2014 Doubles Partnerships

Salmon · Tennis legend

2014 Doubles Partnerships

Allan94 · Lower Club Player

Here are some of next years new partnerships or old ones reuniting

Nestor/Zimonjic

Bopanna/Qureshi

Fleming/Hutchins

Lindstedt/Melzer

Roger-Vasselin/Benneteau

Rojer/Tecau

no news on Miryni and Melo but Dodiq is apparently focusing on singles next year all the other main teams i think are staying together although if anyone knows any others feel free to edit

paulisi · Tennis legend

I wonder if Dodig may change his mind after tonight's result....

indiana · Tennis legend

Ah, I see the Indo-Pak Express is reunited.

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

Hutchins was not great anyway and after illness may struggle

-- Edited by A1 tennis academy on Wednesday 6th of November 2013 08:51:07 PM

Spectator · All-time great

I'd rather welcome a reunion of Mr Marray and Mr Nielsen (provided Mr Nielsen was prepared to focus on doubles) - certainly they had more success together than either has had with others. Really looking forward to the return of Mr Hutchins and Mr Fleming. Hadn't realised, until I just looked it up, that Mr Hutchins has far and away the longest stretch in the top 100 of any active British doubles player ... six straight years. All that and obviously very intelligent and quick-witted, too. Some people are just preternaturally gifted.

For those who know more than I, would Mirnyi and Marray work, if Mr Nielsen isn't interested?

-- Edited by Spectator on Wednesday 6th of November 2013 10:42:54 PM

seagull · Hall of fame

A1 tennis academy wrote:
Hutchins was not great anyway and after illness mat struggle

disbelief Wow..Where do you start?

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

Allan94 wrote:
Here are some of next years new partnerships or old ones reuniting S
Nestor/Zimonjic
Bopanna/Qureshi
Fleming/Hutchins
Lindstedt/Melzer
Roger-Vasselin/Benneteau
Rojer/Tecau
no news on Miryni and Melo but Dodiq is apparently focusing on singles next year all the other main teams i think are staying together although if anyone knows any others feel free to edit

skupski & skupski

Allan94 · Lower Club Player

Will be interesting to see what Jonny does next year because he really needs a top 30 player to keep playing the masters events. To be honest i would not be surprised if he plays with Freddie in Australia but I think he would be better finding a regular partner than playing with someone that would rather play a 10K futures than on the ATP tour

indiana · Tennis legend

I would say that the Colin / Ross partnership was really clicking before Ross became ill. It has to my mind been the best regular all British partnership of recent years and clearly Ross was integral to that.

The Colin / Jonny partnership has not matched the Colin / Ross partnership, which while not necessarily meaning for instance that Ross is "better" than Jonny ( different pairs can just have more natural affinity ), it is certainly worthy of note.

I don't see enough doubles to truly rate different doubles players, but I would have thought the basic results evidence suggested Ross to be top class ( and to have been for a few years ). I am thus very surprised by Gary's comment.

indiana · Tennis legend

Always nice as it is to see the Skupskis get a mention, I am not quite sure why they were randomly added to an interesting list of some of next year's new and reuniting partnerships.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Entrepreneurial British doubles players trying to supplement the income:

www.doubleswithpros.com/home.html

Good luck to them !

Spectator · All-time great

What a great idea! Like their spirit and style - and it's very well done.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Nice idea - i suspect Sean is behind this. It's his paypal account...

"Even though our rankings continue to improve and we're getting ever closer to the top 100, the prize money at tournaments is still very poor. There are many expenses that build up during a tournament week. Travel, accommodation, food to the small things like racket restringing and physio treatment.We try to play between 27 and 32 tournaments a year of which roughly 20 are abroad. In 90% of these tournaments unless we reach the final we will be at a financial loss each week."

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
Nice idea - i suspect Sean is behind this. It's his paypal account...

"Even though our rankings continue to improve and we're getting ever closer to the top 100, the prize money at tournaments is still very poor. There are many expenses that build up during a tournament week. Travel, accommodation, food to the small things like racket restringing and physio treatment.We try to play between 27 and 32 tournaments a year of which roughly 20 are abroad. In 90% of these tournaments unless we reach the final we will be at a financial loss each week."

Absolutely. And Sean is going to be even more strapped for cash this year as the doubles top-up bonus is cut. Several people have wondered how he's going to manage. But this is just doubles and I guess that's what the LTA is trying to do - force players not to give up on their singles. (Dave's figures are sustainable, Sean's not)