British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

And so, here we are, 2022 Ranah is now top-50 (+14 after the 2003s have dropped out). And we are back to having two top-100 players. (Which is hardly a lot....) BUT there's a nice bunch in the 100-200 slot now. (Players are 2004-born, unless otherwise noted) Girls Top 600: 44 - Ranah Stoiber ('05) 7...

The success of our players have led to some changes to the LTA Tournament Bonus Scheme for 2023 to make it, say the LTA, more targeted and sustainable. These changes include age restrictions introduced and reductions to the bonus awards. As I read it, some bonuses have sizeable reductions: an eligib...

Dear All, Merry Christmas. Thanks for all the knowledge and discussion. For the coming year, may all your storms be weathered; and all thats good, get better. Regards, insomniacfolder

As you will have are , Im stopping doing this after the player of season vote finishes tomorrow. Its been a blast but I cant continue. but I hope PoM and PoS do continue - if you feel like you can give it the time, energy and love to take it forwards can I suggest anyone interested puts their name forwards in...

As reported in the Week 51 entries thread, now under way. First match: R1: Daniel Evans (ENG) WR 27 defeated Aidan McHugh (SCO) WR 373 by 4 & 2 The start of the second rubber, Jack Draper (WR 42) vs Andy (WR 49), scheduled for 20.00, has apparently been slightly delayed.

R1: CONWAY, Jasmine (GBR) (2) 640/403 (CH=621/68 2022) {17yo JCH=80} v KOTILKOVA, Inez Maria (CZE) Q UNR/372 =CH -- Edited by Peter too on Monday 19th of December 2022 11:13:53 PM

R1: MIYAZAKI, Yuriko Lily (GBR) (4) 212 (CH=199 2022) v KAJI, Haruka (JPN) 335 (CH=283 2018) They met in Yokohama in 2020 with Lily winning in three.

L32: (ALT) Vitaliy Sachko (UKR) WR 323 (CH = 220 in March) vs Jan Choinski WR 266 (CH = 234 in April 2018)

R1: LINDH, Emilie (GBR) (2) 632/1526 (CH=555/35 2022) v EL ALLAMI, Malak (MAR) UNR/UNR =CH {16yo JCH=61}

QR1: BYE vs (q11) Ali Habib UNR

QR1: Dimitris Sakellaridis (GRE) UNR vs Nicolas Philibert UNR QR1: (q5) Mehdi Sadaoui (FRA) WR 1107 (CH = 1032 in August) vs Ying Hou UNR

Most British attention will be on the under 14 event where unusually we have the top seed, Hannah Klugman, with the main draw beginning tomorrow. however Hannah is not the highest ITF ranked player here. Third seed Emerson Jones is JWR40, having reached a Grade A semifinal already. Also in the field i...

ATPUnited Cup Week 1 (Hard) - Norrie, Evans, Choinski, O'Mara CHALLENGERSNo Events FUTURESNo Entrants .................................................................................................................................... WTA United...

Just wondering - 10 teams left, who do we all think will win it? Just a bit of fun - have set the poll to close around 1 pm Friday.

ATPNo Events CHALLENGERSNo Events FUTURESEgypt $15K (Hard) - Jansen (Southcombe, Habib, Magimay) .................................................................................................................................... WTA No Events ...

There is a strong concentration of Brits in the under 12s here with the main draws starting on Tuesday. Note that the draws show where players are based, so nationality may be different to that stated U12 R1 (L128) (9) Daniil Berezin (USA) v Manu Seijas-Wright Xander Reese v Dev Vakil (USA) Agustin Ce...

Q1: DYSON, Katie (GBR) UNR/UNR =CH v MOZGALEVA, Anastasia ( ) UNR/468 (CH=UNR/183 2022) Q1: DALEY, Danielle (GBR) (2) 1083/25 (CH=1057/10 2022) v ByeQ1: REAYER, Alisha (GBR) UNR/1345 (CH=UNR/1300 2022) v POPOVA, Marina ( ) UNR/UNR =CH

The British Tour started this week with a three-day Grade 2 tournament in Loughborough.Men's resultsSF:- Michael Shaw [1] def James McKinlay [3] 6-3 7-5SF:- Joseph Newman-Billington [4] def Sahej Maker [5] 6-4 6-2F:- Joseph Newman-Billington [4] def Michael Shaw [1] 6-2 6-3 Women's resultsSF...

ATPNo Events CHALLENGERSNo Events FUTURESTurkey $15K (Clay) - Choinski (Murphy, Martin, White)Egypt $15K (Hard) - Gill, Hussey, Jansen (Jones, Davis, Rankin, Habib)Tunisia $15K (Hard) - (Canter) ................................................................................

R1:- Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) WR56 [6] v Jodie Burrage (GBR) WR134DoublesQF:- Alicia Barnett (GBR) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR123 (61+62) v Natela Dzalamidze (GEO) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) CR118 (60+58) [2]Tough draws for bothThere are only two seeds in the doubles draw of 8 pairs, Kalashnikova and K...

QR1: Victor Kuznetsov (***) UNR vs (q13) James Davis WR 1724 (CH = 1616 in September) QR1: Pavlo Rezoglazov (UKR) UNR vs (q14) Matthew Rankin WR 1724 (= CH) QR1: (q5) Seydina André (SEN) WR 1347 (CH = 1237 in October) vs Ali Habib UNR QR1: Kyran Magimay UNR vs Pietro Mugelli (ITA) UNR QR1: Miles Groo...

Q1: JOHN-BAPTISTE, Lauryn (GBR) (7) 856 (CH=847 2022) v Bye -- Edited by indiana on Sunday 11th of December 2022 07:43:40 PM (.changed W15 to W25 )

Anne has been awarded an MBE in the New Years honours list for services to tennis

QR1: Alexis Canter WR 1645 (CH = 773 in September 2019) vs (q9) Pietro Pampanin (ITA) WR 1207 (CH = 1071 in August) QR1: Jeremy Gschwendtner UNR vs (q12) Olivier Rojas (BEL) WR 1368 (CH = 1180 in August) QR1: Nicolas Philibert UNR vs Maurus Malgiaritta (SUI) UNR (CH = 1579 in January 2020)

Here we go, the final 4! Votes will close at 1 pm Monday 12th December, 48 hours from now FINAL Jack DraperJan/Feb PoM RUWR 42 up from 259; Won 44-17 72%; Won 4 ATP 80 Challenger singles titles Julian Cash/Henry PattenNov PoMWR's up to 69/70 from below 600 Cash and c900; Cash w/L 77...