British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Coup Droit wrote:

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10/11/25

Wonderful to see 28 (!!!!) men in the top-500

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 Great to see. In early October, when we were at 25, paulisi talked about 28+, possibly 30, within a few months, and received a bit of scepticism from yours truly.

Here we are, just in mid November, wirlth 28, Anton M capable of getting back in at some time, and Lui M having been making great strides and emerging as the possible 30th man. Lui is in a US Challenger this week and M25 next week. Jon did bring up his name but wondered about college commitments?

The year they have been having overall, I shouldn't underestimate the GB men. Well done them and paulisi.

-- Edited by indiana on Monday 10th of November 2025 03:41:05 PM

Ah, it was actually yourself Jon that mentioned Lui among a few college guys. I have edited my previous post.

JonH comes home wrote:

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indiana wrote:

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Ah, it was actually yourself Jon that mentioned Lui among a few college guys. I have edited my previous post.

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 No worries, lots of people say lots of things, impossible to remember who said what!

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 Yes, but you're suppposed to remember what you yourself said 

JonH comes home wrote:

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indiana wrote:

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The guys have done great to have 25 in the top 500 and indeed recently to have had 26 ( and I've mentioned my thoughts about possibly making a general GB men PoS WC nomination ).

But 30 in the top 500 sure isn't happening within a few months lMHO.

If we count all of the current 25 ( including Anton to restore these points ), plus all 4 of Aidan, James, Toby and Felix ( and all 4 does seem a stretch ) then who else might be a contender?

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 Does feel a stretch- the guys whos names pop out are Lui or Luca or Charlie R or Oli B, but theyll all be at college I think and limited from making much headway in the rankings for a year or two. 

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 This is where I mentioned Lui - but don't think I can claim mystic meg style insight tbh!

Lambda wrote:

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Lui's graduated from college.

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 There you go! My insight was limited and it also makes Lui into a viable candidate for that 30th man spot Indy mentions

Start of the year:

Men
13 in top 250
29 in top 500
45 in top 1000

Women
7 in top 250
19 in top 500
29 in top 1000

indiana wrote:

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28 women in the top 1000?

GB #29 Tegan Bush WR 1001

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 Yes

Tegan may currently be live-ranked in the top-1000 for next week

But we're only Tuesday, lots might happen, hence the official rankings are the only ones cast in stone