Wimbledon Wildcards - Men

DavidC · Tennis legend

Wimbledon Wildcards - Men

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

With no prize money and no points, a quali doubles wildcard is rather shabby treatment of Luke.

NB And the singles quali draw is out - with some passable draws for our lads.

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 25th of June 2017 05:17:57 PM

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Potential meeting of Liam and Marcus is QR2, on current form and fitness Is take Liam to win that one if they both make it.

If I'm reading the draw correctly.

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Good draw that. Just need the order of play for tomorrow now. On a half day at work shouldn't be there much after half 12 for an afternoon of tennis. A bit of a shame that you can't just turn up and watch now, enjoyed being able to just stroll
In. But I do Enjoy Wimbledon Qualifying, more so than the main event!

philwrig · Hall of fame

Still can't quite believe it's on TV, means missing out on Eastbourne this year doesn't feel quite as bad.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:
Still can't quite believe it's on TV, means missing out on Eastbourne this year doesn't feel quite as bad.

Do we know how many courts will be televised though? All four main ones? smile All? smile smile smile

Although am still desperately hoping I can manage to get down there......

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 25th of June 2017 05:55:39 PM

Long time reader · Lower Club Player

Think its just one. The Wimbledon website says that court 11 is the showcourt with a stand and therefore presumably the tv court.

I think thats one of the 2 courts at the back. The main courts the brits are normally on are 13, 14, 15 and 16 .

-- Edited by Long time reader on Sunday 25th of June 2017 06:02:50 PM

goldfish · Futures qualifying

This was in the initial announcement - just one feed as mentioned above:

A spokesperson for the All England Club said Following the announcement that we would have a feed from one of the match courts at the qualifying competition this year, we're very pleased that a number of our broadcasters have taken up the opportunity to show the matches, of which the BBC is one. The matches will also be available on Wimbledon.com.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, if all they're showing is court 11 then the Order of Play is most bizarre.

Fine, there's Marcus.

But Kudla v Santillan? And Ben Becker v Uchiyama ? Seriously?

wolf · Tennis legend

EVENT 1: GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES

1. FUCSOVICS, Marton (HUN)

2. HAAS, Tommy (GER)

3. KLEIN, Brydan (GBR)

4. NORRIE, Cameron (GBR)

5. SHAPOVALOV, Denis (CAN)

6. WARD, James (GBR)

7. Not used - next direct acceptance

8. Not used - next direct acceptance

EVENT 2: GENTLEMEN'S DOUBLES

1. CLARKE, Jay (GBR) and WILLIS, Marcus (GBR)

2. CLAYTON, Scott (GBR) and O'MARA, Jonny (GBR)

3. KLEIN, Brydan (GBR) and SALISBURY, Joe (GBR)

4. KOKKINAKIS, Thanasi (AUS) and THOMPSON, Jordan (AUS)

5. SKUPSKI, Ken (GBR) and SKUPSKI, Neal (GBR)

6. Not used - next direct acceptance

7. Not used - next direct acceptance

EVENT 5: MIXED DOUBLES - TO BE ANNOUNCED 5 JULY

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

EVENT 17: QUALIFYING GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES

1. BROADY, Liam (GBR)

2. CLARKE, Jay (GBR)

3. CORRIE, Edward (GBR)

4. COX, Daniel (GBR)

5. GLASSPOOL, Lloyd (GBR)

6. PAUFFLEY, Neil (GBR)

7. STORRIE, Ryan James (GBR)

8. WARD, Alexander (GBR)

9. WILLIS, Marcus (GBR)

EVENT 18: QUALIFYING GENTLEMEN'S DOUBLES

1. BAMBRIDGE, Luke (GBR) and GLASSPOOL, Lloyd (GBR)

2. BROADY, Liam (GBR) and CORRIE, Edward (GBR)

indiana · Tennis legend

Whatever I actually think of Slam MD WCs in the general wider sense, I rather think as things stand some other Slams with more depth than us would have gone for a Jay.

And out of interest how many other Slams often or at all tend to have some unfilled WC spots that end up going to the next in line ?

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

I don't think any do Indiana but The Aussies, Americans and French have quite a big pool of players to choose from in the top 300 or so it's easy enough to find players. It's usually a case of them wanting more.

Spectator · All-time great

So with all the WCs distributed - including two MD WCs that were not given out - this is the distribution, noting GB ranking, age, ATP ranking and status. I have no argument with the WCs that were given out. And I understand why none of the available GB players below the GB top 10 were, barring Cameron Norrie (just starting on Tour), really eligible for a MD WC. But honestly, would it have killed the AELTC or the LTA to have either bent the rules slightly for people who are relatively young (Broady/Glasspool) or allowed the number 8 player to play with a foreign partner?

1. Jamie Murray (31) 5 DA
2. Dom Inglot (31) 47 DA
3. Ken Skupski (34) 89 WC
4. Neal Skupski (27) 96 WC
5. Jonny Marray 113 Not actively playing
6. Joe Salisbury (25) 152 WC
7. Brydan Klein (27) 161 WC
8. Luke Bambridge (22) 169 QWC (no points or money unless qualifies)
9. Dan Evans 185 Suspended
10. Colin Fleming 227 Retired
11. Scott Clayton (23) 253 WC
12. Jonny O'Mara (22) 314 WC
13. Liam Broady (23) 370 QWC
18. Lloyd Glasspool (23) 645 QWC
23. Marcus Willis (26) 810 WC
32. Jay Clarke (18) 1079 WC
37. Ed Corrie 1242 (29) QWC

Vandenburg · Futures level

1. FUCSOVICS, Marton (HUN) - Good choice, looks like he can play on grass too

2. HAAS, Tommy (GER)- great choice, always been a classy grass player, lovely sentiment this

3. KLEIN, Brydan (GBR)- odd choice, not having a spectacular year, probably deserves to be in Q

4. NORRIE, Cameron (GBR)- ok with this, youngster making his way in the game with an ok ranking

5. SHAPOVALOV, Denis (CAN)- good choice- hitting the umpire was the best thing this guy ever did, it gave him massive exposure, was a great pr stunt on the level of max clifford. Since that he has become known to the British public, and seems like a decent player too.

6. WARD, James (GBR)- no idea about this, probably deserves to be Q

7. Not used - next direct acceptance

8. Not used - next direct acceptance

Miriambee · Futures level

Vandenburg wrote:

5. SHAPOVALOV, Denis (CAN)- good choice- hitting the umpire was the best thing this guy ever did, it gave him massive exposure, was a great pr stunt on the level of max clifford. Since that he has become known to the British public, and seems like a decent player too.

You continue to show your utter heartlessness, after the umpire was off sick for weeks and needed an operation. Have you ever thought what if it was you in the umpire's situation?