Tuesday, 28 March 2023

2023 Miami Week 2 Predictions - Men's

The Miami tournament is one of the biggest of the year outside of the Grand Slams, so I'm here with a look at how the 2nd week of the Men's bracket will turn out. After the jump, I present a table with percentages for all 16 players remaining.

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  • Of the 4 favourites for the title before the tournament, 3 of them are still in. Alexander Zverev lost in round 2 to Taro Daniel.
  • Andrey Rublev, the player with the toughest overall draw at the start of the tournament, is still in the tournament. The player with the easiest overall draw, Felix Auger-Aliassime, lost in round 3 to Francisco Cerundolo.
  • Denis Kudla had the easiest 1st round draw, but he ended up losing that match to Christopher Eubanks. Dusan Lajovic had the toughest 1st round draw, but he won his match against Andy Murray, before losing in round 3 to Carlos Alcaraz.
But what about the future? Let's take a look at what the rest of the tournament looks like.
  • Daniil Medvedev is still the favourite to win the title with a 39.92% chance, Carlos Alcaraz is the 2nd favourite at 18.75%, Stefanos Tsitsipas is 3rd at 11.45%, and Jannik Sinner 4th most likely with 8.79%.
  • The easiest draw relative to his ranking has gone to Karen Khachanov. He is 0.75 percentage points more likely to win the tournament than his ranking suggests.
  • Adrian Mannarino has the easiest next match compared to his ranking, as he is 26.15 percentage points more likely to win his round 4 match than expected.
  • The player with the toughest overall draw is Tommy Paul, as he's 0.44 percentage points less likely to win the tournament than expected. Paul also has the toughest 4th round match, as he's 23.06 percentage points less likely to make it to the quarter finals than a player of his ranking would expect.
Now, the full table. Want to be the 1st to hear of new updates? Follow @tennis_elo on Twitter.

# Name ELO R4 % R5 % R6 % R7 %
1 Carlos Alcaraz 1915 72.40% 49.86% 34.15% 18.75%
2 Tommy Paul 1748 27.60% 12.65% 5.87% 1.96%
3 Taylor Fritz 1796 56.24% 22.46% 11.90% 4.67%
4 Holger Rune 1752 43.76% 15.03% 7.07% 2.40%
5 Botic van de Zandschulp 1648 54.94% 14.95% 3.80% 0.87%
6 Emil Ruusuvuori 1614 45.06% 10.57% 2.32% 0.46%
7 Jannik Sinner 1833 54.17% 41.13% 19.99% 8.79%
8 Andrey Rublev 1804 45.83% 33.35% 14.89% 5.99%
9 Adrian Mannarino 1621 71.21% 11.98% 3.90% 0.94%
10 Christopher Eubanks 1464 28.79% 2.45% 0.42% 0.05%
11 Quentin Halys 1452 5.57% 1.86% 0.30% 0.03%
12 Daniil Medvedev 1944 94.43% 83.71% 61.25% 39.92%
13 Francisco Cerundolo 1601 50.66% 12.28% 2.31% 0.51%
14 Lorenzo Sonego 1596 49.34% 11.72% 2.17% 0.47%
15 Karen Khachanov 1733 35.08% 24.02% 7.35% 2.72%
16 Stefanos Tsitsipas 1840 64.92% 51.97% 22.30% 11.45%