This year 165 men have been selected to play in the men's singles tournament at Wimbledon.

If you are the tournament planner, you need to know how many matches will be played so you can arrange with the television companies to televise the final on the final Sunday.

Some of the players are seeded and will join the tournament after the first round ( i.e. they are given a bye )

Calculate how many matches will be played

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