The Perfect Team (Page 1 of 2)

Thanks, Mike!

Some things that stood out to me making this thread:

1. The Top 4 players made the semifinals only once - 2013 AO Men.

2. Of the six teams this year, having five 1-16 ranked players has been the optimal play only twice.  Having four 1-16 players was required in only three of the six teams.

3. To have the The Perfect Men's Team, a person only needed Roger Federer once out of three tournaments (four counting US Open).

3. To have the The Perfect Women's Team, a person only needed Serena Williams once out of three tournaments.

4. Svetlana Kuznetsova had back-to-back 96 point results.

5. Novak Djokovic was necessary in all three Men's teams and is the only player across both genders that has this claim.

6. Wimbledon 2013 Perfect Men's Team required no less than four unseeded players.  A crazy person could have picked BOTH Jurgen Melzer and Kenny de Schepper at Wimbledon and still achieved The Perfect Men's Team. O_o

7. Only one team had a Finalist outside the Top 16: Sabine Lisicki in 2013 Wimbledon.

-Arvis

Last edited by Arvis (Sep. 6, 2013 11:10am)

Very interestings stats Arvis, love them!

The tradional 5-2-1 approach isn't the "perfect team" most of the time but the most secure one for sure.
That Wombledon perfect team is nuts. Seriously, if someone came up with a team like that at the start of the event, I'd have laughed SO MUCH!

Last edited by Adunar (Sep. 6, 2013 11:10am)

Thanks Arvis, you know what these stats just did? They ensured me knowing more thereby bringing utter failure in my wake. The best thing to do to win is forget everything you know and pick 1-5 seeds and pick random numbers for the last 3 and you will win almost every time

AM I Tono?? AM I??

Probably...........

And getting tougher all the time, Arnaud.  Our boy Johnny Incognito knows it, too.  But he's a sardonic man who loves humor.  Snarky will do nicely, thanks.  Personally, it's a foil I'm looking forward to playing off of next year very much.  Every Don must have his Sancho, eh???   

Seriously, though, this next year in Yoda Cup is going to be fun.  I am definitely looking to taking The Light Sabre and whacking Tony about the head & shoulders with it!!! 

Actually, well done, mate.  You have this thing.  Because if you don't I'm coming like 4th or worse in the Guru race.  So don't choke, mate!!!

Last edited by Don---2013-Yoda-Cup-Guru (Sep. 6, 2013 4:48pm)

A rankings system would be fun, Adunar.

-Arvis

Well the official Guru race sheet can do the trick alone. On the left, there will be the Rankings, at the far right, the race.

By the way, we need a cool name for the rankings.. GSFT-Skywalker-Rankings?

Haha, not sure everyone would agree

Once we get the name, I create the thread witht he link in the first post

From the US OPEN Team - Men, my Granollers pick really helped me with his bonus though he got killed by Nole in the 4th round.  And for the Women I liked my CSN, Makarova and Halep picks as they all delivered nice bonuses.  In the MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS, I am most happy for Robredo and Flavia!  LOL

Last edited by backhandpass (Sep. 12, 2013 9:03pm)

You're welcome.  I'll have to think of a way of revamping the MVP tallies, as I have calculated it based entirely off of "Perfect Teams."  Meaning that players that were worth only 64 points or less at Wimbledon or the USO would not have those points count toward their MVP tally, since you could not have a Perfect Team if you had those players.  But a running tally of Total Fantasy Points acquired by players would be a lot of work.  But I might be able to keep track of it next year in a spreadsheet, Adunar-style.

-Arvis

Thanks, Don.

I'll have to think of different titles for the two methods, I guess.  If a player is required for a Perfect Team, that would make them "Most Valuable" in a literal sense.  So... just points leaders that you wouldn't necessarily need could be called... "Most Successful?"

I like tennis way too much.

-Arvis