British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

Well, I'm glad I made it to Wimbledon Qualies last year. Apparently this year, for the first time, there are a limited number of entries and people will be charged. Last year it was free. http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/39795441 As you can see from this article, the possible presence of Sharapo...

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

Looking at the rankings today made me think how strong the current top ten is: Murray, Nadal, Fed, Wawrinka, Djokovic - multiple GS winners Cilic - US Open winner, although probably less likely to win another than any of the other top10 with the exception of Nishikori Zverev - has future world no.1 wri...

The Optimist · The Optimist

It seems Stelios Haji-Ionnou if easyJet has an interest in tennis and has launched an app called easyTennis to match players of similar abilities on local courts. Apparently he describes it as a Tinder for tennis without the selfies!!!!!!

Vandenburg · Vandenburg

This week has been very sad for tennis. Hasse reaching a Masters semi among other things. With Murray, Novak, Warwinka missing, the draws have opened up and clowns are going deep into draws. I feel we are about to enter a 2000-2003 era, where Agassi, Hewitt and Safin won slams against clowns (cleme...

JonH · JonH

This is a genuine question and is probably aimed at Vandenburg although anyone can answer. I just wondered what had happened in Swedish tennis since the halcyon days of the 80s and 90s and why there was no real presence. We all recall Borg, Wilander, Esbjerg, Nystrom, Sundstrom, Pernfors, Joha...

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

Always wish I was a better tennis player at this time of year, would love an excuse to play 6-9 sets of tennis each day for 5 days in a row! Here's a link to the county groups and there is a link from within that to results, the usual mixture of pro players, coaches and part time players. https://www.lta.org...

JonH · JonH

Sorry to report Peter Doohan has died at just 56, from motor neurone disease. Many will remember Peter beat Boris Becker as defending champion in 1987 in one of Wimbledons greatest shocks. Sad to see his passing, sympathy to his family and friends

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

At a much lower standard I did the same thing, swapping tennis for golf around age 15. After numerous beatings at tennis individually (but good team success) I loved the advantages of golf over tennis: a) you could compete and win from day one against much better playersb) you could practice much more...

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

Does anyone know why some challenger events carry more ranking points than others at the same or even higher prize money bracket. i.e. $85k the winner gets 110 points but at a $100k you might only get 100 points, but some $100k do offer 110 points. Similarly at 75k sometimes the winner gets 90 points, ot...

Valery · Valery

I try to understand why do so few players add the serve-and-volley to their game, virtually none of the top players? This style definitely seems be the easiest, surest way to win a point at the net. http://wp.me/p2iyrR-6M

indiana · indiana

This looks truly hard to call this year with many reasons why not for just about all the top contenders, but someone has to win. I have listed the current 6 bookies' favourites in seeding order. Who do you think will be champion ? -- Edited by steven on Saturday 1st of July 2017 07:21:13 PM -- Edited by stev...

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

http://www.corporatetennis.co.uk/residential-court.html

Jaggy1876 · Jaggy1876

Today strikes me as a fairly depressing day in British Politics and our life in general. I started thinking about the impact it will have on foreign travel, flight and accomodation prices, inflation, interest rates, house prices, food costs etc. Then I thought about Sport. Probably one of our most v...

indiana · indiana

Similar to the men I have set up a poll for the women. This is even more open with the bookies and I have this time listed the current leading 10 in the odds, again in their seeding order.

WavenNarsam · WavenNarsam

There seems to be an overwhelming majority of pros, ex pros, pundits and members on this forum that think the LTA needs to change. This is what I think the LTA's main problems are. Problem 1 - Too much focus on getting people playing tennis Though I respect that it is good for the future of British Tennis...

JonH · JonH

https://www.daviscup.com/en/news/264157.aspx So it looks like it will happen. Next season, the Davis and Fed Cups will end in a World Cup of tennis in November in Geneva in front of 18,000 screaming fans (yey!). It looks like the DC Semis and Final and Fed Cup Final and maybe the semis will take pla...

steven · steven

http://www.odgersberndtson.co.uk/gb/executive-opportunities/opportunity-detai...

Helen40 · Helen40

I have found this on Master exempts (from 2015), and understand that a player cannot miss the same Masters two years on the trot unless they are exempt from all Masters. But I can't seem to find the rules on missing Premier Mandatories or GSs. Please can someone help me on this. (for men and women). A pla...

skibbarriz · skibbarriz

I was wondering if we could have a debate on something. And I'll preface by saying the work by people posting draw lists is very valuable, appreciated, and key for the forum. But i have one minor gripe. The use of emojji when listing tournament draws. Because I wish to be able to develop my own impression...

Helen40 · Helen40

I was just wondering if any one has heard whether any of our tournaments are giving Shrieky a wild card? I'm hoping not but as the top clay tournaments have.

Sheddie · Sheddie

Hi guys, I know I rarely post these days, but still monitor the forum regularly. This month marks 12 years, since I started this website. Back then in June 2005, a young 18 year old called Andy Murray ranked 300ish in the world had just made the third round of Queens before cramping against Thomas Johans...

JonH · JonH

http://www.menstennisforums.com/19-challenger-series/904769-week-25-ilkley-great-britain.html

JonH · JonH

Overall a weaker entry for Nottingham than Surbiton, only 4 top 100 and lower cut off by 40 places. But one big name at the top of the list in Dan Evo! Clearly looking at a week on grass after RG, and before presumably playing Queens, Eastbourne and then Wimbledon. Good that Dan is going for the grass sea...

JonH · JonH

Each of Kyle, Dan and Aljaz make the MD list for Eastbourne. It is actually a v good list - no real stars at the top end but v solid entry through the 20-60 rankings and an initial cut off of 59 is good. Several good grass court players as well. Pity Eastbourne is around 350 miles from where I live Entry d...

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/barcelona-gerard-pique-davis-cup-andy-murray-novak-dj...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Wimbledon Qualifiers 2017 ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Well, I'm glad I made it to Wimbledon Qualies last year. Apparently this year, for the first time, there are a limited number of entries and people will be charged. Last year it was free. http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/39795441 As you can see from this article, the possible presence of Sharapo...	Bob in Spain	40	9215	Sep 5, 2017 by telstar
	Strongest Top 10 for a while? (Preview) Looking at the rankings today made me think how strong the current top ten is: Murray, Nadal, Fed, Wawrinka, Djokovic - multiple GS winners Cilic - US Open winner, although probably less likely to win another than any of the other top10 with the exception of Nishikori Zverev - has future world no.1 wri...	Born2WinTennis	5	1479	Sep 4, 2017 by indiana
	easyTennis......is the future orange???? (Preview) It seems Stelios Haji-Ionnou if easyJet has an interest in tennis and has launched an app called easyTennis to match players of similar abilities on local courts. Apparently he describes it as a Tinder for tennis without the selfies!!!!!!	The Optimist	2	1068	Aug 14, 2017 by Oakland2002
	WEAK ERA- INCOMING (Preview) This week has been very sad for tennis. Hasse reaching a Masters semi among other things. With Murray, Novak, Warwinka missing, the draws have opened up and clowns are going deep into draws. I feel we are about to enter a 2000-2003 era, where Agassi, Hewitt and Safin won slams against clowns (cleme...	Vandenburg	0	1085	Aug 13, 2017 by Vandenburg
	Scandinavian Tennis? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) This is a genuine question and is probably aimed at Vandenburg although anyone can answer. I just wondered what had happened in Swedish tennis since the halcyon days of the 80s and 90s and why there was no real presence. We all recall Borg, Wilander, Esbjerg, Nystrom, Sundstrom, Pernfors, Joha...	JonH	16	3216	Aug 11, 2017 by Spectator
	County Week ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Always wish I was a better tennis player at this time of year, would love an excuse to play 6-9 sets of tennis each day for 5 days in a row! Here's a link to the county groups and there is a link from within that to results, the usual mixture of pro players, coaches and part time players. https://www.lta.org...	Born2WinTennis	16	3661	Jul 31, 2017 by Oakland2002
	Peter Doohan (Preview) Sorry to report Peter Doohan has died at just 56, from motor neurone disease. Many will remember Peter beat Boris Becker as defending champion in 1987 in one of Wimbledons greatest shocks. Sad to see his passing, sympathy to his family and friends	JonH	0	680	Jul 23, 2017 by JonH
	Tennis to Golf (Preview) At a much lower standard I did the same thing, swapping tennis for golf around age 15. After numerous beatings at tennis individually (but good team success) I loved the advantages of golf over tennis: a) you could compete and win from day one against much better playersb) you could practice much more...	Born2WinTennis	1	857	Jul 20, 2017 by Coup Droit
	ATP Ranking Points (Preview) Does anyone know why some challenger events carry more ranking points than others at the same or even higher prize money bracket. i.e. $85k the winner gets 110 points but at a $100k you might only get 100 points, but some $100k do offer 110 points. Similarly at 75k sometimes the winner gets 90 points, ot...	Born2WinTennis	8	2099	Jul 18, 2017 by indiana
	Serve-and-volley. Is still alive? (Preview) I try to understand why do so few players add the serve-and-volley to their game, virtually none of the top players? This style definitely seems be the easiest, surest way to win a point at the net. http://wp.me/p2iyrR-6M	Valery	9	1328	Jul 18, 2017 by Coup Droit
	The Wimbledon Men's Singles Champion 2017 will be ... (Preview) This looks truly hard to call this year with many reasons why not for just about all the top contenders, but someone has to win. I have listed the current 6 bookies' favourites in seeding order. Who do you think will be champion ? -- Edited by steven on Saturday 1st of July 2017 07:21:13 PM -- Edited by stev...	indiana	14	1139	Jul 16, 2017 by indiana
	New Competition Idea (Preview) http://www.corporatetennis.co.uk/residential-court.html	Born2WinTennis	0	523	Jul 10, 2017 by Born2WinTennis
	What will Brexit mean for GB Tennis? ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Today strikes me as a fairly depressing day in British Politics and our life in general. I started thinking about the impact it will have on foreign travel, flight and accomodation prices, inflation, interest rates, house prices, food costs etc. Then I thought about Sport. Probably one of our most v...	Jaggy1876	40	5508	Jul 10, 2017 by Helen40
	The Wimbledon Women's Singles Champion 2017 will be ... ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Similar to the men I have set up a poll for the women. This is even more open with the bookies and I have this time listed the current leading 10 in the odds, again in their seeding order.	indiana	16	1802	Jul 8, 2017 by blob
	What should the LTA change to be more effective? ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) (Preview) There seems to be an overwhelming majority of pros, ex pros, pundits and members on this forum that think the LTA needs to change. This is what I think the LTA's main problems are. Problem 1 - Too much focus on getting people playing tennis Though I respect that it is good for the future of British Tennis...	WavenNarsam	89	14140	Jun 29, 2017 by christ
	World Cup of Tennis - anyone? (Preview) https://www.daviscup.com/en/news/264157.aspx So it looks like it will happen. Next season, the Davis and Fed Cups will end in a World Cup of tennis in November in Geneva in front of 18,000 screaming fans (yey!). It looks like the DC Semis and Final and Fed Cup Final and maybe the semis will take pla...	JonH	1	651	Jun 28, 2017 by Bob in Spain
	New LTA Chief Executive ( 1 2 ) (Preview) http://www.odgersberndtson.co.uk/gb/executive-opportunities/opportunity-detai...	steven	26	8631	Jun 15, 2017 by indiana
	Rules for missing mandatory tournaments for age and good behaviour. (Preview) I have found this on Master exempts (from 2015), and understand that a player cannot miss the same Masters two years on the trot unless they are exempt from all Masters. But I can't seem to find the rules on missing Premier Mandatories or GSs. Please can someone help me on this. (for men and women). A pla...	Helen40	5	1787	Jun 12, 2017 by indiana
	Emojji in draw lists (Preview) I was wondering if we could have a debate on something. And I'll preface by saying the work by people posting draw lists is very valuable, appreciated, and key for the forum. But i have one minor gripe. The use of emojji when listing tournament draws. Because I wish to be able to develop my own impression...	skibbarriz	14	1701	Jun 11, 2017 by steven
	Shrieky grass wildcards. ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) (Preview) I was just wondering if any one has heard whether any of our tournaments are giving Shrieky a wild card? I'm hoping not but as the top clay tournaments have.	Helen40	76	8504	Jun 11, 2017 by Helen40
	12 years (Preview) Hi guys, I know I rarely post these days, but still monitor the forum regularly. This month marks 12 years, since I started this website. Back then in June 2005, a young 18 year old called Andy Murray ranked 300ish in the world had just made the third round of Queens before cramping against Thomas Johans...	Sheddie	14	1667	Jun 3, 2017 by blob
	ATP Ilkley Trophy Entry List (Preview) http://www.menstennisforums.com/19-challenger-series/904769-week-25-ilkley-great-britain.html	JonH	0	1105	May 30, 2017 by JonH
	ATP Nottingham Challenger Entry List (Preview) Overall a weaker entry for Nottingham than Surbiton, only 4 top 100 and lower cut off by 40 places. But one big name at the top of the list in Dan Evo! Clearly looking at a week on grass after RG, and before presumably playing Queens, Eastbourne and then Wimbledon. Good that Dan is going for the grass sea...	JonH	0	1112	May 24, 2017 by JonH
	ATP Eastbourne Entry List (Preview) Each of Kyle, Dan and Aljaz make the MD list for Eastbourne. It is actually a v good list - no real stars at the top end but v solid entry through the 20-60 rankings and an initial cut off of 59 is good. Several good grass court players as well. Pity Eastbourne is around 350 miles from where I live Entry d...	JonH	3	1313	May 16, 2017 by kundalini
	Piqué's World Cup of Tennis (Preview) http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/barcelona-gerard-pique-davis-cup-andy-murray-novak-dj...	Coup Droit	2	649	May 14, 2017 by steven
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