryna Sabalenka 1819 87.93% 70.40% 56.50% 34.89% 20.67% 12.08% 6.48%
98 Viktoria Kuzmova 1474 12.07% 4.36% 1.59% 0.36% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
99 Katie Boulter 1517 37.16% 7.40% 3.12% 0.83% 0.19% 0.04% 0.01%
100 Daria Kasatkina 1608 62.84% 17.84% 9.81% 3.56% 1.17% 0.37% 0.10%
101 Alize Cornet 1607 68.69% 38.06% 12.38% 4.48% 1.47% 0.46% 0.12%
102 Valeria Savinykh 1471 31.31% 11.33% 2.18% 0.49% 0.09% 0.02% 0.00%
103 Ann Li 1554 46.02% 22.33% 6.01% 1.83% 0.50% 0.13% 0.03%
104 Zhang Shuai 1582 53.98% 28.28% 8.42% 2.81% 0.85% 0.24% 0.06%
105 Alison Riske 1603 57.85% 42.34% 13.60% 4.89% 1.58% 0.48% 0.13%
106 Anastasia Potapova 1548 42.15% 28.05% 7.43% 2.21% 0.58% 0.14% 0.03%
107 Timea Babos 1409 45.13% 12.37% 1.88% 0.32% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00%
108 Ysaline Bonaventure 1443 54.87% 17.25% 3.03% 0.60% 0.10% 0.02% 0.00%
109 Nina Stojanovic 1458 39.96% 5.75% 2.26% 0.47% 0.09% 0.01% 0.00%
110 Irina-Camelia Begu 1529 60.04% 11.87% 5.81% 1.61% 0.40% 0.09% 0.02%
111 Laura Siegemund 1601 20.50% 13.09% 7.69% 2.74% 0.88% 0.27% 0.07%
112 Serena Williams 1836 79.50% 69.29% 58.30% 37.90% 23.25% 14.10% 7.87%
113 Iga Swiatek 1645 71.89% 43.47% 22.63% 8.01% 2.81% 1.00% 0.31%
114 Arantxa Rus 1481 28.11% 10.72% 3.29% 0.65% 0.12% 0.02% 0.00%
115 Yaroslava Shvedova 1473 31.16% 10.35% 3.08% 0.58% 0.11% 0.02% 0.00%
116 Camila Giorgi 1611 68.84% 35.46% 16.81% 5.33% 1.66% 0.52% 0.14%
117 Fiona Ferro 1589 60.66% 24.83% 12.10% 3.56% 1.03% 0.30% 0.08%
118 Katerina Siniakova 1514 39.34% 12.37% 4.76% 1.06% 0.23% 0.05% 0.01%
119 Vera Zvonareva 1526 26.69% 12.07% 4.84% 1.13% 0.26% 0.06% 0.01%
120 Elena Rybakina 1702 73.31% 50.73% 32.49% 13.66% 5.73% 2.45% 0.94%
121 Veronika Kudermetova 1646 67.76% 46.79% 15.18% 7.96% 2.81% 1.01% 0.32%
122 Marta Kostyuk 1517 32.24% 16.60% 3.42% 1.20% 0.26% 0.06% 0.01%
123 Varvara Gracheva 1511 51.05% 18.92% 3.80% 1.30% 0.28% 0.06% 0.01%
124 Anna Blinkova 1503 48.95% 17.68% 3.45% 1.15% 0.24% 0.05% 0.01%
125 Misaki Doi 1415 35.86% 3.88% 1.14% 0.27% 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
126 Ajla Tomljanovic 1516 64.14% 10.77% 4.53% 1.58% 0.34% 0.07% 0.01%
127 Lizette Cabrera 1445 8.74% 3.94% 1.29% 0.34% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00%
128 Simona Halep 1852 91.26% 81.42% 67.19% 52.22% 32.10% 20.14% 11.66%