Saturday 21 May 2022

2022 French Open Predictions - Women's

Tomorrow, the 2nd Grand Slam tournament of the year, the French Open, begins. 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.

French Open logo, © French Open
French Open logo, © French Open

But before the full table, some highlights I want to pick out.
  • Iga Swiatek is the most likely to win the tournament, with a 24.42% chance of winning the whole thing, with Ons Jabeur next at 10.51%. The 3rd most likely is Anett Kontaveit with 7.45% and Simona Halep is the 4th favourite with 5.51%
  • Simona Halep has the easiest overall draw, as she is 0.95 percentage points more likely to win the tournament than expected. On the other hand, Naomi Osaka has a tough draw. She is 1.38 percentage points less likely to win the tournament than expected.
  • The toughest 1st round draw went to Magda Linette, as she's 43.55 percentage points less likely to win than a player of her rank is expected to win. Heather Watson got the easiest 1st round draw, as she's 27.63 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 Iga Swiatek 1936 91.55% 79.45% 72.52% 54.40% 44.14% 34.09% 24.42%
2 Lesia Tsurenko 1522 8.45% 3.21% 1.61% 0.40% 0.12% 0.03% 0.01%
3 Alison Riske 1630 57.75% 10.95% 7.11% 2.63% 1.17% 0.45% 0.14%
4 Dayana Yastremska 1576 42.25% 6.39% 3.69% 1.13% 0.42% 0.13% 0.03%
5 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 1473 51.06% 20.25% 2.43% 0.50% 0.13% 0.03% 0.00%
6 Kristina Kucova 1466 48.94% 18.92% 2.20% 0.44% 0.11% 0.02% 0.00%
7 Danka Kovinic 1481 35.53% 18.33% 2.28% 0.48% 0.13% 0.03% 0.00%
8 Liudmila Samsonova 1584 64.47% 42.50% 8.17% 2.59% 1.00% 0.32% 0.09%
9 Simona Halep 1811 83.77% 71.43% 50.44% 23.07% 15.75% 9.88% 5.51%
10 Ana Konjuh 1525 16.23% 8.58% 2.94% 0.54% 0.17% 0.04% 0.01%
11 Maryna Zanevska 1495 47.22% 9.04% 2.77% 0.46% 0.13% 0.03% 0.01%
12 Zheng Qinwen 1515 52.78% 10.96% 3.61% 0.64% 0.19% 0.05% 0.01%
13 Alize Cornet 1570 67.09% 23.60% 7.31% 1.60% 0.59% 0.18% 0.05%
14 Misaki Doi 1446 32.91% 7.13% 1.39% 0.19% 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
15 Lucia Bronzetti 1538 25.01% 12.78% 3.53% 0.68% 0.22% 0.06% 0.01%
16 Jelena Ostapenko 1728 74.99% 56.50% 28.02% 10.24% 5.92% 3.06% 1.36%
17 Jessica Pegula 1762 72.92% 54.54% 43.13% 28.16% 11.12% 6.25% 3.07%
18 Wang Qiang 1590 27.08% 14.36% 8.41% 3.55% 0.76% 0.25% 0.07%
19 Anhelina Kalinina 1609 67.49% 24.07% 14.73% 6.60% 1.52% 0.54% 0.16%
20 Hailey Baptiste 1482 32.51% 7.03% 3.05% 0.88% 0.12% 0.03% 0.00%
21 Mayar Sherif 1432 34.37% 11.98% 2.47% 0.58% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00%
22 Marta Kostyuk 1544 65.63% 33.18% 10.72% 3.89% 0.69% 0.19% 0.04%
23 Claire Liu 1531 47.47% 25.42% 7.83% 2.71% 0.46% 0.12% 0.03%
24 Tamara Zidansek 1549 52.53% 29.42% 9.67% 3.56% 0.64% 0.18% 0.04%
25 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1689 79.04% 52.12% 30.39% 16.88% 5.24% 2.42% 0.95%
26 Greet Minnen 1458 20.96% 7.13% 2.08% 0.56% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
27 Irina-Camelia Begu 1593 56.22% 24.29% 11.08% 4.76% 1.03% 0.35% 0.09%
28 Jasmine Paolini 1549 43.78% 16.46% 6.58% 2.47% 0.45% 0.13% 0.03%
29 Leolia Jeanjean 1500 47.16% 14.05% 4.66% 1.47% 0.22% 0.05% 0.01%
30 Nuria Parrizas Diaz 1520 52.84% 16.93% 6.03% 2.04% 0.33% 0.08% 0.02%
31 Tessah Andrianjafitrimo 1459 19.48% 8.30% 2.35% 0.63% 0.08% 0.01% 0.00%
32 Karolina Pliskova 1705 80.52% 60.72% 36.83% 21.24% 6.97% 3.37% 1.39%
33 Paula Badosa 1780 81.31% 65.07% 46.32% 33.07% 19.61% 8.85% 4.56%
34 Fiona Ferro 1525 18.69% 9.02% 3.51% 1.33% 0.35% 0.06% 0.01%
35 Oksana Selekhmeteva 1494 39.87% 8.63% 3.04% 1.03% 0.24% 0.04% 0.01%
36 Kaja Juvan 1565 60.13% 17.28% 7.63% 3.29% 1.02% 0.22% 0.05%
37 Aleksandra Krunic 1483 50.57% 14.84% 3.68% 1.20% 0.27% 0.04% 0.01%
38 Kamilla Rakhimova 1479 49.43% 14.29% 3.49% 1.12% 0.24% 0.04% 0.01%
39 Zhu Lin 1459 20.61% 9.63% 2.16% 0.64% 0.13% 0.02% 0.00%
40 Veronika Kudermetova 1693 79.39% 61.25% 30.19% 18.28% 8.66% 2.98% 1.18%
41 Madison Keys 1659 68.00% 45.16% 25.91% 11.77% 5.04% 1.55% 0.55%
42 Anna Kalinskaya 1529 32.00% 15.47% 6.17% 1.82% 0.49% 0.09% 0.02%
43 Taylor Townsend 1507 41.75% 14.58% 5.40% 1.47% 0.36% 0.06% 0.01%
44 Caroline Garcia 1564 58.25% 24.80% 11.06% 3.71% 1.14% 0.24% 0.06%
45 Katie Volynets 1423 32.14% 7.84% 2.19% 0.42% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
46 Viktorija Golubic 1553 67.86% 26.76% 11.89% 3.83% 1.13% 0.23% 0.05%
47 Arantxa Rus 1476 23.81% 10.72% 3.67% 0.88% 0.19% 0.03% 0.00%
48 Elena Rybakina 1678 76.19% 54.69% 33.71% 16.14% 7.33% 2.41% 0.91%
49 Danielle Collins 1753 87.80% 62.92% 40.53% 23.86% 14.15% 5.89% 2.81%
50 Viktoriya Tomova 1410 12.20% 3.19% 0.73% 0.14% 0.03% 0.00% 0.00%
51 Shelby Rogers 1611 56.62% 20.50% 9.47% 3.80% 1.54% 0.39% 0.12%
52 Tereza Martincova 1565 43.38% 13.39% 5.40% 1.86% 0.64% 0.14% 0.03%
53 Panna Udvardy 1447 42.40% 9.17% 1.95% 0.42% 0.09% 0.01% 0.00%
54 Fernanda Contreras 1500 57.60% 15.55% 4.11% 1.11% 0.30% 0.05% 0.01%
55 Rebecca Peterson 1550 26.45% 15.92% 5.09% 1.66% 0.54% 0.11% 0.03%
56 Daria Kasatkina 1727 73.55% 59.37% 32.71% 18.17% 10.17% 3.92% 1.74%
57 Camila Giorgi 1606 60.36% 29.63% 11.43% 4.38% 1.74% 0.44% 0.13%
58 Zhang Shuai 1533 39.64% 15.62% 4.72% 1.39% 0.43% 0.08% 0.02%
59 Irina Bara 1446 22.71% 7.29% 1.59% 0.33% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
60 Yulia Putintseva 1659 77.29% 47.46% 21.39% 9.67% 4.52% 1.38% 0.49%
61 Madison Brengle 1506 49.34% 11.49% 4.14% 1.10% 0.31% 0.05% 0.01%
62 Mihaela Buzarnescu 1511 50.66% 12.01% 4.40% 1.19% 0.34% 0.06% 0.01%
63 Chloe Paquet 1410 11.30% 4.09% 1.01% 0.18% 0.03% 0.00% 0.00%
64 Aryna Sabalenka 1767 88.70% 72.41% 51.31% 30.74% 18.82% 8.19% 4.08%
65 Ons Jabeur 1851 81.41% 73.25% 58.44% 44.32% 28.55% 18.70% 10.51%
66 Magda Linette 1594 18.59% 12.49% 6.07% 2.67% 0.81% 0.26% 0.06%
67 Martina Trevisan 1475 51.49% 7.51% 2.46% 0.72% 0.13% 0.03% 0.00%
68 Harriet Dart 1464 48.51% 6.75% 2.13% 0.60% 0.10% 0.02% 0.00%
69 Valentini Grammatikopoulou 1432 29.53% 7.47% 1.19% 0.29% 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
70 Daria Saville 1583 70.47% 30.99% 8.77% 3.72% 1.08% 0.33% 0.08%
71 Anna Bondar 1527 30.58% 14.78% 3.42% 1.21% 0.28% 0.07% 0.01%
72 Petra Kvitova 1669 69.42% 46.76% 17.51% 9.45% 3.76% 1.55% 0.51%
73 Angelique Kerber 1723 84.89% 69.39% 48.39% 22.52% 10.61% 5.15% 2.04%
74 Magdalena Frech 1424 15.11% 6.70% 2.01% 0.32% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00%
75 Heather Watson 1463 49.89% 11.91% 4.15% 0.78% 0.14% 0.03% 0.00%
76 Elsa Jacquemot 1463 50.11% 12.00% 4.19% 0.79% 0.14% 0.03% 0.00%
77 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 1633 69.48% 43.97% 21.27% 7.57% 2.65% 0.97% 0.28%
78 Wang Xinyu 1490 30.52% 13.20% 4.12% 0.87% 0.17% 0.04% 0.01%
79 Linda Noskova 1500 40.98% 15.48% 5.00% 1.10% 0.23% 0.05% 0.01%
80 Emma Raducanu 1563 59.02% 27.35% 10.86% 3.04% 0.82% 0.23% 0.05%
81 Belinda Bencic 1760 84.06% 51.50% 36.28% 18.31% 9.61% 5.14% 2.28%
82 Reka-Luca Jani 1471 15.94% 4.05% 1.28% 0.22% 0.04% 0.01% 0.00%
83 Bianca Andreescu 1718 82.45% 41.04% 26.75% 11.95% 5.62% 2.68% 1.04%
84 Ysaline Bonaventure 1449 17.55% 3.42% 0.99% 0.15% 0.03% 0.00% 0.00%
85 Katerina Siniakova 1592 48.49% 23.23% 7.59% 2.19% 0.69% 0.22% 0.05%
86 Petra Martic 1603 51.51% 25.42% 8.63% 2.59% 0.85% 0.28% 0.07%
87 Kristina Mladenovic 1523 32.74% 12.90% 3.21% 0.70% 0.17% 0.04% 0.01%
88 Leylah Fernandez 1648 67.26% 38.45% 15.27% 5.41% 2.07% 0.79% 0.24%
89 Amanda Anisimova 1734 37.86% 27.71% 14.22% 7.93% 3.90% 1.95% 0.80%
90 Naomi Osaka 1820 62.14% 50.74% 31.87% 21.36% 12.86% 7.92% 4.13%
91 Mirjam Bjorklund 1495 36.46% 5.81% 1.31% 0.33% 0.07% 0.02% 0.00%
92 Donna Vekic 1592 63.54% 15.73% 5.16% 1.89% 0.60% 0.19% 0.05%
93 Carole Monnet 1495 25.30% 5.42% 1.14% 0.29% 0.06% 0.01% 0.00%
94 Karolina Muchova 1683 74.70% 31.46% 13.18% 6.42% 2.73% 1.18% 0.41%
95 Clara Burel 1490 15.66% 4.86% 1.00% 0.25% 0.05% 0.01% 0.00%
96 Maria Sakkari 1783 84.34% 58.26% 32.12% 20.01% 11.10% 6.28% 2.97%
97 Anett Kontaveit 1822 80.41% 69.63% 53.71% 37.08% 24.75% 14.24% 7.45%
98 Ajla Tomljanovic 1576 19.59% 11.98% 5.53% 2.03% 0.71% 0.19% 0.04%
99 Astra Sharma 1495 49.28% 8.96% 3.15% 0.85% 0.22% 0.04% 0.01%
100 Varvara Gracheva 1500 50.72% 9.43% 3.38% 0.93% 0.24% 0.05% 0.01%
101 Lauren Davis 1516 41.20% 14.37% 3.58% 1.05% 0.29% 0.06% 0.01%
102 Marie Bouzkova 1578 58.80% 25.33% 7.87% 2.90% 1.02% 0.27% 0.06%
103 Elena-Gabriela Ruse 1537 31.83% 15.22% 4.10% 1.31% 0.39% 0.09% 0.02%
104 Elise Mertens 1670 68.17% 45.08% 18.69% 9.18% 4.30% 1.60% 0.53%
105 Coco Gauff 1724 77.74% 53.99% 31.72% 16.05% 8.69% 3.85% 1.53%
106 Rebecca Marino 1507 22.26% 8.81% 2.71% 0.68% 0.18% 0.04% 0.01%
107 Alison Van Uytvanck 1553 43.09% 14.55% 5.28% 1.58% 0.51% 0.12% 0.03%
108 Ann Li 1601 56.91% 22.65% 9.61% 3.40% 1.29% 0.37% 0.10%
109 Beatriz Haddad Maia 1550 62.89% 18.92% 6.88% 2.03% 0.65% 0.15% 0.03%
110 Cristina Bucsa 1459 37.11% 7.57% 1.95% 0.40% 0.09% 0.01% 0.00%
111 Kaia Kanepi 1624 34.01% 22.04% 10.16% 3.86% 1.58% 0.50% 0.14%
112 Garbine Muguruza 1739 65.99% 51.47% 31.70% 16.66% 9.36% 4.34% 1.80%
113 Victoria Azarenka 1755 83.15% 63.92% 46.63% 28.59% 15.36% 7.43% 3.24%
114 Ana Bogdan 1477 16.85% 6.87% 2.55% 0.68% 0.14% 0.02% 0.00%
115 Oceane Dodin 1491 38.15% 9.06% 3.53% 1.00% 0.22% 0.04% 0.01%
116 Andrea Petkovic 1575 61.85% 20.15% 10.13% 3.85% 1.19% 0.31% 0.07%
117 Olga Danilovic 1497 51.84% 18.31% 5.11% 1.47% 0.33% 0.06% 0.01%
118 Dalma Galfi 1484 48.16% 16.25% 4.31% 1.18% 0.25% 0.04% 0.01%
119 Bernada Pera 1486 27.81% 13.72% 3.67% 1.02% 0.22% 0.04% 0.01%
120 Jil Teichmann 1652 72.19% 51.72% 24.07% 11.53% 4.62% 1.61% 0.50%
121 Sorana Cirstea 1602 62.91% 36.48% 13.86% 5.83% 1.98% 0.57% 0.15%
122 Tatjana Maria 1510 37.09% 16.71% 4.60% 1.42% 0.34% 0.07% 0.01%
123 Sloane Stephens 1578 61.98% 31.81% 11.14% 4.34% 1.35% 0.35% 0.08%
124 Jule Niemeier 1493 38.02% 15.01% 3.86% 1.12% 0.25% 0.05% 0.01%
125 Camila Osorio 1593 68.74% 22.63% 12.29% 5.03% 1.65% 0.46% 0.11%
126 Harmony Tan 1456 31.26% 6.10% 2.15% 0.54% 0.10% 0.02% 0.00%
127 Diane Parry 1445 13.62% 4.85% 1.64% 0.39% 0.07% 0.01% 0.00%
128 Barbora Krejcikova 1765 86.38% 66.42% 50.47% 32.01% 17.66% 8.81% 3.96%