French Open

Tennis starts the second Grand Slam event on May 25. I wasn't a big fan of the way I scored the Australian Open, but in order to be consistent, I will stick with it.

Here's what I want. Predict who will win both the men's and women's tournaments and who they will beat in the final. Scoring will be as follows.

1pt for each person you predict correctly in the final.
2pts for each person you correctly predict their finish.
4pt bonus for getting both.
These points are cumulative.

Examples:

0pts - Neither of your picks participate in the finals.
1pt - One of your picks participates in the finals but does not finish where you said they would. (Your winner is runner up, or your runner up is the winner.)
2pts - Both of your picks participate in the finals but your winner loses the match.
3 pts - One of your picks participates in the finals and finishes where you said they would.
10 pts - You correctly predict the finals match up and the winner of that match up.

***Scoring adjustment below***

New Tennis scoring system looks like this: 3 points for each person you correctly guess will participate in the finals and a 5 point bonus for correctly predicting the champion.

Sample scores:
11 points - you correctly predict the final match and the winner.
8 points - you correctly predict the winner of the final match but not their opponent.
6 points - you correctly predict the final match but choose the wrong winner.
3 points - you correctly predict one of the two people who particpate in the final but have the wrong champion.

Men's Draw:
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/bracket?tournamentId=172&type=1

Actual Result: (2) Federer over (23) Soderling
Predictions:
Carmen: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer (3pts)
Jeff: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer (3pts)
Kubatski: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer (3pts)
Kubatski Sr: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer (3pts)
Marty: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer (3pts)
McClain: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer (3pts)
Murray: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer (3pts)
Paulie: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer (3pts)
Princess G: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer (3pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer (3pts)
Ryan G: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer (3pts)
Scott: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer (3pts)
Wade: NONE (-1pt)
Wild Bill: (1) Nadal over (2) Federer (3pts)

Women's Draw:
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/bracket?year=2009&type=2&tournamentId=172

Actual Result: (7) Kuznetsova over (1) Safina
Predictions:
Carmen: (1) Safina over (2) S. Williams (3pts)
Jeff: (2) S. Williams over (3) V. Williams (0pts)
Kubatski: (2) S. Williams over (1) Safina (3pts)
Kubatski Sr: (2) S. Williams over (1) Safina (3pts)
Marty: (1) Safina over (5) Jankovic (3pts)
McClain: (1) Safina over (2) S. Williams (3pts)
Murray: (1) Safina over (5) Jankovic (3pts)
Paulie: (1) Safina over (4) Dementieva (3pts)
Princess G: (1) Safina over (2) S. Williams (3pts)
Ronnie “Butters” Rowe: (1) Safina over (7) Kuznetsova (6pts)
Ryan G: (2) S. Williams over (3) V. Williams (0pts)
Scott: (1) Safina over (5) Jankovic (3pts)
Wade: NONE (-1pt)
Wild Bill: (1) Safina over (2) S. Williams (3pts)