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On the WTA website, the WTA is already showing Eastbourne this season as a 250 event- poor show, WTA, its still a 500 isnt it?

www.wtatennis.com/tournament/710/eastbourne/2024/overview

They have bad Homborg as a 500 already on the 2024 calendar

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JonH comes home wrote:

On the WTA website, the WTA is already showing Eastbourne this season as a 250 event- poor show, WTA, its still a 500 isnt it?

www.wtatennis.com/tournament/710/eastbourne/2024/overview

They have bad Homborg as a 500 already on the 2024 calendar


 I thought it was 500 until next year. Theyve sold tickets for a W500 so dont think they can change it. Maybe an error?



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wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/calendar/calendar.pdf
The WTA calendar has it showing as a 500 for this year. The first page is 2025 the second is 2024.

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Madadman wrote:

wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/calendar/calendar.pdf
The WTA calendar has it showing as a 500 for this year. The first page is 2025 the second is 2024.


 Good - must have made a mistake here then as on their 2024 tournaments page it is clearly shown as a 250 if you scroll down to Eastbourne!

https://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments



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So, seemingly, a group of Queens members are actually bringing legal action to prevent Queens having a WTA event !

Hysterical

(And hardly affirming for the WTA from a marketing point of view)

Come back, Surbiton, all is forgiven?????

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Reading more, it seems that the Queens club is pretty toxic re the Board, the members and the Queens tennis event

inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/queens-club-members-plot-legal-action-to-stop-womens-tournament-in-2025-3107232~:text=A%20group%20of%20furious%20Queen's,at%20the%20club%20in%202025.

Even previously, before the decision re women, there were major problems, namely:

"Set-up for the event involves building a 10,000-seater stadium around Centre Court and requires many of the facilities inside the club to be repurposed. i understands the six-week disruption includes:

Converting the gym into a kitchen for hospitality guests
Sauna facilities are closed off and filled with ice baths for players
The main entrance is out of use
No access to clay tennis courts or Padel courts
Mens changing rooms are out of bounds to members throughout the championships
The club found itself having to fight members before last years championships too after reducing the number of guests members would have the opportunity to bring to the tournament. Previously, up to 400 guests passes per day had been issued but in 2023, only 100 were available.

According to The Times, members were also angered by the decision to cut the size of their bar in half during the championships to accommodate more all-day dining customers. At an extraordinary general meeting, members voted against the decision but because of a low turnout, the board chose not to enact it."

The last sentence is rather troublesome.

There was "a fractious meeting last Friday, [where] members were said to have aired grievances for over two hours."

A motion has been passed to force consultation and votes on similar matters going forward

But that won't help re expanding it to women

Which is why they're looking at legal action to see if the constitution was breached

Given what has happened with Surbiton etc, it seems a really ill-conceived and ill-implemanted decision (whether it ends up working out well next year is another matter)



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