Wimbledon Play Offs

Shhh · Challenger level

Wimbledon Play Offs

mjd · Challenger qualifying

I didnt think play-offs were still in operation under the new regime!

DavidC · Tennis legend

Yes they are still used to allocate some Wimbledon qualifying WCs and are referred to on the LTA site's report about the DFS Classic qualifiers today:

"Next stop for Broady is the Wimbledon wildcard playoff at Aorangi Park, starting Tuesday 10th June."

Most of the Wimbledon main draw and qualifying WCs should be announced on Monday evening, with probably 3 mens and 2 womens qualifying WCs determined by the Aorangi Park tournament - but it isn't easy to find out information about the event.

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Well if it's that secret I hope that the players are aware they are starting on Tuesday!

Salmon · Tennis legend

And I hope no new New Zealander will get in this time (it happened last year).

jazar · Junior player

how many days do they go on for?

Shhh · Challenger level

Draper said in 2006, on the eve of his first Wimbledon in charge of the sport. "We feel additional lucky loser wild cards (to those who lost in the since abandoned play-offs that year) do not help in creating a winning culture in British tennis"

The above is quoted from todays Times. Are they abandoned or not?

If they are going ahead, why cant they be in groups of 4 or 8 with the winners going through (like a qualies draw)? Why does it have to be a larger draw that goes all the way to a final and produces only one winner (like a main draw) and therefore, losers?

Have the LTA really not considered this?????????????????????

Salmon · Tennis legend

All I know is that Cox and Thornley face off in the first round.

XCW4EVA · County player

thats lame, two of my favoured youngsters

Cox not doing juniors then :-S

Silver · County player

It's pretty mixed signals really this year. I didn't think they were gonna do it again but this year everyone's been on about the playoffs and yet there are more people screaming: "what playoffs?"

Either way, may the best man win.

Which technically is the idea of course.

Salmon · Tennis legend

No sign of a draw, but it is supposed to start tomorrow.

I think Evans has a WC into the qualies draw - he'll have to miss the play offs because of Queen's.

-- Edited by Greenleaf at 21:50, 2008-06-09

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

From what I understand it's a 16 man draw, with 11 direct entries to the highest ranked players who want them, and then 5 wild cards to the lower ranked players...

Given who is playing this week still and where they are playing (and the fact that he assume Slabba, Ward and Bloomers will get qualifying WC's and maybe Skupksi too), these would be the 11 players

Skupski
Kasiri
Bamford
Eaton
Blake
Rushby
Brewer
Cox
Smith
Hewitt
Thornley

5 WC's would go to Evans, Marray, Flanagan, Kinsella and Willis (but if Evans isn't able to play, then Smethurst get's the WC)

Just conjecture, and I expect to be wrong with this, but that's what the rankings suggest anyway

Shhh · Challenger level

All I got back from the LTA is that the play offs run from Tuesday to Thursday at Aorangi Park and are not open to the public.

Gee, thanks for that!

Salmon · Tennis legend

Most informative.

FD, Willis won't be there as he'll be at Queen's Juniors.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Oh! And Skupski will be in Liverpool.