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Coup Droit


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I've a feeling that Hollie Smart's name is going to be a frequent one on this forum in years to come.

So it's about time she had her own thread.

Hollie was born in June 2009.

She's a tall, slender girl. Plays quite a defensive game. After Hannah Klugman, she is pretty much the LTA's top pick for her age (although Edie Griffiths is up there too)

I believe she comes from London, with tennis sporting parents, who are very keen to let her come on at her own pace, not be hot-housed.

She's played a lot of Tennis Europe events (very little ITF) 

And she made the final of the U14 Wimbledon Championships 2023.  

But has just won the title at the J60 ITF event in Greece, despite being still 14 years old. 

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-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 5th of October 2023 11:28:45 AM

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I think your tips tend be quite reliable Coup, I shall watch with interest as time moves on

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 Its really not as bad as they say :)
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Thank you Shhh, although I don't take any real credit for Hollie i.e. she's been pretty high on the LTA radar for a while. But it is nice when you see them moving up to the next stage. Hollie's only played four ITF events, and she's already got two titles out of that, a J60 in Rhodes and today's J30 at Loughborough

J30 Lougborough

Girls Final: (4) Hollie Smart (age 14) def. (1) Veronika Kliuch (UKR) (age 16) 7-5 6-4

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And Hollie now breaks into the top-1000 in juniors

JWR 828 (+265)



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Hollie (age 14) has just beaten the JWR 149 player, age 17, in two sets

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J100 Bahrain

And Hollie followed up the win above with another win, this time over a 17 year-old ranked JWR 162

She's beaten the 3rd seed and the 5th seed here (and an 18 year-old ranked about 330)

It may come to an end today but it's an impressive run

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Congrats to Hollie Smart, who won the doubles title at the J100 in Glasgow, playing with Daniela Piani

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Well done to Hollie Smart, our 2024 U16 Girls National Champion

 

Photo of Hollie Smart with her trophy after winning the 16U Girls' Lexus Junior National Championship final




-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 6th of April 2024 07:36:17 AM

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Hollie has just beaten the 2nd seed in Estonia J100, Laura Rahnel, ranked 151, age 17, and in two sets - 6-3 6-4

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Hollie (age 14) has had another amazing run, this time in J100 in Sweden

Today's she just beaten the top seed from Sweden, JWR 134 (having had other top-200 and top-300 wins this week)

She's now into the final - good luck, Hollie !

(and into the final in doubles too)

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Coup Droit wrote:

Hollie (age 14) has had another amazing run, this time in J100 in Sweden

Today's she just beaten the top seed from Sweden, JWR 134 (having had other top-200 and top-300 wins this week)

She's now into the final - good luck, Hollie !

(and into the final in doubles too)

 Well done Hollie!



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That's very impressive beating 2nd seed and number one seed in successive tournaments.

Good luck in the final. Lovely to see so many of the littlies coming through.

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What a great tournament and counting for Hollie! Another prospect improving all the time :)

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June 3rd 2024

296 (+63) Hollie Smart ('09)

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Well done to Hollie Smart for getting a R1 win in doubles at Junior Wimbledon (with playing partner Daniela Piani)

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