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GAMEOVER · GAMEOVER

Just picked up on the tennis forum that Angela Mortimer has passed away. Wimbledon champion in 1961 beating Christine Truman in the final.

GAMEOVER · GAMEOVER

Sad news that Warren Jacques the Australian player of the 1960's who later became a coach and in 1987 was for 3 years captain of GBs Davis Cup team passed away on 15th August aged 87. Condolences to his family.

emmsie69 · emmsie69

We've all seen the slow breakdown Harriet has been having and it got me thinking. Of all the top Women I think she is the only one that hasn't had an injury that allows her to utilise a PR (Heather may be another one) It got me thinking how hard it must be for the Players ranked below 50. They literally have...

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

http://www.lta.org.uk/globalassets/about-lta/strategy/british-tennis-strategy-plan.pdf

Spectator · Spectator

On the grounds that occasionally someone does something quite extraordinary that seems to merit attention but doesn't fit into any other thread, would the mods be all right with this as a thread? If so, may I nominate Gilles Simon as a worthy opener? A few days ago, he was on crutches and the assumption...

Lambda · Lambda

[url=https://santaclarabroncos.com/news/2023/11/8/mens-tennis-mens-tennis-signs-world-top-300-junior-ranked-player.aspx]Announcement[/url...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

I wondered what peoples views are in terms of how the Russian players and nation should be treated on tour - I am going to do it as a poll and wondered what the prevailing opinion was: Options are: 1) completely ban them until peace is made 2) leave as is - neutral nationality and no involvement in team e...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/itf-appoints-ross-hutchins-as-new-chief-executive-officer/

Ian1314 · Ian1314

Here's something interesting that I stumbled across - 1994: Can BRITISH TENNIS Produce a WINNER? | On the Line | Classic BBC sport | BBC Archive -- Edited by Ian1314 on Saturday 26th of July 2025 07:41:02 PM

thegingerlightbulb · thegingerlightbulb

On the apprentice there is a former Tennis pro called Max England. But I've never heard of him, has anyone on here come across him before?

thegingerlightbulb · thegingerlightbulb

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/articles/cnvmm4pp779o

Stircrazy · Stircrazy

An interesting perspective on the twilight days of a great tennis player's career.

Stircrazy · Stircrazy

This delightful interview with Matthew Syed took me back to my schooldays & brought back some lovely memories. Sadly, Roger, now 83, is not in the best of health, but, with true Yorkshire grit, seems to be making light of it.

Lambda · Lambda

INTENNSE is a team based fast paced format played in the US. It follows similar fast paced formats elsewhere around the world. This weekend is the start of the inaugural league which will take place at weekends for the next 2 months in a specially constructed arena in a sound stage in Atlanta, Georgia....

Sheddie · Sheddie

I thought Kei was on a bit of a resurgence at the start of the year, making the final of Hong Kong back in early Jan. I watched him beat Jake in a challenger last November, and was impressed at his level as well - was playing top 30 tennis. Anyway he's tailed off since Feb and this news perhaps explains why. T...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Just watching Jack D at Queens on TV. I noticed the net seemed to be more saggy in the middle than I expected. I know the height of a net at the centre is the same on all courts as a standard requirement; question I had is whether the net has to be the same height all all parts along the net for all courts/nets - i...

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

I've searched and I think we are missing a topic for this. It's really quite an important part of the British Tennis landscape and should be followed on this forum. Clearly it's never going to be as big as College Tennis in the states, but we do have quite a few aspiring professionals in the BUCS system. M...

GBJ · GBJ

I saw this was posted on Raducanu's page and felt it would be good to give it it's own topic thread. I hope that's ok? Sorry I've not looked up what week it is. The below is copied from JonH's and CD's posts there: Seems there is time for others to enter and then they take the top 8 combined rankings entries a...

thegingerlightbulb · thegingerlightbulb

So as Zverev goes down to Djokovic we are left one again with a Grand Slam with no winner coming from the generation born in the 90s. Originally it seemed it would be a curse of players born between 1988 and 92 or so with the likes of Kei Nishikori, Raonic etc that would miss out on major honours because of...

Sheddie · Sheddie

Haven't been to Roland Garros since 2022, so have been thinking about trying to get tickets again this year. Hadn't realised they had introduced an online ballot just to access the public ticketing platform - it's crazy how demand has soared over the past decade, seems like there's more hurdles to ju...

The Realist · The Realist

28 professional players arrested in Spain https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/46822784

Stircrazy · Stircrazy

I don't think this issue has been fully reported before, though it may have been touched upon in the course of broader debates: the top 10 players are agitating for even more dosh from the Grand Slams & are due to meet representatives of Wimbledon & t...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Love this https://www.alliowalawntennisclub.com/ anyone got any others?!

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Here we go, 8 players made it to the final Coco Gauff - tied top in her semi, won her opening group Madisson Keys - won her group both rounds Ons Jabeur - won her group both rounds Gael Monfils - won his group both rounds Harri Heliovaara - tied top in his semi, RU in opening group Barbora Krejcikova - came th...

indiana · indiana

Tie break vote - winner into the final. Vote for your favourite player VOTE WILL CLOSE AT 1030PM TONIGHT. If there is a tie at 1030PM, I WILL TOSS A COIN AND THE COIN TOSS WINNER WILL GO THROUGH! NOTE - YOU HAVE JUST UNDER 5 HOURS TIME PERIOD TO VOTE

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Angela Mortimer (Preview) Just picked up on the tennis forum that Angela Mortimer has passed away. Wimbledon champion in 1961 beating Christine Truman in the final.	GAMEOVER	4	1974	August 26th by GAMEOVER
	Warren Jacques (Preview) Sad news that Warren Jacques the Australian player of the 1960's who later became a coach and in 1987 was for 3 years captain of GBs Davis Cup team passed away on 15th August aged 87. Condolences to his family.	GAMEOVER	0	2033	August 21st by GAMEOVER
	Career Break (Preview) We've all seen the slow breakdown Harriet has been having and it got me thinking. Of all the top Women I think she is the only one that hasn't had an injury that allows her to utilise a PR (Heather may be another one) It got me thinking how hard it must be for the Players ranked below 50. They literally have...	emmsie69	2	2097	August 20th by Coup Droit
	LTA Strategy ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 13 ) (Preview) http://www.lta.org.uk/globalassets/about-lta/strategy/british-tennis-strategy-plan.pdf	Born2WinTennis	189	33132	August 17th by Elegant Point
	Remarkable non-GB performances ( First … Last » ) (Preview) On the grounds that occasionally someone does something quite extraordinary that seems to merit attention but doesn't fit into any other thread, would the mods be all right with this as a thread? If so, may I nominate Gilles Simon as a worthy opener? A few days ago, he was on crutches and the assumption...	Spectator	714	115088	August 15th by Coup Droit
	General college chat 2024/25 ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 30 ) (Preview) [url=https://santaclarabroncos.com/news/2023/11/8/mens-tennis-mens-tennis-signs-world-top-300-junior-ranked-player.aspx]Announcement[/url...	Lambda	442	38794	August 11th by Coup Droit
	Views on status of Russian players in tennis ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I wondered what peoples views are in terms of how the Russian players and nation should be treated on tour - I am going to do it as a poll and wondered what the prevailing opinion was: Options are: 1) completely ban them until peace is made 2) leave as is - neutral nationality and no involvement in team e...	JonH comes home	24	1160	August 11th by KK
	Ross Hutchins (Preview) https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/itf-appoints-ross-hutchins-as-new-chief-executive-officer/	JonH comes home	0	1992	August 4th by JonH comes home
	Another Interesting Youtube video (Preview) Here's something interesting that I stumbled across - 1994: Can BRITISH TENNIS Produce a WINNER? \| On the Line \| Classic BBC sport \| BBC Archive -- Edited by Ian1314 on Saturday 26th of July 2025 07:41:02 PM	Ian1314	1	2344	July 26th by Ian1314
	Max England? (Preview) On the apprentice there is a former Tennis pro called Max England. But I've never heard of him, has anyone on here come across him before?	thegingerlightbulb	3	2139	July 25th by GBJ
	Wimbledon courts are like clay courts! (Preview) https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/articles/cnvmm4pp779o	thegingerlightbulb	3	693	July 2nd by JonH comes home
	Stan the Man: oh, how the mighty have fallen! (Preview) An interesting perspective on the twilight days of a great tennis player's career.	Stircrazy	0	470	June 28th by Stircrazy
	Roger Taylor (Preview) This delightful interview with Matthew Syed took me back to my schooldays & brought back some lovely memories. Sadly, Roger, now 83, is not in the best of health, but, with true Yorkshire grit, seems to be making light of it.	Stircrazy	2	503	June 26th by Jan
	INTENNSE tennis (Preview) INTENNSE is a team based fast paced format played in the US. It follows similar fast paced formats elsewhere around the world. This weekend is the start of the inaugural league which will take place at weekends for the next 2 months in a specially constructed arena in a sound stage in Atlanta, Georgia....	Lambda	1	529	June 22nd by seagull
	Nishikori (Preview) I thought Kei was on a bit of a resurgence at the start of the year, making the final of Hong Kong back in early Jan. I watched him beat Jake in a challenger last November, and was impressed at his level as well - was playing top 30 tennis. Anyway he's tailed off since Feb and this news perhaps explains why. T...	Sheddie	2	515	June 21st by Sheddie
	Tennis Net? (Preview) Just watching Jack D at Queens on TV. I noticed the net seemed to be more saggy in the middle than I expected. I know the height of a net at the centre is the same on all courts as a standard requirement; question I had is whether the net has to be the same height all all parts along the net for all courts/nets - i...	JonH comes home	2	485	June 18th by Pierrot
	British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Tennis ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 12 ) (Preview) I've searched and I think we are missing a topic for this. It's really quite an important part of the British Tennis landscape and should be followed on this forum. Clearly it's never going to be as big as College Tennis in the states, but we do have quite a few aspiring professionals in the BUCS system. M...	Born2WinTennis	178	25868	June 18th by Lambda
	New Format US Open mixed doubles 2025 (Preview) I saw this was posted on Raducanu's page and felt it would be good to give it it's own topic thread. I hope that's ok? Sorry I've not looked up what week it is. The below is copied from JonH's and CD's posts there: Seems there is time for others to enter and then they take the top 8 combined rankings entries a...	GBJ	6	642	June 17th by Jan
	What is up with 90s born male tennis players (Preview) So as Zverev goes down to Djokovic we are left one again with a Grand Slam with no winner coming from the generation born in the 90s. Originally it seemed it would be a curse of players born between 1988 and 92 or so with the likes of Kei Nishikori, Raonic etc that would miss out on major honours because of...	thegingerlightbulb	1	751	June 5th by christ
	French Open tickets (Preview) Haven't been to Roland Garros since 2022, so have been thinking about trying to get tickets again this year. Hadn't realised they had introduced an online ballot just to access the public ticketing platform - it's crazy how demand has soared over the past decade, seems like there's more hurdles to ju...	Sheddie	14	1896	June 3rd by brittak
	Match fixing ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 15 ) (Preview) 28 professional players arrested in Spain https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/46822784	The Realist	210	18942	May 25th by Doonan
	Grand Slam prize money (Preview) I don't think this issue has been fully reported before, though it may have been touched upon in the course of broader debates: the top 10 players are agitating for even more dosh from the Grand Slams & are due to meet representatives of Wimbledon & t...	Stircrazy	0	527	May 22nd by Stircrazy
	Cool tennis court (Preview) Love this https://www.alliowalawntennisclub.com/ anyone got any others?!	JonH comes home	0	577	Apr 28, 2025 by JonH comes home
	Favourite International Player Vote - FINAL ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview) Here we go, 8 players made it to the final Coco Gauff - tied top in her semi, won her opening group Madisson Keys - won her group both rounds Ons Jabeur - won her group both rounds Gael Monfils - won his group both rounds Harri Heliovaara - tied top in his semi, RU in opening group Barbora Krejcikova - came th...	JonH comes home	63	2817	Apr 14, 2025 by JonH comes home
	Favourite International Player Vote - SF Group 2 TIE BREAK VOTE (Preview) Tie break vote - winner into the final. Vote for your favourite player VOTE WILL CLOSE AT 1030PM TONIGHT. If there is a tie at 1030PM, I WILL TOSS A COIN AND THE COIN TOSS WINNER WILL GO THROUGH! NOTE - YOU HAVE JUST UNDER 5 HOURS TIME PERIOD TO VOTE	indiana	13	713	Apr 11, 2025 by Brendan F
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