Australian Open 2010 prediction thread

[mattys123]

Nadal almost a certainty to win? I'm a big fan of his, but what do you base this on? I would've had more confidence with him in the 2009 AO compared to this year's.

I just think he's over all his injury worries he had towards the end of last year, and he obviously loves the Melbourne Park surface, plus a lot of the other players are now picking up injuries in warm up tournaments.

I wasn't confident at all in him last year, but he proved he can play on the surface as well as anyone. I saw Federer and Del Potro as the main dangers, but both seem to be carrying injuries, so I'll back Rafa now.

But it is a Grand Slam tournament, so certainty is probably a bit much, let's say "clear number 1 pick".

 

[damochandler]

my tip for the mens final are probably going to meet in the quaters.

so i will change it to an all spain final between verdasco and nadal

 

[Kaan]

Male Winner: Federer

Male Runner-up: Del Potro

Australian male to make it furthest in the tournament: Lleyton Hewitt

What round will he make: 4

Female winner: Kim Clijsters

Female runner-up: Serena Williams

Australian female to make it furthest in tournament: Sam Stosur

What round will she make: 4

 

[Drummond]

Male Winner: Federer

Male Runner-up: Roddick

Australian male to make it furthest in the tournament: Hewitt

What round will he make: 3rd

Female winner: Clijsters

Female runner-up: S.Williams

Australian female to make it furthest in tournament: Stosur

What round will she make: 3rd

Flops (M/F): Monfils, Simon / V.Williams, Jankovic

Surprise (M/F): Gasquet, Golubev / Bartoli, A.Bondarenko

 

[Giants FC]

Male Winner: Roger Federer
Male Runner-up: Juan Martin Del Potro
Australian male to make it furthest in the tournament: Lleyton Hewitt
What round will he make: Round of 16

Female winner: Serena Williams
Female runner-up: Svetlana Kuznetsova
Australian female to make it furthest in tournament: Sam Stosur
What round will she make: Round of 16

Flops:Henin and Clijsters to both fail to get past the second round.

 

[Gift]

Flops:Henin and Clijsters to both fail to get past the second round.

Looking at the draw its nearly impossible for Clijsters not to make the third round lol

Kim Clijsters BEL (15)
v
Qualifier

Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ
v
Tamarine Tanasugarn THA

 

[Karbo]

Male Winner: Del Potro

Male Runner-up: Federer

Australian male to make it furthest in the tournament: Hewitt (who else?)

What round will he make: 3rd

Female winner: Henin

Female runner-up: Azarenka

Australian female to make it furthest in tournament: Stosur

What round will she make: 3rd (although it wouldn't surprise me to see her beat Lisicki who us just as brainless and tactically inept as Sam)

Flops: hmm... maybe Davydenko despite his red hot form, and V. Williams always plays ghastly here so a rnd 1 exit to a solid player in Safarova wouldn't be at all surprising.

 

[tarky]

Male Winner: Nadal

Male Runner-up: Soderling

Australian male to make it furthest in the tournament: Lleyton Hewitt

What round will he make: 4th round

Female winner: Serena Williams

Female runner-up: Elena Dementieva

Australian female to make it furthest in tournament: Jamila Groth

What round will she make: 4th round

 

[Vdubs]

1.Nadal
2.Djokovic
1.Henin
2.Clijsters
Hewitt
Dokic

 

[BobbyMorri]

Male Winner: Davydenko

Male Runner-up: Murray

Australian male to make it furthest in the tournament: Hewitt

What round will he make: 3rd

Female winner: Dementieva

Female runner-up: Azarenka

Australian female to make it furthest in tournament: Stosur

What round will she make: 2nd

Flops: Venus loses first round. S Willams to lose early, probably to Navarro.

Cant see how my predictions could go awfully wrong

 

[matt_897]

Just did a fill-in-the-draw for both men's and women's and can't believe how similar I have got it to BobbyMorri above me, anyway:

Male Winner: Davydenko

Male Runner-up: Del Potro

Australian male to make it furthest in the tournament: Hewitt

What round will he make: 4th round

Female winner: Dementieva

Female runner-up: Azarenka

Australian female to make it furthest in tournament: Stosur

What round will she make: 3rd round

EDIT: Changed the runner up pick from Murray to Del Potro

 

[eastaugh36]

Male Winner: Roddick

Male Runner-up: Djokovic

Australian male to make it furthest in the tournament: Hewitt

What round will he make: 4th Round

Female winner: Kuznetsova

Female runner-up: S.Williams

Australian female to make it furthest in tournament: Stosur

What round will she make: 4th round

Mens Bolter: Cilic

Womens Bolter: Wickmayer

 

[chickens_law]

Male Winner: Murray

Male Runner-up: Federer

Australian male to make it furthest in the tournament: Hewitt

What round will he make: 3rd round

Female winner: Wozniaci

Female runner-up: Clijisters

Australian female to make it furthest in tournament: Stosur

What round will she make: 2nd round

 

[750mlPump]

Male Winner: Verdasco

Male Runner-up: Nadal

Australian male to make it furthest in the tournament: Hewitt

What round will he make: 3rd round

Female winner: Clijsters

Female runner-up: Wozniacki

Australian female to make it furthest in tournament: Stosur

What round will she make: 3rd round

Flops: Venus, first round. Davydenko, better indoor player. Federer, if the quarters is a flop..

 

[belfast_bomber]

Male Winner: Nadal

Male Runner-up: Soderling

Australian male to make it furthest in the tournament: Hewitt

What round will he make: 3rd round

Female winner: Serena Williams

Female runner-up: an anonymous Eastern European

Australian female to make it furthest in tournament: Are you allowed to say Dokic? Stosur then.

What round will she make: 3rd round

Shock flop: Murray

 

[watermelonslice]

Male Winner: Murray

Male Runner-up: Djokovic

Australian male to make it furthest in the tournament: Hewitt

What round will he make: 3R

Female winner: Henin

Female runner-up: Wozniaki

Australian female to make it furthest in tournament: Stosur?

What round will she make: 2R

Shock flop: Del Potro

 

[Skeeta Olly]

Unbeleivable.

Had Kirilenko as the surpise of tournament, but edited her out by mistake

 

[belfast_bomber]

Male Runner-up: Soderling

Ah crap.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Serves you for betting on him, was always going to struggle in the AO.

 

[X_box_X]

Male Winner: Rafael Nadal

Male Runner-up: Roger Federer

Australian male to make it furthest in the tournament: Lleyton Hewitt

What round will he make: 3rd round

Female winner: Serena Williams

Female runner-up: Justine Henin

Australian female to make it furthest in tournament: Samantha Stosur

What round will she make: 3rd round

Flops (M/F): Simon (2nd), Youzhny (1st), Kohlscreiber (2nd), Dementieva (2nd), Kuznetsova (2nd).

Surprises (M/F): Tsonga/Robredo to win their quarter with Djokovic out (Fed, Roddick/Del Potro, Murray/Nadal win their quarters), Bartoli/Sharapova to win their quarter with Jankovic out (Serena, Venus, Henin/Clijsters win their quarters)

No surprises in either the mens or womens quarter finals.

I like your predictions. Will return me about $450 if your men and women winners eventuate.