Week 31 - Womens ITF ($25K) - $25K Hechingen, Germany Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 31 - Womens ITF ($25K) - $25K Hechingen, Germany Clay

philwrig · Hall of fame

Potential toughie for Laura in QR2.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

whatever happens it will be tougher than her opponent in QR1

philwrig · Hall of fame

Why's that ?

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

philwrig wrote:

Why's that ?

I don't think Bye wins many matches.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Madeline wrote:

philwrig wrote:

Why's that ?

I don't think Bye wins many matches.

Funnily enough, i think Steven might have a thing or two to say about that wink

steven · Tennis legend

No, Mad's right - the bye does have a woeful record, at least when playing as a man, but did once win a match for a W 1 L 4477 record in singles. The bye has W 0 L 3117 record in doubles, but does have a doubles career high of 1430 on 26 Jun 2000!

See http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/By/N/NA-Bye.aspx?t=mr if you don't believe me! smile

Smidster · Challenger level

Q2: SMITH, Anna (GBR) 11 452 v Marina Kozachenko (UKR) UNR

Q2: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) 14 462 v Claire De Gubernatis (FRA) WR 576 (CH 415)

philwrig · Hall of fame

My comment was of the sarcastic variety. But I like the replies.

philwrig · Hall of fame

According to Laura's twitter she won 6-1 6-2 which in my opinion is a much better scoreline than I would have expected. In fact I thought she was a slight underdog.

djlovesyou · Strong Club Player

Well done Laura. Anna won as well it seems.

I like the fact that BYE also has a 0 from 1 record in tie-breaks.

Smidster · Challenger level

Q2 SMITH, Anna (GBR) 11 452 def Marina Kozachenko (UKR) UNR 6-3 6-2

Q2: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) 14 462 def Claire De Gubernatis (FRA) WR 576 (CH 415) 6-1 6-2

FQR: SMITH, Anna (GBR) 11 452 v (q4) Anais Laurendon (FRA) WR 381 (CH 249)
FQR: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) 14 462 v Katerina Avdiyenko (UKR) WR 653 (CH 391)

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

So does anyone know the circumstances in which bye won?

steven · Tennis legend

RBBOT wrote:
So does anyone know the circumstances in which bye won?

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Gu/T/Tim-E-Gullikson.aspx?t=pa&y=1976&m=s&e=0 and go down to the Sydney Indoor tournament - Gullikson managed to lose to the Bye in R1 yet still play in R2. I think the Bye was robbed! wink

It gets odder though - if you look at the Sydney Indoor 1976 drawsheet at http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?e=427&y=1976, you see that Gullikson beat A Gardiner in R1. He then faced P. McNamara in R2 and the winner of that match was T. Waltke, who wasn't even playing in it. biggrin

As if that wasn't enough, a certain K Warwick lost to C Letcher in R2 (See the bottom of the draw) and then beat the same C Letcher in R3. biggrin

philwrig · Hall of fame

Both girls lost:

Laura 6-3 6-2 slightly unexpected I would say.
Anna 6-3 6-0 not a surprise but still a disappointing scoreline.