Wimbledon wildcards

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Wimbledon wildcards

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

I guess the 16 players without one need to just get down to Roehampton and prove they should have had one - their dreams arent over, they just need to show they are best of the bunch that have been overlooked. Or the two best of the bunch

telstar · Strong Club Player

the addict wrote:
So those not already in or not having wildcards at the moment and likely to be in the play-offs omitting injured or non-active players)

Beth Grey
Naiktha Bains
Eden Silva
Ranah Stoiber
Alice Gillan
Freya Christie
Ella McDonald
Amelia Rajecki
Isabelle Lacy

I may have missed some, but those are the ones that I would expect to contest it.

Is Katy Dunne not still an option?

-- Edited by telstar on Wednesday 19th of June 2024 11:05:13 AM

the addict · Tennis legend

telstar wrote:
the addict wrote:
So those not already in or not having wildcards at the moment and likely to be in the play-offs omitting injured or non-active players)

Beth Grey
Naiktha Bains
Eden Silva
Ranah Stoiber
Alice Gillan
Freya Christie
Ella McDonald
Amelia Rajecki
Isabelle Lacy

I may have missed some, but those are the ones that I would expect to contest it.
Is Katie Dunne not still an option?

Katy might be - but I think she is injured again.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
PaulM wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Do Ella, Ranah, Marni now need to decide whether to drop out and go for WC Play offs or stick in and miss out or pick up the final wild card place off the back of this weeks performances?
Marni has a qualifying wildcard.
Sorry, good - went up and down the list and couldnt see her name!!
So, is that the choice Ella and Ranah face - although I guess they get to see how they do today and then drive down the M1 tonight to reach London, find somewhere to stay etc - life of a tennis player isnt fun

Ranah comes from London, I think, so that's not a problem

PaulM asks a sensible question

The Millie solution is either:

(1) Put Mika into play-offs, or

(2) Let Lily play qualis, as of right, and give Millie a MD WC

(I agree both have slight problems )

Giving Millie a doubles wildcard would be a very acceptable alternative (and as a college player she must have played a lot of doubles, even if it's not her key strength)

Lambda · Challenger level

PaulM wrote:
I think people saying Millie should be on the list should also be saying who they would take off to make space. Because it's not like there's any sitting unallocated.

Other option is to scrap play-offs altogether or play it right through and in only have one winner. But they'd have needed to decide that months ago.

Any of them. Millie has shown more potential of being able to get a win in qualifying than any on that list.

But lets be honest all except Emily were locks weeks ago. And Emily has only got a place because Fran was moved up to the main draw because a place became available from Jodie's withdrawal.

wales1994 · County player

I get giving Kerber a WC, she's a former champion here and has 2 other slams to her name. Osaka too, because she's a big name and great for publicity.

Wozniacki? I don't get it as much - just one slam, not a big name, and never made it past the 4th round here. Plus she just got trounced by Mertens 6-4 6-1.

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
I guess the 16 players without one need to just get down to Roehampton and prove they should have had one - their dreams arent over, they just need to show they are best of the bunch that have been overlooked. Or the two best of the bunch

Tough if you are in Millie's half.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Wozniacki has never got past the last 16 at Wimbledon and her 'comeback' - which isn't even a clearly serious effort - has been a non-event results wise. A bit of a strange choice to see the AELTC buy into whatever narrative Caro's team are trying to push about deserving one.

Lambda · Challenger level

Coup Droit wrote:

JonH comes home wrote:
PaulM wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Do Ella, Ranah, Marni now need to decide whether to drop out and go for WC Play offs or stick in and miss out or pick up the final wild card place off the back of this weeks performances?
Marni has a qualifying wildcard.
Sorry, good - went up and down the list and couldnt see her name!!
So, is that the choice Ella and Ranah face - although I guess they get to see how they do today and then drive down the M1 tonight to reach London, find somewhere to stay etc - life of a tennis player isnt fun
Ranah comes from London, I think, so that's not a problem
PaulM asks a sensible question
The Millie solution is either:
(1) Put Mika into play-offs, or
(2) Let Lily play qualis, as of right, and give Millie a MD WC
(I agree both have slight problems )
Giving Millie a doubles wildcard would be a very acceptable alternative (and as a college player she must have played a lot of doubles, even if it's not her key strength)

104 doubles wins in college tennis
Ranked in doubles in every year of her college career - 70th in her first year, 22nd in her 2nd year, 11th in her 3rd year (with Nell) and 15th in her final year.
played NCAA Championships in doubles in the last 3 years.
So, yes, she's played a bit of doubles... smile

simon381 · Lower Club Player

The women's wildcard selections are clearly congested, and I guess there were hard decisions for some places, such as Mika or Millie for a QWC selection. But as has been said, you have to consider in most cases who you are going to drop if you promote in one of the unlucky players.

On the plus side, if they are good enough then they only have to win 3 play-off matches to get a QWC anyway, against poorer competition.

The entrants for the play-offs are not available yet but to my mind the entrants will be (not sure about injuries but going on rankings and guess work):

Sarah-Beth Grey

Naiktha Bains

Eden Silva

Ranah Stoiber

Alice Gillan

Ella McDonald

Millie Rajecki (NCAA entrant)

Matilda Mutavdzic

Freya Christie

Sarah Tatu

Bronte Murgett

Allegra Korpanec-Davies (West Worthing winner)

Gabia Paskauskas (Junior)

Isabelle Lacy (Junior)

Heph Oluwadare (WC)

Sophie Drakeford-Lewis (WC)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Brontë is in the states playing an event , isnt she? Doubt shed fly over

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

And does Matilda ever play britishevents?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:

JonH comes home wrote:
PaulM wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Do Ella, Ranah, Marni now need to decide whether to drop out and go for WC Play offs or stick in and miss out or pick up the final wild card place off the back of this weeks performances?
Marni has a qualifying wildcard.
Sorry, good - went up and down the list and couldnt see her name!!
So, is that the choice Ella and Ranah face - although I guess they get to see how they do today and then drive down the M1 tonight to reach London, find somewhere to stay etc - life of a tennis player isnt fun
Ranah comes from London, I think, so that's not a problem
PaulM asks a sensible question
The Millie solution is either:
(1) Put Mika into play-offs, or
(2) Let Lily play qualis, as of right, and give Millie a MD WC
(I agree both have slight problems )
Giving Millie a doubles wildcard would be a very acceptable alternative (and as a college player she must have played a lot of doubles, even if it's not her key strength)

104 doubles wins in college tennis
Ranked in doubles in every year of her college career - 70th in her first year, 22nd in her 2nd year, 11th in her 3rd year (with Nell) and 15th in her final year.
played NCAA Championships in doubles in the last 3 years.
So, yes, she's played a bit of doubles...

That was exactly my point

She plays doubles, as a college player, even if she's concentrating more on singles now

So why isn't she on the doubles list?

Or will she be soon, depending on pairing decisions?

Because it would be a good compromise

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

simon381 wrote:
The women's wildcard selections are clearly congested, and I guess there were hard decisions for some places, such as Mika or Millie for a QWC selection. But as has been said, you have to consider in most cases who you are going to drop if you promote in one of the unlucky players.
On the plus side, if they are good enough then they only have to win 3 play-off matches to get a QWC anyway, against poorer competition.
The entrants for the play-offs are not available yet but to my mind the entrants will be (not sure about injuries but going on rankings and guess work):
Sarah-Beth Grey
Naiktha Bains
Eden Silva
Ranah Stoiber
Alice Gillan
Ella McDonald
Millie Rajecki (NCAA entrant)
Matilda Mutavdzic
Freya Christie
Sarah Tatu
Bronte Murgett
Allegra Korpanec-Davies (West Worthing winner)
Gabia Paskauskas (Junior)
Isabelle Lacy (Junior)
Heph Oluwadare (WC)
Sophie Drakeford-Lewis (WC)

The shame would be if Naiktha got drawn against Millie, say, in R1

(which will depend on entries obviously but would seem a pity)