General tennis discussion

Stircrazy · Stircrazy

Am starting this thread in response to a comment by Rosamund on the Laura Robson individual thread, as the discussion there was becoming sidetracked by posters' various reminiscences about past players!

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

Extra financial help was announced at the US Open for young players "The ATP is proud to announce the launch of the Next Gen Expense Support Programme, aimed at financially supporting the future stars of tennis as they compete on the ATP Challenger Tour. Players ranked between 101 and 500 in the PIF A...

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

https://x.com/TheTennisLetter/status/1840104770582774045

flamingowings · flamingowings

https://twitter.com/Wimbledon/status/1123173461873102850

seagull · seagull

The great BJK wants to change the scoring system in tennis.(IMHO probably the best thing about the sport as it's so unique.) Instead of 15, 30, 40 she wants 1,2 3 (Boring). Oh and all players should wear numbers on their back so we know who they are Of all the issues tennis has, this is the least of them. ...

Stircrazy · Stircrazy

and in the light of Team GB's performance in the Davis Cup last week, Sonay Kartal's maiden WTA title as a qualifier in Monastir & Jake Fearnley's triumph in Rennes yesterday, an in-depth analysis by one of the Beeb'...

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

I often see people refer to "The LTA" as an organisation and want to know actually who it is at the LTA responsible for certain decisions. When board members post things like "The LTA scrapped most of the futures events" or "The LTA scrapped the bonus scheme" etc it must be a decision from either the Chie...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Sad to hear of the passing at just 59 years old of Peter Lundgren. Former coach of Federer, worked at the LTA for a good while and did a great job before being let go. I cant recall exactly, was there some issue with drinking and id heard it may have blighted his career and life. by all accounts, a well liked...

mrmatchpoint · mrmatchpoint

Hi guys! I've recently launched a website designed to help tennis fans who enjoy travelling find the best hotels near ATP tournaments worldwide. The site is called MyTennisTrip and you can find it here: https://mytennistrip.com I originally built it for myself, since I really enjoy watching live...

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

The Telegraph is reporting that there's a 90-day now-or-never offer from SA to 'buy' tennis and merge mens and womensSaudi Arabia launches tennis takeover with $1 billion take-it-or-leave-it offerExclusive: Saudi offer to merge mens and womens tours is apparently time-sensitive, with a 90-da...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

We have a few Olympic posts dotted around so I thought Id put a thread up - nearer the time, no doubt, individual threads will appear for the different events in the mens and womens section. Here is a decent and relatively simple overview of how the complicated qualification rules work. https://www...

Stircrazy · Stircrazy

There was a fair bit of discussion - inevitably - of people's favourites/pet hates on the Queen's thread last week generated by the Beeb's commentary team. I posted a link to Stu Fraser's report on Jack Draper's match against Carlos Alcaraz (& a little bit about Billy Harris's cracking win over...

Grandpa Tom · Grandpa Tom

Just watched Barbora v Jasmine in the Wimbledon final. Wouldn't it have made a great 5 set match?

JonH · JonH

I wondered if anyone could help. I love reading on the history of tennis. When I was younger (I was born in 1965), around that time and through to the 80's , there was an annual tennis tournament called the King's Cup. Given by King Gustav of Sweden in the post war years, it was an indoor event for national t...

GAMEOVER · GAMEOVER

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...

Elegant Point · Elegant Point

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-...

cya · cya

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...

Toby · Toby

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...

BradMarx90 · BradMarx90

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...

thegingerlightbulb · thegingerlightbulb

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...

seagull · seagull

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.

seagull · seagull

Just received an e-mail from Queens saying no fans to be allowed in for qualifying and no ground passes for the main draw.

Madadman · Madadman

https://www.lta.org.uk/news/a-new-grass-court-calendar-for-2025/?utm_campaign=reputation&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=new_calendar&utm_term=

Lambda · Lambda

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...

Madadman · Madadman

Looks like tickets are now available to purchase. https://qualifyingtickets.wimbledon.com/

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Whatever became of whatsis(er)name? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Am starting this thread in response to a comment by Rosamund on the Laura Robson individual thread, as the discussion there was becoming sidetracked by posters' various reminiscences about past players!	Stircrazy	29	2505	September 29th by GBJ
	ATP Next Gen Expense Support Programme (Preview) Extra financial help was announced at the US Open for young players "The ATP is proud to announce the launch of the Next Gen Expense Support Programme, aimed at financially supporting the future stars of tennis as they compete on the ATP Challenger Tour. Players ranked between 101 and 500 in the PIF A...	Coup Droit	1	267	September 29th by Coup Droit
	Six Kings Slam (Preview) https://x.com/TheTennisLetter/status/1840104770582774045	Bob in Spain	4	324	September 29th by JonH comes home
	Wimbledon ( First … Last » ) (Preview) https://twitter.com/Wimbledon/status/1123173461873102850	flamingowings	709	82369	September 29th by emmsie69
	Billie Jean King (Preview) The great BJK wants to change the scoring system in tennis.(IMHO probably the best thing about the sport as it's so unique.) Instead of 15, 30, 40 she wants 1,2 3 (Boring). Oh and all players should wear numbers on their back so we know who they are Of all the issues tennis has, this is the least of them. ...	seagull	2	350	September 23rd by Jan
	The future of British tennis in the post-Andy era (Preview) and in the light of Team GB's performance in the Davis Cup last week, Sonay Kartal's maiden WTA title as a qualifier in Monastir & Jake Fearnley's triumph in Rennes yesterday, an in-depth analysis by one of the Beeb'...	Stircrazy	0	261	Sep 16, 2024 by Stircrazy
	The LTA ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 27 ) (Preview) I often see people refer to "The LTA" as an organisation and want to know actually who it is at the LTA responsible for certain decisions. When board members post things like "The LTA scrapped most of the futures events" or "The LTA scrapped the bonus scheme" etc it must be a decision from either the Chie...	Born2WinTennis	404	51336	Sep 5, 2024 by JonH comes home
	Peter Lundgren (Preview) Sad to hear of the passing at just 59 years old of Peter Lundgren. Former coach of Federer, worked at the LTA for a good while and did a great job before being let go. I cant recall exactly, was there some issue with drinking and id heard it may have blighted his career and life. by all accounts, a well liked...	JonH comes home	2	490	Sep 4, 2024 by JonH comes home
	Feedback wanted: I built a site that helps tennis fans find hotels near ATP tournaments (Preview) Hi guys! I've recently launched a website designed to help tennis fans who enjoy travelling find the best hotels near ATP tournaments worldwide. The site is called MyTennisTrip and you can find it here: https://mytennistrip.com I originally built it for myself, since I really enjoy watching live...	mrmatchpoint	3	446	Aug 9, 2024 by seagull
	Saudi Arabia - $1 bn offer - merger of WTA & ATP ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) The Telegraph is reporting that there's a 90-day now-or-never offer from SA to 'buy' tennis and merge mens and womensSaudi Arabia launches tennis takeover with $1 billion take-it-or-leave-it offerExclusive: Saudi offer to merge mens and womens tours is apparently time-sensitive, with a 90-da...	Coup Droit	59	3694	Aug 6, 2024 by JonH comes home
	2024 Olympic Tennis ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 7 ) (Preview) We have a few Olympic posts dotted around so I thought Id put a thread up - nearer the time, no doubt, individual threads will appear for the different events in the mens and womens section. Here is a decent and relatively simple overview of how the complicated qualification rules work. https://www...	JonH comes home	102	5504	Jul 28, 2024 by Jan
	BBC Wimbledon commentators ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) There was a fair bit of discussion - inevitably - of people's favourites/pet hates on the Queen's thread last week generated by the Beeb's commentary team. I posted a link to Stu Fraser's report on Jack Draper's match against Carlos Alcaraz (& a little bit about Billy Harris's cracking win over...	Stircrazy	56	4118	Jul 14, 2024 by Elegant Point
	5 set tennis for women in grand slams. (Preview) Just watched Barbora v Jasmine in the Wimbledon final. Wouldn't it have made a great 5 set match?	Grandpa Tom	1	323	Jul 14, 2024 by indiana
	King's Cup Tennis - can anyone help? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I wondered if anyone could help. I love reading on the history of tennis. When I was younger (I was born in 1965), around that time and through to the 80's , there was an annual tennis tournament called the King's Cup. Given by King Gustav of Sweden in the post war years, it was an indoor event for national t...	JonH	22	3053	Jul 13, 2024 by steven
	Vic Seixas (Preview) 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...	GAMEOVER	0	489	Jul 6, 2024 by GAMEOVER
	Tennis Intelligence (Preview) 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-...	Elegant Point	3	1042	Jul 2, 2024 by Elegant Point
	US College Signings and General College Chat 2023/24 ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 29 ) (Preview) 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...	cya	424	26160	Jun 29, 2024 by Dannythomas
	Barclays LTA Local Tennis Leagues (Preview) 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...	Toby	0	373	Jun 23, 2024 by Toby
	Looking for podcast co-hosts (Preview) 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...	BradMarx90	4	458	Jun 21, 2024 by Doonan
	Lowest ranked British number 1s ( 1 2 ) (Preview) 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...	thegingerlightbulb	16	977	Jun 17, 2024 by thegingerlightbulb
	French Open (Preview) 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.	seagull	8	1304	Jun 16, 2024 by seagull
	Queens ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Just received an e-mail from Queens saying no fans to be allowed in for qualifying and no ground passes for the main draw.	seagull	32	2959	Jun 13, 2024 by emmsie69
	2025 Grass calendar ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) https://www.lta.org.uk/news/a-new-grass-court-calendar-for-2025/?utm_campaign=reputation&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=new_calendar&utm_term=	Madadman	36	2316	Jun 13, 2024 by Coup Droit
	Progress Tour 2024 ( 1 2 ) (Preview) 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...	Lambda	16	2057	Jun 8, 2024 by Coup Droit
	Wimbledon Qualifying (Preview) Looks like tickets are now available to purchase. https://qualifyingtickets.wimbledon.com/	Madadman	0	498	Jun 4, 2024 by Madadman
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