Week 16 - Womens ITF (100K) - Saint Malo, France

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

RE: Week 16 - Womens ITF (100K) - Saint Malo, France

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

Will Katie be back in top position now with a new career high?

djlovesyou · Strong Club Player

Yeah. Katie is back to being British number one.

She's right on the bubble for Wimbledon DA, but probably think she's going to need one more win either here or in the Morocco tournament.

Happycynic · Pro player

Think this will take her to c. 114 (20 points gained). Another win to c. 104 (40 points), but a little uncertain as am not sure what her bottom win is in ranking points, and what others are gaining/losing.

Anyway, good for Katie after a couple of tournaments where she's not gone deep.

jamatthews · Strong Club Player

Katie's Best 17 Results:

Wimbledon 60 (Mandatory)
Eastbourne 50
Tashkent 30
Australian Open 25
St. Malo 20 (so far)
Glasgow 17
Midland 15
Jersey (07)/Istanbul/Nuriootpa/Mount Gambier 12
Indian Wells 10
Gifu/Fukuoka 9 (both will come off before Wimbledon cutoff)
Surbiton/Nottingham/Jersey (08) 7

18th,19th,20th results: 5,4,3

So Katie has gained 15 points instead of 20.

Happycynic · Pro player

Thanks. You have more patience than me!

DavidC · Tennis legend

I'm very pleased for Katie that she has been rewarded for her bravery in sticking to a tough schedule of Tour/ high value challengers despite lots of early defeats. If she wins tomorrow it will be her best-ever in ranking terms outside the UK

Tomorrow's OOP is:

Court Central
11.30 am (10.30 BST)
Renata VORACOVA (CZE) vs Roberta VINCI (ITA) Q
Suivi de
Katie O''BRIEN (GBR) [6] vs Stephanie COHEN-ALORO [4]

seagull · Hall of fame

Apparently it's raining here and they may move indoors - is that better for Katie?

seagull · Hall of fame

KOB loses the 1st set 6-0...oh dear

seagull · Hall of fame

And the second 6-2

Katie does seem to lose very easily against the higher ranked players..

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Such a shame it was not close but a decent week. It was a make or break match and so fac Katie has come up short in all of them. Her match vs Savchuk where she had MP would ahve seen her basicaslly top 100 now.