Junior rankings

paulisi · Tennis legend

Junior rankings

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

The 2014 rankings are out now.

For the girls we have the following in the top 100

28 Katie Boulter 96

47 Isabelle Wallace 96

78 Harriet Dart 96

82 Freya Christie 97

98 Emily Smith 97

There's also another 4 in the top 200 - Emily Arbuthnott 97, Lana Rush 97, Mirabelle Njoze 97 and Gabi Taylor 98

For the boys:

69 Julian Cash

77 Alex Sendegeya

94 Josh Sapwell

and another 6 in the top 200 - Lewis Roskilly, Rhett Purcell, Jamie Malik, Shamael Chaudhry, Joel Cannell and Adam Glynn (all boys 96 apart from Joel, so in their last year)

Looks like we might have more girls to follow than boys when it comes to the major events.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Interesting stuff, Op, although, that said about the boys, in the ITF top 100 there are currently:

65 boys born in 1996
27 born in 1997
8 born in 1998

So the majority (i.e. 2/3) of the boys will all be dropping out and so our GB boys maybe don't look quite so weak in comparison

For the girls, given they tend to move up to seniors slightly earlier, it's, as expected, a fair bit younger:

47 girls in 1996
38 girls in 1997
13 girls in 1998
2 girls in 1999

So, in comparison, our GB girls are no better than the others and arguably pretty much as representative of the norm as the boys.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Puts the figures in perspective CD. However, we only have one extra boy born 97 or younger inside the top 300 (Mason Recci) which doesn't seem so encouraging to me.

There are a couple of young guns I'll be keeping an eye on though - I expect them to move quickly:

Finn Bass 99

Thomas Wright 98

Max Stewart 99

I also reckon Enrique Vidal will do well, although being 96 born he may not bother with many ITFs (he's only played one) but has a big game

There seems to be a steady pipeline of younger girls coming through - my picks are the Emilys - Arbuthnott and Smith.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The Optimist wrote:
Puts the figures in perspective CD. However, we only have one extra boy born 97 or younger inside the top 300 (Mason Recci) which doesn't seem so encouraging to me.

There are a couple of young guns I'll be keeping an eye on though - I expect them to move quickly:

Finn Bass 99
Thomas Wright 98
Max Stewart 99

I also reckon Enrique Vidal will do well, although being 96 born he may not bother with many ITFs (he's only played one) but has a big game

There seems to be a steady pipeline of younger girls coming through - my picks are the Emilys - Arbuthnott and Smith.

I agree that there's not a huge depth in the boys - maybe some just don't do the ITF circuit very much ?

I don't know much about the youngsters - I follow their results but I've never seen any of them live so I don't feel I have any real sense of them as tennis prospects.

However, I don;t know if you were following this forum back in summer but I saw Enrique Vidal play here in London and I was blown away by him and waxed lyrical on the British Tour thread - a gangly, slightly awkward-looking player but with MEGA weapons (and good defence and tactics/attitude too). He certainly got my vote.

My question had been: what are his plans? Is he planning on going to the US? Turning pro ? Os is he a budding rocket scientist and not going to follow tennis professionally anyway ? Do you have any idea?

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

No idea what Enrique's plans are CD, although I suspect they may include uni. He is one of the very few strong British juniors in an absolutely standard full-time school set-up. He mainly trains/competes outside of school hours, at weekends and in the school holidays. Thinking about it, that probably why he has not bothered with ITFs - they'd be hard to fit around that kind of schooling. Believe he trains at Dukes in Chiswick but don't know anything else much about him.

Only recently found the board, so missed your comments on him earlier in the year.

briteny · Intermediate Club Player

It is not a good sign for British tennis in the next few years, the number of top juniors are not enough

indiana · Tennis legend

For the boys 1997 or younger in the top 300, I make it :

Total : 132 ( 101 born '97, 28 born '98, 3 born '99 )

Of these,

GB : 2 ( both born '97 )

That does not look very good !

indiana · Tennis legend

...although with Dan Evans at WR 149, I guess having 2 of the top 132 '97 born or younger is 100% better than having 1 of the top 132 seniors. Hmm...

Spectator · All-time great

Well, not necessarily, given that the juniors rankings really only cover three or four years worth of players ... Some of the young women, though, do seem to have high potential.

And good to hear another knowledgeable voice praising Mr Vidal. A reminder that the ITF rankings may not reflect the full potential of UK players.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Emily Arbuthnott moves up to 84 after Coffee Bowl, moving ahead of Freya and 6 girls inside top 100 now. Just the 3 boys

LordBrownof · Futures level

He looks like a great prospect but sadly funding may be an issue -

www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/other-sport/feltham-teenager-follows-andy-murrays-5965151

paulisi · Tennis legend

New rankings are up after the Aus open

Katie up to 18th
Izzy up to 37th

Eden climbs to 293 after her UAE exploits

More players to drop off in the women's rankings later this year such as Konjuh, Bencic etc, so Katie could easily make top 10

In the boys - Dan Little jumps to 202

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Not directly relevant but nice photo of Eden (just awarded her FutureStars place, not too surprisingly).

www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Bath-starlet-Eden-Richardson-wins-place-Lawn/story-20453975-detail/story.htm

paulisi · Tennis legend

Gabi jumps to 106 and Jasmine 151 in the latest rankings