3 FUTURE MAIDEN SLAM WINNERS (WTA comp)!

Just a reminder: it's now a little less than two days until deadline.

S. Halep
A. Radwanska
E. Bouchard

maybe even in that order, after US-O 2018

I'd like to change to

Simona Halep
Aga Radwanska
Karolina Wozniacki

1) Belinda Bencic
2) Caroline Garcia
3) Donna Vekic

Elimination Q: September 2021.

This is now closed. Thanks for participating. I will update scores when any picked player wins a slam.

so the Elimination question only comes into play when 2 participants picked the same trio? I'm not out of it if one of my 3 players does it after the date I've set?

bb66 • May 25, 2014 11:07 AM CEST
so the Elimination question only comes into play when 2 participants picked the same trio?
That's correct. From what I can see no one did.

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mesmerised • May 19, 2014 5:02 PM BST
1) Muguruza
2) Madison Keys
3) Kristina Mladenovic

Mes, this is singles only.
Kiki1 is an average singles player and future doubles GOAT

I was laughed at on this site when I said Bouchard is the next big star of woman's tennis, she's not far off the best in the world now when on her game, lacks the experience and consistency but that will arrive before long, add that to her undoubted ability and will to win and there is the champion in the making.

the standard of women's tennis is terrible. they'll be a new player or 2 come along soon and beat all this rubbish up.

Simona Halep
Agnieszka Radwanska
Bouchard

May 29, 2014 -- 12:16PM, SIR_Bond wrote:

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deadline has passed, sir_bond. you're welcome to enter the next one in 2021

calling others sheep, too late for a valid entry anyways

would someone like to change to Taylor Townsend now I wonder? Her success really desribes the low of WTA standard atm

well you know what

you stick your comp up your arse then

May 29, 2014 -- 12:20PM, bb66 wrote:

calling others sheep, too late for a valid entry anywayswould someone like to change to Taylor Townsend now I wonder? Her success really desribes the low of WTA standard atm

u dont know what u are talking about bb lol thought u were better than standard tennis fan,shame

May 29, 2014 -- 6:29PM, SIR_Bond wrote:

well you know whatyou stick your comp up your arse then

i think we should let sir pond to this competition, its not that revealing at this point anyways. lets have vote trough contestants. i say sir pond IN

he only copied my pick

i referred to ur words about tt and wta standard

May 29, 2014 -- 8:59PM, ;[p wrote:

May 29, 2014 --  6:29PM, SIR_Bond wrote:well you know whatyou stick your comp up your arse theni think we should let sir pond to this competition, its not that revealing at this point anyways. lets have vote trough contestants. i say sir pond IN

dictator caramba says NO.

all 3 of my picks have made a final now

Hypelep

Lisicki won't win a slam

She has as much chance as Radwanska

Aga has 3 or 4 chances in a year, Lisicki only 1

Looks like only two of us choose Keys.

Contest without price?? Never heard of that one.

here's my pick>

1. Ammanmurandova
2. Kimmiko Date Krumm
3. Kudrjavceva Alla

maybe revived Aga gives me a chance still, had lost almost all hopes during 2014

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we'll have a maiden slam winner for the first time since this thread was opened, but no correct pick yet as no-one had Flavia or Roberta.

probably none of my 3 picks will ever win one, esp disappointed with Halep this year! Those losses may leave a big knot in her head

no-one had Kerber.

May 20, 2014 -- 7:19PM, smb360 wrote:

forum taken down before anyone wins NAP

Looks like every other player on tour will have slam before anyone wins

May 22, 2014 -- 3:30AM, ;[p wrote:

agnieszkabelindaana(konjuh)

Im changing my picks:

Konjuh
Bencic
Potapova

My picks were the worst ever, not even sure what I was thinking.

Jan 30, 2016 -- 1:18PM, ;[p wrote:

May 22, 2014 --  3:30AM, ;[p wrote:agnieszkabelindaana(konjuh)Im changing my picks:KonjuhBencicPotapova

You've given up on Aga (given your first 2 picks are the same as your original picks).

Just shows how hard this thing is really, and how quickly things move.

Halep and Bouchard were very popular picks at the time.

At this point, looks like we'll have to go some for anybody to get 2, let and out 3.

Didnt gave up aga.just passed crown on pots

Jan 30, 2016 -- 1:38PM, n88uk wrote:

Just shows how hard this thing is really, and how quickly things move.Halep and Bouchard were very popular picks at the time.At this point, looks like we'll have to go some for anybody to get 2, let and out 3.

and both made SF and F at the following two slams. I still believe in Simona. Genie not so much, but too early to write her off entirely.

I had my doubts about Simona even when this was done, though for different reasons then, which is why I didn't pick her, but my picks are still a pile of crap.

Either Mesmerised or MK_ have the best picks it looks right now. But like I say I wouldn't be surprised if no-one even gets two correct ever, let and out all 3 (I would be surprised if anyone ever gets 3 correct picks).

In terms of time frame, what's shocking I would say is the lack of Muguruza picks. But this was before the French Open where she demolished Serena. I would say she's the safest pick of anyone now.

Bencic would be the safest bet of these three.

At the time, seems a lot of people were going for the flavour of the month, Halep and Bouchard.
Halep is still plausible, Bouchard less so, ranking dropped like a bomb.

mnbfrankel • February 1, 2016 6:14 PM GMT
Bencic would be the safest bet of these three.

You can question like I did with Halep when this was made, whether Bencic will just get blasted off the court too much to win a grand slam.

As it is, it's mentally the biggest question mark now over Halep.

mesmerised • February 1, 2016 8:33 PM GMT
At the time, seems a lot of people were going for the flavour of the month, Halep and Bouchard.
Halep is still plausible, Bouchard less so, ranking dropped like a bomb.

There were question marks over Bouchard all along. Bouchard never really beat any elite player. Her best win was Halep in the Wimbledon SF, but Halep was injured. As it was had this been done after Wimbledon though, you would have got an even bigger Bouchard bandwagon.

On Halep, after the French Open (which was just after this) I thought it was pretty much nailed on Halep would win a grand slam. But she's done about as much to convince you otherwise since then. Struggling with the pressure, she's often going out early, and when she goes deep she tends to no post anyway.

some people picked Garbine:
so score is
1) mesmerised
MK_
3) everyone else

some muggy picks in here, meself included

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May 28, 2014 -- 8:54PM, chelseakai1 wrote:

I was laughed at on this site when I said Bouchard is the next big star of woman's tennis, she's not far off the best in the world now when on her game, lacks the experience and consistency but that will arrive before long, add that to her undoubted ability and will to win and there is the champion in the making.

classic chelsea bangwagon

Jan 30, 2016 -- 1:18PM, ;[p wrote:

May 22, 2014 --  3:30AM, ;[p wrote:agnieszkabelindaana(konjuh)Im changing my picks:KonjuhBencicPotapova

having some heavy guns here

Jan 18, 2017 -- 1:41PM, ;[p wrote:

May 28, 2014 --  8:54PM, chelseakai1 wrote:I was laughed at on this site when I said Bouchard is the next big star of woman's tennis, she's not far off the best in the world now when on her game, lacks the experience and consistency but that will arrive before long, add that to her undoubted ability and will to win and there is the champion in the making.classic chelsea bangwagon

"will to win"

one would say wantings

no-one had Ostapenko

who honestly knew Ostapenko 3 years ago?

Starting to doubt Halep will do it, this was really the biggest chance for her

^ she was big news on the ITF tour

Noone has picked Pliskova either

do I get a bonus point for having picked a player to win a slam twice before anyone else's pick has won one slam

and we have another person on the board.
score is
1) mesmerised
MK_
wisewords (all with 1 pt)
4) everyone else

so we will have a maiden slam winner on Saturday and both Halep and Wozniacki have been picked here. edy, sig, ww, Dstyle, mk_, bb66 and myself have picked Halep, edy has picked Woz so edy is guaranteed a point regardless of result.

oh well, lead was fun whilst it lasted

you're still in a decent position, at least you don't have Bouchard amongst your three

still a good chance this never finishes.

1) mesmerised
MK_
wisewords
edy  (all with 1 pt)
5) everyone else

You might as well disqualify n88uk, Vekic is never winning slam.

Once again Mes avoids having to shell out 3 grand..

I'm sure I'll get 1 point as well

May 20, 2014 -- 2:49PM, mesmerised wrote:

If Halep ever wins a slam I'll give you all that tipped her a monkey each

how do we do with shipping? I don't want monkeys to get hurt in transportation.

Well 4 years later here it is

1) MK_ 2 pts (needs Garcia to win)
edy 2 pts (needs Aga to win)
3) mesmerised 1 pt
wisewords 1 pt
SIG 1 pt
DStyle 1 pt
caramba 1 pt
bb66 1 pt

that's a picture of a monkey. We were promised monkeys.

you've botched your update

1) MK_ 2 pts (needs Garcia to win)
edy 2 pts (needs Aga to win)
wisewords 2 pts (needs Errani to win a Slam)
4) mesmerised 1 pt
SIG 1 pt
DStyle 1 pt
caramba 1 pt
bb66 1 pt

just the miracle Sara Errani run needed now

forza Sarita

there will be no points awarded for this tournament. no-one had Osaka (she was just 16 at the time this thread was started).

Despite being in the co-lead, I don't really fancy my chances of winning this anymore.

mesmerised • May 20, 2014 2:49 PM BST
If Halep ever wins a slam I'll give you all that tipped her a monkey each

No wonder mes hasn't shown his face lately.

Jan 18, 2019 -- 2:47PM, edy wrote:

Despite being in the co-lead, I don't really fancy my chances of winning this anymore.

why?

because his 3rd tip, Aga, is already retired. MK_ with Garcia has a better chance, but maybe noone will have his tip fulfilled.

don't count out the Errani Roland-Garros 2020 comeback and victory

no Marketa or Barty

Barty is in the other thread

but i never got to O, of Osaka, so don't pull it up

.

Iga was 13 when this thread was created.

no-one had Krejcikova. (DStyle had Pavs)

would just like to say, I officially give up on this, and it's highly unlikely anyone wins either, although I seem to be one of the few with no retired players (this thread was made nearly 8 years ago), there is literally no chance Kiki ever wins a slam, I'll give aaron his due (although he's got 3 retired players in effect), he was right about 25 languages, she's an average single players but a (future) doubles GOAT, after this famous forum quote, she went on to reach 8 doubles finals in slams, winning 5 of them, another mixed doubles slam win, 2 tour finals wins and the fed cup event, plus career high N°1 (broken clocks). She did however reach the dizzy heights of TENTH in the singles rankings, I remember her losing about 700 matches in a row but still clinging on that 10th spot for months somehow (was about 14 or 15 straight R1 Loses) but it was just brief golden period in the rankings, not even Bajin could get a tune out of her, in fact she said he added nothing, amazing, truth is, she gave nothing. Keys could win a slam, but that's it.

Caramba - Halep, Bouchard*, Bencic
mesmerised - Muguruza, Keys, Mladenovic
discipline - Garcia, Bencic, Lisicki*
edy - Halep, (Radwanska) , Wozniacki
Sabine - Halep, Lisicki*, Bouchard*
aaron - (Radwanska), (Ciblukova), Bouchard*
wisewords - Errani, Stephens, Halep
dstyle - Halep, Bencic, Pavlyuchenkova
mk - Halep, Garcia, Muguruza
Beaniash - Giorgi, Keys, Vekic
;[p - (Radwanska), Bencic, Konjuh
bb66 - Halep, (Radwanska), Bouchard
n88uk, Bencic, Garcia, Vekic


Radwanska and Cibulova retired
Bouchard and Lisicki effectively retired with bad injuries and illnesses
Errani 34 and will probably retire at Rome this year, struggles to win 2 matches in a row
Giorgi, Garcia, Vekic absolutely no chance

Pavlyuchenkova , I would not be overly surprised to see her get to 1 more slam final, but that's one big effort at her age now, best chance has gone.

Keys and Bencic, they could both win a slam, Keys will have to avoid players like Barty, Halep, Collins, no matter what great form she's in, it's just a terrible match up for her, and Badosa, she beat her down under but Paula had a shoulder and thigh injury.

Konjuh by p, she was 189th at the time and 16 years old at the time in May 2014, all that lurking around junior courts paid off for him , she is a genuinely talented player who's made a very good comeback, if it werent for all the bad injuries particularly the elbow, she could have won a slam by now, she still could, maybe not on clay, but the constant pain she still plays through will probably mean not, would not rule it out though.

mk is probably the only person who could win, but that would mean Garcia goes on a mazy run at the French, not because she's French but because she used to know how to play on clay 5 years ago or so, but again, I doubt it, I can't see the aeroplane ever taking off again. Amazing to think she was once 4th in the world.

Agreed that it's unlikely anyone gets 3. Dstyle needs Bencic and Pavs to win. Both are possible, Bencic just won the Olympics which is the same field as a Slam pretty much, and has another 20-40 shots at a Slam depending on how her body holds up. Pavs just made a Slam final 8 months ago. While both are possible, the problem is both needs to happen, which makes it so much more unlikely.

I will give this a few more years and some more player retirements before I bin this. Let's see how things are then and maybe do a new one.
The ATP one is in even worse shape. So many were relying on the Dimitrov, Raonic, Nishikori generation and then the big 3 decided to dominate for another 5 years.

All of Halep's slams will have to be discounted, regardless of whether she was on peds at the time or not, as her record and her name would be tainted. The fact that I'm the only player on the points table without Halep, I would indeed declare myself, as the winner, Kind Regards.

If Hypelep is discounted that actually makes Beaniash the new hot favorite, (as much as I would have poured two month old freezing  custard over the dude's head at times).

All his players are still active and there are arguments all are still in the mix.
Vekic reached the final of a 500 just last week. Keys showed she can still run deep if she's been having fun in the doubles and Giorgi has taken some eyecatching scalps and has claims.

Three sidenotes

1 - I overlooked N88 who can also win without Halep. But in New York with her best chance ever in terms of draw and form, Garcia's choke after beating Gauff was probably the worst of the year. Doesn't have the cujones basically.
2 - I prefer it when a player gets caught that they quickly own up and specify when they started using something. Masha protected her Wimbledon title by doing this.
3 - Mes no longer owes everyone on the forum five hundred quid

3 - Mes no longer owes everyone on the forum five hundred quid

Oct 22, 2022 -- 3:09PM, Journeyman wrote:

If Hypelep is discounted that actually makes Beaniash the new hot favorite, (as much as I would have poured two month old freezing

I can read your mind, I believe you were saying MK had the best chance with Garcia.

yet another maiden Slam champion. But no-one here had her.

We've just missed the 10 year anniversay of this thread, fk me I'm getting old

only 4 of the original entrants post here any more, even I'm part time.