British Tennis Forum

Let's see how well it holds.

Frustrating that moving the 2nd tier grass events to WTA125 level means we no longer get to see either the full entry list of qualifiers and alternates nor a near live view of the latest list that we get with ITFs. It'd be interesting to see who else has entered, particularly any juniors not in Paris and any college players - realise they would need wild cards but it gives an idea of who's interested in pursuing this path. The LTA probably won't update their list until a couple of days before it starts if past experience is anything to go by.

I hope the move up a level doesn't hurt our players chances of ranking gains too much. Will we see stories like Isa's run in Surbiton a couple of years ago from a QWC to the QF? Will graduating college players need to wait until the summer ITFs to get the wins they need to kickstart their pro careers?

Were Katie and Emma eligible to enter here and are they able to take a WC?

Lambda wrote:

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Let's see how well it holds.

Frustrating that moving the 2nd tier grass events to WTA125 level means we no longer get to see either the full entry list of qualifiers and alternates nor a near live view of the latest list that we get with ITFs. It'd be interesting to see who else has entered, particularly any juniors not in Paris and any college players - realise they would need wild cards but it gives an idea of who's interested in pursuing this path. The LTA probably won't update their list until a couple of days before it starts if past experience is anything to go by.

I hope the move up a level doesn't hurt our players chances of ranking gains too much. Will we see stories like Isa's run in Surbiton a couple of years ago from a QWC to the QF? Will graduating college players need to wait until the summer ITFs to get the wins they need to kickstart their pro careers?

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 Am I right that there are NO grass court warm-up events for women below W125 level in the UK this year?  

(Just a British Tour event or two, presumably?) 

So, without Surbiton, without any real event, how is the LTA supposed to pick the wildcard players on grass?

For the Wimbly wildcard playoffs, for instance? 

the addict wrote:

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I was looking at the Wimbly wild card situation earlier this week to get some idea who is in the running. Any names below are in ranking order.
At a stretch I see 6 MD WC's - Fran, Harriet, Heather, Jodie, plus Lily and Marni who are both a bit low i the rankings.
After that I see 26 pther players in contention for a maximum of 8 QWC's and 16 playoff places (I appreciate that there aren't 8 QWC's available). The question is who would be in each group, eg Hannah, Hep, Mika, Brooke and others. Going to be a tricky one ( and probably needs a thread of its own)

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 Most definitely 

But still confused how the powers that be are going to judge the lower wildcards (i.e. for playoffs) if they girls haven't played at all on grass 

paulisi wrote:

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The same way they do every year....

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No 

Because every other year they've had Surbiton which has served as a very useful showcase, especially at the lower end, on grass

From the very straight-forward:

Surbiton ITF 100 had a 32-player quali draw last year

W125s always/usually have 8

The LTA are currently listing 21 players on their entry list, leaving 11 spots for wild cards and qualifiers. Four wild cards is the normal allowance, but if they only award three it leaves open the possibilty of a 16 or 32 player qualifying competition for 8 places, but an 8 player draw does also look a distinct possibility and as CD says is the norm.