2007 ATP Fantasy Tennis Season
- bagpuss
- Grumpy Old Man
- Posts: 1402
- Joined: 17 May 2007, 06:59
- FPL:
2007 ATP Fantasy Tennis Season
Have discovered this for anyone else looking for something to replace Fantasy League Wimbledon
http://fantasy.atptennis.com/index.php
It starts with Wimbledon and looks like it will run for the rest of the season
Free to enter, no player values and unlimited subs in between tournaments. Simple scoring - whatever your players get in prize money!
http://fantasy.atptennis.com/index.php
It starts with Wimbledon and looks like it will run for the rest of the season
Free to enter, no player values and unlimited subs in between tournaments. Simple scoring - whatever your players get in prize money!
- cam23
- Red & Blue Braces
- Posts: 467
- Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:33
- bagpuss
- Grumpy Old Man
- Posts: 1402
- Joined: 17 May 2007, 06:59
- FPL:
So how are people doing in this? Is there enough of us playing to set up a sub-league?
I'm not doing bad, only lost Blake so far (who was a bit of a stupid choice really, should have been saving his selection for the Hard court season ahead)
I dont seem to have received any points/money for Butorac & Murray's successes so far though, which is strange as the rest of it seems up-to-date
I'm not doing bad, only lost Blake so far (who was a bit of a stupid choice really, should have been saving his selection for the Hard court season ahead)
I dont seem to have received any points/money for Butorac & Murray's successes so far though, which is strange as the rest of it seems up-to-date
- cam23
- Red & Blue Braces
- Posts: 467
- Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:33
- bagpuss
- Grumpy Old Man
- Posts: 1402
- Joined: 17 May 2007, 06:59
- FPL:
Yeah and with the prize money available at Wimbledon it makes sense to bring out the big guns. Unless of course you are Mardy Fish - have you seen his team?! I guess you have to admire the fact he believed in himself, even if he was up against Nadalcam23 wrote:Still early days yet with not too many upsets so far - id expect most people to be scoring pretty well.
The 'FISO Forum' mini-league is now up and runningcam23 wrote:Id join a mini-league if you are setting one up Bagpuss.
- bagpuss
- Grumpy Old Man
- Posts: 1402
- Joined: 17 May 2007, 06:59
- FPL:
- bagpuss
- Grumpy Old Man
- Posts: 1402
- Joined: 17 May 2007, 06:59
- FPL:
Im fairly sure the ATP have similar restrictions in place regarding the reproduction of draws that the Premier League have for fixture lists so I've PM'd the drawsMuddy wrote:Can anyone get the draws up for next week? I only seem to be able to get the Swedish Open to load?
I'd be grateful if anyone can post the draws on here or PM them to me.
Thanks
Are you gonna join the sub-league Muddy?
- bagpuss
- Grumpy Old Man
- Posts: 1402
- Joined: 17 May 2007, 06:59
- FPL:
- bagpuss
- Grumpy Old Man
- Posts: 1402
- Joined: 17 May 2007, 06:59
- FPL:
How you getting on this week Muddy? Make any inspired choices?
Ferrer, Santoro and Volandri look like they'll have scored well for me this week, not much to shout about elsewhere though.
Next week is a bit more interesting with twice as much prize money available at Stuttgart. Its gonna be hard to resist the temptation to stick Nadal in.
Ferrer, Santoro and Volandri look like they'll have scored well for me this week, not much to shout about elsewhere though.
Next week is a bit more interesting with twice as much prize money available at Stuttgart. Its gonna be hard to resist the temptation to stick Nadal in.
-
- Red & Blue Braces
- Posts: 449
- Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:28
Not too good this week.
Robredo, Yousnhy, Niemenen, Fish and Guccione all out in round 1 but had Santoro.
Missed the cut off for this week. I didn't realise it was a day earlier than the last two weeks so will be struggling. Only 6 players and some I wouldn't have chosen. I'll have to hope their are some shocks like last week and results go in my favour.
Pity for the Mrs' team which was just outside the top 100! She'll calm down soon, hopefully!
Robredo, Yousnhy, Niemenen, Fish and Guccione all out in round 1 but had Santoro.
Missed the cut off for this week. I didn't realise it was a day earlier than the last two weeks so will be struggling. Only 6 players and some I wouldn't have chosen. I'll have to hope their are some shocks like last week and results go in my favour.
Pity for the Mrs' team which was just outside the top 100! She'll calm down soon, hopefully!
- cam23
- Red & Blue Braces
- Posts: 467
- Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:33
D'oh !!Muddy wrote:Not too good this week.
Missed the cut off for this week. I didn't realise it was a day earlier than the last two weeks so will be struggling.
Just logged on to pick my team for this week to discover Im in the same boat as you Muddy.
Disaster with quite a few points available in Germany this week. Not quite sure why we started a day early this week but should have paid more attention I guess. As you say Muddy, heres hoping all the favourites get dumped out in the first round!
- bagpuss
- Grumpy Old Man
- Posts: 1402
- Joined: 17 May 2007, 06:59
- FPL:
I had no idea about the earlier cut-off, but got lucky cos I knew I was gonna be out all day yesterday and picked a draft team in the morning just in case I forgot.
The strange thing is that it now shows the cut-off as being 10am this morning. Any luck amending it anyone?
Muddy - if you want to join the mini-league you just need to sign-up again. I've added hammerddh (welcome aboad!) and know what I did wrong last time.
The strange thing is that it now shows the cut-off as being 10am this morning. Any luck amending it anyone?
Muddy - if you want to join the mini-league you just need to sign-up again. I've added hammerddh (welcome aboad!) and know what I did wrong last time.
- bagpuss
- Grumpy Old Man
- Posts: 1402
- Joined: 17 May 2007, 06:59
- FPL:
So someone in America picking their team on Sunday night would probably have been able to, whilst many in Europe will have missed out due to sleeping/going to work etcMuddy wrote:Looks like they amended the cut off times from 15/7 to 16/7 sometime since yesterday evening. So I could have done my changes this morning.
Even more annoying!! and a bit sneaky
I take it you guys have seen the site currently shows Sunday am as the cut-off this week?
- cam23
- Red & Blue Braces
- Posts: 467
- Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:33
Inspired choice eh Bagpuss!bagpuss wrote: Cam23 - you must be happy with Wawrinka's performance so far this week?!
Promising young player but has had a rotten 2007 thus far. Stuck him in last week thinking he might go well on home soil only for him to lose early again. Undoubtedly would not have put him in again this week!
Small comfort I guess from this weeks selection debacle.
- bagpuss
- Grumpy Old Man
- Posts: 1402
- Joined: 17 May 2007, 06:59
- FPL:
You've played this before Cam23, what do you think is the best tactic when theres several tournaments?
So far I've tried to get a spread across the tournaments, and where possible from different parts of the draw, in the hope of winning the big prizes at all the tournaments (although this is never likely to happen!)
However, I've noticed that the teams who've collected the most so far this week seem to have concentrated on the big money at Stuttgart, I guess the thinking being that they are likely to get a few players in the latter stages, and those that go out early still pick up fairly decent money.
I guess the reason Im asking is that next week is a similar situation with bigger money at Kitzbuhel, and Im considering a change of tactic...........
So far I've tried to get a spread across the tournaments, and where possible from different parts of the draw, in the hope of winning the big prizes at all the tournaments (although this is never likely to happen!)
However, I've noticed that the teams who've collected the most so far this week seem to have concentrated on the big money at Stuttgart, I guess the thinking being that they are likely to get a few players in the latter stages, and those that go out early still pick up fairly decent money.
I guess the reason Im asking is that next week is a similar situation with bigger money at Kitzbuhel, and Im considering a change of tactic...........
- cam23
- Red & Blue Braces
- Posts: 467
- Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:33
The short answer to your question is yes. It might be worth considering a change in tactics.
Tactics have to differ week on week depending on the draw, players available etc etc but as a general rule I dont like spreading my resources too thin trying to pull off a grand coup and getting all my players through to the final.
When you perhaps have 3 tournaments to choose from I feel it often pays to weight your players more heavily in one of the events. Eg: take a chance on one or two of the top players in 2 of the tournaments and then perhaps have 4/5 of your players in the other.
Obviously all 5 of your choices in the more favoured event are unlikely to all go well but you are significantly improving your % chance of having one or more of the finalists in that event. I have even gone as far in the past as, taking the above example of 5 players in the third event, putting 4 players in the bottom half of the draw and only one in the top half.
Probably would have tried something along those lines this week, most money available at Stuttgart so concentrate on that one. Nadal likely to cut a swathe through the top half perhaps concentrate further on the bottom half and try and ensure I get the finalist who will pick up good money.
The above tactic is even more important on weeks in which the prize money is split unevenly between the events, its common sense really to target the event with most money available.
As I said before, each week is different and at the end of the day it boils down to picking players who do well but I do think you have to think carefully about where you choose those players from - not necessarily always the best 8 available.
Tactics have to differ week on week depending on the draw, players available etc etc but as a general rule I dont like spreading my resources too thin trying to pull off a grand coup and getting all my players through to the final.
When you perhaps have 3 tournaments to choose from I feel it often pays to weight your players more heavily in one of the events. Eg: take a chance on one or two of the top players in 2 of the tournaments and then perhaps have 4/5 of your players in the other.
Obviously all 5 of your choices in the more favoured event are unlikely to all go well but you are significantly improving your % chance of having one or more of the finalists in that event. I have even gone as far in the past as, taking the above example of 5 players in the third event, putting 4 players in the bottom half of the draw and only one in the top half.
Probably would have tried something along those lines this week, most money available at Stuttgart so concentrate on that one. Nadal likely to cut a swathe through the top half perhaps concentrate further on the bottom half and try and ensure I get the finalist who will pick up good money.
The above tactic is even more important on weeks in which the prize money is split unevenly between the events, its common sense really to target the event with most money available.
As I said before, each week is different and at the end of the day it boils down to picking players who do well but I do think you have to think carefully about where you choose those players from - not necessarily always the best 8 available.
- bagpuss
- Grumpy Old Man
- Posts: 1402
- Joined: 17 May 2007, 06:59
- FPL:
Yeah, I noticed you used that tactic at Wimbledon, and went heavy with players in the opposite side of the draw to Federer. The more I think about it, it does seem like an good tactic, and one that would have probably been good for Stuttgart with Nadal being the banker.cam23 wrote:I have even gone as far in the past as, taking the above example of 5 players in the third event, putting 4 players in the bottom half of the draw and only one in the top half.
Looking at LA this week I went with Safin, Nalbandian and Tursunov, hoping that one would have a good run rather than believing they would. Blake was always my favourite to win in, but Id decided to save his selection for the Masters Series/US Open etc.
Its a similar situation this week in the US - I wont select Roddick or Blake, but is there any point going against them?
Selecting the two obvious ones of Robredo (who must be due a good week in Austria! ) and Chela at Stuttgart, (in addition to my choices of Ferrer and Canas) would already have earned me more than the three in LA, whatever happens from here on.
Kitzbuhel looks like it should be wide-open, so it may well be time for a change in tactics!
Cheers for the advice
View Latest: 1 Day View Your posts