The Saturday 10/31 main slate is four matches: Fritz @ Vacherot, Alcaraz @ Medvedev, de Minaur @ Zverev and Struff @ Lehecka. DraftKings uses a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary, with a $50,000 cap. The slate locks Sat 10/31 at 10:00 a.m. ET (7:00 a.m. PT).
At the top, our model has Alexander Zverev at 79.3 for $21,600, with a ceiling of 147.2, the highest on the board. Carlos Alcaraz projects at 79.1 for $20,100, with a 141.1 ceiling. Taylor Fritz is next at 75.2 for $22,100, and his ceiling is 127.2. Jiri Lehecka rounds out the top tier at 74.9 for $19,200.
The value is further down the salary ladder. Alex de Minaur matches Zverev's 79.3 projection at just $13,400, though his ceiling tops out at 82.8. Daniil Medvedev projects at 79.1 for $15,200, the same number as Alcaraz in the same match for a lower salary, with an 88.1 ceiling. Valentin Vacherot at $12,600 projects at 72.3, the cheapest salary on the slate, but his ceiling is 50.8. Jan-Lennard Struff, at $16,200, projects at 72.0 with a 58.2 ceiling, a price that is hard to justify.
The crowd will gather near the top. Zverev and Alcaraz are each projected at 25% ownership, with Fritz at 22% and Lehecka at 21%. Medvedev sits at 13% and de Minaur at 6%, so the two cheaper plays offer a way to differ from the field while keeping projection high.
Our model's top lineup uses $48,200 of the $50,000 cap. It puts CPT Taylor Fritz at $22,100, A-CPT Jiri Lehecka at $16,000 and Daniil Medvedev at $10,100. That build pairs the captain slot with Fritz's 127.2 ceiling and leans on Medvedev's discount to stay under the cap.
Lock is Sat 10/31 at 10:00 a.m. ET.
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