| 1999 Rankings Prediction Winners | |
Dateline: 12/02/99
At the start of this year, we had a contest to see which of you could best predict the top five rankings on the WTA and ATP tours at year's end. Here's how the top five rankings for 1999 turned out:
ATP
- Andre Agassi
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov
- Pete Sampras
- Thomas Enqvist
- Gustavo Kuerten
WTA
- Martina Hingis
- Lindsay Davenport
- Venus Williams
- Serena Williams
- Mary Pierce
I scored your predictions as follows:
| If one of your picks was . . . | you earned . . . points. |
| present in the top five | 2 |
| also in the exact spot | 6 |
| also within one spot | 3 |
| also within two spots | 1 |
The winner for the ATP Tour prediction is Mike Lang, who predicted:
- Pete Sampras
- Marcelo Rios
- Patrick Rafter
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov
- Andre Agassi
Congratulations, Mike, for having three of your ATP picks in the top five and two picks within two spots, for a winning total of 8 points.
Agassi's finish at number one for the year took everyone by surprise, and despite Sampras getting the better of him in the ATP Tour World Championship final last weekend, he had a truly incredible year. Another surprise that threw a lot of predictions off was Rafter's injury problems. The good news for Rafter fans is he'll be back in January.
The winner for the WTA Tour prediction is Basil Stafford, who predicted:
- Martina Hingis
- Lindsay Davenport
- Venus Williams
- Steffi Graf
- Mary Pierce
Basil, if you're anywhere near this good with stocks, please email me a.s.a.p.! Yours was a truly remarkable prediction, and it seems that only the meteoric rise of Serena Williams and the somewhat surprising retirement of Steffi Graf threw you off. With 32 points, well done!
I ventured my first prediction for 2000 at the tennis forum last week, and I'm working on a few more. Please stop by the forum and put in your two cents worth, too.
