I know there are a lot of point on offer for grade 1 and Orange Bowl to come, but if you take out the 99'ers from the current rankings, this is where the GB players currently in the top 500 would be ranked at the start of Jan.
That is about as healthy as British junior tennis has looked for some time lets hope everyone stays fit and has a prosperous 2018!
Yes. And the lists looks even better if you have the birth dates in it - especially for the boys - because, unlike most years, there are so many who are 2001-ers and have two more years in juniors (if they want).
Thats the way it has to be really to make the next step, at 17 for the boys and arguably 16 for the girls the focus should be on starting their assault on the senior top 500.
-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Friday 15th of December 2017 10:59:09 PM
Although the normal caveats apply, the boys' new junior rankings makes extremely nice reading, with 5 in the top 100, and three of those being 2001-ers.
Week 1 January 2018 Top-1000 Rankings:
Boys:
24 LOFFHAGEN, George +25 GBR 19 Apr 2001 31 499.38
27 MCHUGH, Aidan +28 GBR 09 Jul 2000 33 480.00
53 DRAPER, Jack +39 GBR 22 Dec 2001 27 347.50
89 MATUSEVICH, Anton +49 GBR 30 May 2001 27 284.38
93 HUDD, Emile +50 GBR 27 May 2000 34 275.00
143 LUMSDEN, Ewen +75 GBR 17 Feb 2000 26 211.25
158 STORY, James +80 GBR 05 Mar 2001 28 197.50
172 BAKER, Blu +84 GBR 28 Aug 2001 28 187.50
188 WENDELKEN, Harry +87 GBR 18 Dec 2001 28 176.25
200 FEARNLEY, Jacob +92 GBR 15 Jul 2001 23 171.25
204 HERSEY, Jake +96 GBR 21 May 2000 28 167.50
283 MACLEAN, Tad +109 GBR 18 Aug 2000 23 133.75
285 WILSON, Josh +109 GBR 08 Jul 2000 18 132.50
343 WEIGHTMAN, Oscar +126 GBR 19 Nov 2001 28 117.50
354 AHMED, Zyaan +128 GBR 02 Aug 2000 29 115.00
384 THOMSON, Connor +137 GBR 16 Jan 2001 14 107.50
405 DAVIS, George +144 GBR 05 Jun 2001 23 101.25
423 MURGETT, Finn +154 GBR 17 Sep 2001 23 97.50
435 DHOKIA, Rahul +156 GBR 09 Jul 2000 25 96.25
455 HEPBURN , Aaron +166 GBR 11 Jan 2000 29 91.88
468 BUCKLAND, Bradley +169 GBR 11 Sep 2000 26 90.00
508 HEYNOLD, Benjamin +183 GBR 24 Jun 2002 26 82.50
553 BUTLER , Harry +191 GBR 03 Mar 2000 21 75.00
554 QUAYLE, David +191 GBR 04 Jun 2000 20 75.00
567 GILL , Felix +197 GBR 01 Jun 2002 16 72.50
596 THELWALL JONES, Tom +204 GBR 24 Feb 2000 21 67.50
600 ALAM, Peter +205 GBR 29 Apr 2002 28 67.50
621 LEWIS, Julian +212 GBR 05 Feb 2000 18 64.38
633 FITZPATRICK, Barney +213 GBR 04 May 2002 19 63.75
683 HOU, Ying +223 GBR 03 Jul 2000 31 57.50
698 OKONKWO, Oliver +223 GBR 08 Apr 2000 8 56.25
730 CHEN, Derrick +228 GBR 04 Feb 2003 22 53.75
737 SAMUEL, Toby +229 GBR 06 Sep 2002 16 52.50
793 MAGGS, Alexander +243 GBR 04 Jul 2001 14 46.25
813 WHITE, Joseph +248 GBR 29 Jan 2001 18 43.75
819 MARTIN, Daniel +248 GBR 21 May 2001 8 43.75
849 CLEGG, Matthew +256 GBR 20 Oct 2000 16 41.25
874 HENDERSON, Russell +267 GBR 16 Oct 2001 11 38.75
882 BOSSEM, Sam +271 GBR 31 Jan 2002 17 37.50
906 BEECHER, Matthew +282 GBR 07 Apr 2000 17 35.00
907 PETROVIC, Luka +282 GBR 26 Nov 2002 12 35.00
933 PUDNEY, Edward +291 GBR 02 Apr 2000 11 32.50
The girls looks distinctly shabby, compared with the boys, which is unusual over the past few years. Only three in the top 1000, and two of those are in the their last year as juniors:
Week 1 January 2018 Top-1000 Rankings:
Girls:
34 JONES, Francesca +5 GBR 19 Sep 2000 22 515.00
68 COLLINS, Ali +13 GBR 27 May 2000 31 382.50
74 HEATH, Gemma +16 GBR 12 Aug 2001 28 362.50
131 MALONEY, Eliz +28 GBR 10 Aug 2000 16 260.00
139 LOUGHLAN, Anna +28 GBR 08 Jul 2000 35 252.50
177 MARTINS, Destinee +34 GBR 11 Apr 2001 28 215.00
179 ALLEN, Victoria +34 GBR 26 Feb 2001 25 213.75
207 RADUCANU, Emma +34 GBR 13 Nov 2002 15 195.00
208 ADESHINA, Esther +34 GBR 04 Oct 2001 28 195.00
266 RICHARDSON, Erin +46 GBR 09 Jan 2001 18 165.00
288 BISSETT, Amelia +46 GBR 25 May 2003 20 153.75
343 FISCHER, Holly +50 GBR 20 Mar 2003 17 137.50
390 CHANGWEREZA, M J +57 GBR 17 Apr 2003 27 123.75
400 CROSS, Morgan +57 GBR 21 Nov 2001 21 121.25
418 HILL, Sasha +58 GBR 26 Feb 2001 16 117.50
427 BUDIN, Maria +58 GBR 06 Oct 2000 19 116.25
517 NAVIN-WEINSTEIN, Charlotte +70 GBR 20 Aug 2001 20 97.50
521 AITKEN, Tiegan +71 GBR 06 Oct 2001 23 96.25
576 SPINK, Indianna +79 GBR 07 Oct 2002 23 83.75
604 MOULD, Lillian +82 GBR 22 Jan 2002 18 78.75
649 MCCOLGAN, Hannah +85 GBR 28 Jan 2000 12 73.75
651 OLIVELLE, Annali +85 GBR 30 Apr 2002 23 73.75
671 TOPALOVIC, Aleksandra +89 GBR 17 Jul 2000 29 70.00
681 STAFF, Holly +89 GBR 05 Oct 2002 21 68.75
701 KARTAL , Sonay +92 GBR 28 Oct 2001 10 66.25
728 MUTAVDZIC, Matilda +94 GBR 17 Jun 2004 8 62.50
739 MOEN, Arabella +95 GBR 24 Nov 2002 22 61.25
752 BATISTA DODRIDGE, Erika +98 GBR 22 Nov 2001 20 60.00
772 ELLIOTT, Olivia +99 GBR 11 Jul 2001 14 57.50
782 RUSSELL, Charlotte +99 GBR 05 May 2002 15 56.25
800 VAN MEETEREN, Elisa +100 GBR 25 Jul 2001 20 55.00
802 SARATY, Eloise +100 GBR 25 Jan 2001 23 55.00
832 MILLER, Nell +105 GBR 25 Feb 2000 10 50.00
860 DALEY, Danielle +110 GBR 15 Jun 2000 17 47.50
978 YARDLEY, Summer +130 GBR 28 Jan 2000 6 37.50
997 BILCHEV, Kylie +134 GBR 24 Feb 2003 5 36.25
I am still pretty excited by the potential of the junior girls, my impression is Fran wad focusing on her transition to seniors and a top junior ranking wasnt a major objective although 34 is still pretty healthy. Gemma has another two years and looked very competitive indeed beat the top 20 American I saw her play at Rohehampton and hopefully Emma, Holly F and Amelia are all fit for 2018 with time on their side and no big exams this summer.
-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Sunday 7th of January 2018 12:58:17 PM
As said before, when I was in France this summer the FFT bods I met were very complimentary about the girls from the UK - they hadn't been directly involved but they'd 'heard' that the level had been very high, and that there were a couple who 'really could play'. The trouble is they couldn't remember the names ! Or the exact age group - but I doubt it was the older ones so probably Millie/Emma/Indy/MJ or even Matilda/Andrea/Kylie.
Like you, will be keen to see what Gemma does this year - she has great natural ball skills (as well as being a powerful girl who wallops the ball).