British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

The Trofeo Bonfiglio has been in existence since 1959 but you have to go back to the 1960s for a British singles winner, and there have been none in the boys. We have a quintet of players here trying to remedy that stat. The draws have not been particularly kind, with 3 our of 4 unseeded players drawing se...

I couldn't find a general thread for 'sad news' and didn't really want to hijack someone else's specific one, so I thought I'd start one. This was just to note the passing of Peter McNamara two days ago. For those who love doubles, and are of a certain age, he was a fixture at Wimbledon, usually playing wi...

QR1: Patrick Foley UNR (CH = 1271 in September 2019) vs Massimo Pizzigoni (ITA) UNR The Italian is only 16 years old.

ATPFrench Open Week 1 (Clay) - Norrie, Evans, Draper CHALLENGERSTroisdorf 75 (Clay) - Choinski FUTURESCzech Republic $25K (Clay) - ParkerBosnia $25K (Clay) - LoffhagenSpain $25K (Clay) - (Brady, Stephens, Hignett)Indonesia $25K (Hard) - (Hurrion)Serbia $15K (Clay) - Gill (Andic)USA $15...

Croatia, J100 (clay) Ben Gusic Wan is 2nd seed, got a BYE, then won his next match Portugal, J100 (clay) Kai-Luca Ampaw lost in R1 Luke Hooper and Kyle McKay both got R1 BYEs Athina Schlepphorst won in R1 in the girls El Salvador, J60 R1 win for Max Castle Latvia, J60 Ellie Blackford is top seed an...

Q1: BAGLOW, Eleanor (GBR) (3) 1269/193 (CH=1205/98 2022) v Bye

L16: Roberto Carballés & Bernabé Zapata (ESP/ESP) CR 819 (255+564) vs (4) Jamie Murray & Michael Venus CR 58 (40+18) L16: Julian Cash & Henry Patten CR 101 (50+51) vs (2) Nikola Mektic & Mate Pavic (CRO/CRO) CR 19 (10+9)

L28: Jack Draper WR 58 (CH = 38 in January) vs Alexandre Muller (FRA) WR 100 (CH = 94 last month) L28: BYE vs (2) Cameron Norrie WR 13 (CH = 8 last September)

L32: George Loffhagen WR 460 (= CH) vs (Q) Alfred Almasi (SVK) WR 1726 (CH = 1605 last September)

Q1: APPLETON, Emily (GBR) (2) 420 =CH v Bye

So, already in May so time to start the May thread. Nominations will close on Sunday 28th May. Simply list a nomination below by starting the list or cutting the existing list and pasting and adding your nomination to the bottom of the list. Nominations May 2023 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. etc.

Charles B - our last man standing in singles - is out so ... A dire week for the GB men - only 7 singles points Please post if you spot any errors - the earlier they're corrected the easier.

R1: SILVA, Eden (GBR) (16) 364 (CH=298 2023) v ByeIn the 2nd round Eden plays the winner of- R1: GREY, Sarah Beth (GBR) 531 (CH=277 2022) v NAGY, Adrenn (HUN) 532 (CH=514 2022) -- Edited by Peter too on Monday 22nd of May 2023 04:26:20 PM

L32: Qualifier vs (5) Stuart Parker WR 434 (CH = 346 last October)

Emilie - our last woman standing in singles - is out so ... Please post if you spot any errors - the earlier they're corrected the easier.

Q1: LACY, Isabelle (GBR) (4) 837 (CH=808 2023) {16yo JCH=49} v ByeQ1: JOHN-BAPTISTE, Lauryn (GBR) (8) 1053 (CH=847 2022) v Bye

L32: (5) Blu Baker WR 688 (CH = 608 last November) vs Qualifier L32: Jaycer ( ) Lyeons (USA) WR 898 (= CH) vs Ben Jones WR 910 (CH = 893 last month)

Q1: DENNEY-RICHARDS, Macy (GBR) UNR/UNR =CH {15yo JCH=UNR} V HAFEZ, Hannah (DEN) UNR/UNR =CH {15yo JCH=2089} Q1: BARTLETT, Aryana (GBR) (7) UNR/245 =CH {17yo JCH=1027} v Bye Q1: PEET, Freya (GBR) UNR/UNR =CH {15yo JCH=UNR} v GAVISH, Adi (ISR) UNR/1367 (CH=UNR/1355 2023)

Nice to see a low-ranking event - we've seemingly stopped doing 15ks at adult level but at least we have a few J30s left. Everyone needs an entry point.... Boys Big congrats to Theo Coates who beat the top seed yesterday, 7-5 in the third Wildcard Rhys Lawlor (only 14 and a highly regarded player) got a wi...

I'll say it before anyone else does: hot stuff this week! QR1: John Horoz Garner UNR vs (q15) Sebastián Pino (VEN) UNR QR1: (q8) Max Benaim UNR vs (qWC) Diego Vega (MEX) UNR Aidan McHugh should be in the main draw.

QR1: (q1) Millen Hurrion WR 1004 (CH = 775 last August) vs Rafael Pagotto Zucolo (BRA) UNR QR1: Patrick Foley UNR (CH = 1271 in September 2019) vs (qWC) Seichiro Ichikawa (JPN) UNR QR1: (q2) Alexandre Reco (FRA) WR 1085 (CH = 834 last August) vs Freddy Blaydes UNR QR1: Adityavikram Singh Mann (AUS)...

It's as you were this week, only they don't play one another in QR1 this time, in fact avoid one another altogether: QR1: Joe Cooper UNR vs (9) Akram el Sallaly (EGY) WR 1646 (CH = 1191 in November 2017) QR1: (q8) Mattias Southcombe WR 1609 (CH = 1521 last August) vs Tushar Madan (IND) UNR

Q1: BAINS, Naiktha (GBR) 314 (CH=199 2020) v CHONG, Eudice (HKG) (5) 283 (CH=213 2022)

L16: Niccolò Baroni & Pietro Marino (ITA/ITA) CR (857+0 [but a CH of 1660 last August]) vs Charles Dossetter & Romain Faucon (BEL) UNR (0+1370)

QR1: (q6) Dali Blanch (USA) WR 834 (CH = 665 last September) vs Freddy Humphries UNR A main draw WC for Zach Stephens?