2007 Cricketweb Fantasy Tennis Competition

[Simon]

Pretty much the same as the 2005 competition. If anyone has any ideas to improve the game let me know and ill consider them. as it stands these are the rules, First tournament will be the Australian open so you'll have until 10am Monday Melbourne time to get your teams in or they wont score points until after the open.

Fantasy Tennis Rules...

You Must pick from each group
* Gold 1-3 players
* Silver 2-4 players
* Bronze 3-6 players
* Plate 4-7 players

- You may only pick 2 "Star" players
- You Must have exactly 15 players
- Salary cap is $35,000,000
- You can make 1 Free change each month (you must remain under the salary) and 3 Free Changes in the following week after a Grand Slam.
- Entries for the competition will be open all year, however you will only start scoring prize money for the week after you submit your team.
- The competition will begin on January 15th.

- Point scoring will be as follows for Gold/International series events:
* 1st round loss $5,000
* 2nd round loss $20,000
* 3rd round loss $35,000 (in a 64 man field)
* Quarter Final loss $50,000
* Semi Final loss $100,000
* Runner Up $175,000
* Tournament Winner $325,000

For Masters Series Events:
* 1st round loss $10,000
* 2nd round loss $50,000
* 3rd round loss $75,000 (4th $125,000)
* Quarter Final loss $150,000
* Semi Final loss $225,000
* Runner Up $400,000
* Tournament Winner $600,000

For Grand Slam Events:
* 1st round loss $15,000
* 2nd round loss $75,000
* 3rd round loss $100,000
* 4th round loss $250,000
* Quarter Final loss $400,000
* Semi Final loss $650,000
* Runner Up $800,000
* Tournament Winner $1,000,000

When picking your team please include a team name, all players, their value and the total value of your side.

[Simon]

PSV Eindhoven (broncoman)		
Players		Cost
Roger Federer		$5,100,000
Rafael Nadal		$4,900,000
Tommy Haas		$3,750,000
Tomas Berdych		$3,650,000
Joachim Johansson       $2,950,000
Stanislas Wawrinka      $2,250,000
Kristof Vliegen		$2,050,000
Gael Monfils		$1,850,000
Paul Henri Mathieu      $1,750,000
Guillermo Canas		$1,600,000
Nicolas Mahut		$1,325,000
Sergio Roitman		$1,150,000
Robert Kendrick		$950,000
Chris Guccione		$875,000
Wesley Moodie		$800,000

		        $34,950,000

[Matteh]

Team Name: Team Matteh
Players:
Roger Federer* - 5.1
Nicolas Keifer* - 2.6
Mario Ancic - 4
Tommy Haas - 3.75
Andy Murray - 3.3
Mardy Fish - 2.5
Fernando Verdasco - 2.4
Jonas Bjorkman - 2
Christophe Rochus - 1.6
Ivo Karlovic - 1.575
Nicolas Lapentti - 1.575
Benjamin Becker - 1.55
Florent Serra - 1.4
Alexander Waske - 0.85
Ivo Minar - 0.8

Comes to exactly 35.

[Simon]

Originally Posted by Matteh

Team Name: Team Matteh
Players:
Roger Federer* - 5.1
Nicolas Keifer* - 2.6
Mario Ancic - 4
Tommy Haas - 3.75
Andy Murray - 3.3
Dmitry Tursunov - 3
Mardy Fish - 2.5
Jonas Bjorkman - 2
Christophe Rochus - 1.6
Guillermo Canas - 1.6
Nicolas Lapentti - 1.575
Benjamin Becker - 1.55
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo - 1.475
Alexander Waske - 0.85

Which comes to 34.9.

sorry mate, i changed it from 14 players to 15 players after i originally posted, the reason for this is so hopefully people will pick a lot of different players, one of y major concerns in 2005 was that most of the team had a very similar 9 or 10 players which was pretty annoying...

[ash chaulk]

ASHWEE CHORK

Roger Federer* $5,100,000
Andy Roddick $4,200,000

Dominik Hrbaty $3,350,000
Andy Murray $3,300,000
Sebastien Grosjean $2,850,000

Tim Henman* $2,600,000
Mardy Fish $2,500,000
Paradorn Srichaphan $2,150,000
Max Mirnyi $1,900,000


Benjamin Becker $1,550,000
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo $1,475,000
Martin Vassallo Arguello $1,075,000
Chris Guccione $875,000
Fernando Vicente $825,000
Noam Okun $775,000


$34 525 000

[ash chaulk]

This should have been Female Tennis then id might watch the games

[Matteh]

Originally Posted by broncoman

sorry mate, i changed it from 14 players to 15 players after i originally posted, the reason for this is so hopefully people will pick a lot of different players, one of y major concerns in 2005 was that most of the team had a very similar 9 or 10 players which was pretty annoying...

Bah, had it all carefully worked out etc.
You should have seen the team i picked when i thought it was only $30

[Simon]

Originally Posted by Matteh

Bah, had it all carefully worked out etc.
You should have seen the team i picked when i thought it was only $30

haha, first time i picked mine for some reason i thought it was 34m, so had an extra 1m to spend...
with only 30m it'd have to be a pretty awful team!

[luffy]

Luffy's Team

Roger Federer* $5,100,000
Ivan Ljubicic $4,900,000
David Nalbanian $4,500,000

Marcus Baghdatis* $3,900,000
Juan Carlos Ferrero $3,875,000
David Feerer $3,450,000

Jonas Bjorkman $2,000,000
Max Mirnyi $1,900,000
Hyung Taik Lee $1,850,000

Benjamin Becker $1,550,000
Marc Gicquel $1,500,000
Andreas Seppi $1,175,000
Frank Dancevic $1,050,000
Potito Starace $1,000,000
Chris Guccione $875,000
Albert Portas $800,000

Total = $34,995

[Johnners]

Clapsters All Conquering Cavaliers

Roger Federer* $5,100,000
Andy Roddick $4,200,000

Marcos Baghdatis* $3,900,000
David Ferrer $3,450,000
Novak Djokovic $3,100,000

Nicolas Almargo $2,450,000
Robin Soderling $2,300,000
Gael Monfils $1,850,000
Janko Tipsarevic $1,800,000
Feliciano Lopez $1,750,000

Julien Benneteau $1,550,000
Martin Vassallo Arguello $1,075,000
Chris Guccione $875,000
Robin Vik $800,000
Gilles Muller $800,000

Total = $35,000,000

Just a quick question simon... whats the difference between the "star" players, and those without it? I'm guessing they score double or something, but would like some clarification

Thanks

[Jono]

I feel my tennis knowledge has increased since 2005, so hopefully I'll go even better this time.

Team: The Golden Boys

GOLD
Roger Federer* $5,100,000
Ivan Ljubicic $4,300,000
TOTAL: $9,400,000

SILVER
Tomas Berdych $3,650,000
Andy Murray $3,300,000
Sebastien Grosjean $2,850,000
TOTAL: $9,800,000

BRONZE
Juan Ignacio Chela $2,550,000
Xavier Malisse $2,450,000
Gael Monfils $1,850,000
Christophe Rochus $1,600,000
Igor Andreev $1,675,000
TOTAL: $10,125,000

PLATE
Benjamin Becker $1,550,000
Alberto Martin $1,475,000
Robert Kendrick $950,000
Chris Guccione $875,000
Raemon Sluiter $800,000
TOTAL: $5,650,000

SALARY CAP TOTAL: $34.975,000

[Simon]

Originally Posted by Clapo

Just a quick question simon... whats the difference between the "star" players, and those without it? I'm guessing they score double or something, but would like some clarification

Thanks

naa, its basically just the top players in each of the groups, limiting people to a maximum of two stops everyone from stacking their team with the best players...

[Matteh]

Originally Posted by broncoman

haha, first time i picked mine for some reason i thought it was 34m, so had an extra 1m to spend...
with only 30m it'd have to be a pretty awful team!

It did have a load of 'plate' players in.

[Dydl]

Team Name: Dydl's XV

GOLD

Roger Federer* - $5,100,000
James Blake - $4,300,000
TOTAL: $9,400,000

SILVER

Tommy Robredo* - $3,900,000
Tommy Haas - $3,750,000
Tomas Berdych - $3,650,000
TOTAL: $11,300,000

BRONZE

Juan Ignacio Chela - $2,550,000
Mardy Fish - $2,500,000
Agustin Calleri - $2,150,000
Davide Sanguinetti - $1,625,000
TOTAL: $8,825,000

PLATE

Bjorn Phau - $1,100,000
Robert Kendrick - $950,000
Kevin Kim - $950,000
Chris Guccione - $875,000
Andrei Pavel - $800,000
Ivo Minar - $800,000
TOTAL: $5,475,000

SALARY CAP TOTAL: $35,000,000


Giving it a go, just for the fun of it.

Just tell me if I made any embarrassing miscalculation.

[Dark Hunter]

Team Name: The Munkys
Team:
Roger Federer* - $5,100,000
Rafael Nadal* - $4,900,000
Marat Safin - $4,150,000
($14,150,000)

Tommy Haas - $3,750,000
Sebastien Grosjean - $2,850,000
Jergen Melzer - $2,700,000
($23,450,000)

Juan Ignacio Chela - $2,550,000
Thomas Johansson - $1,750,000
Rainer Schuettler - $1,650,000
($29,400,000)

Danielle Bracciali - $1,300,000
Kevin Kim - $950,000
Chris Guccione - $875,000
Fernando Vicente - $825,000
Jiri Novak - $800,000
Ivo Minar - $800,000
($34,950,000)

Mental note to self: Next year, don't select team at 3am.