Week 41 - ITF M25 - Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy (clay)

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Week 41 - ITF M25 - Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy (clay)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

The official SP:

Final: (2) Jay Clarke WR 266 defeated (1) Gianluca Mager (ITA) WR 254 by 6-3 retired

! smile

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Great news.

Didnt realise his ranking had climbed back up so high. Would be great to see him back in grand slam qualifying soon.

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Mervatron2 wrote:
Great news.

Didnt realise his ranking had climbed back up so high. Would be great to see him back in grand slam qualifying soon.

It has been a very quiet rise up the rankings. No big splash headlines. But just steady progress while mainly concentrating on the ITF tour. I think sometimes players can get fixated on trying to get back to challengers as quick as possible but building a solid foundation at a lower level to then propel yourself can very much be a good approach. Hopefully it keeps going and he can manage to get enough points to finish the year in Aus Open qualifying positions

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Hes won his 3 singles titles this year all on clay as well, backing up that pointing of building a solid foundation - previously, I wouldnt have said clay was Jays best surface but its certainly where he is doing well at the moment.

That said, his first few titles where on clay, then through the period he moved up to challengers he started getting success in hard court events, but since the past 18 months, all his wins have been on clay again. Maybe it is his preferred surface in fact.

Rich2310 · County player

Well done Jay. Good to see him getting back up there.

indiana · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Got the win but time Jay was upping his level. For whatever reasons it has not been good his last few weeks, not good at all.

Great to see that Jay took on board my wee pep talk

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Hes won his 3 singles titles this year all on clay as well, backing up that pointing of building a solid foundation - previously, I wouldnt have said clay was Jays best surface but its certainly where he is doing well at the moment.

That said, his first few titles where on clay, then through the period he moved up to challengers he started getting success in hard court events, but since the past 18 months, all his wins have been on clay again. Maybe it is his preferred surface in fact.

I have heard and read rather contradictory thoughts from Jay in the past about his preferred surface. It does look as if there is possibly not much in it.

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

I think there is a lot to be said for Clay to help find your game. The points are longer so more chance of getting some rhythm. On quick hard a serve bot can make the game hard to get that practice. To use another player Id say Billy Harris is best on hard but he played a lot on clay in Antalya when he started to make his rise.