British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

wimdledont · wimdledont

Fantastic! ITF have revamped their livescores page, and now offer direct links to livestreams. http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-scores/ http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-streams/ This is great news for tennis fans, and should make sponsorship of ITF tournaments and players a much mo...

JonH · JonH

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Open-Tennis-First-Twenty-Years/dp/0747501750

Andy Parker · Andy Parker

I was wondering whether anyone knows any way of getting hold of Margaret Court's new biography, which was released just over a year ago. As far as I know her new book is just that and is not a re-print of her original autobiography, which was completed over 20 years ago. It seems like McMillan Australia...

JonH · JonH

One thing I find fascinating is looking at the history of the tennis tours and some of the events that are now defunct. I hadn't realised that back in the early days of Open tennis, there was a UK based tour within the main Grand prix tour, called Dewar Cup. The Dewar Cup appeared to comprise of 6 events ar...

JonH · JonH

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2018/01/09/truth-behind-pro-tennis-away-elite-cheating-claims-financial/

nickw811 · nickw811

Hey all! A while back a few of you mentioned that you'd like to read articles from players from small nations so I thought I'd share an interview I've just complete with Abigail Tere-Apisah. She's 25 and Papua New Guinea's number one player on the WTA tour. Inside the top 350, she was one match away from w...

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

An email from the LTA yesterday alerted me to the fact that the GB Seniors hold an annual inter club competition to find the best age category team, O35, O40, O45 etc I couldn't find out much more about it, but the cool thing is the winners of the GB event progress to a European finals and I know we do pretty w...

paulisi · paulisi

Congratulations to our GB college team who beat US in the final in Lille today. The team consisted of: Maia Lumsden Jonny O'Mara Jack Findel Hawkins Emma Hurst Pippa Horn Scot Duncan GB finished 3rd last year - USA had a team of Holt, Redlicki, Lahey and Shibahara

JonH · JonH

https://www3.lta.org.uk/in-your-area/Scotland/news/July-17/Tennis-Scotland-Open-Singles-Tour-Pilot--Entires-now-open/

skibbarriz · skibbarriz

How's about something different. A thread for the expression the things you value them for and think they do well. Or simply ways in which you recognise they've been improving.

Helen40 · Helen40

The Champions tennis is back on

https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2017/champions-tennis/

The Optimist · The Optimist

As CD points out on the other US thread, the circus is starting up again with recruits committing to colleges for next autumn. Thought it might be clearer to start a fresh thread. Boys signing for 2015 Sam Bird - Troy William Bissett - East Carolina Ryan Brough - Tyler Junior College (NJCAA) James Bru...

TMH · TMH

Just heard that along with the new proposals for the 25 second shot clock and players receiving 50% of their prize money if withdrawing before the first round of the slams, they are also looking at abolishing the 17-32 seeded positions in slams to 'increase the jeopardy for the top players'. http://w...

nickw811 · nickw811

We all know how difficult it is for tennis players to make it big, but what about coaches too?! Especially in this country, where we don't always get the weather and facilities.. I know I've shared stuff on my blog in the past, but I've had a really good response from you all so far so massive thanks :) I hav...

Vandenburg · Vandenburg

Does Goffin reaching the Final of the WTF confirm this era is the weakest it has been for many years. Goffin: Has won 4 titles ( 1x 500, 3 X 250) Never reached a Masters 1000 Final Never gone past the QF of a Grandslam (reached 2 x QF). He makes Davydenko and Nalbandian look amazing. Compare when Davydenk...

blob · blob

Struck by the picture below, I thought I'd share it in what might become part of a very very very infrequent series: She may have been a peerless actress, but not so sure of Katharine Hepburn's tennis form: There are quite a few pictures of her playing though, mostly in the sports trousers ubiquitous at...

paulisi · paulisi

According to press reports - the coverage of men's tennis, for which Sky had the UK rights, has been won by Amazon Prime.... BT Sport still have the women's rights and Eurosport some coverage and of course Wimbledon is on the BBC What a odd range of channels... I assume Amazon Prime is an internet/smar...

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

Next week I will have the pleasure of meeting Leon Smith again here in Spain. He is coaching the "Adult Academy" at La Manga, all week. Whilst I cannot participate, I intend to make an appearance on a couple of days at least and then on Thursday Evening, their is a Gala Dinner where Leon will be doing a que...

JonH · JonH

taking a look at the in running points today, Nadal clearly hasnt officially qualified - Live Rankings has him a few hundred points off still. But since the Finals have been at the O2, the lowest 8th placed qualifier has had around 4400 points and as of today Nadal has 5200 or so. Pretty much a dead cert Na...

indiana · indiana

I've been wondering for a little while what's gone wrong with Australian tennis ? Men : No 1 = Lleyton Hewitt ( world ranked 14 ), No 2 = Peter Luczak ( 120 ) Women : No 1 = Samantha Stosur ( 55 ), No 2 = Nicole Pratt ( 133 ) I can remember the d...

telstar · telstar

I notice that three players have been given byes to the last 32 in the WTA China Open. They are Ashleigh Barty, Caroline Garcia and Jelena Ostapenko. They are far from being the top 3 seeds-in fact, Ashleigh is not even a seed! The obvious explanation is that they reached the semis in the previous week an...

JonH · JonH

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/27/james-blake-police-disciplinary-trial-decision-may-not-be-made-public

The Optimist · The Optimist

There are already a couple of names out for 2017 entry, so have started a new thread (easier to update the list if it's on P1) Men Jack Beuttell-Triggs - Maryville (Div 2) Joseph Blakely - St Bonaventure Nick Brookes - Northwestern James Caddies - Alabama-Huntsville (Div 2) James Capeling-Lee - McPh...

patrick0 · patrick0

On the final day of the US Open, both Alfie Hewett and Andy Lapthorne were put to the test in their respective singles finals. 19-year-old Hewett was up first in the men's wheelchair singles and faced France's Stephane Houdet. Despite levelling the match to force a third and decisive set, the Frenc...

indiana · indiana

So who do folk think will win it ?

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	ITF livescores (Preview) Fantastic! ITF have revamped their livescores page, and now offer direct links to livestreams. http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-scores/ http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-streams/ This is great news for tennis fans, and should make sponsorship of ITF tournaments and players a much mo...	wimdledont	0	736	Jan 23, 2018 by wimdledont
	Richard Evan's book "Open Tennis" (Preview) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Open-Tennis-First-Twenty-Years/dp/0747501750	JonH	0	708	Jan 18, 2018 by JonH
	Margaret Court's Autobiography (Preview) I was wondering whether anyone knows any way of getting hold of Margaret Court's new biography, which was released just over a year ago. As far as I know her new book is just that and is not a re-print of her original autobiography, which was completed over 20 years ago. It seems like McMillan Australia...	Andy Parker	4	1366	Jan 15, 2018 by skibbarriz
	Dewar Cup (Preview) One thing I find fascinating is looking at the history of the tennis tours and some of the events that are now defunct. I hadn't realised that back in the early days of Open tennis, there was a UK based tour within the main Grand prix tour, called Dewar Cup. The Dewar Cup appeared to comprise of 6 events ar...	JonH	6	1180	Jan 13, 2018 by wolf
	Life on Tour (Preview) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2018/01/09/truth-behind-pro-tennis-away-elite-cheating-claims-financial/	JonH	1	647	Jan 11, 2018 by skibbarriz
	Papua New Guinea (Preview) Hey all! A while back a few of you mentioned that you'd like to read articles from players from small nations so I thought I'd share an interview I've just complete with Abigail Tere-Apisah. She's 25 and Papua New Guinea's number one player on the WTA tour. Inside the top 350, she was one match away from w...	nickw811	4	825	Jan 10, 2018 by skibbarriz
	GB Seniors Club Championships (Preview) An email from the LTA yesterday alerted me to the fact that the GB Seniors hold an annual inter club competition to find the best age category team, O35, O40, O45 etc I couldn't find out much more about it, but the cool thing is the winners of the GB event progress to a European finals and I know we do pretty w...	Born2WinTennis	0	590	Dec 7, 2017 by Born2WinTennis
	Master ‘U BNP Paribas 2017 (Preview) Congratulations to our GB college team who beat US in the final in Lille today. The team consisted of: Maia Lumsden Jonny O'Mara Jack Findel Hawkins Emma Hurst Pippa Horn Scot Duncan GB finished 3rd last year - USA had a team of Holt, Redlicki, Lahey and Shibahara	paulisi	6	1914	Dec 5, 2017 by Born2WinTennis
	Tennis Scotland Open Tour (Preview) https://www3.lta.org.uk/in-your-area/Scotland/news/July-17/Tennis-Scotland-Open-Singles-Tour-Pilot--Entires-now-open/	JonH	6	2513	Dec 5, 2017 by Born2WinTennis
	The LTA Appreciation thread (Preview) How's about something different. A thread for the expression the things you value them for and think they do well. Or simply ways in which you recognise they've been improving.	skibbarriz	4	1197	Dec 1, 2017 by Born2WinTennis
	Champions tennis. (Preview) The Champions tennis is back on https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2017/champions-tennis/	Helen40	5	1217	Dec 1, 2017 by The Optimist
	US College Signings 2015 ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 11 ) (Preview) As CD points out on the other US thread, the circus is starting up again with recruits committing to colleges for next autumn. Thought it might be clearer to start a fresh thread. Boys signing for 2015 Sam Bird - Troy William Bissett - East Carolina Ryan Brough - Tyler Junior College (NJCAA) James Bru...	The Optimist	162	32877	Nov 30, 2017 by The Optimist
	Abolishing 17-32 seeds in slams in 2019? (Preview) Just heard that along with the new proposals for the 25 second shot clock and players receiving 50% of their prize money if withdrawing before the first round of the slams, they are also looking at abolishing the 17-32 seeded positions in slams to 'increase the jeopardy for the top players'. http://w...	TMH	12	2209	Nov 28, 2017 by indiana
	The difficulties of coaching tennis coaches British (Preview) We all know how difficult it is for tennis players to make it big, but what about coaches too?! Especially in this country, where we don't always get the weather and facilities.. I know I've shared stuff on my blog in the past, but I've had a really good response from you all so far so massive thanks :) I hav...	nickw811	4	2166	Nov 27, 2017 by nickw811
	Is David Goffin the worst player to reach the WTF final? (Preview) Does Goffin reaching the Final of the WTF confirm this era is the weakest it has been for many years. Goffin: Has won 4 titles ( 1x 500, 3 X 250) Never reached a Masters 1000 Final Never gone past the QF of a Grandslam (reached 2 x QF). He makes Davydenko and Nalbandian look amazing. Compare when Davydenk...	Vandenburg	5	1521	Nov 18, 2017 by indiana
	Non-Tennis Players playing tennis (Preview) Struck by the picture below, I thought I'd share it in what might become part of a very very very infrequent series: She may have been a peerless actress, but not so sure of Katharine Hepburn's tennis form: There are quite a few pictures of her playing though, mostly in the sports trousers ubiquitous at...	blob	2	885	Nov 8, 2017 by blob
	TV rights (Preview) According to press reports - the coverage of men's tennis, for which Sky had the UK rights, has been won by Amazon Prime.... BT Sport still have the women's rights and Eurosport some coverage and of course Wimbledon is on the BBC What a odd range of channels... I assume Amazon Prime is an internet/smar...	paulisi	10	2204	Nov 3, 2017 by paulisi
	Leon Smith (Preview) Next week I will have the pleasure of meeting Leon Smith again here in Spain. He is coaching the "Adult Academy" at La Manga, all week. Whilst I cannot participate, I intend to make an appearance on a couple of days at least and then on Thursday Evening, their is a Gala Dinner where Leon will be doing a que...	Bob in Spain	5	1838	Oct 23, 2017 by skibbarriz
	Nadal and Federer in World Tour Finals? (Preview) taking a look at the in running points today, Nadal clearly hasnt officially qualified - Live Rankings has him a few hundred points off still. But since the Finals have been at the O2, the lowest 8th placed qualifier has had around 4400 points and as of today Nadal has 5200 or so. Pretty much a dead cert Na...	JonH	9	2676	Oct 13, 2017 by indiana
	Australian tennis (Preview) I've been wondering for a little while what's gone wrong with Australian tennis ? Men : No 1 = Lleyton Hewitt ( world ranked 14 ), No 2 = Peter Luczak ( 120 ) Women : No 1 = Samantha Stosur ( 55 ), No 2 = Nicole Pratt ( 133 ) I can remember the d...	indiana	9	2749	Oct 4, 2017 by seagull
	Byes in China Open (Preview) I notice that three players have been given byes to the last 32 in the WTA China Open. They are Ashleigh Barty, Caroline Garcia and Jelena Ostapenko. They are far from being the top 3 seeds-in fact, Ashleigh is not even a seed! The obvious explanation is that they reached the semis in the previous week an...	telstar	2	906	Oct 1, 2017 by indiana
	James Blake (Preview) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/27/james-blake-police-disciplinary-trial-decision-may-not-be-made-public	JonH	1	833	Sep 28, 2017 by indiana
	US College Signings 2017 (and general college tennis chat) ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 38 ) (Preview) There are already a couple of names out for 2017 entry, so have started a new thread (easier to update the list if it's on P1) Men Jack Beuttell-Triggs - Maryville (Div 2) Joseph Blakely - St Bonaventure Nick Brookes - Northwestern James Caddies - Alabama-Huntsville (Div 2) James Capeling-Lee - McPh...	The Optimist	567	61918	Sep 19, 2017 by The Optimist
	Alfie Hewett (Preview) On the final day of the US Open, both Alfie Hewett and Andy Lapthorne were put to the test in their respective singles finals. 19-year-old Hewett was up first in the men's wheelchair singles and faced France's Stephane Houdet. Despite levelling the match to force a third and decisive set, the Frenc...	patrick0	1	999	Sep 12, 2017 by Shhh
	Us Open men's singles champion 2017 ? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) So who do folk think will win it ?	indiana	23	4185	Sep 7, 2017 by Jaggy1876
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