First rond: according to our predictions

[The Statman]

As at noon today, I have received 65 sets of predictions for the first round of the World Championship. Here is how they are broken down.

Note that nobody has predicted a scoreline less than 10–5 in favour of the qualifier.

Match	10–0	10–1	10–2	10–3	10–4	10–5	10–6	10–7	10–8	10–9	Seed win	9–10	8–10	7–10	6–10	5–10	Qualifier win
O'Sullivan v. Bingham	1	–	1	3	9	20	20	7	2	–	63	–	1	1	–	–	2
Allen v. Gould	–	–	1	2	3	5	11	17	12	–	51	1	5	7	1	–	14
Ebdon v. Bond	–	–	–	3	7	12	10	18	8	5	63	–	–	2	–	–	2
Day v. Lee	–	–	–	–	3	4	11	14	10	3	45	3	11	4	2	–	20
Higgins v. Holt	–	–	1	2	10	14	20	9	5	1	62	–	–	2	1	–	3
Perry v. Cope	–	–	–	–	–	7	6	7	12	9	41	5	10	7	2	–	24
Dott v. Hawkins	–	–	–	1	3	5	10	13	10	5	47	–	10	6	2	–	18
Selby v. Walden	–	–	–	–	2	2	7	13	17	7	48	2	8	7	–	–	17
Murphy v. Higginson	–	–	2	4	13	10	17	8	4	2	60	1	2	2	–	–	5
Fu v. Swail	–	–	–	–	2	2	6	18	13	3	44	6	10	3	2	–	21
Ding v. Liang	–	–	1	1	–	4	8	12	14	4	44	2	8	9	2	–	21
Hendry v. Williams	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	10	12	4	28	3	13	14	6	1	37
Carter v. Greene	–	3	4	7	9	14	17	6	3	–	63	–	1	1	–	–	2
Robertson v. Davis	–	–	2	2	6	6	18	13	3	1	51	3	5	5	–	–	13
King v. McLeod	–	–	1	–	3	11	15	15	7	2	54	3	3	4	–	1	11
Maguire v. Burnett	1	1	4	11	14	9	16	5	2	1	64	–	1	–	–	–	1

[dantuck_7]

I've picked out some of the matches.... Not too much support for Hendry, maybe Williams has been practisting loads.

[The Statman]

Yes, seemed a bit surprising to me that Hendry is the only seed who is tipped to lose, by us collectively.

[dannyd0g]

Yes, seemed a bit surprising to me that Hendry is the only seed who is tipped to lose, by us collectively.

Unfortuantely for Hendry I guess its not surprising that a majority expect him to loose. I am surprised that many of the other seeds are expected to win by a total landslide majority of members on here though. There is bound to be some big upsets but not many people want to risk their predictions on an agaist-the-odds win.

[The Statman]

Unfortuantely for Hendry I guess its not surprising that a majority expect him to loose. I am surprised that many of the other seeds are expected to win by a total landslide majority of members on here though. There is bound to be some big upsets but not many people want to risk their predictions on an agaist-the-odds win.

Yes, my emphasis should have been on the 'only' when I wrote:

Yes, seemed a bit surprising to me that Hendry is the only seed who is tipped to lose, by us collectively.

[pat39]

When the draw was made I immediately thought Williams would win but now I think Hendry will edge it. The really surprising stat for me is the Ebdon v Bond match, I know Ebdon won in China but I think Bond can cause plenty of problems and I wouldn't be surprised if he won.

[hegeland]

Thanks, I'll use this when tipping mine; I'll do exactly the same as the majority and see how far it'll get me.

[Alex0paul]

The huge support for Williams does surprise me. He has done very little in 2009.

[superaussie]

i changed my Carter-Greene prediction because i think gerard will win that match

carter 6-10 greene

[Rane]

Unfortuantely for Hendry I guess its not surprising that a majority expect him to loose. I am surprised that many of the other seeds are expected to win by a total landslide majority of members on here though. There is bound to be some big upsets but not many people want to risk their predictions on an agaist-the-odds win.

I´m not so surprised by the landslide majority. You are absolutely right, there will offcause be some big upset, but I guess that the majority as well as myself expect most of the seeded players to win and the pick out a few matches, where they expect a surprise.