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Vic Seixas
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Sadly the oldest living former Wimbledon singles champion Vic Seixas passed away on 5th July. He was 100 having been born on 30th August 1923. He won the Wimbledon singles title in 1953 and the US championship in 1954. He also won 5 doubles and 8 mixed doubles titles at the Grand Slams. He was a member...
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June 2024 Player of the Month Vote - Final
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Tennis Intelligence
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With all the talk about players tennis IQ and being to smart to need a coach and the current preoccupation with big data, I had a quick read to see what was out there -some interesting stuff, from improving your tennis IQ, to on demand streaming of Wimbledon, algorithms to track players and provide in-...
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June player of the month vote - semi final group two
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So here we are - 22 players in two groups of 11 - Ive tried to spread and balance the players, but apologies if your personal favourites clash. Top 3 plus ties go through to the final, however no Players with zero votes will progress. votes will close at 11 pm tomorrow , Sunday evening. The final will be p...
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June player of the month vote - semi final group one
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So here we are - 22 players in two groups of 11 - Ive tried to spread and balance the players, but apologies if your personal favourites clash. Top 3 plus ties go through to the final, however no Players with zero votes will progress. votes will close at 11 pm tomorrow , Sunday evening. The final will be p...
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June 2024 Player of the Month Nominations Thread
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June starts here, haha. 5 week period this time and we end of June 30th, the day before Wimbledon starts. Usual process, put a player in the latest version of the list below and a reason and post a new updated list etc etc Nominations List 1 2 3 4 etc
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US College Signings and General College Chat 2023/24
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New thread for Fall 2023 college signings as there seems to be a few currently happening '2023 commitsFollowing his recent official visit, Louis Bowden (UTR 12.85) has verbally committed to@BaylorMTennis and will join the Bears for the fall of 2023. The 18-year-old has an ITF juniors career-hi...
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Para tennis 2024 thread
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The BBC news just finished with a section on Lily Mills, did anyone see it. Lily is in the AO in the Learning Disability event - I didnt know there was one. she lives for tennis, having suffered meningitis when young and being lucky to survive, but with learning disabilities through her life. good lu...
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Barclays LTA Local Tennis Leagues
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Anyone else here compete in these Leagues? The cost recently went from £18 a session to £21 but the user experience has plummeted. It was always two up two down where possible but is now apparently totally random so that in numerous cases in my Local Lge (Richmond) the winner has stayed put whilst the r...
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Looking for podcast co-hosts
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Hello everyone. For those of you that may not remember, my name is Mark, and over the years Ive attempted to get involved in British tennis in a few different ways. In 2016, I launched a website, Britennis, which aimed to cover the ups and downs of British tennis players across the world and across all ty...
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Lowest ranked British number 1s
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With such a great start to the grass season, especially from Boulder and Draper, it got me wondering: I was a kid in the early 90s and vaguely remember our top male and female players only having a ranking in the 400s. I could be likely misremembering, this would have been somewhere between 92-94 just be...
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French Open
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Planning my next tennis trip and French Open looks like a plan. Anyone been and can offer some advice. Best courts to book, best time to buy, good places to stay etc. Be going first couple of days probably and hopefully following the Brits around.
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Queens
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Just received an e-mail from Queens saying no fans to be allowed in for qualifying and no ground passes for the main draw.
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2025 Grass calendar
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Progress Tour 2024
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Seeing as we usually have dedicated threads for the British Tour and UKPL, I thought perhaps we should have a dedicated thread for the top money events from the Progress Tour too rather than putting it in the UTR thread. This week is the £10k event at Cardiff Met, with, what appears to be, a 32 draw for the...
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Wimbledon Qualifying
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Looks like tickets are now available to purchase. https://qualifyingtickets.wimbledon.com/
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Tennis on Sky Sports
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As we know Sky have the rights to the US Open and are expected to have the rights to the 2 tours from next year. If they do I suspect they'll announce it during the US Open. Looking at the schedules for next week and the 1st week of the main draw, Sky's coverage of the US Open is Qualifying: Each day from 4pm to m...
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Tennis - The Corporate Issue
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This week we had Swiatek playing Osaka on French Open main court. An absolutely electrifying match at a Grand Slam. It's raining hard outside so no other tennis to watch and yet the stadium is less than half-full. So where are all the spectators? While thousands of people in grounds look up at the big s...
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Naomi Osaka
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Well, Naomi may not have been this boards favourit player, but she is the worlds it seems, at least financially. Highest earning aportswoman, overtaking Serena https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/52774191
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Laver Cup
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This looks interesting: http://lavercup.com/#captains A Ryder Cup style weekend event. Teams of 6 Europe vs Rest of the World. 4 players selected automatically by ranking and two wildcard picks by the captains (bjorg & mcenroe). Hosted in Europe one year then USA the next. Scheduled for the w...
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May 2024 British Player of the Month VOTE
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Here we are, the May vote. 15 players (or pairs, or teams, or groups of team mates!) made it this month and one player even made it in two different guises! Usual routine - vote for your favourite. If you feel inclined to, tell us who you vote for and why - but dont feel pressured to do so, I know I can be a bit of...
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Injuries and Illness - and good luck wishes
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It seems that we've had a couple of specific threads for certain players but that a general thread might also be a good idea, so it's bit more all-encompassing. Anyway, best wishes to Sam Murray who's just had her wrist operation today, I believe. Hoping you have a speedy recovery and enjoy a bit of dow...
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European League Club Tennis
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As per the sensible request on the other page, (and as it concerns some of our best players), here is a thread exclusively for our GB players (men and women) who take part in the European club tennis leagues. (NB I don't follow the German leagues so if someone else does, please add it as this isn't meant to...
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May 2024 Player of the Month Nominations Thread
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juggernaut never stops rolling. May nominations here folks, closing date is Sunday 26th May, as the FO starts:name and supporting narrative, please, and anyone can nominate at any time for any reason (reason is to help the voting, not to pass a test!) Nomination list: 1 2 3 etc
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Tony Henman
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Did anyone know Tim's dad had passed away on 3rd May? Didn't know myself until a friend showed me the obituary in today's Telegraph, page 29. Interesting article, well worth a read.
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