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Week 1 - Challenger ($75,000+H) - Internationaux BNP Paribas, Nouméa, New Caledonia (hard)
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(Preview)
L32: Stefano Napolitano (ITA) WR 211 (CH = 152 in June) vs (3) Cam Norrie WR 114 (CH = 110 in October) There is no head-to-head. The top seed is Julien Benneteau & the wily old Stéphane Robert (now 37) is lurking in the other half of the draw. -- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 30th of December 2017 10...
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Week 1 - ATP 250 - Tata Open Maharashtra, Pune, India (hard)
(Preview)
L16: Adil Shamasdin (CAN) & Neal Skupski CR 129 (62+67) vs (WC) N. Sriram Balaji & Vishnu Vardhan (IND/IND) CR 249 (133+116)
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1362
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Week 1 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - KPN Academy-Usierra Open, Bangkok, Thailand (hard) - doubles
(Preview)
L16: Hsieh Cheng-Peng & Yang Tsung-Hua (TPE/TPE) CR 538 (115+423) vs (2) James Cerretani (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 196 (89+107) A decent playing partner for Joe.  I hope they can click.
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925
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Week 1 - Challenger ($75,000) - Playford, Australia (hard)
(Preview)
QR1 : (q3) Brydan Klein WR 282 - bye QR2 : vs Christopher O'Connell (AUS) WR 393 or (qwc) Mislav Bosnjak (AUS) UNR, aged 19
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5
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991
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Week 1 - Hong Kong F1 ($15,000) - Tin Hau, HK (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: (q7) Andrew Li Hei Yin (HKG) WR 1468 (CH = 1461 late last month) vs Marshall Tutu UNR (CH = 1077 in May 2015)
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761
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British Tour 2017
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(Preview)
The big Premier event takes place this week in Lougborough. The top 8 seeds, all ATP ranked, are: Ed Corrie Liam Broady Joel Cannell Luke Oakley Jonathan Gray Oliver Hudson Nicolas Rosenzweig Jonathan Binding Prize money (before any additional event top-up) goes: £1,000 winner, £600 runner-up,...
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Week 49 - Qatar F4 - Doha ($15,000) (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: (q2) Luke Johnson WR 908 (WR = 907 last week) vs BYE QR1: (q4) Ryan Peniston WR 943 (= CH) vs BYE QR1: Jarryd Bant UNR (CH = 1553 in November 2012) vs Iznaur Akhmaev (RUS) WR 1793 (CH = 1654 in February) QR1: BYE vs (q9) Andrew Watson WR 1022 (CH = 1000 last week) ***** QR2: (q2) Luke Johnson WR 908 vs S...
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3978
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Week 51 - Qatar F6 - Doha ($15,000) (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: Ali Habib UNR vs Quentin Folliot (FRA) WR 1964 (CH = 1524 in June) QR1: BYE vs (q9) Thomas Colautti WR 1270 (CH = 1266 last week) ***** QR2: Mubarak Alsulaiti (QAT) UNR vs (q9) Thomas Colautti WR 1270 Richard Gabb should be in the main draw & Luke Johnson may well have snuck in.
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2873
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Week 51 - Tunisia F40 ($15,000) - Hammamet (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: James Ledger UNR vs Cristiano Russo (ITA) UNR QR1: (q5) Joel Cannell WR 1603 (CH = 822 last December) vs BYE QR1: Ewen Lumsden UNR (CH = 1748 in September last year) vs Anze Arh (SLO) UNR
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Stircrazy
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1129
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Week 51 - Hong Kong F4 ($15,000) - Tin Hau, HK (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Marshall Tutu UNR (CH = 1077 in May 2015) vs Jesse Delaney (AUS) UNR
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869
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Week 50 - Tunisia F39 ($15,000) - Hammamet (clay)
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(Preview)
QR1: (q1) Evan Hoyt WR 1246 (CH = 542 in June last year) vs BYE QR1: Jack Oswald UNR vs Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) UNR (CH = 687 in September 2012 - he's now 31) QR1: (q7) Tomás Almeida (POR) WR 1796 (CH = 1666 in September) vs Ewen Lumsden UNR (CH = 1748 in September last year, when he was 16) QR1: Sahej Make...
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2155
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Week 50 - Qatar F5 ($15,000) - Doha (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: (qWC) Rayyan Aljufairi (QAT) UNR vs Thomas Colautti WR 1266 (= CH) QR1: BYE vs (q15) Andrew Watson WR 1034 (CH = 1000 last month) QR1: (qWC) Juan David Ramírez (COL) UNR vs Jarryd Bant UNR (CH = 1553 in November 2012) QR1: (q6) Luke Johnson WR 911 (CH = 907 last month) vs BYE QR1: (q8) Ryan Penisto...
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Week 50 - Thailand F12 - Hua Hin ($15,000) (hard)
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(Preview)
No idea of the order of the draw, as the draw sheet is not yet available. QR1: Michael Cummings (AUS) UNR vs Pierre Luiggi UNR QR1: Jamie Praditngam UNR vs Punnakrit Kritakara (THA) WR 1858 (CH = 1343 in May 2014) I presume Billy Harris, fourth in the qualies list, either has a bye in the first round or ha...
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2045
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Week 50 - Israel F18 ($15,000) - Sajur (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: (q4) Alexis Canter WR 1426 (CH = 1303 last month) vs BYE QR1: Ofek Amoyal (ISR) UNR vs Sizya Kivanda UNR (CH = 1800 in October 2015) QR1: Edward Harwood UNR vs Nevo Gabriely (ISR) UNR ***** QR2: (q4) Alexis Canter WR 1426 vs Ran Amar (ISR) UNR
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Stircrazy
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1006
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Week 50 - Dominican Republic F3 ($15,000) - Santo Domingo (hard)
(Preview)
Let's hope William has better luck than last week: QR1: Gabriel José Matos (DOM) UNR vs William Flavell UNR
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Stircrazy
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1
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748
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Week 50 - Turkey F47 - Antalya ($15,000) (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Razvan Bobleaga (ROU) UNR (CH = 1212 in May) vs James Allemby UNR (CH = 2051 in September 2015)
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623
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Week 49 - USA F40 ($25,000) - Tallahassee, FL (indoor hard)
(Preview)
L32: Nathaniel Lammons (USA) WR 1290 (CH = 910 in July) vs (4) Alex Ward WR 373 (CH = 242 in June last year)
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1524
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Week 49 - Israel F17 ($15,000) - Tiberias (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Sizya Kivanda UNR (CH = 1800 in October 2015) vs (qWC) Ori Maior (ISR) UNR QR1: Shadi al Tori (ISR) UNR vs Barnaby Smith UNR QR1: Edward Harwood UNR vs Yam Ziv (ISR) UNR QR1: (q8) Alexis Canter WR 1426 (CH = 1303 three weeks ago) vs BYE
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Stircrazy
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1405
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Week 49 - Tunisia F38 ($15,000) - Hammamet (clay)
(Preview)
Most of the young Brits are packed in the top quarter of the draw: QR1: Gennaro Orazzo (ITA) UNR vs Sahej Maker UNR QR1: Jakob Groener (NOR) UNR vs Jack Oswald UNR QR1: Jake Hersey UNR vs Hien Quang Hien Pham (AUS) UNR QR1: Anze Arh (SLO) UNR vs Robert Hughes UNR QR1: (q7) Nino Portales (FRA) WR 1858 (C...
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1658
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Week 49 - South Africa F3 ($15,000) - Stellenbosch (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: (q3) Thomas Colautti WR 1370 (CH = 1350 two weeks ago) vs BYE
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6
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1163
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Week 49 - Thailand F11 - Hua Hin ($15,000) (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: (q2) Billy Harris WR 650 (= CH) vs BYE
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Week 49 - Dominican Republic F2 ($15,000) - Santo Domingo (hard)
(Preview)
This is going to be short & sweet, but for the sake of completeness: QR1: (q3) Maksim Tikhomirov (USA) WR 1219 (CH = 1080 in September last year) defeated William Flavell UNR by 1 &
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668
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Week 48 - USA F39 ($25,000) - Waco, TX (indoor hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: Abhiram Radhakrishnan Venkatachalam (USA) UNR vs (q11) Alastair Gray WR 1397 (CH = 986) QR1: Noé Khlif (FRA) UNR vs (q14) Samm Butler WR 1608 (CH = 1318 in November 2014)
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5681
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Week 49 - Turkey F46 - Antalya ($15,000) (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: James Allemby UNR (CH = 2052 in September 2015) vs (qWC) Shahin Khaledan (IRI) UNR (CH = 912 in October 2012 - he's 27, the same age as James) QR1: (qWC) Patrick Foley UNR vs (q12) Dominik Nazaruk (POL) WR 1521 (CH = 1513 at the start of last month)
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575
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Week 48 - South Africa F2 ($15,000) - Stellenbosch (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: (q4) Thomas Colautti WR 1354 (CH = 1350 last week) vs BYE
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