The 12s/14s/16s Thread 2008.

Salmon · Tennis legend

RE: The 12s/14s/16s Thread 2008.

Salmon · Tennis legend

The boys won the doubles title without dropping a set, I see!

Congrats to them as it'll raise their rankings by a decent amount.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Katy Dunne became the first 1995 born girl to win a title (Cat 3 in Reykjavik) -

http://www.tennissambandislands.com/girls_main_singles.pdf

Salmon · Tennis legend

Category 3 on Artificial Grass in Dublin this week.

Boys - http://ti.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=23137&draw=2

Girls - http://ti.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=23137&draw=4

RedCabbage · Club Coach

I shall be cheering on Kyria Dunford. I sit next to a friend of her parents at work. She first mentioned her a couple of years ago and I've followed her LTA u12 and u14 ranking ever since but this is the first time I've seen a link to a tournament with her in from this site. Here's hoping it's the first of many :)

Do we have a link to international U14 rankings?

Salmon · Tennis legend

That's great.

There's no international ranking system for 14s, but continental ones. Link to European rankings -

http://www.tenniseurope.org/JuniorTennis/Jun_Te_-Rankings_U14-Girls-numercial.aspx

Salmon · Tennis legend

Kate Dunne beat Hindmarsh by 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the final in Dublin!

Congrats on winning her second TE title and this sets her up nicely for next year.

David Hodgetts (1995) beat Tim Prossor (1994 born) by 3-6 7-5 6-4 in the boys' final.

tharris · Intermediate Club Player

In a year with no particular standout talent for british girls, Katu Dunne seems to be pulling away slightly from the other '95 girls. Anisha Rahman is another one to watch.

-- Edited by tharris at 20:18, 2008-07-25

Salmon · Tennis legend

Category 1 in Hasselt, Belgium this week. Draw is far weaker than other big summer tournaments because of the WJT.

Brits playing -

Evan Hoyt
Christopher Pearce

Kathy Dunne (wasn't she Katy Dunne?)
Anneka Watts
Anisha Rahman
Sophie Watts
Verena Scott

Boys' draw - http://www.excelsiortc.be/ycc/main_tournament_draws_boys.htm
Girls' draw - http://www.excelsiortc.be/ycc/main_tournament_draws_girls.htm

-- Edited by Salmon at 13:24, 2008-08-04

madfan · Social player

Can anyone explain why the the 94s are playing in this tournament - surely they should be concentrating on 16s ranking points now. Or, so they get funding if they get their ETA ranking upto a certain level? The Watts seem to be playing everywhere - anyone seen them play. When I last saw them they didnt seem to have, shall we say, the best movement i have seen on a tennis court....

Salmon · Tennis legend

Not 16 and under but 18 and under. The 16s tour (especially for the girls) is totally pointless as it's composed mostly of people with too much money too spend but not real talent. Almost all top female players play ITFs straight after 14s.

I agree with you that's probably because of funding. I guess that when you're talking to a private sponsor, "my daughter is ranked 45 in Europe in 14s" sounds far better than "my daughter is ranked 700 in the world in Juniors", although the latter is a better achievement!

Also, LTA funding depends totally on your ranking in your age group unless you're one of the elite players. There's a funding matrix somewhere which gives how much you get - trying to find it now...

Hoyt is playing some great tennis. Through to the quarters after beating the 5th seed.
Katy Dunne is through to the quarters as well.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Here's where you can get the details about funding - http://www.lta.org.uk/Articles/Players/Funding/

madfan · Social player

Thanks for that - pretty stiff demands to get funding. Glad we have come off thie Merry Go Round!