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Week 1 - ATP World Tour 250 - Qatar Exxonmobil Open, Doha, Qatar (hard) - doubles
(Preview)
Somehow managed to miss this when I was catching up with things on my return to civilisation (home in London+Internet access ) yesterday evening  : R1: Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 71 (47+24) vs Denis Istomin & Mikhail Youzhny (UZB+RUS) CR 119 (48+71) -- Edited by Stircraz...
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Week 1 - Challenger ($50,000) - Happy Valley, Aus (Hard)
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(Preview)
Brydan Klein is the 7th seed in qualifying and has a bye in the opening round and will play either Hobart or Ratiwatana in rnd 2 with the Italian top seed the likely opponent in the final qualifier. Liam Broady is a direct entry into the main draw.
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Week 1 - USA F1 ($10,000) - Plantation, FL (Clay)
(Preview)
L32: Farris Gosea WR 581 v (7) Markus Eriksson (SWE) WR 496 (CH 347 last Jun)
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Best Challenger/Futures Event To Watch
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(Preview)
I am hoping to get to a couple of Challengers or Futures events next year, having not been to one before (I've been to Wimbledon/Australian/Albert Hall before). What would everyone on here suggest as the best to go to. I'm not worried about where in the country it is as i'll happily spend a couple of days...
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Week 50 - Tunisia F11 ($10,000) - Sousse (Hard)
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(Preview)
JWH (probably seeded) & Jonny O'Mara should be in the main draw here. QR1: George Davies UNR v Romain Berquand (FRA) UNR QR1: Christopher Reynolds UNR v Frederik Schoop (DEN) UNR FQR: (q3) Evan Hoyt WR 1590 v Hichem Yasri (ALG) UNR or Davide Guerra (ITA) UNR FQR: Davies or Berquand v (q5) Francesco...
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Week 50 - Togo F1 ($15,000+H) - Lomé (Hard)
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(Preview)
A 15K+H in Togo looked like it could be well worth the trip but Joe has drawn one of the shortest straws ... L32: Joe Salisbury WR 1050 v (4) Jaime Pulgar García (ESP) WR 352 (CH 348 last month) Edit: rankings updated -- Edited by steven on Sunday 7th of December 2014 07:57:20 PM
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Week 51 - Qatar F6 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)
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(Preview)
James Marsalek, Dave Rice, Dan S, Luke B, Toby Martin and Richard Gabb are in the main draw. Scott Clayton has either got a wildcard to the MD or has withdrawn (with the possible injury from last week) and it's not registered yet. R1: James Allemby UNR v (wc) Issa SHANAN AL HARRASI (QAT) UNR age 15 R1: Dav...
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Week 51 - Togo F2 ($15,000+H) - Lomé (Hard)
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(Preview)
Another tough R1 match for Joe as he draws the Nº4 seed for the 2nd week running. But we all know what happened last time L32: Joe Salisbury WR 1050 v (4) Ivo Klec (SVK) WR 357 (CH 184 in Aug 2006)
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Week 51 - Senegal F2 ($15,000) - Dakar (Hard)
(Preview)
Joe drew the shortest straw in qualifying: FQR: Joe Cooper UNR lost to (q1) Romain Sichez (FRA) WR 1564 (CH 690 in 2013) by 1 & 2 
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Week 50 - Mexico F15 ($15,000) - Mérida (hard)
(Preview)
L32: Farris Gosea WR 593 v Luis Patino (MEX) WR 762 (CH 733 in Oct) Hopefully this means that whatever forced Farris to retire last week wasn't too serious.
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Week 50 - Qatar F5 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)
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(Preview)
Dan Smethurst & Dan Cox should be seeded in the main draw, Luke Bambridge & Richard Gabb are also DAs and there are 5 Brits in qualies QR1: (q4) James Marsalek WR 945 v Sumit Nagal (IND) UNR (CH 1668 in Jan; 17yo world junior no. 43) QR1: James Allemby UNR v (q5) Jelle Sels (NED) WR 955 (CH 952 last mo...
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Week 50 - Egypt F36 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Hard)
(Preview)
Neil Pauffley should be seeded in the main draw here. QR2: Shane Brown UNR v (q3) Jan Zielinski (POL) WR 1442 (= CH; 18yo junior WR 28) QR2: Philip Sikman UNR v (q4) Vincent van den Honert (NED) WR 1458 (CH 1429 in Oct)
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Week 50 - Senegal F1 ($15,000) - Dakar (Hard)
(Preview)
Nasty draw for Joe given that there are only 3 matches in qualifying in total (5 get byes through to the main draw) - he gets a former top 100 junior & former top 700 senior playing his first Futures match since 2010. FQR: Joe Cooper UNR v (wc) Duncan Mugabe (UGA) UNR (CH 659 in 2009)
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Week 49 - Qatar F4 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)
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(Preview)
Dan Smethurst and Dan Cox should be among the top seeds in the main draw, with Luke Bambridge, Richard Gabb & Toby Martin all DAs as well. QR1: (q1) Scott Clayton WR 1119 v Rayane Alami (QAT) UNR (1st Futures) QR1: Paul Monczakowski UNR v Martim Vilela (POR) UNR (both 16yos) QR1: James Allemby UNR v K...
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British Tour 2014
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(Preview)
http://lta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=F6F5136D-3634-4645-B416-6FBF1B05EB3F&draw=3
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Week 49 - Tunisia F10 ($10,000) - Sousse (Hard)
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(Preview)
Josh Ward-Hibbert and James Marsalek should be in the main draw here. QR1: Christopher Reynolds UNR v (wc) Levar Harper-Griffith (USA) UNR (33yo CH 224 (!) in 2001) QR1: George Davies UNR v (q3) Francesco Vilardo (ITA) WR 1174 (CH 798 in 2012) QR1: (q10) Evan Hoyt WR 1581 v Antoine Leduc (CAN) UNR QR1: (...
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Week 49 - Mexico F14 ($15,000) - Mérida (hard)
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(Preview)
Farris looks to have drawn the short straw in the singles: L32: Farris Gosea WR 589 vs (2) Agustín Velotti (ARG) WR 275 (CH = 166 in September last year) ***** R1: Farris Gosea & Marek Michalicka (CZE) CR 1043 (729+314) vs Adam El Mihdawy & Luís Patino (USA/MEX) CR 1545 (1085+460)
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Week 49 - Thailand F11 ($15,000) - Bangkok (hard)
(Preview)
L32: (5) Dave Rice WR 347 vs Phassawit Burapharitta (THA) WR 922 (CH = 919 earlier this month) L32: Karunuday Singh (IND) WR 528 (CH 393 in in April) vs (2) Brydan Klein WR 266
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Week 49 - Egypt F35 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Shane Brown UNR v Mateusz Smolicki (POL) UNR (1st Futures) QR1: Philip Sikman UNR v Stefano Reitano (ITA) UNR * QR1: Jack Oswald UNR v (q14) Michal Dembek (POL) WR 1557 (CH 1549 earlier this month; 17yo junior WR 156) QR2: (q10) Aswin Lizen WR 1450 v Antonio Massara (ITA) WR 1703 (CH 1166 in Jun) or Ar...
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Week 48 - Tunisia F9 ($10,000) - Sousse (Hard)
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(Preview)
James M should be in the main draw Q1: (q3) Bruce Strachan WR 1159 v Oscar René Jeppesen (DEN) UNR Q1: (q4) Imran Aswat WR 1226 v Sadok Laribi (TUN) UNR (listed as age 37, age started tennis: 36 !!!!!!!!! ) Q1: (q8) Evan Hoyt WR 1573 v Marco Gjomarkaj (ITA) UNR
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Week 48 - Cyprus F3 ($10,000) - Larnaca (Hard)
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(Preview)
L32: (4) Richard Gabb WR 611 v (Q) Menelaos Efstathiou (CYP) UNR (15yo) L32: Scott Clayton WR 1119 v Mousheg Hovhannisyan (USA) WR 1318 (CH 974 in 2011) * * H2H 1-0, Scott won 3-6 6-3 6-0 in the FQR here last week
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Week 49 - Dominican Republic F2 ($15,000) - Santiago de los Caballeros (Clay)
(Preview)
QR2: (q4) Alex Sendegeya WR 1415 v Stefano di Aloy (ARG) UNR or Corentin Moutet (FRA) UNR (15yo junior WR 64)
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Week 45 - Challenger ($50,000) - Traralgon 2, Australia (Hard)
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(Preview)
R1: Kyle Edmund WR 242 v (wc) Gavin Van Peperzeel (AUS) WR 470 (CH 438 in Sept) R1: (2) James Ward WR 119 v Brydan Klein WR 253
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Week 48 - Thailand F10 ($15,000) - Bangkok (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: (3) Brydan Klein WR 293 v (WC) Nuttanon Kadchapanan (THA) UNR (CH 1213 in 2013) L32: (6) Dave Rice WR 345 v Zheng Weigiang (CHN) WR 978 (CH 976 last month; 18yo junior WR 70, CH 24 in 2013) L32: (7) Josh Milton WR 380 v Kaichi Uchida (JPN) WR 629 (= CH; junior CH 3 in 2012)
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Week 48 - Egypt F34 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: (q16) Aswin Lizen WR 1441 v Joshua Turnquest (BAH) UNR (15yo) QR1: Philip Sikman UNR v Jacopo Stefanini (ITA) UNR (CH 1555 in 2013; 18yo junior WR 173) QR1: Robbie Ridout WR 1450 v Alan Gadjiev (UZB) UNR (18yo junior WR 958 / CH 345 in Feb)
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