Predictions for 2014 top 5 and slam winners

My top 5(year end)

1. Djokovic

2. Nadal

3. Murray

4. Del Po

5. Berdych

Slam winners:

AO: Djokovic

RG: Djokovic

Wimby: Nadal

USO: Murray

YE Top 5:

1. Djokovic
2. Murray
3. Nadal
4. Del Potro
5. Tsonga

Slams:

AO - Djokovic
FO - Nadal
Wim - Murray
US - Djokovic

1 Djokovic
2 Nadal
3 Murray
4 Delpo
5 Janowicz (thought I'd chuck a gamble in there)

Slams:

AO - Djokovic
FO - Nadal
W - Murray
US - Djokovic

Going to be bold:

1. Djokovic
2. Nadal
3. Federer
4. Murray
5. Delpo

AO: Novak
RG: Rafa
W: Andy
US: Rog

And...Stan to make his first slam final!

1. Nadal
2. Novak
3. Andy
4. DelPo
5. TByrd

AO: Nadal
RG: Nadal
W: Murray
US: Murray

Yep - I've gone for Novak not to win a slam! I see him falling just short again.

1) Nadal
2) Djokovic
3) Murray
4) Del Potro
5) Ferrer

Australian Open - Nadal
French Open - Nadal
Wimbledon - Murray
US Open - Djokovic

1) Djokovic
2) Nadal
3) Murray
4) Del Potro
5) Federer

Australian Open: Nadal
French Open: Djokovic
Wimbledon: Murray
US Open: Surprise winner

1. Djokovic
2. Murray
3. Nadal
4. Ferrer Federer
5. Del Potro

AO - Del Potro
RG - Djokovic
W - Murray
US - Djokovic

1. Djokovic
2. Murray
3. Nadal
4. Del Potro
5. Federer

AUS OPEN: Del Potro
ROLAND GARROS: Djokovic
WIMBLEDON: Nadal
US OPEN: Murray

1 nadal
2 djokovic
3 murray
4 delpo
5 berdych

aus - nadal
rg - nadal
wimbly - murray
usopen - djokovic

Silver wrote:Going to be bold:

1. Djokovic
2. Nadal
3. Federer
4. Murray
5. Delpo

AO: Novak
RG: Rafa
W: Andy
US: Rog

And...Stan to make his first slam final!

Wow that is bold fed finishing in the top 3 and garnering a slam after how poorly he played this year in the slams.

Also interesting that most people are picking Novak to displace Nadal, probably has a lot to do with Novak's current 20 plus match streak and two recent victories over Nadal, but also if Nadal does manage to repeat his YE #1 it will be the first time in his career. My only hope is that if he fails to repeat that it is not because of injury.

socal1976 wrote:My top 5(year end)

1. Djokovic

2. Nadal

3. Murray

4. Del Po

5. Berdych

Slam winners:

AO: Djokovic

RG: Djokovic

Wimby: Nadal

USO: Murray

A non-Rafa RG winning prediction. You are a brave man!

1. Djokovic
2. Nadal
3. Murray
4. Federer (heart before head, possibly)
5. Ferrer

AO - Djoko
RG - Rafa
Wimby - Murray
USO - Djoko

sirfredperry wrote:

socal1976 wrote:My top 5(year end)

1. Djokovic

2. Nadal

3. Murray

4. Del Po

5. Berdych

Slam winners:

AO: Djokovic

RG: Djokovic

Wimby: Nadal

USO: Murray

A non-Rafa RG winning prediction. You are a brave man!

Brave or stupid if you like, but without hope we would not be human.

Hope is the thing with feathers.

To expand on this I wonder guys who you will think will make up the WTF next year?

I will go with

Nadal
Djokovic
Murray
Del Potro
Ferrer
Wawrinka
Tsonga
Berdych

^ Federer will make the WTF  

It's interesting how everyone expects Murray to return as strong as before after back surgery. Hopefully it's gone well but there has been a lot of secrecy about it. I heard the operation took a few hours but there is as far as I know no news about what he had done. Even Neil Harman doesn't know but he still is confident of Murrays strong return. I'm trying to think of a player who has been able to recover completely after surgery.

Thomas Muster, James Blake. Connors got to the USO semi-final after wrist surgery when he was 37 or 38.

In relation to Murray, I think there is confidence due to the fact it is surely not a risk he would have taken if it wasn't low risk. He had managed the back issues well enough to pick up a slam two months before the op.

Obviously there is risk with any surgery but it feels like this was a managed and calculated decision rather than being a last option as has so often been thr case with other players.

Top 5

1. Nadal
2. Djokovic
3. Murray
4. Del Potro
5. Wawrinka

Slam Winners:

AUS - Djokovic
FO - Nadal
Wimbledon - Nadal
US Open - Nadal

Wow, all you really think Nadal is going to run rampant next year. Anything is possible I suppose and Wawrinka pushing up into the top 5, Wawrinka has a lot of support on this site after the year he has had.

hawkeye wrote:^ Federer will make the WTF  

It's interesting how everyone expects Murray to return as strong as before after back surgery. Hopefully it's gone well but there has been a lot of secrecy about it. I heard the operation took a few hours but there is as far as I know no news about what he had done. Even Neil Harman doesn't know but he still is confident of Murrays strong return. I'm trying to think of a player who has been able to recover completely after surgery.

He said on the Jonathan Ross show that he had some bone shaved off to relieve a pressure point in his back. And you're right, it's not a small op by the sounds of it and there is no certainty that he will come back at the same level. I guess people have gone with the assumption that if it had a chance of damaging his mobility then he wouldn't have done it.

But we don't know. The first few months of 2014 will answer the question and the rest is just guesswork.

ALPanorak wrote:Top 5

1. Nadal
2. Djokovic
3. Murray
4. Del Potro
5. Wawrinka

Slam Winners:

AUS - Djokovic
FO - Nadal
Wimbledon - Nadal
US Open - Nadal

Im no Rafa fan but the prospect of Rafa going into 2015 seeking a Rafa slam and to tie the GS record would be a pretty cool cliffhanger for 2015!

Born Slippy wrote:In relation to Murray, I think there is confidence due to the fact it is surely not a risk he would have taken if it wasn't low risk. He had managed the back issues well enough to pick up a slam two months before the op.

Obviously there is risk with any surgery but it feels like this was a managed and calculated decision rather than being a last option as has so often been thr case with other players.

I think the condfidence comes from

1) Murray has a cocky assured way of talking about the future, quite openly. I don't think he'd be doing this if it wasn't a complete success, i.e. he's not prone to spin
2) If it's bone shaving then it's likely that it was something not needed, i.e. it was getting in the way. This surely this gives a better long term prognosis than say a disc issue
3) He reocoverd well in 2007 after a similar spell out with his wrist

Are we confident that Murray & Nadal will get to the QF of all four slams in 2014?  In 2013 Nadal was absent for AO, got beat in the first round at Wimbledon (clearly a problem with mobility) but won FO & the USO (that has to be one of the strangest collections of results).

In 2013 Murray won Wimbledon, was absent for the FO, got to the final of AO and got beat in the QF of the USO (a very poor defence of his title).  He has just had a back operation and it is not certain that he will be fit enough to play AO2014.

Uncertainty always surrounds Nadal because he seems to know only one way to play - more or less full on until he "destroys / damages" his body - followed by time out and recovery.  While getting beaten by Djokovic in the WTF it seemed that he might have over stretched something towards the end.

Djokovic had the more consistent season (winner AO, semi-final against Nadal at FO, Final at Wim, Final at USO).

For me 2014 will be interesting just to see how well Nadal and Murray do (& whether or not they make it to the start of each slam).  

For me there are lots of unknowns - the only thing certain is that Djokovic will be highly competive throughout the season.  Personally I think he is likely to make a stronger challenge in 2014 in what has been overall quite a disappointing 2013 season.  I think he has said as much in his interviews saying he plans to make a more focussed attack on the slams for next season.

socal1976 wrote:Wow that is bold fed finishing in the top 3 and garnering a slam after how poorly he played this year in the slams.

You know me, socal - always optimistic about the Rog though this time I'll either look massively deluded or be the next nostrafreakingdamus by the end of the 2014. S**t or bust!

Danny_1982 wrote:

hawkeye wrote:^ Federer will make the WTF  

It's interesting how everyone expects Murray to return as strong as before after back surgery. Hopefully it's gone well but there has been a lot of secrecy about it. I heard the operation took a few hours but there is as far as I know no news about what he had done. Even Neil Harman doesn't know but he still is confident of Murrays strong return. I'm trying to think of a player who has been able to recover completely after surgery.

He said on the Jonathan Ross show that he had some bone shaved off to relieve a pressure point in his back. And you're right, it's not a small op by the sounds of it and there is no certainty that he will come back at the same level. I guess people have gone with the assumption that if it had a chance of damaging his mobility then he wouldn't have done it.

But we don't know. The first few months of 2014 will answer the question and the rest is just guesswork.

The surgery is called a discectomy and it's actually very minor in the world of back problems.. I've had 3 for different herniated discs..  Its not actually shaving the bone - they remove a small bone then shave the disc down so it no longer puts pressure on the sciatic nerve.     93% success rate thought I was one of the unlucky 7% and have sciatic problems still...

but it terms of the procedure being "no small op and there is no certainty that will come back to same level"-  it really is a minor operation-- I'm actually surprised if it really is a discectomy which is what he described on the Ross show that his recovery was so long..    There are NFL running backs who have come back after 6 weeks from the same surgery and take the brutal pounding they take.
Mabye Murray had complications like me and loss of some nerve ability.

Silver wrote:

socal1976 wrote:Wow that is bold fed finishing in the top 3 and garnering a slam after how poorly he played this year in the slams.

You know me, socal - always optimistic about the Rog ;)though this time I'll either look massively deluded or be the next nostrafreakingdamus by the end of the 2014. S**t or bust!

That is what I like Silver, put up or shut up as the saying goes, you would have made a great no-limit poker player, throw the chips in the middle and let your opponents do the sweating. But there can only be one Nostrafreakingdamus.

TRuffin wrote:[I'm actually surprised if it really is a discectomy which is what he described on the Ross show that his recovery was so long..    There are NFL running backs who have come back after 6 weeks from the same surgery and take the brutal pounding they take.
Mabye Murray had complications like me and loss of some nerve ability.

Or was just been cautious. Pretty certain if the O2 had been Wimbledon, he'd have found a way back

In fairness, I thought it was a good decision to be very cautiuous, like Rafa is, rather than rushing back like Nalbandian

Looking at the top eight rather than just the top five - Fed should make it. If he could finish in the top eight in a comparatively poor year he should do it in a better year.
Other top eight considerations to be borne in mind is that Rafa and Murray should both be around for more of the year in 2014 than they were in 1013, so have more chance of denying others (Stan, Berd, Gasquet) of the big points they got at some tourneys in 2013.

1- Djokovic
2- Nadal
3- Murray
4- Del Potro
5- Ferrer

AO- Djokovic
RG- Nadal
WIM- Murray
USO- Del Potro

Boring, but it's what I think we will see

1]Del Potro
2]Murray
3]Djokovic
4]Ferrer
5]Nadal

AO - Del Potro beats Djokovic [in semis]
FO - Del Potro beats Nadal [ in semis]
Wim - A Murray beats Del Po in finals
USO - Del Potro beats Andy in the finals

WTF - Del Potro beats Ferrer in the finals.

Federer retires after winning Basel.

 

Rankings:

1. Djokovic
2. Nadal
3. Murray
4. Del Potro
5. Ferrer

Slams:

I actually think Djokovic has an excellent change of winning Roland Garros - he gave Nadal a run for his money last time - just lost his mind at end of the match. Aus Open, got to go with Djokovic again - he does appear to be at a different level on Rebound Ace. Wimbledon - I think Murray will win - its not Djoko's best surface and Nadal has had those strange early losses their recently. US Open - I'll go for Del Potro - surely he's got to win another slam with his game at some stage. I think Federer will make a slam final, and that will be his last hurrah...

Aus Open: Djokovic beats Nadal
French Open: Djokovic beats Nadal
Wimbledon: Murray beats Federer (or Tomic, seriously - he does well at Wimbledon)
US Open: Del Potro defeats Djokovic

Top 5:

1 Djokovic
2 Nadal
3 Murray
4 Federer
5 Del Potro

Slams:
AO: Djokovic
FO: Djokovic
Wi: Nadal
USO: Murray

Put money on that Risky, you'll make ridiculous money if it comes to pass

ChequeredJersey wrote:Put money on that Risky, you'll make ridiculous money if it comes to pass

Well his bet is Risky and thats why he is called Riskysports  

1 pence on it now :-)

Riskysports wrote:Aus Open: Murray 
French Open: Murray 
Wimbledon: Murray 
US Open: Murray 


No 1 - Murray 




Right then, that was easy  

Are you smoking the reefr? Me too by the way but I think your sheet might be better.

Can I still add my prediction as we are only a few days into the 2014 season?

Top 5:
Djokovic
Nadal
Del Potro
Murray
Ferrer

AO: Djokovic
RG: Djokovic
Wim: Del Potro
USO: Djokovic

1, Nadal
2, Del Potro
3, Murray
4, Djokovic 
5, Ferrer

AO: Nadal
RG: Nadal
W: Del Potro
USO: Del Potro

Djokovic had this chance to win Roland Garros in 2013, and choked. He's not gonna get it done there.

Before anyone predicts 2014, drag out the 2013 predictions from a year ago. See how prescient you all were (if anyone actually was), rather than predict how prescient you all hope to be

antonico wrote:Before anyone predicts 2014, drag out the 2013 predictions from a year ago. See how prescient you all were (if anyone actually was), rather than predict how prescient you all hope to be

How do you mean?  That was all done right after 2013 season ended:

https://www.606v2.com/t37597-top-6-predictor-game

Why now again?  Surely now is the time to predict 2014 - in fact maybe even a little bit too late for that too?

I thought I would bump this up. Halfway through the season.

It seems 2 of you saw Wawrinka making inroads into the rankings and Slams

Also it seems Del Potro has buggered up everyone's predictions.

Seems like nobody got the slam winners right.

Yup, 100% went out of the window almost immediately.

legendkillarV2 wrote:It seems 2 of you saw Wawrinka making inroads into the rankings and Slams

To be fair, I'm sure I'll be horribly wrong from here on! ALPanorak may not be, though

Silver wrote:Yup, 100% went out of the window almost immediately.

legendkillarV2 wrote:It seems 2 of you saw Wawrinka making inroads into the rankings and Slams

To be fair, I'm sure I'll be horribly wrong from here on! ALPanorak may not be, though

   I figured Stan would be able to carry over his good form and consistency from the back of last season, though I am still majorly surprised he made the leap to (deserved) Gran Slam winner!

Even without defending all his Wimbledon points, I reckon there's still a strong chance Murray will climb back into the Top 3/4 come the end of the season especially since he played averagely in a couple of the Autumn US tournies before missing the whole Asian and Indoor swing last year. It's a real pity Delpo's wrist injury flared up again otherwise I could have still had a chance with a 100% top 5 prediction   ! (Naturally it is also a great shame for him personally & the Tour as a whole too).

Bump for Wimbledon! Although it would seem that not a single person called this one correctly

Novak moves into the #1 position...

Quite sad to see how much del Potty featured in everyone's predictions. Wonder if he's ever going to have a good run of non-injury form. Do hope so.