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Jan 10, 2025 | 
theanalyst.com | Ante Jukic |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González
As the tennis world descends upon Melbourne for the first grand slam of the year, we turn to the Opta supercomputer to find out its 2025 Australian Open predictions. The first grand slam of the year is almost upon us. The Australian Open begins in Melbourne on Sunday, with plenty for tennis fans to look forward to. Current World No. 1s, Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, are looking to defend their respective singles titles at the event, while a number of other storylines lurk.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
theanalyst.com | Ante Jukic |Matt Sisneros
The No. 1 ranking remains up for grabs at this year’s WTA Finals, but only just, with Iga Swiatek trailing Aryna Sabalenka by 1,046 points. It seems fitting in a year of returns, breakthroughs and overall competitiveness on the women’s tour in 2024. Coming into this week, 65.8% (1,142/1,736) of matches on the WTA Tour were won by the pre-match favourite, according to Opta’s Win Probability Model. That’s a 3.6% drop on the same win rate in 2023.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
theanalyst.com | Ante Jukic |Matt Sisneros
Croatia will go into yet another major tournament with their trademark experienced midfield trio of Marcelo Brozovic, Luka Modric and Mateo Kovacic. But has Zlatko Dalic done enough to oversee a generational transition ahead of Euro 2024?
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
theanalyst.com | Ante Jukic |Matt Sisneros
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are achieving feats even the ‘Big Three’ didn’t manage at their ages. Is a new dawn finally here? For a sport that looks so intently at its past and the lineage of those who came before, tennis is obsessed with its search for perspective and context. Where does *insert grand slam winner* stack up amid the all-time greats? Who is the GOAT and on which surface? How weak or strong is the current era?
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
theanalyst.com | Ante Jukic
For years, the narrative around the WTA Tour has been one of drama and unpredictability. Gradually though – and something this year has reaffirmed – consistency is becoming the order of the day in women’s tennis. Overall in 2023, 69.4% of matches on the WTA Tour were won by the pre-match favourite (1,570/2,262) according to Opta’s Win Probability Model, an improvement of +1.5% compared to 2022.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
theanalyst.com | Ante Jukic |Matt Sisneros
The first Milan derby of the 2023-24 season takes place with the Serie A rivals clear at the top of the table with the league’s only two remaining 100% records. Here, we preview the Derby della Madonnina. The Opta supercomputer favours Inter to continue their unbeaten start to the Serie A season, giving them a 46.2% chance of victory in comparison to Milan’s 26.2%.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
theanalyst.com | Ante Jukic |Briggs Clinard
Who will win the US Open women’s singles in 2023? Check out the top contenders and key storylines in our tournament preview. Alas, we’re at the last grand slam of the year. But in reference to a famous New Yorker, it’s been pretty, pretty, pretty good stuff in 2023. Maintaining last year’s historic pace was always going to prove difficult for Iga Swiatek, but the world number one is still the benchmark in women’s tennis going into the US Open.
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Aug 16, 2023 | 
theanalyst.com | Ante Jukic
Who will win Serie A in 2023-24? Which clubs will qualify for the Champions League and who will be scrapping for survival this season? We look at all the key questions with our Serie A 2023-24 season predictions via our trusty Opta supercomputer. Title Favourites: Inter Top Four: Napoli, Milan, Juventus Relegation Candidates: Cagliari, Genoa, Lecce “O generosa!” was the triumphant cry of the Opta supercomputer when we asked it to determine how the 2023-24 Serie A season would play out.
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Aug 15, 2023 | 
theanalyst.com | Ante Jukic
We look ahead to this 2023 Women’s World Cup semi-final clash in Sydney with our Australia vs England preview and prediction. The Opta supercomputer has England (40.9%) as favourites to prevail against Australia. The Lionesses are also overall favourites to win the tournament (32.3%). In the most recent game between these two sides. Australia won 2-0 in a friendly, England’s only defeat under Sarina Wiegman so far (P37 W29 D7).
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Jul 15, 2023 | 
theanalyst.com | Ante Jukic
With the Big Three, or Big Four depending on who you talk to, we have been spoilt. This year’s Wimbledon final is the 10th time since 2000 where the first and second seed will meet, something that had only happened six times over the rest of the Open Era. We’ve got the premier matchup most wanted at the start of the tournament, and the 2023 Wimbledon final will be a clash of two generations.
