Betfair Community

Home › Tennis Forum › Suicide Pool Winners throughout the years

Switch to Community Classic App Directory

Tennis

Welcome to Live View – Take the tour to learn more

Start Tour

‹ back to topics

There is currently 1 person viewing this thread.

Suicide Pool Winners throughout the years

caramba

07 Sep 17 02:50

Joined:

Date Joined: 27 Apr 05

| Topic/replies: 6,955 | Blogger: caramba's blog

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

Pause • Switch to Standard View Suicide Pool Winners throughout the...

Report nofx • September 7, 2017 5:09 AM BST

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

Report nofx • September 7, 2017 5:16 AM BST

rabble rabble!

Report caramba • September 7, 2017 5:35 AM BST

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

Report nofx • September 7, 2017 5:39 AM BST

not even a special mention neither apparently

Report caramba • September 7, 2017 5:56 AM BST

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).

Report nofx • September 7, 2017 2:42 PM BST

Report bb66 • September 8, 2017 8:39 AM BST

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.

Report Platini • September 8, 2017 2:20 PM BST

Impressive looking stats from n88

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

Report nofx • September 8, 2017 2:30 PM BST

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

Report mesmerised • September 8, 2017 8:35 PM BST

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

Report mesmerised • October 17, 2017 7:45 PM BST

Which way do people prefer, first or second table

Report caramba • October 19, 2017 7:33 AM BST

I like 1st better.

Report wisewords • October 19, 2017 11:57 AM BST

same, 1st one.

Report caramba • January 22, 2018 11:53 AM GMT

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

Report milla445 • January 22, 2018 12:32 PM GMT

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

Report caramba • June 2, 2018 12:45 PM BST

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

Events not held

Report mesmerised • June 2, 2018 1:13 PM BST

lol forgot about these, yeah they're dead.

Report caramba • September 3, 2018 2:10 AM BST

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

Report Platini • September 9, 2018 11:50 AM BST

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

Report edy • June 6, 2021 11:21 AM BST

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)

Report SamuelMertensBertens • June 6, 2021 1:45 PM BST

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

Report edy • June 6, 2021 9:47 PM BST

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

Report Angoose • June 7, 2021 9:58 AM BST

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

Report edy • July 8, 2021 6:00 PM BST

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

Report SamuelMertensBertens • July 8, 2021 6:28 PM BST

well done Angoose!

Report edy • July 8, 2021 11:09 PM BST

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.

Report edy • September 4, 2021 4:51 PM BST

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.

Report edy • September 4, 2021 5:12 PM BST

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

Report edy • September 5, 2021 2:55 PM BST

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

Report SamuelMertensBertens • September 5, 2021 4:43 PM BST

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

Report edy • January 23, 2022 10:53 AM GMT

Australian Open 2022

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

Report Giuseppe • January 23, 2022 6:35 PM GMT

Report edy • May 30, 2022 10:14 PM BST

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.

Report SamuelMertensBertens • May 31, 2022 12:21 AM BST

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

Report edy • May 31, 2022 2:27 PM BST

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

Report Journeyman • May 31, 2022 2:36 PM BST

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

)

Report mesmerised • May 31, 2022 3:46 PM BST

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.

Report Journeyman • May 31, 2022 4:47 PM BST

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.

Report mesmerised • May 31, 2022 4:50 PM BST

how about paper, scissors, rock ?

Report Journeyman • May 31, 2022 4:59 PM BST

The one thing that might work is making it 1 point for a shared win and 1.25 for a solo win. ie like in Hipsters.
This would avoid second chance nonsense/backups and hard work for Edy but still incentivise people trying to win outright?

Report Journeyman • May 31, 2022 5:13 PM BST

Ultimately I guess it's Edy's call though. He is the forum's resident Bob Monkhouse.

Report SamuelMertensBertens • May 31, 2022 6:09 PM BST

shared joy is double joy

Report mesmerised • May 31, 2022 6:16 PM BST

how about a 100m race with the St. John's ambulance on standby as Grant collapses after 10 metres

Report edy • June 6, 2022 8:57 AM BST

May 31, 2022 -- 3:46PM, mesmerised wrote:

2 points1. 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.

1) Nobody lists how many slams Federer has played next to listing his number of majors.

2) I introduced tiebreakers on a trial basis for the 2021 season. It was based on the average odds of the picks. Asked at the end of the comp season if people wanted to keep tiebreakers, go back to the old system or if they preferred a tiebreaker, but done with something other than average odds of the picks. Got an opinion from exactly one person and that was to go back to how it was before the tiebreaker trial. I personally much preferred the tiebreaking solution myself, but democracy. So the tiebreaker stopped being used at the AO this year again.

Maybe I will do another rule consultation/brain storming one day and hopefully get more opinions.

Report edy • June 6, 2022 8:58 AM BST

May 31, 2022 -- 2:36PM, Journeyman wrote:

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

correct

Betfair Community

Tennis

Suicide Pool Winners throughout the years

Wonder