Barefoot wrote:

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Very happy to give Svitolina a WC for many reasons but Venus really rankles - and I KNOW shes a legend and its irrational, but Id argue shed do better and still get the crowds in playing the actual legends tourney! She is not currently tour quality and doesnt compete as a regular tour player.

If theres only 3 WC for Brits, as there well could be, theyll go to Jodie, Harriet and Katie B Id guess. Poor Hev.

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 I think all of the wildcards for Wimbledon qualifying or main draw should be down to performance. If any of the British women perform juniors or otherwise they should get the call. Lets face it they gave Emma Raducanu the call after a first round defeat at Eastbourne and she got to the fourth round at Wimbledon and the won the US open. 

I am not a fan of giving wildcards out to players that get them every year but can't win a match, my preference is for youngsters such as Isabelle Lacy and Lily getting them and let your Watsons etc go through qualifying!

That may sound controversial but it's my opinion lol but I am fairly certain Mr Henman will award one to Heather despite what we think

PaulM wrote:

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Heather hasn't had a lot of wildcards though has she? She's spent most of the past decade getting in direct?

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I have those numbers from being bored last week. Heather has had 3 main draw WCs.


The full list of MDWCs from 2000.
A Keothavong 8
E Baltacha 8
K O'Brien 8
L Robson 7
N Broady 6
M South 5
J Pullin 4
J O'Donoghue 4
K Swan 4
K Boulter 4
H Collin 3
L Ahl 3
N Cavaday 3
H Watson 3
J Konta 3
T Moore 3
S Murray 3
H Dart 3
L Latimer 2
L Woodroffe 2
A Janes 2
E Webley-Smith 2
S Borwell 2
J Burrage 2
J Ward 1
S Smith 1
K Cross 1
R Viollet 1
R Llewellyn 1
G Stoop 1
K Dunne 1
G Taylor 1
E Raducanu 1
F Jones 1
S Kartal 1
Y Miyazaki 1

Thanks again Lambda. From the look of those, it does seem like Heather deserves one for this year. I think it would be a popular choice and she deserves it after being so long in the DA places over the years.

Heather is hardly Boggo....

Nix wrote:

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Thanks again Lambda. From the look of those, it does seem like Heather deserves one for this year. I think it would be a popular choice and she deserves it after being so long in the DA places over the years.

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Indeed, and especially when you add in her Wimbledon run to the L16 last year ( and FWIW not reflected in her ranking points ).

the addict wrote:

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indiana wrote:

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Nix wrote:

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Thanks again Lambda. From the look of those, it does seem like Heather deserves one for this year. I think it would be a popular choice and she deserves it after being so long in the DA places over the years.

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Indeed, and especially when you add in her Wimbledon run to the L16 last year ( and FWIW not reflected in her ranking points ).

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 If you add in the 240 points she didn't get last year, Heather would be GB #1 in the next rankings if Katie B doesn't reach the final at Surbiton. Still worth a WC, although her form is way off at the moment.

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good note , TA, we forget the ranking impact of some for missing points last year. not just now but all season, and for some it would compound by reducing the events they got into or missing a seeding spot.