Week 48 - Egypt F35 ($10,000) - Cairo (clay)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Week 48 - Egypt F35 ($10,000) - Cairo (clay)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

He's done it! Jay's a , our only one in singles this week! Ace on match point! biggrin

Final: (5) Jay Clarke WR 734 defeated Laslo Urrutia (CHI) WR 875 by 6-7(8) 6-3 6-1 biggrin

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Yaz3890 wrote:
Bob I know the feeling.. I've been hiding behind the sofa for the last hour and still in my pjs!!! Come on Jay!!

You can come out now Yasmin. Your boy has only gone and done it. You must be so proud and rightly so.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

What a performance. From a set and 0-3 down, Jay wins 12 of the next 13 games to win his first ever Futures title. This is a victory that he fully deserves given the progress and consistency he has shown over the last few weeks.

Jay Clarke - Take a bow sir.

Yaz3890 · Improver

Aww what a little Champ!!! Very proud firstly for his fighting spirit and secondly the result.. he's had a tough year but kept his head down and focused on what he wants to achieve. Can't wait to give him a big hug when he's home! Well done little man x

paulisi · Tennis legend

Onwards and upwards - first of many hopefully.

Nix · Futures level

Wow that shows so much grit and determination and speaks a lot about his future prospects. How often do commentators (ex-players) say that most top 100 players have the game to win tournaments but it's the mental toughness that differentiates their success levels.

Well done Jay!

DF · Tennis legend

Brilliant! biggrin

Miriambee · Futures level

i went out, thought he'd was never going to save it! well done Jay!!

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Yaz3890 wrote:
Aww what a little Champ!!! Very proud firstly for his fighting spirit and secondly the result.. he's had a tough year but kept his head down and focused on what he wants to achieve. Can't wait to give him a big hug when he's home! Well done little man x

Last time I saw him he wasn't that little!! But well done Jay, that first title is a massive milestone.

chavkev · Intermediate Club Player

Congratulations to Jay. Hopefully it will be the first of many.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yay, well done Jay

Progress ... resolve ... result.

May there be many more.

indiana · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Spectator wrote:
I'm guessing that Jay Clarke is now going to be in the top 20 18 and under: number 19 was on 39 points when I most recently looked. Quite an amazing Autumn.
He's also going to be GB #1 on Monday week. OK, in the new race ( points added since 14/11 ) - so perhaps not quite as noteworthy. Still ...
1. Jay C : 24 ( and possible 8 more from the final here )
2. Neil P : 21
3. Cam N : 20

So make that 1. Jay C : 32

And on 47 points in total as well as being top 20 in under 19s he will probably move into the top 100 under 21 as well as a huge overall CH, up over 100 places to somewhere around WR 620 on Monday week.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Saw this on my phone during the day but just got to the computer now - so a belated mega congrats to Jay !!!

He must be smiling from ear to ear - great feeling, great day.

And well done the whole family too

Spectator · All-time great

A good day for the Clarke family - congratulations, Jay Clarke and team!

I went back and tried to work out who had won singles Futures titles at 18 among recent GB players. AM of course, and then Kyle Edmund, Oli Golding, the three Dans (Cox, Evans, Smethurst), Jamie Baker, Alex Bogdanovic, Lee Childs and Mark Hilton. I may have missed someone along the way ... but even so, it's not a bad group to be joining!