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?