WTA and ATP Tour Finals
These tournaments are held annually and invite the eight top-ranked women’s and men’s singles players to compete in a round-robin format to determine two semi-finalists and ultimately leading to a tournament champion.
Tournament Format, and how we play the Prediction Challenge game
There are two groups of four players each in each tournament, with the top two players qualifying for single-match knockout play. Each player plays each other once in the round robin for a total of three games. Your job, in the round robin round, is to pick the finishing order of each group as well as the two players to advance to the semifinals . Your score will be based on how close you are to predicting the correct order and also whether you chose the correct two to qualify for the next round.
In subsequent rounds, your task will be to pick the winning player and the number of sets that will be scored by each player in each match.
Scoring
The Prediction Challenge game is scored out of 600 points over six rounds:
100 WTA Round Robin
100 WTA Semifinals
100 WTA Finals
100 ATP Round Robin
100 ATP Semifinals
100 ATP Finals
The points will be awarded as follows.
WTA Round Robin (100 Points)
Object: Predict the correct order of finish in each of the two groups.
40 points for getting a group in the correct order, less 8 points for each position incorrect (max 80, min 0)
10 bonus points for getting the most qualifiers (top 2 in each group) correct (max 10)
10 bonus points for getting the most groups exactly correct (max 10)
WTA Semifinals (100 Points)
Object: Predict the two match winners and the set scores
Matches are best-of-three sets
Twenty points for getting match winner right
Twenty points for getting match set score exactly right
12 points taken off for each set incorrect, with lowest possible score being zero
10 bonus points to players with most correct match predictions
10 bonus points to players getting most match set scores exactly right
Maximum Score: 100
WTA Final (100 Points)
Object: Predict the match winner and the set score
Match is best-of-three sets
Fifty points for getting match winner right
Fifty points for getting match set score exactly right
30 points taken off for each set incorrect, with lowest possible score being zero
Maximum Score: 100
Tiebreakers
If players are tied at the end of the game on points, the tie will be broken based on the following:
- Most points in the ATP Final round
- Most points in the ATP Semifinals round
- Most points in the ATP Round Robin round
- Most points in the WTA Final round
- Most points in the WTA Semifinals round
