Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open - Doubles - Melbourne (Hard)

the addict · Tennis legend

Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open - Doubles - Melbourne (Hard)

B00thy · Lower Club Player

the addict wrote:
Apart from Hev/Harriet all the pairs are spread out in the draw so will have to go deep to meet.
R1:- Linda Noskova (CZE) / Heather Watson (GBR) CR151 (67+84) v Harriet Dart (GBR) / Diane Parry (FRA) CR184 (63+121)

R1:- Bernarda Pera (USA) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) CR258 (176+82) v Julia Grabher (AUT) Tara Moore (GBR) CR1111 (881+230)

R1:- Tereza Mikhalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR82 (42+40) v Sui-Wei Hsei (TPE) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) CR13 (6+7) [3]

R1:- Anna Blinkova (***) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) CR153 (104+49) v Jodie Burrage (GBR) / Clara Tauson (DEN) CR743 (255+488)

R1:- Varvara Gracheva (FRA) / Oksana Kalashnilova (GEO) CR999 (929+70) v Maia Lumsden (GBR) / Anna Siskova (CZE) CR156 (79+77)

Hopefully Maia and partner will play to their level (I'm not going to say any more than that)

the addict · Tennis legend

The cut-off was CR182. Emily A and Nuria Parrizas Dias are first alts at CR185. You can see from the rankings above that there are a lot of entries based on singles ranking.

9vicman · Satellite level

182 is a relatively high cut-off: an average around 90. Think it's normally around 160.

telstar · Strong Club Player

How do Julia and Tara qualify for this?

the addict · Tennis legend

telstar wrote:
How do Julia and Tara qualify for this?

They are both entered on Special Rankings - Tara is 88 and Julia is 73 giving them a combined ranking of 161 and were 52nd on the entry list.

(source tennisforum)

The rankings I quoted for the matches are from the WTA website and are official doubles rankings

-- Edited by the addict on Sunday 12th of January 2025 03:51:16 PM

telstar · Strong Club Player

the addict wrote:
telstar wrote:
How do Julia and Tara qualify for this?
They are both entered on Special Rankings - Tara is 88 and Julia is 73 giving them a combined ranking of 161 and were 52nd on the entry list.
(source tennisforum)
The rankings I quoted for the matches are from the WTA website and are official doubles rankings

-- Edited by the addict on Sunday 12th of January 2025 03:51:16 PM

Thank you TA. I fear that Tara's recent dubs form is far from that of a Top 100 player!

the addict · Tennis legend

telstar wrote:
the addict wrote:
telstar wrote:
How do Julia and Tara qualify for this?
They are both entered on Special Rankings - Tara is 88 and Julia is 73 giving them a combined ranking of 161 and were 52nd on the entry list.
(source tennisforum)
The rankings I quoted for the matches are from the WTA website and are official doubles rankings

-- Edited by the addict on Sunday 12th of January 2025 03:51:16 PM
Thank you TA. I fear that Tara's recent dubs form is far from that of a Top 100 player!

True ! And remember that entry rankings for doubles are the better of singles and doubles - which is one reason you get top singles players in these draws.

indiana · Tennis legend

R1:- Anna Blinkova (***) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) CR139 (97+42) beat Jodie Burrage (GBR) / Clara Tauson (DEN) CR739 (256+483) by 4-6 6-4 7-6[10-8]

So close. Wu won both the Auckland and Hobart WTA 250 doubles titles, partnering Jiang Xinyu, leading into the Aus Open.

B00thy · Lower Club Player

indiana wrote:
R1:- Anna Blinkova (***) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) CR139 (97+42) beat Jodie Burrage (GBR) / Clara Tauson (DEN) CR739 (256+483) by 4-6 6-4 7-6[10-8]
So close. Wu won both the Auckland and Hobart WTA 250 doubles titles, partnering Jiang Xinyu, leading into the Aus Open.

That's a shame .. I'd thought Jodie and Clara under-ranked and in with a chance, but it was not to be

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

B00thy wrote:
indiana wrote:
R1:- Anna Blinkova (***) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) CR139 (97+42) beat Jodie Burrage (GBR) / Clara Tauson (DEN) CR739 (256+483) by 4-6 6-4 7-6[10-8]
So close. Wu won both the Auckland and Hobart WTA 250 doubles titles, partnering Jiang Xinyu, leading into the Aus Open.
That's a shame .. I'd thought Jodie and Clara under-ranked and in with a chance, but it was not to be

Well, you were right. They were in with a chance. A very big chance. And they nearly took it. Shame....