British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

paulisi · paulisi

There has been a lot of press over recent days regarding Gail Falkenberg. For those not aware Gail is 69 years old and still playing. This week she entered a 25K at Pelham and managed to beat Rosalyn Small 6-0 6-1 and it was her first win on the tour since 1998. Rosalyn Small unsurprisingly is on a 25 game lo...

BradMarx90 · BradMarx90

http://britennis.com/2016/04/10/brits-week-week-14/

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

With condolences to the family of Julien, who passed away earlier today. He was with the LTA for a good number of years, the personal coach to Dan Evans, strongly involved with the GB Davis Cup team, the coach of JoKo for a while.... He was also a really fun, pleasant guy. Tennis will miss him.

BradMarx90 · BradMarx90

In my opinion, a tough one this time around, with several players in with a shout. There's the girls in Miami, of course. Johanna Konta made the quarters, while Heather Watson made the fourth round. Whose run was more impressive? Meanwhile, Alex Ward picked up a second ITF title of the year in Tunis...

BradMarx90 · BradMarx90

Interesting one this week: Jamie Murray doesn't win a game, but reaches World #1. Does that make him the frontrunner for this week's award? Meanwhile, there was plenty of success at junior level, with Joe Tyler and Megan Davies picking up Grade 4 titles in Qatar ahead of Esther Adeshina and Aidan...

BradMarx90 · BradMarx90

Happy Monday everyone! It's time again for the Brit of the Week poll. In the running this time around: The two finalists at the ATP Challenger in Drummondville, Dan Evans and Ed Corrie, are perhaps the frontrunners, with Evans now just 2 places away from his career high thanks to a stunning year to da...

GBJ · GBJ

Not long ago everyone was starting to say things to the effect of 'The game has changed and players can't break through as teens anymore.' Given we suddenly seem to have lots of players doing just that and looking likely to be future top players in the post Big Four era and how they are often playing the Br...

BradMarx90 · BradMarx90

http://britennis.com/2016/03/14/brits-week-week-10/,Ryan Storrie won a Grade 1 event in Croatia, beating top seed Lukas Klein (JR 24) and seve...

Valery · Valery

There is a interesting discussion of the Chris Lewis' article "How to develop new American stars" http://wp.me/p2iyrR-kV The article has more than 60 comments from the coaches around the world: USA, Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand, etc. And you know what, I have had more than 200...

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

Myself and the guys from Tweener were thinking about re-starting a National Championships style event. This would be a yearly event with county qualifying and a finals weekend that moves around the country from city to city. As well as showcasing the finals, it would also be a tennis festival, wi...

BradMarx90 · BradMarx90

Hi everyone, That time again. Time to vote for your Brit of the Week for Week 9. And what a week! We had Andy Murray's Davis Cup heroics (how many more times are we going to say that?) and Heather Watson marvellous victory in Monterrey. They're the two frontrunners. However, Naomi Broady's run to the sem...

The Optimist · The Optimist

Just tried to look at Stephen's excellent rankings tables, only to be faced with a message 'Sorry. This site has exceeded it's bandwidth for this month' ???? Anyone else got the same? Any of the more technically-minded on site able to fix it?

A1 tennis academy · A1 tennis academy

Peter bothwell is a promising teenager from ulster although he is part of the Irish Davis cup squad he is also British . Peter bothwell is the first Ulsterman to achieve an ATP world ranking quite an achievement coming from the smallest home nation in great Britain & NI with only 2 indoor courts and...

BradMarx90 · BradMarx90

Hi all! Thought I'd add a little weekly feature to the forum, to link my new project, Britennis, with the forum and generate a little bit of discussion about players' achievements and who deserves the label of 'Brit of the Week'. Basically, every week for the past month we've been writing an article an...

insomniacfolder · insomniacfolder

A wryly self-deprecating, sanguine and grounded piece from self-described, "barely Top 100", Nicole Gibbs on the reality of being a Top 100 player on the WTA tour. Or, as she relays, the dizzy heights of being able to "[command] a crowd the size of an 8am college lecture".

shillingsdwain387 · shillingsdwain387

Registration for new spring adventure has started! Sing up for Spring Season 2016 to play competitive tennis and win cash prize and trophy! - Create free profile at tennis league - Find closest league to you and sing up (Singles, Doubles and Mixed leagues offered)- Whe...

wimdledont · wimdledont

Hi all, I've been biting my lip on this for some time, and better start by clearly stating that I am not a medical practitioner, sports physiowhatchamacallit, tennis professional, or sober. Hence this damburst... Has anybody else clocked the number of our players who have been incapacitated by a m...

paulisi · paulisi

Is it just me or does there seem to be a drop in the standard and depth in the world game? Let me provide some examples starting with the women's game and no disrespect to the players mentioned - these are just examples, I can find many more. Other than Serena Williams, the top 20 women are very much of a much...

Vandenburg · Vandenburg

A question I often ponder at the moment. People say this is the toughest time to be a male tennis player with the players at the top. People often say, Murray in another era would have won more slams. My question is, that era at the turn of the century, where Hewitt, Moya, Jaun Carlos and Safin won slams, h...

skibbarriz · skibbarriz

Speaking to the british tennis fans here Which British players are you currently excited about or following keenly? And why? Junior players or senior.

GBJ · GBJ

Hi, I have the day off today so decided I would go to bed at a more normal hour and watch the Evans v Vanni match this morning (then see if there was anything to watch of Wardy's match too) but looking on the Australian Open live stream on youtube - which I hoped would would start with Evo's match given people...

rfox90 · rfox90

Help Save a Local Tennis Club https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/rossfox1

LYTTONWOLF · LYTTONWOLF

Hi, I've recently joined the committee of a club with excellent facilities but few members. One of the reasons is the poor state of the astroturf courts. A good clean would get them as good as new but it's something that would cost well into 4 figures, probably nearer 5 figures. We currently have about £...

BradMarx90 · BradMarx90

Hi all, I'm an experienced blogger, having run a successful music blog for almost three years before graduating from university, and my feeling is that the time has come to move onto another project outside of work. In summary, I wondered if any of you believed it to be a good idea to start what would ess...

Arcadian · Arcadian

Hi been playing on and off for many, many years starting fairly seriously in the '50s, but now I'm semi retired I'm much more into golf with a steady handicap of around + 14/15 or so, which I've also played for years and which is nowadays shall we say just a little less strenuous....?

I'm sure this i...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Gail Falkenberg (Preview) There has been a lot of press over recent days regarding Gail Falkenberg. For those not aware Gail is 69 years old and still playing. This week she entered a 25K at Pelham and managed to beat Rosalyn Small 6-0 6-1 and it was her first win on the tour since 1998. Rosalyn Small unsurprisingly is on a 25 game lo...	paulisi	5	1441	Apr 14, 2016 by Coup Droit
	Brit of the Week: Week 14 (Preview) http://britennis.com/2016/04/10/brits-week-week-14/	BradMarx90	3	932	Apr 12, 2016 by Coup Droit
	Julien Hoferlin - RIP (Preview) With condolences to the family of Julien, who passed away earlier today. He was with the LTA for a good number of years, the personal coach to Dan Evans, strongly involved with the GB Davis Cup team, the coach of JoKo for a while.... He was also a really fun, pleasant guy. Tennis will miss him.	Coup Droit	10	3680	Apr 9, 2016 by AliBlahBlah
	Brit of the Week: Week 13 (Preview) In my opinion, a tough one this time around, with several players in with a shout. There's the girls in Miami, of course. Johanna Konta made the quarters, while Heather Watson made the fourth round. Whose run was more impressive? Meanwhile, Alex Ward picked up a second ITF title of the year in Tunis...	BradMarx90	2	558	Apr 4, 2016 by BradMarx90
	Brit of the Week: Week 12 (Preview) Interesting one this week: Jamie Murray doesn't win a game, but reaches World #1. Does that make him the frontrunner for this week's award? Meanwhile, there was plenty of success at junior level, with Joe Tyler and Megan Davies picking up Grade 4 titles in Qatar ahead of Esther Adeshina and Aidan...	BradMarx90	0	565	Mar 28, 2016 by BradMarx90
	Brit of the Week: Week 11 (Preview) Happy Monday everyone! It's time again for the Brit of the Week poll. In the running this time around: The two finalists at the ATP Challenger in Drummondville, Dan Evans and Ed Corrie, are perhaps the frontrunners, with Evans now just 2 places away from his career high thanks to a stunning year to da...	BradMarx90	0	532	Mar 21, 2016 by BradMarx90
	watching youngguns/prodigees progress (Preview) Not long ago everyone was starting to say things to the effect of 'The game has changed and players can't break through as teens anymore.' Given we suddenly seem to have lots of players doing just that and looking likely to be future top players in the post Big Four era and how they are often playing the Br...	GBJ	3	897	Mar 20, 2016 by Bob in Spain
	Brit of the Week: Week 10 (Preview) http://britennis.com/2016/03/14/brits-week-week-10/,Ryan Storrie won a Grade 1 event in Croatia, beating top seed Lukas Klein (JR 24) and seve...	BradMarx90	0	541	Mar 14, 2016 by BradMarx90
	How to develop new tennis stars (Preview) There is a interesting discussion of the Chris Lewis' article "How to develop new American stars" http://wp.me/p2iyrR-kV The article has more than 60 comments from the coaches around the world: USA, Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand, etc. And you know what, I have had more than 200...	Valery	13	1783	Mar 11, 2016 by Coup Droit
	National Championships ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Myself and the guys from Tweener were thinking about re-starting a National Championships style event. This would be a yearly event with county qualifying and a finals weekend that moves around the country from city to city. As well as showcasing the finals, it would also be a tennis festival, wi...	Born2WinTennis	50	4259	Mar 10, 2016 by Born2WinTennis
	Brit of the Week: Week 9 (Preview) Hi everyone, That time again. Time to vote for your Brit of the Week for Week 9. And what a week! We had Andy Murray's Davis Cup heroics (how many more times are we going to say that?) and Heather Watson marvellous victory in Monterrey. They're the two frontrunners. However, Naomi Broady's run to the sem...	BradMarx90	7	1145	Mar 7, 2016 by Sim
	site Problem - Bandwidth ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Just tried to look at Stephen's excellent rankings tables, only to be faced with a message 'Sorry. This site has exceeded it's bandwidth for this month' ???? Anyone else got the same? Any of the more technically-minded on site able to fix it?	The Optimist	15	1646	Mar 6, 2016 by Jan
	Peter bothwell (Preview) Peter bothwell is a promising teenager from ulster although he is part of the Irish Davis cup squad he is also British . Peter bothwell is the first Ulsterman to achieve an ATP world ranking quite an achievement coming from the smallest home nation in great Britain & NI with only 2 indoor courts and...	A1 tennis academy	7	1367	Mar 3, 2016 by Coup Droit
	Brit of the Week: Week 8 (Preview) Hi all! Thought I'd add a little weekly feature to the forum, to link my new project, Britennis, with the forum and generate a little bit of discussion about players' achievements and who deserves the label of 'Brit of the Week'. Basically, every week for the past month we've been writing an article an...	BradMarx90	8	1002	Mar 1, 2016 by BradMarx90
	What being 'Top 100' really means - a players perspective (Preview) A wryly self-deprecating, sanguine and grounded piece from self-described, "barely Top 100", Nicole Gibbs on the reality of being a Top 100 player on the WTA tour. Or, as she relays, the dizzy heights of being able to "[command] a crowd the size of an 8am college lecture".	insomniacfolder	6	950	Feb 27, 2016 by DF
	Flex Tennis League – Spring Season 2016 (Preview) Registration for new spring adventure has started! Sing up for Spring Season 2016 to play competitive tennis and win cash prize and trophy! - Create free profile at tennis league - Find closest league to you and sing up (Singles, Doubles and Mixed leagues offered)- Whe...	shillingsdwain387	0	493	Feb 26, 2016 by shillingsdwain387
	Weights (Preview) Hi all, I've been biting my lip on this for some time, and better start by clearly stating that I am not a medical practitioner, sports physiowhatchamacallit, tennis professional, or sober. Hence this damburst... Has anybody else clocked the number of our players who have been incapacitated by a m...	wimdledont	5	1167	Feb 22, 2016 by philwrig
	The standard and depth of tennis across the world ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Is it just me or does there seem to be a drop in the standard and depth in the world game? Let me provide some examples starting with the women's game and no disrespect to the players mentioned - these are just examples, I can find many more. Other than Serena Williams, the top 20 women are very much of a much...	paulisi	15	1868	Feb 22, 2016 by Kenneth
	Different Era's can you combine? (Preview) A question I often ponder at the moment. People say this is the toughest time to be a male tennis player with the players at the top. People often say, Murray in another era would have won more slams. My question is, that era at the turn of the century, where Hewitt, Moya, Jaun Carlos and Safin won slams, h...	Vandenburg	2	664	Feb 8, 2016 by christ
	British players you are following? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Speaking to the british tennis fans here Which British players are you currently excited about or following keenly? And why? Junior players or senior.	skibbarriz	21	3412	Feb 7, 2016 by Coup Droit
	Aus Open - Please help - links for watching without finding results out (Preview) Hi, I have the day off today so decided I would go to bed at a more normal hour and watch the Evans v Vanni match this morning (then see if there was anything to watch of Wardy's match too) but looking on the Australian Open live stream on youtube - which I hoped would would start with Evo's match given people...	GBJ	1	452	Jan 13, 2016 by EddietheEagle
	Help Save a Local Tennis Club (Preview) Help Save a Local Tennis Club https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/rossfox1	rfox90	0	552	Jan 12, 2016 by rfox90
	Grants/funding to clean our courts (Preview) Hi, I've recently joined the committee of a club with excellent facilities but few members. One of the reasons is the poor state of the astroturf courts. A good clean would get them as good as new but it's something that would cost well into 4 figures, probably nearer 5 figures. We currently have about £...	LYTTONWOLF	5	611	Jan 10, 2016 by LYTTONWOLF
	British Tennis "Blog" ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hi all, I'm an experienced blogger, having run a successful music blog for almost three years before graduating from university, and my feeling is that the time has come to move onto another project outside of work. In summary, I wondered if any of you believed it to be a good idea to start what would ess...	BradMarx90	15	4236	Dec 15, 2015 by Bob in Spain
	Golf handicap scoring system....? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hi been playing on and off for many, many years starting fairly seriously in the '50s, but now I'm semi retired I'm much more into golf with a steady handicap of around + 14/15 or so, which I've also played for years and which is nowadays shall we say just a little less strenuous....? I'm sure this i...	Arcadian	18	2057	Dec 12, 2015 by Arcadian
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