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Suicide Pool Winners throughout the years

caramba

07 Sep 17 02:50

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We've done the Suicide Pool comps since arrong introduced them here in 2013 and I have compiled a list of winners. I was a bit tired when doing this so feel free to double check for the unclear ones where I've provided links. If my list is correct mouse trap is the current all-time leader at this with 9 wins just ahead of n88 with 8 wins. I've only listed Slams, so the odd ones we've done for Masters and Olympics are not included. Sincerely, your 2017 WTA hardcourt GOAT caramba.

2013:
Roland Garros Men's
n88
Roland Garros Women's
tweedy

Wimbledon Men's
Doogie
Wimbledon Women's
wisewords

US Open Men's
Mouse Trap
but not entirely clear, feel free to confirm: http://community.betfair.com/tennis/go/thread/view/94186/30060313/
suicide-pool---mens-draw?pg=4
US Open Women's
arrong

2014:
Australien Open Men's
n88
Australien Open Women's
shiraz

Roland Garros Men's
edy, SIR_Bond (2 way tie)
but not entirely clear, feel free to confirm: http://community.betfair.com/tennis/go/thread/view/
94186/30272153/french-open-suicide-pool---atp?pg=6
Roland Garros Women's
smb

Wimbledon Men's
lufc86
Wimbledon Women's
bb66, edy (2 way tie)

US Open Men's
Mouse Trap
not entirely clear though, cause thread was spammed to death by edy:
http://community.betfair.com/tennis/go/thread/view/94186/30335977/us-open-mens-suicide-pool
US Open Women's
darren_discombobulates_sports

2015:
Australien Open Men's
Welshie5121
Australien Open Women's
Mouse Trap

Roland Garros Men's
Mouse Trap, n88, caramba, bb66, mesmerised, wisewords (6 way tie)
Roland Garros Women's
bb66

Wimbledon Men's
Ana
Wimbledon Women's
caramba, leefee, I-Man (3 way tie)

US Open Men's
n88
US Open Women's
arrong

2016:
Australien Open Men's
n88 (although a bit unclear, feel free to confirm)
http://community.betfair.com/tennis/go/thread/view/94186/30640241/australian-open-2016
---atp-suicide-pool?post_id=547630411#547630411#flvWelcomeHeader
Australien Open Women's
Mouse Trap

Roland Garros Men's
milla445
Roland Garros Women's
Mouse Trap

Wimbledon Men's
Mouse Trap
Wimbledon Women's
anubis7

US Open Men's
n88
US Open Women's
n88, edy (2 way tie)

2017:
Australien Open Men's
Portela
Australien Open Women's
caramba

Roland Garros Men's
n88
Roland Garros Women's
Mouse Trap

Wimbledon Men's
edy
Wimbledon Women's
Platini

US Open Men's
arrong, Mouse Trap (2 way tie)
US Open Women's
caramba

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By:

nofx When: 07 Sep 17 05:09

so the odd ones we've done for Masters and Olympics are not included

sure. leave out the most special one: the olympics why don't you! not like that's the only one I entered, and then won obviously

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nofx When: 07 Sep 17 05:16

rabble rabble!

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caramba When: 07 Sep 17 05:35

no suicide pool ranking points for winning the Olympics, sorry.

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nofx When: 07 Sep 17 05:39

not even a special mention neither apparently

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caramba When: 07 Sep 17 05:56

Special mention: well done noffy on winning the WTA Olympics Rio 2016 suicide pool.
Other special mentions can be added on request.
(I think bb and mouse were tied for USO 2013 btw).

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nofx When: 07 Sep 17 14:42

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bb66 When: 08 Sep 17 08:39

yes, US-O 2013 men was a tied win for mouse and me. You should make a new thread with corrections after verifying remaining unclear endings and compile an over all ranking, though it's a point of discussion of how to value joint wins.

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Platini When: 08 Sep 17 14:20

Impressive looking stats from n88

most of us are chuffed just to see our name anywhere on the list

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nofx When: 08 Sep 17 14:30

decent but not nearly as impressive as mine. cuz they at 100%

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mesmerised When: 08 Sep 17 20:35

I was actually thinking of doing this thread myself just this week, surprised I've only won 1 and that was a 6 way tie ffs, but then I realised I've won quite a few of these pools over the years but not in the slams, pretty sure I won Indian Wells WTA 3 years running as well as Miami? or Rome, or maybe I'm confusing the last 2 with the Masters Comps that were run between 2014-2015 I think, but either way as the masters/mandatory comps were run sporadically probably best not including them in any list.

Anyway, I've made a table for all the winners of the last 4/5 years and also added some extra stats and facts including number of entries for each player, cba to do it all at once so will post in a seperate thread next few days, it comes full of colours and everything

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mesmerised When: 17 Oct 17 19:45

Which way do people prefer, first or second table

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caramba When: 19 Oct 17 07:33

I like 1st better.

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wisewords When: 19 Oct 17 11:57

same, 1st one.

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caramba When: 22 Jan 18 11:53

2018:
Australian Open Men's
milla445
Australian Open Women's
caramba

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milla445 When: 22 Jan 18 12:32

I'm more relieved I'm no longer the Anastasia Myskina of the forum than pleased about winning to be honest

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caramba When: 02 Jun 18 12:45

2018:
Roland Garros Men's
Roland Garros Women's

Events not held

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mesmerised When: 02 Jun 18 13:13

lol forgot about these, yeah they're dead.

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caramba When: 03 Sep 18 02:10

2018:
Wimbledon Men's
Wimbledon Women's
Events not held :(

2018:
US Open Men's
n88uk, bobweenit, Journeyman, wisewords, caramba (5 way tie)
US Open Women's
arrong

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Platini When: 09 Sep 18 11:50

Looks like I'm the Simona Halep of the suicide comp, prob fluked a maiden win in a soft year, and won't get near winning another

By:

edy When: 06 Jun 21 11:21

AO 2019
men's: Platini
women's: Hank Hill, Portela, SabineIsGOAT

Wimbledon and RG not held in 2019 (I think)

US Open 2019
men's: anubis7
women's: milla446

AO 2020 not held (I think)

Wimbledon 2020 cancelled

US Open 2020
men's: milla446
women's: bobweenit

Roland Garros 2020
men's: wisewords
women's: SamuelMertensBertens

AO 2021 not held (I think)

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SamuelMertensBertens When: 06 Jun 21 13:45

woah Wimbledon not held since 2017. So much for it being a prestigious event.

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edy When: 06 Jun 21 21:47

RG 2021
men's: n88uk
women's: n88uk

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Angoose When: 07 Jun 21 09:58

Proof, as if we needed it, that n88uk is transgender

By:

edy When: 08 Jul 21 18:00

Wimbledon 2021
men's: GRANTCKING
women's: Angoose

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SamuelMertensBertens When: 08 Jul 21 18:28

well done Angoose!

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edy When: 08 Jul 21 23:09

The first Wimbledon since 2017 has been won by two Scots to continue the great recent tradition of Scottish people, namely Andy Murray, doing quite well on the cow's surface. Platini, who had won the latest ladies' Wimbledon in 2017 is also Scottish if I remember correctly.

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edy When: 04 Sep 21 16:51

US Open 2021
men's: n88uk
women's: n88uk

n88 repeats his feat from Roland Garros and wins both competitions, notably both within the first week.

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edy When: 04 Sep 21 17:12

Australian Open men

2013: not held
2014: n88uk
2015: Welshie5121
2016: n88uk
2017: Portela
2018: milla445
2019: Platini
2020: not held
2021: not held

Australian Open women

2013: not held
2014: Shiraz
2015: mouse trap
2016: mouse trap
2017: caramba (SamuelMertensBertens)
2018: caramba (SamuelMertensBertens)
2019: Hank Hill, Portela, SabineIsGOAT
2020: not held
2021: not held

Roland Garros men

2013: n88uk
2014: Sir_Bond, edy
2015: bb66, caramba (SamuelMertensBertens), mesmerised, mouse trap, n88uk, wisewords
2016: milla445
2017: n88uk
2018: not held
2019: not held
2020: wisewords
2021: n88uk

Roland Garros women

2013: tweedy
2014: smb360
2015: bb66
2016: mouse trap
2017: mouse trap
2018: not held
2019: not held
2020: SamuelMertensBertens
2021: n88uk

Wimbledon men

2013: Doogie
2014: lufc86
2015: Ana
2016: mouse trap
2017: edy
2018: not held
2019: not held
2020: tournament cancelled
2021: GRANTCKING

Wimbledon women

2013: wisewords
2014: bb66, edy
2015: caramba (SamuelMertensBertens), I-Man, leefee
2016: anubis7
2017: Platini
2018: not held
2019: not held
2020: tournament cancelled
2021: Angoose

US Open men

2013: mouse trap, bb66
2014: mouse trap
2015: n88uk
2016: n88uk
2017: aaronh, mouse trap
2018: bobweenit, Journeyman, wisewords, caramba (SamuelMertensBertens)
2019: anubis7
2020: milla446
2021: n88uk

US Open women

2013: aaronh
2014: darren_discombobulates_sports
2015: aaronh
2016: n88uk, edy
2017: caramba (SamuelMertensBertens)
2018: aaronh
2019: milla446
2020: bobweenit
2021: n88uk

By:

edy When: 05 Sep 21 14:55

All-time leaderboard

n88uk: 12
mouse trap: 9 (The Björn Borg of this competition - strong GOAT candidate with an early retirement)
SamuelMertensBertens: 7
aaronh: 4 (the US Open women's expert)
bb66: 4
edy: 4
milla445: 4 (sorry for having you has milla446 a bunch of times, will be corrected in the next overview)
wisewords: 4
anubis7: 2
bobweenit: 2
Platini: 2
Portela: 2
Ana: 1
Angoose: 1
darren_discombobulates_sports: 1
Doogie: 1
GRANTCKING: 1
Hank Hill: 1 (would have won about 20 more if things didn't always get in the way of him making picks)
I-Man: 1
Journeyman: 1
leefee: 1
lufc86: 1
mesmerised: 1
SabineisGOAT: 1
Shiraz: 1
Sir_Bond: 1
smb360: 1
tweedy: 1
Welshie5121: 1

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SamuelMertensBertens When: 05 Sep 21 16:43

Hank Hill is clearly the Juan Martin Del Potro of this competition.

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edy When: 23 Jan 22 10:53

Australian Open 2022

men's: TheGoddess
women's: anubis7, edy, Journeyman, TheGoddess, wisewords

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Giuseppe When: 23 Jan 22 18:35

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edy When: 30 May 22 22:14

Roland Garros 2022

men's: GRANTCKING, n88uk, wisewords
women's: wisewords

The dual victory from wisewords catapults him away from the clump of 4-time winners. SamuelMertensBertens at 7 victories must be feeling wisewords' breath right down his neck ahead of Wimbledon, especially with him not having won an event since 2020. Can he rekindle some of that magic or stave off his new challenger for the time being, or will he lose his place on the podium? Will possibly a new face enter the race for glory as happened at the Australian Open?

Stay tuned! Wimbledon is just around the corner.

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SamuelMertensBertens When: 31 May 22 00:21

someone tell this mug who created this thread it's the Australian Open!

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edy When: 31 May 22 14:27

Maybe caramba is German. Their word for Australia is Australien.

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Journeyman When: 31 May 22 14:36

SamuelMertensBertens at 7 victories must be feeling wisewords' breath right down his neck ahead of Wimbledon

Think you've missed the Australien (sic) Open winners there Edy. I think he's been caught.
(Bearing in mind my dodgy maths in the hipster comp don't quote me on that

)

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mesmerised When: 31 May 22 15:46

2 points

1. in any leaderboard it should also be noted how many entries they've had, n88 for example must have played them all, I've missed boatloads.

2. need to come up with something new that prevents 3/4/5 way ties etc, it's a bit lame, especially given it's tennis when draws are not possible, say that as the 2015 ATP French Open winner, along with 3 others, a tie break needs to be introduced, one idea could be that if all remaining players lose on a given day, they can all play the next day assuming there's rounds left, or winner is whoever picked most odds against picks etc, or introduce a back up pick in case all original picks lose.

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Journeyman When: 31 May 22 16:47

The thing about any 'second chance' system is it muddies the waters and introduces randomness.

Say you bring contestants back to life after they all lose on the same day because a tennis player that has never got past the second round of a slam (KT Boulter for example) goes on a hot streak and beats Gauff in the fourth round and everyone's picked Gauff. Let's say I'm the only contestant that has picked Boulter earlier, eg in the third round. If we all come back to life I'm now at an unfair disadvantage because I can't pick this hot non-choking Kt Boulter (that nobody believed in) in QF or later.

There's similar randomness/unfairness for any other second chance system including backup picks. It just doesn't work.

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mesmerised When: 31 May 22 16:50

how about paper, scissors, rock ?