Week 45 - 2022 BJK Cup Finals - Glasgow, UK, Indoor Hard

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Week 45 - 2022 BJK Cup Finals - Glasgow, UK, Indoor Hard

Bagel · Lower Club Player

JonH comes home wrote:
Sorry if there is a more current thread on this - I wondered where our home tie versus France was being played in April? On the face of it, an attractive tie of France and Britain play strongest teams. As it is April, in Britain, presumably we are looking at an indoor venue?

Maybe it's dependant on where the finals are held. If Britain make a successful bid (or are the sole bidder) the Britain-France match would presumably not take place.

GAMEOVER · Pro player

Bagel wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Sorry if there is a more current thread on this - I wondered where our home tie versus France was being played in April? On the face of it, an attractive tie of France and Britain play strongest teams. As it is April, in Britain, presumably we are looking at an indoor venue?
Maybe it's dependant on where the finals are held. If Britain make a successful bid (or are the sole bidder) the Britain-France match would presumably not take place.

Why would we want to hold the finals again? Only 13,000 people turned up for the week in Glasgow. No doubt at the time the 2022 bid and finals was based on the Emma Factor and she never played. I would have thought that holding the finals would have made a big loss. A home tie in qualifying against France in April has more appeal . At least one knows who is playing on what day.

dodrade · Satellite level

GAMEOVER wrote:
Bagel wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Sorry if there is a more current thread on this - I wondered where our home tie versus France was being played in April? On the face of it, an attractive tie of France and Britain play strongest teams. As it is April, in Britain, presumably we are looking at an indoor venue?
Maybe it's dependant on where the finals are held. If Britain make a successful bid (or are the sole bidder) the Britain-France match would presumably not take place.
Why would we want to hold the finals again? Only 13,000 people turned up for the week in Glasgow. No doubt at the time the 2022 bid and finals was based on the Emma Factor and she never played. I would have thought that holding the finals would have made a big loss. A home tie in qualifying against France in April has more appeal . At least one knows who is playing on what day.

Hosting is almost certainly GB's only chance of winning the cup, and the team's unexpectedly strong performance last year would surely boost attendance.

GAMEOVER · Pro player

Reported by Mike Dickson in the Mail on Monday that the LTA is unlikely to bid for the finals of the BJ King Cup again. The LTA incurred a large financial hit with the Cup last year said to have made a loss running into six figures.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Seville in Spain is hosting the 2023 finals; with Malaga hosting the Davis Cup finals, Andalucia is the place to be.

www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/region-of-andaluc%C3%ADa-and-itf-partner-to-bring-world-class-team-tennis-events-to-region/

PaulM · Tennis legend

Poland receive a wildcard into the finals, which only impacts us in the sense of pushing us up the seeding slots

RainDelay · Pro player

I hate the whole wildcard thing.

Grachka · Club Coach

Not sure where else to put this, but noticed that erstwhile Brit Adeola Greatorex is playing BJK Cup tennis for Jamaica, so I'm presuming has moved to representing them now. And doing a good job by all accounts, with her 4-0 singles record in Americas Group III matches thus far. Good luck!

9vicman · Strong Club Player

RainDelay wrote:
I hate the whole wildcard thing.

There's only a wild card because the host nation is guaranteed a place in the draw. If the host nation was determined in advance, there wouldn't be this issue.