Week 2 - Australian Open Qualifying

philwrig · Hall of fame

Week 2 - Australian Open Qualifying

Silver · County player

RE: Australian Open Qualifying

DavidC · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:
So Laura will indeed get a QWC . No surprise .
Question for anybody that understands the rules.
Will this count towards Laura's 12 tournaments for the 2010/2011 season or as the competition begins before her 16th birthday will it ber final allowable tournament of her sixteenth year ?

According to the Age Eligibility Rule definitions:

"b. Age
For the purposes of this rule, a players age is determined by her
age as of the date of start of a Tournaments singles Main Draw."

Since the Australian Open main draw begins before Laura's birthday (21st) it won't affect her 2010/11 quota.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

I thought we'd established from the way she got into the US open that there is a loophole in the quota rules and effectively grand slam qualifying wild cards don't count against any quota.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Silver wrote:

Did she not qualify for it on getting to the Aus Open final last year or is that not a rule they apply?

Winners of junior grand slams are automatically given wildcards into qualifying for the women's event the following year, if required (so Heather gets one for the US Open this year). There is no automatic transfer to runners-up if (like Pervak here) the winner does not need one, though occasionally the runner-up is allocated one (eg Lertcheewakarn at Wimbledon last year). I expect that it is a combination of not needing to give one to the winner, and Laura's Aussie connections, which have led to the award.

DavidC · Tennis legend

RBBOT wrote:

I thought we'd established from the way she got into the US open that there is a loophole in the quota rules and effectively grand slam qualifying wild cards don't count against any quota.

The loophole in the quota rules was in the split of wildcards between ITF and WTA events. According to the rules two of these have to be "exclusively for use into the Main Draw or Qualifying Draw of any WTA Tour International Tournament or ITF Womens Circuit event." Laura's wildcards, all at Grand Slams, show that the Grand Slams (run by the ITF) are liberally interpreted as ITF Women's Circuit events.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

I haven't gone back and checked, but I thought she'd also gone over the combined total allowed in the wta & itf and it didn't count against either. If that's not the case for the US open, wouldn't this one would put her over the limit if it counts against last years quota?

philwrig · Hall of fame

Laura has only received 3 wild cards over the last 12 months all for grand slams ( Wimbledon, US open and Aussie open ). She also received junior exempts into 1 25 and 2 50 ITF events.

Silver · County player

DavidC wrote:

Silver wrote:

Did she not qualify for it on getting to the Aus Open final last year or is that not a rule they apply?

Winners of junior grand slams are automatically given wildcards into qualifying for the women's event the following year, if required (so Heather gets one for the US Open this year). There is no automatic transfer to runners-up if (like Pervak here) the winner does not need one, though occasionally the runner-up is allocated one (eg Lertcheewakarn at Wimbledon last year). I expect that it is a combination of not needing to give one to the winner, and Laura's Aussie connections, which have led to the award.

You might not forgive me for not remembering the Aussie connection with Laura... but I did!

Ta for that though, much obliged good sir!

philwrig · Hall of fame

Thanks David so the Aussie open takes up her current years allocation to the maximum of 10.

RedCabbage · Club Coach

Naughty LTA missed Graeme Dyce off the Boys' Doubles winners.

philwrig · Hall of fame

I notice that in the LTA article they have withdrawn the reference to Laura competing in qualifying but have not changed the following paragraph. The plot thickens.

philwrig · Hall of fame

According to commentary team on Hopman Cup coverage Laura is only playing Aussie juniors and one of the biggest aims this year is to reclaim the world no 1 junior spot. As I eluded to on the Hopman Cup topic thread they are looking to develop her game by playing more on clay. Thus the schedule in March is to hop down to South America and play the two G1 and one GA tournaments on the clay. Not a bad idea IMO.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

^great idea about the 3 clay tournies in south america.

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

dissapointing she won't play qualifying, don't no whether that's 100 percent or as she is yet to be given a WC, she isn't at the moment. Weird that aiming for number 1 is the main goal, unless that is the aim from purely grand slams and a few grade A's we all know she is in a different league to most of the competition if not almost all