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Unlikely anyone losing in the 1st rounds at Wimbledon will play the Nottingham CH50 as I think CH50 has a restriction not allowing top 150 players from entering.

Oscariyan wrote:

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Interesting topic, thanks for the information everyone! I was wondering why the UK doesn't have more Futures and Challengers? If its cost reason then surely the LTA have the money especially as Wimbledon generated £50m last year and gave 90% to the LTA. I really wish we had way more! Maybe the LTA are planning this as I speak because its so obvious and a proven model.

-- Edited by Oscariyan on Wednesday 30th of April 2025 09:18:12 PM

-- Edited by Oscariyan on Wednesday 30th of April 2025 09:19:47 PM

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 It was maybe 10 years ago, I forget, we did have a lot of ITF events for a couple of years, maybe 20 for men and for women, I forget. Someone will tell me- may have been under Roger Draper. It was soon rolled back - Italy ran with the strategy and the rest is history

Well, this board has often moaned that there should be post-wimbly grass events, to ride the tennis interest that wimbly creates, and give - hopefully - some points to uk players while the others all want to back to hard asap

So really great that they've done that :)

JonH comes home wrote:

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Madadman wrote:

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I notice on the ATP challenger calendar that there is a CH50 grass tournament in Nottingham during the 2nd week of Wimbledon. Personally I was hoping they could find a place for that level of tournament during the 1st week of RG and use Surbiton.
Although according to the section of the PDF that shows the challengers Wimbledon is on Clay!

 

https://www.atptour.com/-/media/files/calendar-pdfs/2025/2025-26-atp-challenger-calendar-as-of-31-march-2025.pdf

-- Edited by Madadman on Monday 14th of April 2025 10:47:45 AM

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 Interesting - makes the grass season now:

1 slam - Wimbledon

2 x 500 - Halle and Queens

4 x 250 - 's-Hertogenbosch, Stuttgart, Mallorca, Eastbourne

4 x 125 Challengers - Birmingham, Ilkley, Nottingham 2, Newport RI

1 x 50 Challenger - Nottingham 3

 

So 12 grass events this season (I think it was 11 last year incl Newport RI) . Presumably Nottingham CH50, they are hoping some of the first round WImbly losers will stick around for a bit longer, although that week (also with Newport RI) is crowded. Maybe they also hope lower Brits will be in grass form and can use the 50 level event to pick up some points before grass finishes for the season?

 

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 Nottingham 3 is the same week as Newport so it may spread those hoping for Grass pts even thinner

Coup Droit wrote:

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the addict wrote:

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Not grass court, but there is a W50 in Nottingham starting 14/07 and two W35's at Roehampton starting 28/07 and 04/08. No ITF's at all in the grass court season.

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 Oh, I thought Jon had posted the W50 as a grass event

Maybe my misunderstanding 

Or just men on grass?

Is it on hard? 

That's a shame....

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 1st of May 2025 10:22:55 AM

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 No, the women's are all on hard courts. And so are the men's ITF's - but the Challenger's in June and July are on grass.

7th July Mens is on Grass.
14th July Ladies is on Hard