Week 25 - ATP 500 - The Aegon Championships, The Queen's Club (grass)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 25 - ATP 500 - The Aegon Championships, The Queen's Club (grass)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

The entry list as it stands today:

1. Andy Murray WR 1

2. Stan Wawrinka WR 3 (SUI)

3. Rafael Nadal WR 5 (ESP)

4. Milos Raonic WR 6 (CAN)

5. Marin Cilic WR 7 (CRO)

6. David Goffin WR 10 (BEL)

7. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga WR 11 (FRA)

8. Grigor Dimitrov WR 12 (BUL)

9. Tomas Berdych WR 14 (CZE)

10. Jack Sock WR 15 (USA)

11. Nick Kyrgios WR 20 (AUS)

12. John Isner WR 23 (USA)

13. Steve Johnson WR 25 (USA)

14. Gilles Müller WR 26 (LUX)

15. Sam Querrey WR 28 (USA)

16. Viktor Troicki WR 33 (SRB)

17. Juan Martín del Potro WR 34 (ARG)

18. Feliciano López WR 38 (ESP)

19. Diego Schwartzman WR 40 (ARG)

20. Steve Darcis WR 43 (BEL)

21. Donald Young WR 46 (USA)

22. Ryan Harrison WR 47 (USA)

23. Nicolas Mahut WR 48 (FRA)

24. (WC) Kyle Edmund WR 50

25. (WC) Dan Evans WR 55

Rankings at time of entry

indiana · Tennis legend

Just the 10 of the top 15 then.

Vandenburg · Futures level

Really should push wimbledon back a week and make Queens a masters

indiana · Tennis legend

Vandenburg wrote:
Really should push wimbledon back a week and make Queens a masters

Maybe an argument re a Masters. But no need whatever to push Wimbledon back another week. There is a week in between and its only recently they at last extended the R-G / Wimbledon gap to 3 weeks.

Both R-G and the US Open take place just a week after a Masters conclusion, in fact a week after a fortnight of two Masters events in each case.

the addict · Tennis legend

Goffin out after his fall at RG, Mannarino in, Paire next alt

thejester · Satellite level

indiana wrote:
Vandenburg wrote:
Really should push wimbledon back a week and make Queens a masters

Maybe an argument re a Masters. But no need whatever to push Wimbledon back another week. There is a week in between and its only recently they at last extended the R-G / Wimbledon gap to 3 weeks.
Both R-G and the US Open take place just a week after a Masters conclusion, in fact a week after a fortnight of two Masters events in each case.

I definitely think there an argument to up it to a Masters. In terms of the quality of the field, it must be the strongest of any event on tour outside the masters events, no?

-- Edited by thejester on Wednesday 7th of June 2017 05:09:11 PM

Jaffa · Challenger level

Can't imagine Halle would be too pleased.......

Vandenburg · Futures level

About time we also got rid of that silly ATP grass thing after Wimbledon, is it Newport, the field is usually challenger standard.

theemptyvessel · Club Coach

I really enjoy Newport actually and the Hall of Fame association means it is going nowhere.

TMH · Futures qualifying

Not sure they're deserving of those wild cards, should've gone to the next players on the acceptance list imho.

thejester · Satellite level

Jaffa wrote:
Can't imagine Halle would be too pleased.......

Surely with a 3-week gap between the French and Wimbledon, it would be possible to have Halle and Queens on different weeks?

Samson · Lower Club Player

I really like the idea of Queen's becoming a Masters event! Re: Newport, I've always thought it to be a good tournament and to have even fewer ATP level events on grass would be a shame.

indiana · Tennis legend

thejester wrote:
Jaffa wrote:
Can't imagine Halle would be too pleased.......
Surely with a 3-week gap between the French and Wimbledon, it would be possible to have Halle and Queens on different weeks?

In theory yes, and Halle would possibly have to move, presumably to the week after the French Open where there are already currently events such as the Stuttgart ATP 250, as Federer etc would play the masters event. But the middle week is really the prime week, quite apart from Queen's and Halle having enjoyed equal status as ATP 250s before each being made ATP 500s.

I can see the argument based on the fields that Queen's already gets for a masters ( and a more general argument for having a grass masters event ) but I can't see it happening any time soon.

JonH · All-time great

From a commercial front would Queens benefit? Prize money would increase to $4m plus. Field would increase to 48 or 56 to make it a masters. Would it draw commensurate increase in attention on TV and box office?