Tennis Atlantic 2015 ATP Draw Challenge Week 3/4 (Australian Open)
Staff, Tennis Atlantic

The Aussie Open is of course the tournament for picks over the next two weeks, as our draw challenge has a ton of points at stake, here are our experts take on what should happen in Melbourne park on the Men’s side.

2015 Australian Open Men’s Draw Picks

Australian Open

Steen Kirby’s picks

Steen’s 2015 AUS Open Men’s Draw Top Half Part 1

Steen’s 2015 AUS Open Men’s Draw Top Half Part 2

Steen’s 2015 AUS Open Men’s Draw Bottom Half Part 1

Steen’s 2015 AUS Open Men’s Draw Bottom Half Part 2

Steen Kirby 2015 Aus Open Men’s Draw Bottom Half Part 3

Quarterfinals: Djokovic vs. Raonic, Wawrinka vs. Ferrer, Berdych vs. Nadal, Murray vs. Federer
Semifinals: Djokovic vs. Wawrinka, Berdych vs. Murray
Final: Djokovic vs. Murray
Champion: Djokovic

Chris de Waard’s picks

Chris de Waard’s 2015 Aus Open Men’s Draw Top Half Part 1

Chris de Waard’s 2015 Aus Open Men’s Draw Top Half Part 2

Chris de Waard’s 2015 Aus Open Men’s Draw Bottom Half Part 1

Chris de Waard’s 2015 Aus Open Men’s Draw Bottom Half Part 2

Quarterfinals: Djokovic vs. Raonic, Wawrinka vs. Nishikori, Berdych vs. Nadal, Murray vs. Federer
Semifinals: Djokovic vs. Nishikori Nadal vs. Federer
Final: Djokovic vs. Nadal
Champion: Djokovic

Jeff McMillan’s picks

Jeff McMillan’s 2015 AUS Open Men’s Draw Top Half Part 1

Jeff McMillan’s 2015 AUS Open Men’s Draw Top Half Part 2

Jeff McMillan’s 2015 Aus Open Men’s Draw Bottom Half Part 1

Jeff McMillan’s 2015 AUS Open Men’s Draw Bottom Half Part 2

Quarterfinals: Djokovic vs. Raonic, Wawrinka vs. Nishikori, Tomic vs. Anderson, Murray vs. Federer
Semifinals: Djokovic vs. Nishikori, Tomic vs. Federer
Final: Djokovic vs. Federer
Champion: Djokovic

Niall Clarke’s picks

Niall Clarke’s 2015 Aus Open Men’s Draw Top Half Part 1

Niall Clarke’s 2015 Aus Open Men’s Draw Top Half Part 2

Niall Clarke’s 2015 Aus Open Men’s Draw Bottom Half Part 1

Niall Clarke’s 2015 Aus Open Men’s Draw Bottom Half Part 2

Niall Clarke’s 2015 Aus Open Men’s Draw Bottom Half Part 3

Quarterfinals: Djokovic vs. Monfils, Wawrinka vs. Nishikori, Berdych vs. Nadal, Murray vs. Federer
Semifinals: Djokovic vs. Wawrinka, Nadal vs. Federer
Final: Wawrinka vs. Federer
Champion: Wawrinka

Courtney Massey’s picks

Courtney Massey’s 2015 Aus Open Men’s Draw Top Half Part 1

Courtney Massey’s 2015 Aus Open Men’s Draw Top Half Part 2

Courtney Massey’s 2015 Aus Open Men’s Draw Top Half Part 3

Courtney Massey’s 2015 Aus Open Men’s Draw Bottom Half Part 1

Courtney Massey’s 2015 Aus Open Men’s Draw Bottom Half Part 2

Quarterfinals: Djokovic vs. Mannarino, Wawrinka vs. Nishikori, Troicki vs. Anderson, Murray vs. Federer
Semifinals: Djokovic vs. Wawrinka, Troicki vs. Federer
Final: Djokovic vs. Federer
Champion: Djokovic

Djokovic is the majority pick for the AO champion, he gets the selection of four out of our five experts. Niall went with defending champion Wawrinka to win, while Federer is perhaps a slight favorite to make the final with three out of five experts going with the legend. Murray and Nadal also get plugs to make the final, and a shot out to Jeff (Bernard Tomic), and Courtney (Viktor Troicki) for having bold picks for semifinalists. The outcome will be interesting to watch.

Week 2 standings

Auckland
1: Jeff (34 points) (+250 overall)
2: Chris (26 points) (+150 overall)
3: Steen (26 points) (+150 overall)
4: Niall (24 points) (90+ overall)
5: Courtney (18 points) (+45 overall)

It was a poor week for everyone in terms of accuracy as the draw was full of unexpected results, Jeff takes the title by virtue of having Anderson in the semis, and nobody did well this week.

Sydney
1: Steen (24 points) (+250 overall)
2: Chris (16 points) (+150 overall)
3: Jeff (16 points) (+150 overall)
4:Courtney (10 points) (+90 overall)
5: Niall (10 points) (+90 overall)

Likewise everyone did very poorly in Sydney as two qualifiers made the final, Steen had Muller and Tomic in the quarters and that was enough to have him finish in first place this week.  Niall and Courtney finished with what should probably be a record low of 10 points all season.

Overall standings (after week 2)

1: Steen: 830 ranking points (+400 this week)
2: Chris: 730 ranking points (+300 this week)
3: Jeff: 640 ranking points (+400 this week)
4: Niall: 565 ranking points (+180 this week)
5: Courtney: 525 ranking points (+135 this week)

Steen pulls ahead of Chris this week since he took a title and got finals points in the other event, Jeff also has a big boost with his title and final points, he moves into third place early on in the season, while Courtney slipped down to fifth.