Yay! Thanks Lambda!

The wiki pages for the Ilkley and Surbiton Trophies implies the mens prizeMoney will be euros 42500 this year, which will be a big drop- not sure if that is correct or not ? Nottingham is euros 64000

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilkley_Trophy

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surbiton_Trophy

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_Trophy_(tennis)

JonH comes home wrote:

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The wiki pages for the Ilkley and Surbiton Trophies implies the mens prizeMoney will be euros 42500 this year, which will be a big drop- not sure if that is correct or not ? Nottingham is euros 64000

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilkley_Trophy

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surbiton_Trophy

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_Trophy_(tennis)

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Checking the history of the pages they've been wrong for men since the prize money was increased in 2017. The prize money for men has never been edited since the pages were first created.

Lambda wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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The wiki pages for the Ilkley and Surbiton Trophies implies the mens prizeMoney will be euros 42500 this year, which will be a big drop- not sure if that is correct or not ? Nottingham is euros 64000

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilkley_Trophy

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surbiton_Trophy

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_Trophy_(tennis)

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Checking the history of the pages they've been wrong for men since the prize money was increased in 2017. The prize money for men has never been edited since the pages were first created.

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 Thats a relief , Im sure it would have hit the entry. 

I remember the Gaiba event was a lower level ITF a year or three back , good for them in getting a higher level event. 8 grass events on the main tour plus surbiton and Ilkley, so 10 womens grass events this year, which isnt too shoddy. Men also have 10 incl Wimbledon plus 1 more in Newport after Wimbledon.

I love grass so this is really great to see.

Hmm, that's not ideal. It's going to be really hard to attract top 100 players as Jon says, plus even Birmingham being a 250 doesn't help now (it was a 500 the last time Ilkley was played) so those lower ranked, but wanting to stay in the UK before Wimbledon will be more likely to get in that event this year, even if it's just quals.

I've mentioned a few times, but 2018 was a really good line up. I went down for the QFs, and despite Andreescu (about 6 months before her rise) and Bencic already exiting by that stage, there was a good mix left - top 50 player in Kanepi, plus the likes of Jabeur and Alexandrova who were young / talented enough to be able to make an impact on the rankings in the coming years, British interest in Harriet, and also Yastremska who had just turned 18 and was ranked ca. 150. There was obviously controversy surrounding Dayana in later years with her ban, but at the time you thought you were potentially watching something special, and within only 4 months of getting to the Ilkley final, she had beaten the likes of Muguruza, Bencic, Collins and had secured her first WTA 250 title.

Just looking at the rankings of those 100-150 and the ages and status', if it's just the likes of Zhu, Gorgodze, Kawa, Jana, Kerkhove etc. making up most of the top seeds, some that you could easily see at W25s (and limited potential), then it's not going to be the most exciting line up. I guess there might be more chance for Brit's to make an impact and that would be good viewing, but for me, I'd definitely want either some established names, or those with the potential to do great things to make it worthwhile going, especially as while it is my most local 'bigger' event, it's not exactly on my doorstep, and you'd also need to commit (if you were going to make a long weekend of it) long before the entry lists came out.

Madadman wrote:

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The ATP tour pdf calendar has been updated it is showing Surbiton on it WB 30 May 125 challenger level.

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 Good stuff. Lovely! Grass!!