Men's Draw champion:  J. Stewart !!!!!!

This update includes this late match from yesterday:

• Marcos Baghdatis CYP def. David Nalbandian ARG (4)

• Overall Standings
• Men's Draw Standings
• Women's Draw Standings

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Overall standings

Bill Walsh retains a slim lead!

Since Federer was such a preponderant championship selection, the Overall Championship will be decided by the women's final. Bill Walsh picks Henin and J Stewart opts for Mauresmo. To the winner goes the crown!

Rank	Contestant	Total score
1.	Bill Walsh	41 (17,24)
2.	J. Stewart	40 (20,20)
3.	Babak Hejazi	39 (15,24)
4.	Gavin Hotchin	39 (14,25)
5.	Anthony Ellis	38 (14,24)
6.	Amelie's Shorts	38 (15,23)
7.	Memo	38 (15,23)
8.	Larry Yonce	38 (16,22)
9.	Yoonho Ji	37 (16,21)
	Tony Fales	37 (16,21)
11.	Andrew McCarthy	37 (17,20)
12.	Chris Gerby	36 (13,23)
13.	Ed Toombs	36 (17,19)
14.	Peter Smyth	36 (15,21)
15.	Barbara&David	36 (16,20)
16.	Daisy Aye	35 (13,22)
17.	k i r i n	35 (15,20)
18.	Maydoosa	35 (16,19)
19.	Eric Goll	35 (15,20)
20.	Gary Ellis	35 (17,18)
21.	Frederick Warburg	35 (18,17)
22.	Stephen Spainhour	34 (13,21)
23.	Patrick van der Zee	34 (13,21)
24.	Jack Cunniff	34 (13,21)
25.	Tim Wilson	34 (14,20)
26.	Peter Versteege	34 (16,18)
27.	Jeff Tagen	34 (15,19)
28.	Julio Morales	34 (14,20)
29.	Ed Zafian	33 (11,22)
30.	Javier Camacho	33 (14,19)
31.	Marcel Stok	33 (14,19)
32.	Andy Smith	33 (17,16)
33.	Michael Mungin	33 (15,18)
	Sarah Halsted	33 (15,18)
35.	Sanjeev Bordoloi	33 (12,21)
36.	Fredrik Norström	33 (15,18)
37.	Mark Wolbers	33 (15,18)
	Manuel Halkias	33 (16,17)
39.	Art Vaughn	33 (16,17)
40.	Cian O'Reilly	33 (16,17)
41.	Chi-Wai Lui	33 (14,19)
42.	Elizabeth Ashbury	33 (12,21)
43.	Jacqueline "JD" Dupree	32 (12,20)
44.	Alex Macpherson	32 (12,20)
45.	Michael Grundy	32 (14,18)
46.	Rich Glenn	32 (13,19)
47.	Joeri Kester	32 (12,20)
48.	Paul Peach	32 (15,17)
49.	Colin Strudwick	32 (14,18)
50.	Steve Gocha	32 (12,20)
51.	Tom Brozo	32 (13,19)
52.	Dennis Uenk	32 (14,18)
53.	Granger Huntress	31 (11,20)
54.	Emily Dura	31 (10,21)
55.	Heather Ryde	31 (13,18)
56.	Mike Cecilio	31 (16,15)
57.	Martin McLean	31 (14,17)
58.	Erwin van Oorspronk	31 (13,18)
59.	Lawrence Toombs	31 (14,17)
60.	Andrew Peglau	31 (14,17)
61.	Bounces	31 (14,17)
62.	Dirk van Panhuis	31 (12,19)
63.	Lindsay Brown	31 (12,19)
64.	Alison Dura	30 (10,20)
65.	Mark Zuckerman	30 (14,16)
66.	Michiel Vestjens	30 (12,18)
67.	Kevin Eckert	30 (10,20)
68.	Luke Ghensi	30 (11,19)
69.	Mark Langley	30 (11,19)
70.	Jason Juzwiak	30 (14,16)
	Samuel Burton	30 (13,17)
72.	Michal Swiderski	30 (13,17)
73.	Paddy M	30 (12,18)
74.	Rosemary Contompasis	29 (10,19)
75.	Jerry Balsam	29 (12,17)
76.	Renato de Oliveira Almeida	28 (9,19)
77.	Freudocadoe	28 (13,15)
78.	Will Johnson	28 (12,16)
79.	Jeff Sikes	27 (13,14)
80.	Craig Willeford	27 (7,20)
81.	Martin Nicholson	27 (10,17)
82.	Richard Erickson	27 (8,19)
83.	Folkert Joling	26 (11,15)
84.	Byron McCrae	26 (11,15)
85.	Charo Molinari	26 (14,12)
86.	Chris Wang	25 (9,16)
87.	Supersuper305	25 (13,12)
88.	Belmont305	24 (13,11)
89.	Seraina	16 (16,0)

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Men's draw

J Stewart is our first champion of the fortnight! The Contest Decision Desk has determined that whatever happens the rest of the way, J will retain his two-point lead. A magnificent performance!

We'll find out how we did it in tomorrow's update when we examine J's Keys to Success.

Congratulations J!

Rank	Contestant	Men's score
1.	J. Stewart	20
2.	Frederick Warburg	18
3.	Gary Ellis	17
4.	Bill Walsh	17
	Andrew McCarthy	17
6.	Ed Toombs	17
7.	Andy Smith	17
8.	Barbara&David	16
	Tony Fales	16
	Larry Yonce	16
	Yoonho Ji	16
	Manuel Halkias	16
	Cian O'Reilly	16
	Seraina	16
15.	Maydoosa	16
	Mike Cecilio	16
	Art Vaughn	16
18.	Peter Versteege	16
19.	Babak Hejazi	15
	Eric Goll	15
	Peter Smyth	15
	Memo	15
	Paul Peach	15
	k i r i n	15
	Jeff Tagen	15
26.	Fredrik Norström	15
	Mark Wolbers	15
	Michael Mungin	15
	Sarah Halsted	15
30.	Amelie's Shorts	15
31.	Andrew Peglau	14
32.	Lawrence Toombs	14
	Tim Wilson	14
	Javier Camacho	14
35.	Jason Juzwiak	14
36.	Gavin Hotchin	14
	Julio Morales	14
	Anthony Ellis	14
	Marcel Stok	14
	Bounces	14
	Mark Zuckerman	14
	Chi-Wai Lui	14
	Michael Grundy	14
44.	Martin McLean	14
45.	Charo Molinari	14
46.	Dennis Uenk	14
47.	Colin Strudwick	14
48.	Erwin van Oorspronk	13
49.	Stephen Spainhour	13
	Heather Ryde	13
	Patrick van der Zee	13
52.	Jeff Sikes	13
	Chris Gerby	13
	Rich Glenn	13
55.	Freudocadoe	13
	Daisy Aye	13
	Tom Brozo	13
	Michal Swiderski	13
59.	Samuel Burton	13
	Jack Cunniff	13
61.	Belmont305	13
	Supersuper305	13
63.	Joeri Kester	12
	Alex Macpherson	12
65.	Sanjeev Bordoloi	12
	Dirk van Panhuis	12
	Jerry Balsam	12
68.	Will Johnson	12
	Jacqueline "JD" Dupree	12
	Steve Gocha	12
71.	Elizabeth Ashbury	12
72.	Michiel Vestjens	12
73.	Paddy M	12
74.	Lindsay Brown	12
75.	Luke Ghensi	11
	Mark Langley	11
77.	Folkert Joling	11
	Byron McCrae	11
	Ed Zafian	11
80.	Granger Huntress	11
81.	Alison Dura	10
82.	Rosemary Contompasis	10
	Martin Nicholson	10
84.	Emily Dura	10
85.	Kevin Eckert	10
86.	Chris Wang	9
87.	Renato de Oliveira Almeida	9
88.	Richard Erickson	8
89.	Craig Willeford	7

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Women's draw

As we gird ourselves for the women's final, recall that Gavin Hotchin must rely on Mauresmo winning the title in order to keep his lead. Should Henin-Hardenne prevail, Babak Hejazi and Anthony Ellis will have to saw the crown in two.

Women's draw championship scenarios

• If Henin beats Mauresmo in the final:
  Babak H, Anthony E, Gavin H and Bill W finish tied for first. Babak H and Anthony E finish tied for first after the tie-break.
• If Mauresmo beats Henin in the final:
  Gavin H wins outright.

We'll explain the tie-break tomorrow if we have to. Good luck to all!

Women's final

Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL (8) vs. Amélie Mauresmo FRA (3):
Each woman has been to the Melbourne final once before. Mauresmo was runner-up to Hingis seven long years ago. Who would have guessed it would take this long for her to again contest a major final? Henin-Hardenne was the AO champion the last time she played the event, two years ago. Justine was our tournament favourite, while Amélie garnered just 5 championship votes. Congratulations to the 8 contestants who picked a Henin-Mauresmo final. They favour the Belgian by a 5-3 margin.

Previous head-to-head:: Henin-Hardenne leads 4-3, including three of the last four. Their only encounter on Rebound Ace went Justine's way, in the 2004 Sydney final.

Rank	Contestant	Women's score
1.	Gavin Hotchin	25
2.	Babak Hejazi	24
	Anthony Ellis	24
4.	Bill Walsh	24
5.	Amelie's Shorts	23
6.	Chris Gerby	23
7.	Memo	23
8.	Ed Zafian	22
9.	Daisy Aye	22
10.	Larry Yonce	22
11.	Stephen Spainhour	21
12.	Jack Cunniff	21
13.	Patrick van der Zee	21
14.	Emily Dura	21
15.	Peter Smyth	21
	Elizabeth Ashbury	21
17.	Yoonho Ji	21
	Tony Fales	21
	Sanjeev Bordoloi	21
20.	Granger Huntress	20
	Kevin Eckert	20
22.	Jacqueline "JD" Dupree	20
23.	Alison Dura	20
	Alex Macpherson	20
	J. Stewart	20
26.	k i r i n	20
	Craig Willeford	20
28.	Tim Wilson	20
29.	Joeri Kester	20
30.	Andrew McCarthy	20
	Barbara&David	20
	Steve Gocha	20
	Eric Goll	20
	Julio Morales	20
35.	Rosemary Contompasis	19
36.	Javier Camacho	19
37.	Marcel Stok	19
38.	Maydoosa	19
39.	Renato de Oliveira Almeida	19
	Ed Toombs	19
41.	Richard Erickson	19
	Rich Glenn	19
43.	Luke Ghensi	19
44.	Jeff Tagen	19
45.	Lindsay Brown	19
	Chi-Wai Lui	19
	Mark Langley	19
48.	Tom Brozo	19
49.	Dirk van Panhuis	19
50.	Michiel Vestjens	18
51.	Colin Strudwick	18
52.	Michael Grundy	18
53.	Peter Versteege	18
54.	Heather Ryde	18
	Sarah Halsted	18
	Michael Mungin	18
57.	Fredrik Norström	18
58.	Mark Wolbers	18
59.	Gary Ellis	18
	Erwin van Oorspronk	18
61.	Dennis Uenk	18
	Paddy M	18
63.	Jerry Balsam	17
64.	Martin McLean	17
65.	Paul Peach	17
66.	Manuel Halkias	17
67.	Art Vaughn	17
	Samuel Burton	17
	Martin Nicholson	17
	Lawrence Toombs	17
71.	Bounces	17
72.	Michal Swiderski	17
	Cian O'Reilly	17
74.	Andrew Peglau	17
75.	Frederick Warburg	17
76.	Andy Smith	16
77.	Mark Zuckerman	16
78.	Will Johnson	16
79.	Jason Juzwiak	16
80.	Chris Wang	16
81.	Mike Cecilio	15
82.	Freudocadoe	15
83.	Folkert Joling	15
84.	Byron McCrae	15
85.	Jeff Sikes	14
86.	Charo Molinari	12
87.	Supersuper305	12
88.	Belmont305	11

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