It's been a fun year for On the Rise (a tennis blog) and to celebrate, here is the last post of 2014. Thanks to Parsa and Patrick for their participation!
As with the men, I did not invite my colleagues to speculate on where in the overall WTA rankings each player would finish, but did include it for myself.
And as always, please feel free to include your thoughts in the comments!
PREDICTED FINISH, USA WOMEN, 2015 YEAR-END RANKINGS
| Parsa | Patrick Rourke | Jonathan Kelley |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Serena | 1. Serena | 1. Serena (2) |
| 2. Keys | 2. Keys | 2. Keys (15) |
| 3. Sloane | 3. Sloane | 3. Venus (19) |
| 4. CoCo | 4. Venus | 4. CoCo (25) |
| 5. Venus | 5. Lepchenko | 5. Lepchenko (30) |
| 6. Riske | 6. Davis | 6. Sloane (40) |
| 7. Rogers | 7. McHale | 7. Riske (45) |
| 8. Lepchenko | 8. Riske | 8. McHale (50) |
| 9. McHale | 9. CoCo | 9. Townsend (60) |
| 10. Townsend | 10. Townsend | 10. Mattek-Sands (65) |
Average picks:
1. Serena Williams (1.0) - was #1 in 2014
2. Madison Keys (2.0) - was #3 in 2014
3 (T). Venus Williams (4.0) - was #2 in 2014
Sloane Stephens (4.0) - was #5 in 2014
5. CoCo Vandeweghe (5.67) - was #6 in 2014
6. Varvara Lepchenko (6.0) - was #4 in 2014
7. Alison Riske (7.0) - was #7 in 2014
8. Christina McHale (8.0) - was #8 in 2014
8. Christina McHale (8.0) - was #8 in 2014
9. Taylor Townsend (9.67) - was #14 in 2014
Others receiving votes: Davis (1), Rogers (1), Mattek-Sands (1)
Searing analysis: Really a shocking lack of movement expected by our esteemed panel. Only Taylor Townsend is not currently among the Top 10 American women, and she's 14th and just coming into her own. Clearly expectations are sky-high for Madison Keys, who has not one but two new coaches who hopefully will be able to instill in her a killer mentality.
Some notable names not included: Madison Brengle, Irina Falconi, Nicole Gibbs, and Grace Min.
Finally, for the heck of it, I'm including my prediction of how women born 1994 and later will sort themselves out this coming year.
PREDICTED FINISH, USA WOMEN 21 & UNDER, 2015 YEAR-END RANKINGS
Jonathan Kelley
1. Keys
2. Townsend
3. Min
4. Chirico
5. Brady
6. Kiick
7. Bellis
8. Vickery
9. Duval
10. Stewart
PREDICTED FINISH, USA WOMEN 21 & UNDER, 2015 YEAR-END RANKINGS
Jonathan Kelley
2. Townsend
3. Min
4. Chirico
5. Brady
6. Kiick
7. Bellis
8. Vickery
9. Duval
10. Stewart
See you-all in 2015!
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