You can search the ITF website for the whole year. On the drop down for the month there is the option ALL. And in the location drop down select Great Britain. It only goes as far as July at the moment with three in Nottingham plus Surbiton announced. I am hoping that there will be at least one at Roehampton later in the year which might be your best bet to see the youngsters, especially in qualifying. Otherwise check the LTA website for British Tour events - unlikely to see any youngsters with a ranking there though. The top juniors will almost certinly be playing Wimbledon qualifying though (I believe tickets don't go on sale until June).

I went to Surbiton, Roehampton and Wimbledon qualifying last year and saw a lot of Brits.

LordBrownof wrote:

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Unfortunately I saw 0 tennis. Total disaster. We had tickets for Friday daytime and it was a complete washout. The weather for most of the weekend was dreadful - all our other activities were canceled too.

Maybe next year...

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 Oh Im so sorry to hear that - absolutely gutting when youve made all the effort to get there. Hopefully your exciting plans for other tournaments will pan out better

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Helen40 wrote:

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Thanks TA and shhh, I'm probably going to try for a more local tournament, so will try the ITF website again. London is too far for me sadly.

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 Ah, sorry, didn't realise where you lived. I don't think there's a lot on your area other than the occasional British Tour event.

Yes, I saw Heather at Shrewsbury before it became a bigger tournament - the year she got to the final. I think I saw Jo too, and disrupted her interview!

I saw Heather at Wrexham too, and Dan, Kyle and Ollie. And Emma at Wirral a few years back.

I do like watching them live coming through if I can, and getting a sense of the them before they have to put it on for the cameras.

Helen40 wrote:

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Sadly nothing within striking distance apart from a J60, and not even sure what that means?

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 One of the lower levels of the ITF junior world tour. 

Coup Droit wrote:

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Helen40 wrote:

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Sadly nothing within striking distance apart from a J60, and not even sure what that means?

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 I know I'm a bit hardcore in this regard but, if it's not too far, I would definitely recommend giving it a go

A J60 will bascially be a lot of 15-16 year-olds who play very nice (but not amazing tennis)

But you'll also get a couple of 13-14 year-olds who may will be big names to come

You'll certainly see some kids (of all ages) who will be followed closely as adults on this forum in 3-5 years to come, say

Katie Boulter, Harriet Dart, Jack Draper etc all played J60s (or the equivalent) at some time in their junior careers.

So, in a couple of years, there will be names that are familiar to you, you can think 'i saw them play when they were 15', and you'll have a 'feeling' about each one i.e. she was a little princess, he was a bit of a drama queen, she played really well but couldn't serve, her dad had a lovely dog (or whatever )

You also get both boys and girls, which is nice

It may not be your thing - but it's worth giving a go, to see   

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 Hi CD, thanks for the explanation. It's right up my street, and the stories about them when they were going through and watching them before they hit the big time is what I love.

I know you bring our attention to promising youngsters, but I wondered if you might consider a promising youngsters or 'ones to watch' thread too, as you seem to be up on who might be promising.

Seeing Jo do her interview and the difference in her when they were setting up to the actual interview was eye opening, and seeing Hev's relationship with her mum as the week progressed (I was at Wrexham quite a lot the week she reached the final there) was such a privilege that we just don't get once they hit the main tour.

Does anyone know the best place to get resale tickets for the French?