{"id":1614,"date":"2014-05-20T16:32:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T20:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heavytopspin.com\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2014-05-20T16:32:22","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T20:32:22","slug":"projected-matchups-on-tennisabstract-com-tourney-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/20\/projected-matchups-on-tennisabstract-com-tourney-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"Projected Matchups on TennisAbstract.com Tourney Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been tinkering around with the tournament pages on Tennis Abstract (for example, this week’s WTA event in Strasbourg<\/a>), and I want to share the latest improvement with you.<\/p>\n

If you are unfamiliar with TA’s tournament pages, it may take a moment to adjust to the method of presentation. But I’ve found that it’s a much more efficient way of presenting a lot more data than a traditional draw diagram–without the hassle of loading a PDF and zooming in and out.<\/p>\n

In the left-hand column, you’ll find all upcoming matches, along with the career head-to-head record for each one. Click on the player links to go to their TA player page, or on the H2H record to see a list of H2H matches. Further down, you’ll find all results from the event (including qualifying rounds), most recent first. Take a close look at the “d.” in the middle of each completed match, and you’ll find that some of them are links. Click on those links to get the career H2H results for that pair of players.<\/p>\n

In the right-hand column is a tournament forecast. The default view shows each player’s chances of reaching each round of the tournament.\u00a0ATP forecasts are based on\u00a0tournament simulations<\/a>, which use\u00a0jrank<\/a>\u00a0player\u00a0ratings. WTA forecasts are\u00a0based on official WTA rankings.<\/p>\n

You’ll find today’s new addition here:<\/b><\/p>\n

\"taforecast\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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You can click on the links in the top row, “Archived,” to see what the forecast looked like at earlier stages of the tournament.<\/p>\n

New today, click on links in the “Probable matchups” row to see the most likely development of the tournament, including H2H records for likely later-round matches:<\/p>\n

\"talater\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I imagine that this will be particularly helpful at the beginning of the week for tournaments with larger draws, when you want to get a quick glance at, for instance, quarterfinal or semifinal pairings worth looking forward to.<\/p>\n

You can always click “Current” in the top row to return to the real-time forecast.<\/p>\n

More TennisAbstract news:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Draws and forecasts are available for French Open qualifying:<\/p>\n