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Post Info TOPIC: Who is your favourite post 1968 & not currently ranked GB player? WOMEN - R1 Group 9
Vote for your favourite GB player below [21 vote(s)]

Michelle Tyler
14.3%
Amanda Grunfeld
4.8%
(Q) Elinore Lightbody
0.0%
Monique Javer
0.0%
Katie O'Brien
14.3%
Sue Barker
47.6%
Nell Truman
0.0%
Anne Hobbs
19.0%


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Who is your favourite post 1968 & not currently ranked GB player? WOMEN - R1 Group 9


A reminder that 1st round groups consist of:-

- Members of Federation/Fed Cup Teams

- Additional players that were part of Wightman Cup Teams

- Players that won at least one singles match at Wimbledon

- Players from qualifying including one Lucky Loser

 

This is now knockout.

Top 4 from each group to qualify for 2nd Round



-- Edited by brittak on Saturday 2nd of May 2020 03:09:21 PM

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Close , almost went Michelle Tyler but anne Hobbs got it


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Voted for the former French Open winner. She was nice, hope she managed to find some sort of career after she stopped playing ...

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indiana wrote:

Voted for the former French Open winner. She was nice, hope she managed to find some sort of career after she stopped playing ...


 Surprised not to see Cliff Richard in the mens ...



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JonH comes home wrote:

Close , almost went Michelle Tyler but anne Hobbs got it


Ahh, you didn't vote for the Yorkshire lass here... I always had a soft spot for her and so did...  



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I have 3 favourites here so this was a toughie. Elected for Michelle Tyler this time - she did really well and I remember her pulling off a great Wightman Cup win to help win the trophy (which was a very rare thing).

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I voted for Amanda Grunfeld because we spoke to her and her  parents at events like the British championships at Telford  and the 1993 Fed Cup and they were really friendly. 



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Sue Barker comfortably ahead in this group

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I see Monique Javer  has got no votes. On the positive side she did reach the 2nd round of all the Grand Slams which only 2 British  female  players  have done in the 21st century. On the negative side  she is probably the first player to represent GB with little or no connection to GB. She represented GB from 1988 to 1994 when she sort of disappeared from the scene. She had an English born  mother and was born in the USA. I don't think she ever lived in the UK and she  still lives in the USA. She later  coached  in the USA and was involved in the development of CiCi Bellis. No one ever seemed troubled about her background (like certain more  recent  players) but maybe it was because she wasn't particularly successful although she did win a WTA singles title in 1988. She played the Fed Cup  at Nottingham in 1993 where she won all her matches and never played for GB again.



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Players into 2nd Round

1st Sue Barker 10

2nd Anne Hobbs 4

3rd Michelle Tyler and Katie OBrien 3

I am also taking Amanda Grunfield with 1 vote through due to how the next round draw works out and she is the only other amongst all the groups with a vote who otherwise would not progress.

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