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Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

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Michael D · All-time great

Pre-Wimbledon rankings out now. Not a good week for GB apart from Mandy closing back in on the top 500. Let's hope we see rather more green after the next two weeks. However at the moment, Katie B will have another fall post-Wimbledon to around 170 in the rankings, and Katie S will also fall to around 250 unless she wins her first round match at Wimbledon again this year. Outside Wimbledon Maia is also due to play next week, but it's going to be tough in the short term for us to keep our top 10 average below that 200 mark.

Post Wimbledon Emily Arb will also lose her ranking.

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Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Still a chance for things to improve as all 3 at the higher end do have a half decent chance for an extra 60 points on either Monday/Tuesday. If Katie does lose, it will be strange seeing her as GB #7 and just a few places above Maia. Fingers crossed for some wins.

Michael D · All-time great

One player I'm looking forward to playing this second half of the year is Gabi since both the last two years she has spent much of the July-Oct period out injured. However I don't see her in any of the next set of entry lists yet, so am wondering quite what her schedule might be.

Well, and a few others too.. Harriet, Katie S, Katie B let's hope soon, also Jodie though she might be a little longer.

Mervatron2 · Futures level

Doesn't surprise really as our 3 most inform players bar Jo have been injured over the grass season. So frustrating for them and as a fan.

Harriet with a few kinder draws could have sustained her ranking. Hoping for the Wimbledon win now to get back up in the top 150 and then kick on in the US hard court season.

Michael D · All-time great

This week's post Wimbledon rankings show healthy increases for Harriet and Sam with their Q and MD exploits, and reasonable gains for Heather and Gabi too. Elsewhere though the news is more about falls, with Katie B and Katie S losing large chunks of points especially from Wimbledon last year.

Emily Arb unfortunately 'celebrates' her RU medal in the WU games by falling off the WTA rankings, as she loses 2/3 counters. She has gained one back, but loses the third in Aug, so still needs two more. She is due to play again this week at W15 level in Estonia, if she feels recovered and able to travel in time.

Sadly too, our top 10 women fall outside the 200 average for the first time in ages, with those two large falls. Of the top 10, only Maia and Fran are still due to play this week, Naiktha having already been knocked out in QR1 in the WTA Bucharest event.

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DF · Tennis legend

Michael D wrote:

Sadly too, our top 10 women fall outside the 200 average for the first time in ages, with those two large falls. Of the top 10, only Maia and Fran are still due to play this week, Naiktha having already been knocked out in QR1 in the WTA Bucharest event.

You' ve forgotten Michael that Fran also was knocked out in qr1 in the WTA Bucharest event.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

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These were the 2018 rankings directly after Wimbledon.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Monday 15th of July 2019 11:33:16 AM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Unless someone adds it again, you have to click to enlarge it, but one of the most positive things is Konta safely back in the top 20 (and currently #8 in the race for China) and even though she did suffer a couple of disappointing losses in both recent slams (commanding position in 3 of the 4 sets but didn't take any), it is great to see that we have had representation in the latter stages of the biggest events, something which didn't look likely only 3 or 4 months ago. Although she did beat higher seed Stephens in R3 at Wimbledon, hopefully she will stay in the top 16 by the US Open to avoid potentially having to play a 9-16 opponent again in R3 there.

There are actually more improvements than I was expecting given the generally poor grass season. Harriet obviously helped by those 2 Wimbledon wins has improved her ranking and not too far off her CH. Maia, Fran and Jodie have significantly improved their ranking and although none will feature in US Open quals this year, they are kind of in that zone where it could be realistic for next years slams. Naiktha was of course an unexpected addition, and as she's near her CH, she will have improved her ranking in the past 12 months.

Gabi, Katy and Katie S (and Naomi), obviously all a year older, have significantly fallen the other way and also won't feature in US Open quals, whereas last year they all did. Heather has improved hers a bit with that R1 win over McNally, but will just miss out on direct US Open quals, and Katie B has been extremely unfortunate this year and hopefully she can get to where she was earlier in the year as quickly as she can, but another set back for her progression and development.

I was considering starting a 'Road to the US Open thread' but with Wimbledon, it quickly got forgotten about and the main draw is actually based on today's rankings and qualifying will be next week, so it's not much of a 'road' as the everything that could influence it will have already happened. Last year (as usual) we were represented by Konta in the main draw and had (probably a recent record) 7 participants in USO quals - Boulter, Watson, Broady, Dart, Swan, Taylor and Dunne - Naomi beat Katie B in Q1 and Heather beat Katie S in FQR to qualify. 4 of those have fallen, as already touched upon, and I'm not sure if Katie B will be ready in time. Naiktha getting in will very much be touch and go - the US Open certainly won't have 5 MDWCs spare, they will all be used up, so Naiktha might just miss out, therefore we may just have the 2 participants in quals this year.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Monday 15th of July 2019 11:02:45 AM

Michael D · All-time great

Ace Ventura wrote:
Here's last years directly after Wimbledon rankings (I've never attached anything before, and clearly not good at it )

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Monday 15th of July 2019 11:05:02 AM

Hi Ace, I can't insert this from your post, but if you go to edit. you should see a Remove/Insert icon and if you click insert it will then appear on the page...

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Michael D wrote:
Ace Ventura wrote:
Here's last years directly after Wimbledon rankings (I've never attached anything before, and clearly not good at it )

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Monday 15th of July 2019 11:05:02 AM
Hi Ace, I can't insert this from your post, but if you go to edit. you should see a Remove/Insert icon and if you click insert it will then appear on the page...

Thanks Michael. smile

DF · Tennis legend

Looks healthier in general with 17 in the top 500. Not counting ITF points.

Michael D · All-time great

In this week's rankings there is limited GB change as can be seen, with few of our top players in action, and the W25 results only being added next week. Maia does nudge upwards her CH, but otherwise the top 10 average is little changed.

Further down Eden (though she will rise again next week), Lissey and Ella Taylor (who hasn't played since Bolton and Sunderland in April) have -10 + falls.

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Michael D · All-time great

Very limited GB ranking change this week, but this is the calm before the ranking remerging storm due to happen next week. This week Katie S gains 16 places, owing to her Kentucky SF, and Eden climbs 22 places from her W25 QF the week before. Other than that there are falls lower down for Beth, Emma R, Freya, and to the greatest extent Lissey, from the drop off of her points from Chiswick last year.

There are no new CHs this week, but at least a modest +5 aggregate improvement in the top 10, though insufficient to bring us back under the 200 average mark.

Next week, there is currently again relatively limited change within the top 10, though this might change a little later this week depending on performances. However from GB #14 down there will be significant change with the WTA/ITF points merger. Mandy C will become one of the main gainers, becoming that new GB #14, whilst Emily App will also gain big. The especially good news is that our ranked numbers will swell again from 25 to 33, though of those new 8, only Tanya Dissanayake will be a newcomer this year, the rest are all re-entries.

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-- Edited by Michael D on Tuesday 30th of July 2019 11:49:15 AM

Michael D · All-time great

Just to note that having had a look at an updated version of next week's predicted rankings, one comment above is not accurate - we will indeed almost inevitably suffer another significant fall in our top 10 average sadly. Katy D especially is due to fall -29 currently, and Fran and Katie B also have approx -11 falls, making for a current total drop of about -60 points. That 200 average is receding in the wrong direction at the moment...