Wimbledon Wildcards

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Wimbledon Wildcards

steven · Tennis legend

The LTA have just tweeted that Katy Dunne beat Emily 3 & 3. I certainly didn't see that coming!

steven · Tennis legend

... and Anna beat Fran 2 & 0.

Peter too · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
The LTA have just tweeted that Katy Dunne beat Emily 3 & 3. I certainly didn't see that coming!

I wonder why Katy doesn't play more ITF events. I watched her take the 6th seed to three in Bournemouth early in 2011 and she clearly had a good allround game and would beat quite a few ranked players.

steven · Tennis legend

Maybe she's still at school and concentrating on that at the moment.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

So we still dont' know whether Lisa has one

steven · Tennis legend

No, and given that of the 4 possibles (i.e. Lisa and Jade, who did too well in other tournaments to take part in the playoffs, and Emily and Fran, the two losing (semi-)finalists in the playoffs), the first 3 have got QWCs in Eastbourne, it looks possible that none of them have got them, since if any of them qualify in Eastbourne or get delayed in qualifying by rain, they wouldn't be able to play Wimbledon qualifying.

Then again, with all 8 qualifying seeds in the top 100, they are unlikely to qualify (while if they do, the prize money and points are probably worth more to them than an outside chance of getting a decent Wimby Q draw and getting any points there) and the weather forecast for the next few days is much better (so if any of them do get Wimby QWCs, there isn't much chance of them getting caught out by the worst case scenario of not getting through qualifying in Eastbourne and having to give up the Wimby Q place), so maybe them playing in Eastbourne doesn't mean for sure that they haven't got Wimby QWCs as well.

If they didn't give Wimby QWCs to any of those 4, who would they give them too, I wonder? confuse

markymc1983 · Club Coach

Sad that Emily WS wont be involved in Wimbledon this year. She's a real big game player, took Zakapalova (sp?) to 3 sets last year at Wimbledon 1st round and her only other Wimbledon appearance she reached the 2nd round and took the seeded Amy Frazier to 3 sets then too. This previous form and recent injury woes should be taken into consideration when distributing wild cards do you not think?

LordBrownof · Futures level

Part of me thinks they should take injuries into the equation but ultimately I think they should pick the players based on a combination of most likely to win and would benefit most from the experience.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Heather has now got direct entry into the main draw so that should free a wild card.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Will they give it to a brit though?

I guess Mel would be the most likely candidate. I would rather see Mel in qualifying though where i know she could win a few rounds and possible come through.

I would like to see Lise and Jade get into qualifying though

steven · Tennis legend

Mervatron wrote:
Will they give it to a brit though?

I guess Mel would be the most likely candidate. I would rather see Mel in qualifying though where i know she could win a few rounds and possible come through.

I would like to see Lise and Jade get into qualifying though

There was a press report that Tara might get it ... I can see arguments both ways, I just hope it goes to a Brit and the remaining QWCs do too, since there are plenty of Brits who haven't got QWCs yet who are more than capable of bagging 40 points given a halfway decent draw.

Danjn · Lower Club Player

The wild cards are all listed here:

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2012-06-17/201206121339508369858.html

Event 3: Ladies' Singles

1. Naomi Broady (GBR)

2. Johanna Konta (GBR)

3. Virginie Razzano (FRA)

4. Laura Robson (GBR)

5. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)

6. Heather Watson (GBR)

7. Ashleigh Barty (AUS)

8. Melanie Oudin (USA)

Qualifying Ladies' Singles
1. Katy Dunne (GBR)

2. Tara Moore (GBR)

3. Samantha Murray (GBR)

4. Melanie South (GBR)

5. Anna Fitzpatrick (GBR)

6. Emily Webley-Smith (GBR)

7. Lisa Whybourn (GBR)

8. Jade Windley (GBR)

-- Edited by Danjn on Sunday 17th of June 2012 09:58:11 PM

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Event 4: Ladies' Doubles

1. Naomi Broady and Johanna Konta (GBR)

2. Tara Moore and Melanie South (GBR)

3. Laura Robson and Heather Watson (GBR)

4. Not used - next direct acceptance

5. Not used - next direct acceptance

-- Edited by RBBOT on Sunday 17th of June 2012 10:00:39 PM

jake270392 · Intermediate Club Player

So 3 Main Draw Wildcards left, one will obviously go to Oudin but i am hoping that they dont just give wildcards to the next players in like they did for the mens last year and the year before and there have been no other other outstanding players to award a wildcard to, so hoping for more brits to get them. Saying that though I am kind of on the fence for Tara or Mel if they are given one as I think they could win a few rounds in qualifying and even qualify for the main draw and bag themselves some big points.