Niche Sports

TENNIS

We recommend utilizing a seven-round standard serpentine draft with four owners (or a five-round serpentine draft with five owners or six owners).  For the seven-round format, three men and three women must be selected with one additional “wild card” of either gender at each owner’s discretion; for the five-round format, two men and two women must be selected with one additional “wild card” of either gender at each owner’s discretion.  Tournaments to be utilized will be the Grand Slam  events in 2024.  For each of these five tourneys, point selection is as follows: 3 points for making the quarterfinals, an additional 5 points for making the semifinals, an additional 7 points for making the finals and an additional 10 points for winning the tournament.  Additionally, we are adding the final standings in the ATP and WTA as a “fifth category” — 25 points for finishing 1st in the standings, 15 points for finishing 2nd, 8 points for finishing 3rd, 5 points for finishing 4th and 3 points for finishing 5th.  And since 2024 is an Olympic year, there is a sixth category on the schedule.  Here’s the schedule of included events for this year:

Australian Open (January 14-January 28), French Open (May 20-June 9), Wimbledon (July 1-July 14), Summer Olympics (July 26-August 11), US Open (August 26-September 8).  In terms of when the respective seasons are complete, theWTA Finals end November 10 and the ATP Finals end November 17.

2024 FANTASY TENNIS DRAFT BOARD

NOTE: This year, we are adding two columns to the draft board: where each player ranks on the ATP/WTA rankings at the end of 2023 and the ranking that they accrued on our system in 2023 by gender.  We have also broken out how everyone scored in the majors in 2023.

Top Tier Rk FDH Aus French Wimb US ATP/WTA FDH
1 Novak Djokovic 1 1 25 25 15 25 25 115
2 Iga Swiatek 1 2 25 3 25 53
3 Carlos Alcaraz 2 2 8 25 8 15 56
4 Aryna Sabalenka 2 1 25 8 8 15 15 71
5 Coco Gauff 3 3 3 25 8 36
2nd Tier Rk FDH Aus French Wimb US ATP/WTA FDH
6 Ons Jabeur 6 7 3 15 3 21
7 Daniil Medvedev 3 3 8 15 8 31
8 Marketa Vondrousova 7 4 25 3 28
9 Elena Rybakina 4 5T 15 3 8 26
10 Karolina Muchova 8 5T 15 8 3 26
11 Stefanos Tsitsipas 6 4 15 3 3 21
12 Casper Ruud 7 5 15 3 18
13 Jessica Pegula 5 10 3 3 3 9
14 Jannik Sinner 4 6 8 8 16
15 Alexander Zverev 8 7 8 3 3 14
16 Holger Rune 10 3 3 6
17 Frances Tiafoe 3 3
18 Andrey Rublev 5 8 3 3 3 3 12
3rd Tier Rk FDH Aus French Wimb US ATP/WTA FDH
19 Karen Khachanov 9T 8 3 11
20 Maria Sakkari 9
21 Felix Auger Aliassime
22 Madison Keys 8T 3 8 11
23 Nick Kyrgios
24 Matteo Berrettini
25 Hubert Hurkacz
26 Taylor Fritz 9 3 3
27 Emma Raducanu
28 Elina Svitolina 8T 3 8 11
29 Ben Shelton 9T 3 8 11
30 Victoria Azarenka 8 8
31 Daria Katsatkina
32 Caroline Garcia
33 Beatriz Haddad Maia 8 8
34 Denis Shapovalov
35 Rafael Nadal
36 Jelena Ostapenko 3 3 6
37 Belinda Bencic
38 Bianca Andreescu
39 Sebastian Korda 3 3
40 Barbora Krejcikova 10
41 Tommy Paul 8 8

The 2024 mock draft was conducted on December 28, 2023 with the following FantasyDrafthelp.com contributors: Danny Stancu, Mike Vili, Ilia Stancu, Jon Adams and Rick Morris.

ROUND 1
Ilia Novak Djokovic
Rick Iga Swiatek
Jon Carlos Alcaraz
Moshy Stefanos Tsitsipas
Danny Aryna Sabalenka
ROUND 2
Danny Jannik Sinner
Moshy Holger Rune
Jon Ons Jabeur
Rick Coco Gauff
Ilia Daniil Medvedev
ROUND 3
Ilia Elena Rybakina
Rick Casper Ruud
Jon Marketa Vondrousova
Moshy Naomi Osaka
Danny Jessica Pegula
ROUND 4
Danny Andrey Rublev
Moshy Rafael Nadal
Jon Karolina Muchova
Rick Alexander Zverev
Ilia Maria Sakkari
ROUND 5
Ilia Beatriz Haddad Maia
Rick Frances Tiafoe
Jon Karen Khachanov
Moshy Cameron Norrie
Danny Taylor Fritz
ROUND 6
Danny Barbora Krejcikova
Moshy Sara Sorribes Tormo
Jon Madison Keys
Rick Felix Auger Aliassime
Ilia Grigor Dimitrov
ROUND 7
Ilia Jelena Ostapenko
Rick Emma Raducanu
Jon Nick Kyrgios
Moshy Daria Katsatkina
Danny Zheng Qinwen
GOLF

We recommend utilizing a seven-round standard serpentine draft with five owners (or a six-round standard serpentine draft with six owner or a five-round standard serpentine draft with seven owners).

Because there are only a handful of tournaments that include a cross-section of the world’s best golfers, we urge you to use only these events for your league’s scoring system.  In so doing, the emphasis is kept on the skill level of the golfers as opposed to rewarding those golfers who thrive in the majority of events with the weaker rosters of competitors.  This method uses the four major tournaments, the new eight signature events, the Players Championship and the Tour Championship.  And we have a “fifth major” in 2024 with the Summer Olympics!  These are the events utilized, in the order that they appear on the schedule, with the major tournaments in bold: The Sentry (January 4-7), Pebble Beach (February 1-4), Genesis Invitational (February 15-18), Arnold Palmer Invitational (March 7-10), The Players Championship (March 14-17), The Masters (April 11-14), RBC Heritage (April 18-21), Wells Fargo Championship (May 9-12), PGA Championship (May 16-19), Memorial Tournament (June 6-9), US Open (June 13-16), Travelers Championship (June 20-23), British Open (not The Open) (July 18-21), Summer Olympics (July 26-August 11), Tour Championship (August 29-September 1).

Scoring for the eight signature tournaments, the Players Championship and final FedEx Cup standings is as follows: 90 points for 1st  place, 76 points for 2nd place, 60 points for 3rd place, 50 points for 4th place, 40 points for 5th place, 30 points for 6th place, 26 points for 7th place, 20 points for 8th place, 16 points for 9th place and 10 points for 10th place.  These points should be awarded also to the Top 10 finishers in the final FedEx Cup standings, which essentially makes the Tour Championship a “double points” event, since it has the same final standings as the FedEx Cup.

Scoring for the 5 major tournaments is as follows: 135 points for 1st place, 114 points for 2nd place, 90 points for 3rd place, 75 points for 4th place, 60 points for 5th place, 45 points for 6th place, 39 points for 7th place, 30 points for 8th place, 24 points for 9th place and 15 points for 10th place.

So, elephant in the room, for the players who left the PGA Tour for the blood money, they should still be eligible in your leagues since some will be able to still play the majors (at least in 2024).  Regrettably, it’s still unclear if they will be able to play the regular PGA events as a result of this Frankenstein’s creation merger of the two circuits.

2024 FANTASY GOLF DRAFT BOARD

NOTE: The columns on the draft board refer to their score on the FDH scoring system in 2023, the final World Golf standings of 2023, rankings for Top 10 finishes in 2023, rankings on the 2023 PGA money list and rankings for score on the 2023 tour.  We threw in LIV rankings for 2023 and where everyone scored on the FDH scoring system in 2022 as well.  LIV golfers are listed in bold:

Golf FDH Top 10 Score $$ World Liv 22 FDH
1 Scottie Scheffler 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Rory McIlroy 3 2 2 4 2 3
3 Viktor Hovland 2 7 5 3 4 15
4 Patrick Cantlay 1X 10 5 6 7 5 6
5 Jon Rahm 12 5 3 2 3 8
6 Xander Schauffele 6 4 4 10 6 7
7 Brooks Koepka 5 14 41
8 Jordan Spieth 8 14 14 17 13
9 Bryson DeChambeau 38
10 Matthew Fitzpatrick 22 23 12 8 5
11 Tommy Fleetwood 16 7 7 18 15 25
12 Kim Joo-hyung 13 10 17 22 16 20
13 Collin Morikawa 22 11 24 19 9
14 Will Zalatoris 2X 24 4
15 Cameron Young 9 17 14
16 Max Homa 25 3 10 6 7 18
17 Cameron Smith 23 11 39
18 Wyndham Clark 4 10 12 5 10
19 Brian Harmon 16 14 20 8 9 33
20 Tyrrell Hatton 18 14 8 11 13 22
21 Justin Thomas
22 Dustin Johnson 1 40
23 Jason Day 13 10 22 16 22
24 Hideki Matsuyama 3X 16
25 Tony Finau 18 20 12
26 Sam Burns 20 22 15 21 10
27 Rickie Fowler 10 9 13 25
28 Keegan Bradley 22 25 9 18 36
29 Sungjae Im 7 16 19 11
30 Denny McCarthy 18 14 15 20
31 Sepp Straka 11 23 35
32 Branden Grace 4X 2
33 Sahith Theegala 14
34 Justin Rose 13 13
35 Kurt Kitayama 7 17
36 Harris English 5X 21 28
37 Cameron Davis 22
38 Min Woo Lee 24
39 Billy Horschel 17
40 Russell Henley 6X 14 23

The 2023 FantasyDrafthelp.com mock draft took place on December 20, 2023 with these FDH contributors: FDH Managing Partner Rick Morris, FDH Contributor Phil B, FDH Lounge Dignitary Jon Adams, FDH Lounge Dignitary Jeff Maslanich, FDH Golf Editor Tom Denk, FDH Lounge Dignitary Bob Benak, FDH Lounge Dignitary Bob Glassman and FDH Contributor Bob Jesitus.

FIRST ROUND
Tom Scottie Scheffler
Bob G Viktor Hovland
Bob B Rory McIlroy
Jon Patrick Cantlay
Jeff Xander Schauffele
Bob J Collin Morikawa
Phil Max Homa
Rick Jon Rahm
SECOND ROUND
Rick Jordan Spieth
Phil Kim Joo-hyung
Bob J Brian Harmon
Jeff Matthew Fitzpatrick
Jon Sam Burns
Bob B Brooks Koepka
Bob G Jason Day
Tom Justin Thomas
THIRD ROUND
Tom Sepp Straka
Bob G Rickie Fowler
Bob B Tony Finau
Jon Wyndham Clark
Jeff Tyrrell Hatton
Bob J Keegan Bradley
Phil Min Woo Lee
Rick Bryson DeChambeau
FOURTH ROUND
Rick Tommy Fleetwood
Phil Russell Henley
Bob J Ludvig Åberg
Jeff Cameron Young
Jon Will Zalatoris
Bob B Sungjae Im
Bob G Sahith Theegala
Tom Corey Conners
FIFTH ROUND
Tom Hideki Matsuyama
Bob G Kurt Kitayama
Bob B Cameron Smith
Jon Justin Rose
Jeff Ryan Fox
Bob J Denny McCarthy
Phil Eric Cole
Rick Harris English
SIXTH ROUND
Rick Cameron Davis
Phil JT Poston
Bob J Adam Scott
Jeff Shane Lowry
Jon Dustin Johnson
Bob B Si Woo Kim
Bob G Lucas Glover
Tom Alex Noren

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