MY FANTASY TENNIS SCHEDULE

 

After each grand slam in the calendar, I usually hold my own fantasy tennis, the week after the grand slam to take advantage of the new rankings.  Here is the schedule for my fantasy tennis cups.

AFTER AUSTRALIAN OPEN:  Europa Cup - Europe and African players (28 Europeans, 4 Africans)

AFTER FRENCH OPEN: Americas Cup - North and South America

AFTER WIMBLEDON - Men and Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles

AFTER US OPEN - Australasia Cup - Asia, Australia and New Zealand players

LAST WEEK OF NOVEMBER - World Cup Tennis

WOMEN'S WORLD CUP TENNIS 2023 - TOP 32 TEAMS

#1 UNITED STATES 20

Coco Gauff 3

Jessica Pegula 5

Madison Keys 12

#2 CZECH REPUBLIC 25

Marketa Vondrousova 7

Karolina Muchova 8

Barbora Krejcikova 10

#3 RUSSIA 53

Liudmila Samsonova 16

Daria Kasatkina 18

Veronika Kudermetova 19 

#4 UKRAINE 83

Elina Svitolina 25

Anhelina Kalinina 27

Lesia Tsurenko 31

#5 POLAND 88

Iga Swiatek 1
Magda Linette 24
Magdalena Frech 63

#6 CHINA 88

Qinwen Zheng 15

Xinyu Wang 36

Lin Zhu 37

#7 BELARUS 116

Aryna Sabalenka 2

Victoria Azarenka 22

Aliaksandra Sasnovich 92

#8 ITALY 120

Jasmine Paolini 30

Martina Trevisan 42

Elisabetta Cocciaretto 48

#9 FRANCE 124

Caroline Garcia 20

Varvara Gracheva 43

Clara Burel 61

#10 BELGIUM 161

Elise Mertens

Greet Minnen

Yanina Wickmayer

#11 ROMANIA 167

Sorana Cirstea 26

Ana Bogdan 66

Irina-Camelia Begu 75

#12 SPAIN 176

Sara Sorribes Tormo 47

Rebeka Masarova 64

Paula Badosa 65

#13 GERMANY 225

Tatjana Maria 55

Tamara Korpatsch 83

Laura Siegemund 87

#14 CROATIA 227

Donna Vekic 23

Petra Martic 40

Jana Fett 164

#15 SWITZERLAND 239

Belinda Bencic

Viktorija Golubic

Celine Naef

#16 CANADA 272

Leylah Fernandez 35

Bianca Andreescu 96

Katherine Sebov 141

#17 GREAT BRITAIN 273

Katie Boulter 56

Jodie Burrage 98

Harriet Dart 119

#18 SLOVAKIA 315

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 73 

Viktoria Hruncakova 116 

Rebecca Sramkova 126

#19 AUSTRALIA 362

Kimberly Birrell 110

Astra Sharma 121

Olivia Gadecki 131

#20 ARGENTINA 385

Nadia Podoroska 69

Martina Capurro Taborda 153

Julia Riera 163

#21 JAPAN 398

Nao Hibino 95

Mai Hontama 117

Himeno Sakatsume 186

#22 SLOVENIA 401

Tamara Zidansek 103

Kaja Juvan 105

Veronika Erjavec 193

#23 HUNGARY 404

Anna Bondar 114

Dalma Galfi 136

Panna Udvardy 154

#24 GREECE 448

Maria Sakkari 9

Valentini Grammatikopoulou 217

Despina Papamichail 222

#25 NETHERLANDS 448

Arantxa Rus 52

Arianne Hartono 180

Suzan Lamens 216

#26 BRAZIL 454

Beatriz Haddad Maia 11

Laura Pigossi 137

Carolina Alves 306

#27 LATVIA 517

Jelena Ostapenko 13

Darja Semenistaja 134

Daniela Vismane 370

#28 SERBIA 542

Olga Danilovic 115

Natalija Stevanovic 182

Dejana Radanovic 245

#29 KAZAKHSTAN 563

Elena Rybakina 4

Yulia Putintseva 68

Zhibek Kulambayeva 491

#30 BULGARIA 604

Viktoriya Tomova 79

Gergana Topalova 239

Isabella Shinikova 286

#31 SWEDEN 655

Rebecca Peterson 108

Mirjam Bjorklund 160

Kajsa Rinaldo Persson 387

#32 TURKEY 657

Zeynep Sonmez 158

Ipek Oz 247

Berfu Cengiz 252

2021 FANTASY WOMEN'S WTA CHAMPIONSHIP

 GROUP 1

Ashleigh Barty                  3         0

Garbine Muguruza          2         1

Barbora Krejcikova         1          2

Paula Badosa                    0          3

GROUP 2

Aryna Sabalenka             2           1

Karolina Pliskova           2            1

Maria Sakkari                  2           1

Anett Kontaveit               0           3

SEMI-FINAL 1

Ashleigh Barty

Karolina Pliskova

SEMI-FINAL 2

Aryna Sabalenka

Garbine Muguruza

CHAMPIONSHIP

Ashleigh Barty

Garbine Muguruza

2021 MEN'S FANTASY ATP CHAMPIONSHIP

 GROUP 1

Novak Djokovic             3          0

Daniil Medvedev           1           2 

Stefanos Tsitsipas         2           1

Jannik Sinner                0           3

GROUP 2

Carlos Alcaraz               2            1

Holger Rune                  3            0

Andrey Rublev              0            3

Taylor Fritz                    1            2

SEMI-FINAL 1

Novak Djokovic

Carlos Alcaraz

SEMI-FINAL 2

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Holger Rune

CHAMPIONSHIP

Carlos Alcaraz

Holger Rune

2022 FANTASY MEN'S ATP CHAMPIONSHIP

  GROUP 1

Carlos Alcaraz                     3          0 

Casper Ruud                       1          2

Novak Djokovic                  2          1

Andrey Rublev                   0          3

GROUP 2

Rafael Nadal                       2            1

Stefanos Tsitsipas              2            1

Felix-Auger Aliassime      1            2

Daniil Medvedev               1            2

SEMI-FINAL 1

Carlos Alcaraz

Stefanos Tsitsipas

SEMI-FINAL 2

Novak Djokovic

Rafael Nadal

CHAMPIONSHIP

Carlos Alcaraz

Rafael Nadal

2022 FANTASY WOMEN'S WTA CHAMPIONSHIP

 GROUP 1

Iga Swiatek                 3         0

Jessica Pegula            1         2

Aryna Sabalenka        2         1

Daria Kasatkina         0         3

GROUP 2

Ons Jabeur                 3           0

Caroline Garcia         2           1

Maria Sakkari            1           2

Coco Gauff                 0            3

SEMI-FINAL 1

Iga Swiatek

Caroline Garcia

SEMI-FINAL 2

Ons Jabeur

Aryna Sabalenka

CHAMPIONSHIP

IGA SWIATEK

Ons Jabeur

Five Male Tennis Players I Have a Man Crush On

 It's the Australian Open again and I have been glued to my telly for hours a day since last January 16.  That also means, I got to see some new male players and some of them are lookers! 

Anyway, for now, here are my five new favorite tennis players based on the hotness factor alone, LOL

BORNA CORIC - Still my number one choice - hotness overload - that's why he's the cover of this article LOL

MACKENZIE McDONALD - half-Filipino with a handsome face - won over an injured Nadal here in Melbourne

MARCOS GIRON - I've watched him in the ATP Tour and I enjoy looking at his muscles and his pits LOL

TAYLOR FRITZ - another American!  I call him my McDreamy!  And I am slowly following his matches and cheering for him

JJ WOLF - I just discovered him this Australian Open after his great run to the fourth round!  Don't you just want to give him a spanking below LOL

How about you?  Who do you think are the sexiest male tennis players actively playing right now?  Put them in my comments section.  This is just for fun!

AUSTRALIAN OPEN MEN'S SINGLES BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER

This fantasy award is given to the player ranked outside the top 100 who reaches the deepest round in the Australian Open.  The lowest ranked player in the deepest round wins this award.

Here are the yearly winners -

2023 - Alexei Popyrin (AUS) #113

AUSTRALIAN OPEN MEN'S TEAM AWARD

This is a fantasy award I give to the country with the most number of players in the fourth round of the Australian Open.  If there is a tie, the rankings of the qualified players will be added and the least sum wins.

2023 - UNITED STATES - Tommy Paul, JJ Wolf, Ben Shelton, Sebastian Korda

2022 - ITALY - Jannik Sinner, Matteo Berrettini

2021 - RUSSIA - Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Aslan Karatsev

2020 - SWITZERLAND - Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka

2019 - SPAIN - Rafael Nadal, Pablo Carreno Busta, Roberto Bautista Agut

FANTASY TENNIS: Top 32 Players Qualified for the 2022 Americas Women's Championship

Every after the US Open, I launch my own Fantasy Tennis, this time for the players from North and South America.  Any country can have as many players as they can as long as they reach the top 32. 

Here are the top 32 players who qualified for this event.

1. Jessica Pegula (USA)

2. Coco Gauff (USA)

3. Danielle Collins (USA)

4. Madison Keys (USA)

5.  Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA)

6. Amanda Anisimova (USA)

7. Alison Riske Amritraj (USA)

8. Shelby Rogers (USA)

9. Leylah Fernandez (CAN)

10.  Bernard Pera (USA)

11.  Sloane Stephens (USA)

12. Bianca Andreescu (CAN)

13.  Madison Brengle (USA)

14. Ann Li (USA)

15.  Camila Osorio (COL)

16. Claire Liu (USA)

17.  Rebecca Marino (CAN)

18. Lauren Davis (USA)

19.  Laura Pigossi (BRA)

20. Katie Volynets (USA)

21. Coco Vandeweghe (USA)

22. Elizabeth Mandlik (USA)

23. Emma Navarro (USA)

24. Asia Muhammad (USA)

25. Alycia Parks (USA)

26. Hailey Baptiste (USA)

27. Robin Anderson (USA)

28. Catherine McNally (USA)

29.  Catherine Dolehide (USA)

30.  Maria Carle (ARG)

31.  Carolina Alves (BRA)

32.  Sachia Vickery (USA)