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Bomb Equalled josh goodall's record of 11 futures titles in 1 year

today after lifting 8th doutyro tote of 2013

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

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Bomb Equalled josh goodall's record of 11 futures titles in 1 year
today after lifting 8th doutyro tote of 2013

Job done - in doubles at least. Many congrats to both of them.

And Marcus already has his 6 points from singles. Hoping he and Oli can make it an all GB singles final for the 2nd week in a row.

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Marcus Willis Aegon British tour masters champion

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Coup Droit wrote:
Well done to Marcus - very nice end to the year.

Hope Lewis is enjoying Soto-land.

Good luck to them (and others) in the off-season.

Marcus's training block going extremely well with coach Matt smith at surbiton LTC . Thanks to friend and assistant coach Chris Daw who made it all happen .

Hes simply the best GB coach I have seen in the Uk since i started playing tennis in 2001 . I am confident that you will see a fitter more aggressive player on court in 2014 . We now have a well balence team that can stimulate and support further progress for Marcus & Lewis in 2014

Team Willis :

Head coach - Matt smith

Fitness coach - Ricky Ingram

assistant coach - Chris daw

Sports Pyschologist - professor RAj Persaud

Doubles partner : Lewis Burton

Manager/mentor : gary Lewis

Secretary : Demetri Loizou

Sponsor : A1 Pharmaceuticals plc

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Marcus Willis decides to start the year abroad

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indiana · Tennis legend

Wherever you guys think gives Marcus and Lewis the best overall experience and points and financial reward ( weighted how you want ) would seem best to me, Gary.

paulisi · Tennis legend

No problems looking for cheap points to push up the rankings, but this can only happen for so long.

When will the step up be to test at Challenger level?

Ratty · County player

paulisi wrote:
No problems looking for cheap points to push up the rankings, but this can only happen for so long.

When will the step up be to test at Challenger level?

The average of 20 predictions for Marcus' ranking at the end of 2014 is 280, against his current ranking of 350. So this would suggest that there's not a lot of belief in significant upward progress.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ratty wrote:
paulisi wrote:
No problems looking for cheap points to push up the rankings, but this can only happen for so long.

When will the step up be to test at Challenger level?
The average of 20 predictions for Marcus' ranking at the end of 2014 is 280, against his current ranking of 350. So this would suggest that there's not a lot of belief in significant upward progress.

But a rise from 350 to 280 equals a 20% rise or so which is reasonable sizeable, and especially impressive (if it happens) when you think of where he came from i.e. about WR 1000 a year ago. It's also a lot bigger rise than predicted for most of the others.

I think, statistically, a lot of charts would predict a bit of a correction and to finish about 400.

Of course, nothing really matters apart from the actual results so I wish Marcus (and all the others) good luck.

On another track, I don't think that the points in Israel are easy points (and nobody was accusing Liam and Oli and Luke and all the others of 'only' getting easy points back in December) - I do second the question, though, as to when he's going to try and give Challengers a go - there's no point being a big fish in a small pond, he's got to try it and raise the bar.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Ratty wrote:
paulisi wrote:
No problems looking for cheap points to push up the rankings, but this can only happen for so long.

When will the step up be to test at Challenger level?
The average of 20 predictions for Marcus' ranking at the end of 2014 is 280, against his current ranking of 350. So this would suggest that there's not a lot of belief in significant upward progress.

But a rise from 350 to 280 equals a 20% rise or so which is reasonable sizeable, and especially impressive (if it happens) when you think of where he came from i.e. about WR 1000 a year ago. It's also a lot bigger rise than predicted for most of the others.
I think, statistically, a lot of charts would predict a bit of a correction and to finish about 400.
Of course, nothing really matters apart from the actual results so I wish Marcus (and all the others) good luck.
On another track, I don't think that the points in Israel are easy points (and nobody was accusing Liam and Oli and Luke and all the others of 'only' getting easy points back in December) - I do second the question, though, as to when he's going to try and give Challengers a go - there's no point being a big fish in a small pond, he's got to try it and raise the bar.

If memory serves, Gary has mentioned that the focus will be on picking as many Futures points as possible up until the WCs for Wimbledon are allocated with a view to a big payday and then he will begin the transition to Challengers.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Ratty wrote:
paulisi wrote:
No problems looking for cheap points to push up the rankings, but this can only happen for so long.

When will the step up be to test at Challenger level?
The average of 20 predictions for Marcus' ranking at the end of 2014 is 280, against his current ranking of 350. So this would suggest that there's not a lot of belief in significant upward progress.

But a rise from 350 to 280 equals a 20% rise or so which is reasonable sizeable, and especially impressive (if it happens) when you think of where he came from i.e. about WR 1000 a year ago. It's also a lot bigger rise than predicted for most of the others.
I think, statistically, a lot of charts would predict a bit of a correction and to finish about 400.
Of course, nothing really matters apart from the actual results so I wish Marcus (and all the others) good luck.
On another track, I don't think that the points in Israel are easy points (and nobody was accusing Liam and Oli and Luke and all the others of 'only' getting easy points back in December) - I do second the question, though, as to when he's going to try and give Challengers a go - there's no point being a big fish in a small pond, he's got to try it and raise the bar.
If memory serves, Gary has mentioned that the focus will be on picking as many Futures points as possible up until the WCs for Wimbledon are allocated with a view to a big payday and then he will begin the transition to Challengers.

Yes, that's what I remember too - but quite a lot of people pointed out that the Wimbly Wr250 cut-off (for a WC) is only a guideline and that, in their opinion, the LTA wouldn't give a WC to someone who had never even played a lowish Challenger. (This is assuming he was around 240, say. I guess if he's managed to get in the top 200 from just futures then the LTA may well view it differently). It's an interesting point though and quite logical.