Dennis Ralston runner -up in the singles at Wimbledon in 1966 to Manual Santana, passed away on 6th December 2020 aged 78. He was one of the members of "The Handsome 8 " who signed up to the Pro World Championship tennis. He is also the youngest man to win the men's doubles at Wimbledon. Aged 17 he teamed up...
QR1: Yohandri Pérez (DOM) UNR vs (q8) Charles Broom WR 1067 (CH = 1065 two weeks ago) QR1: (q6) David Fox WR 1004 (CH = 983 in August) vs Emilio Andrea Segarelli (ITA) UNR
QR1: Uladzislau Zhuk (BLR) UNR vs (q12) Oscar Weightman WR 1260 (CH = 1255 at the start of the month) Jack Gibbens was on the acceptance list, but there's no sign of him in qualies.
QR1: Jack Gibbens WR 1441 (CH = 1437 early last month) vs Serafin Zund (LIE) UNR QR1: Tom Schönenberg (GER) WR 1793 (CH = 673 in February 2016) vs Harry Thursfield UNR QR1: Oscar Weightman WR 1261 (CH = 1255 at the start of last month) vs (q9) Yanais Laurent (FRA) WR 989 (CH = 503 in August 2015)
L16: Carlos Taberner & Bernabé Zapata (ESP/ESP) CR 1685 (932+753) vs (4) Lloyd Glasspool & Harri Heliövaara (FIN) CR 268 (154+114) A nice gentle opening encounter for the new partnership. Let's hope they can make the most of it.
QR1: (qWC) Joaquín Caballer (ESP) UNR vs (q7) Charles Broom WR 1066 (CH = 1065 two weeks ago) QR1: (q5) David Fox WR 1004 (CH = 983 in August) vs Noah Schachter (USA) WR 1371 (CH = 1333 in February)
In Pakistan, J5, Roy Keegan won his R1 match. In Turkey, J4, in the boys, Matt Southcombe won his R1 match too. Harry Rock and Derrick Chen are yet to play. In the girls, Given Roach lost but Ranah Stoiber won her R1 match. In Johannesburg, J5, Will Jansen won his R1 match, beating the 5th seed
QR1: Savva Polukhin (RUS) WR 1458 (CH = 1345 in June 2017) vs Patrick Foley WR 1596 (CH = 1271 in September last year) QR1: (q5) Kenny de Schepper (FRA) WR 681 (CH = 62 in April 2014) vs Sacha Modica UNR QR1: Joan Borras (ESP) WR 1867 (CH = 1747 in February) vs Max Basing WR 1483 (CH = 1437 in February)
QR1: Henry Patten WR 1337 (CH = 1302 in February) vs (q11) Stefan Palosi (ROU) WR 953 (CH = 948 in September) QR1: Adam Jones UNR vs Igor Solomatin (UKR) WR 1632 (CH = 1579 in January) QR1: Gianmarco Ferrari (ITA) WR 1617 (CH = 1483 in August last year) vs (q8) Toby Martin WR 878 (CH = 641 in June 2015) QR1:...
There has been a regular supply of tournaments in Istanbul during the autumn, and this week we are back up to a Grade 3. There was success in qualifying for 2 out of 3 Brits, but Joel Pierleoni narrowly missed out. The last time a Brit was paired with Bjorn Borg's son Will Nolan got the better of him in a Grad...
QR1: BYE vs (q9) Jack Gibbens WR 1439 (CH = 1437 earlier this month) QR1: (q6) Oscar Weightman WR 1259 (CH = 1259 at the start of this month) vs BYE ***** QR2: Amaury de Beer (MRI) UNR vs (q9) Jack Gibbens WR 1439
Alexis Canter should, in theory, have been the q2 here, but the draw qualies draw is now out & the q1 is a Swiss player four places below him in the acceptance list. I assume, therefore, that he will be in the main draw alongside young Arthur Féry (JR)
