Week 25 - Futures F7 (15k+h, clay) - Marburg, Germany

steven · Tennis legend

Week 25 - Futures F7 (15k+h, clay) - Marburg, Germany

Salmon · Tennis legend

I've always wondered as to why British players hardly ever do Futures in Germany.

Good luck, Pierre!

steven · Tennis legend

So that's not just my imagination. I don't know either. They're supposed to be well run, possibly quite strong though and a lot of them are on clay.

James · Satellite level

Yes that does seem very strange, many of the German tournaments are '+H' so offer good points and hospitality, plus by playing regularly in Germany you could also play in the German Bundesliga, a good opportunity to make money and play against good players. But maybe it is the strength of the tournaments there that actually puts people off, not the easiest of places to pick up points perhaps.

Salmon · Tennis legend

They are strong, but French ones are often as strong and we have players in those once in a while.

It's weird! People are prepared to go to Turkey (not again, please...) or Portugal for 128 draw qualies. People are prepared to go to Thailand or India or Venezuela which are far off. But people rarely go to Germany which is just a hop across the sea.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

full of germans tho

Salmon · Tennis legend

But they go there for Challengers quite often!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Count Zero wrote:

full of germans tho

That would explain towels on deckchairs - even in Marburg...! wink

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i bet the german players get their towels out on the players match chairs early too

Smidster · Challenger level

Seems to be a bit of confusion about the Nationality of Pierre Clad

The ATP have him down as a Brit where as the Tournament website, which includes live scoring! has him as a Frenchman

Pretty amazing though that a $15k future can have a pretty professional website with live scoring and we can't even manage that for an event such as surbiton

steven · Tennis legend

That's one of the ways in which the German Futures and Challengers are well run. They also tend to have good facilities for spectators.

Smidster · Challenger level

Website has now corrected itself to show him as British

QR1: Pierre Clad UNR def. Maximillian Stratmann (GER) UNR 6-2 2-6 6-1

QR2: Pierre Clad UNR v Fritz Felix Trimpe (GER) UNR

wolf · Tennis legend

QR2: Pierre Clad UNR def Fritz Felix Trimpe (GER) UNR 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 smile

QR3: Pierre Clad UNR v Patrick Taubert (GER) WR 844 (4)

steven · Tennis legend

FQR: Pierre Clad UNR lost to (q4) Patrick Taubert (GER) WR 844 by 2 & 4 cry

wolf · Tennis legend

R1
CLAD (GBR) / ZUEHLSDORFF-PAVLOVIC (GER) defeated BRUCK (GER) / HERBERT (GER) 6-1 6-2

Q/F
JEBAVY (CZE) / NOVAK (CZE) Vs CLAD (GBR) / ZUEHLSDORFF-PAVLOVIC (GER)