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JonH · Tennis legend

Race to the USO

Blue_Belle · Pro player

Arthur was doing morning TV and mentioned playing Cincinnati

JonH · Tennis legend

Does anyone know when the cut off dates are for main draw and qualies?

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
Does anyone know when the cut off dates are for main draw and qualies?

Given the traditional 6 and 4 weeks before the start of Slam MDs, it should be the rankings of 20/07 for the MD list ( so we will have Arthur, Cam and Jan in ) and 03/08 for qualifying.

JonH · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
JonH wrote:
Does anyone know when the cut off dates are for main draw and qualies?
Given the traditional 6 and 4 weeks before the start of Slam MDs, it should be the rankings of 20/07 for the MD list ( so we will have Arthur, Cam and Jan in ) and 03/08 for qualifying.

Thanks, Indy. So only 2 weeks after this for those trying to get into qualies.

A couple of big weeks then - it certainly comes thick and fast at this time of year from the FO through to the USO

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
indiana wrote:
JonH wrote:
Does anyone know when the cut off dates are for main draw and qualies?
Given the traditional 6 and 4 weeks before the start of Slam MDs, it should be the rankings of 20/07 for the MD list ( so we will have Arthur, Cam and Jan in ) and 03/08 for qualifying.
Thanks, Indy. So only 2 weeks after this for those trying to get into qualies.
A couple of big weeks then - it certainly comes thick and fast at this time of year from the FO through to the USO

Yes, and gping to be just these coming 2 weeks really given this Challenger week is far from replicating last week. Though there is actually a week more this year with the US Open back a week in the calendar.

Only Oliver Crawford still in and with ranking points to drop, he will need to reach the Pozoblanco QF just to be in ranking points profit this week.

JonH · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
Looks like we may end up discussing this a bit over the next month or two so felt it worth a thread?!
As far as I can see, our men currently stack up:
Main Draw
Arthur (even a seeding may be possible but not entered anywhere currently)
Cam (a seeding may be possible - entered into Los Cabos, Montreal)
Jan (Bastad, Kizbuhel Qualies, Bonn, Hagen)
Qualies
Jake (Bloomfield Hills, Vancouver)
Toby (Winnipeg, Vancouver, Lexington)
Jack D (Washington DC WC)
Billy (Bloomfield Hills, Lexington)
Jack PJ (Bloomfield Hills, Vancouver, Lexington)
Liam (Winnipeg, Vancouver)
Harry W (Vancouver)
Henry S (Aldershot)
Felix (Segovia)
Contenders for qualies with a good few weeks
Jay (Zug, Plovdiv)
Oliver C (Pozoblanco, Segovia, Liberec)
Giles (Winnipeg)
Max (Segovia Qualies, Samsun, Istanbul)
Ali G (Pozoblanco, Segovia, Samsun)
Charles B (Winnipeg)
Got a lot to do
George L (injured?)
JoMo (Winnipeg, Edwardsville)
Hamish (Segovia, Samsun, Istanbul)
Paul J (injured?)
Anton (Zug qualies, Aldershot)
Lui (Rognac, Aldershot)

Looks like Giles pulled out of playing Winnipeg, suspect any chance he has of getting to USO is foregone?

Oli C edged a little closer but still reasonably far outside qualies in live 237.

indiana · Tennis legend

I'd say that Oliver and also Jay are looking not far away from the likely sort of final qualifying cut-off, as current WR 237 and WR 239 respectively.

We have 3 into the MD. Our next 7 down to Harry WR 204, I agree will be into Q no problem.

Then we have, yes probably in:
GB #11, Henry S - WR 215 on 260 points, 4 ( net just 1 ) points due to drop in the coming 2 weeks
GB #12, Felix G - WR 219 on 259 points, no points due to drop.

And then:
GB #13, Oliver C - WR 237 on 237 points, 12 ( net 9 ) points due to drop, playing in Segovia this week
GB # 14, Jay C - WR 239 on 236 points, no points due to drop, playing in Zug this week.

GB #15, Giles H - WR 254 on 218 points downwards have rather more work to do, especially as Giles is not playing this week, but GB #16 Max B and GB #17 Alastair G are playing, so let's just keep an eye on them, as with even more outsiders Charles B and Johannus M, and then see how things stand on 27/07 wirh then just one week left

emmsie69 · Masters Series Champion

Main draw list goes down to 101. Only 3 using a PR.

JonH · Tennis legend

Looks like our lads are doing their best to not improve their positions since Wimbledon, seem to be dropping like flies!

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
Looks like our lads are doing their best to not improve their positions since Wimbledon, seem to be dropping like flies!

Tbf, this week at least we have 6 still going in Challenger QFs.

Trouble is that for now of these only Oliver is really contending for US Open Q. So far he has just covered points dropping off this week, but now a QF win could be very useful and a SF win virtually ensure US Open Q with him then ahead of Henry and Felix.

Otherwise, Jake and Toby are already in no problem, plus Charles, JoMo and Anton still have an awful lot to do.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 24th of July 2026 06:35:53 AM

JonH · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
JonH wrote:
Looks like our lads are doing their best to not improve their positions since Wimbledon, seem to be dropping like flies!
Tbf, this week at least we have 6 into Challenger QFs.
Trouble is that for now of these only Oliver is really contending for US Open Q and with points dropping off he needs to win that QF to get into points profit this week.
Jake and Toby are already in no problem, plus Charles, JoMo and Anton still have an awful lot to do.

Good to read! Tbf, my post above was purely based on what seemed to be lots of losses happening, Ive had a post Wimbledon tennis lull (this part of the season between Wimbledon and the USO always leaves me the most cold of any part of the season between Wimbledon after all the grass action and with the World Cup, my attention on tennis has died almost completely. My bad, itll come back Im sure!).

Good to hear 6 are still left plus Fran doing good stuff in womens 125s and Maia (and Harriet) in the 250 doubles

JonH · Tennis legend

With Oli at life 225, he must be terribly close now?

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
With Oli at life 225, he must be terribly close now?

You probably saw my thoughts in the Segovia thread, which I copy here :

"Ah, Oliver so close to essentially securing a US Open qualifying spot if he had won that SF.

He may have done enough and is entered into the Liberec Challenger 75 next week as a last opportunity to add points before the cut-off.

For now he is showing as live ranked 225 on 247 points with 3 players that can still overtake him this week. He has no points to drop next week, might be useful if some other contenders do. We will see how the 03/08 live rankings look at the start of next week."

JonH · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
JonH wrote:
With Oli at life 225, he must be terribly close now?
You probably saw my thoughts in the Segovia thread, which I copy here :
"Ah, Oliver so close to essentially securing a US Open qualifying spot if he had won that SF.

He may have done enough and is entered into the Liberec Challenger 75 next week as a last opportunity to add points before the cut-off.

For now he is showing as live ranked 225 on 247 points with 3 players that can still overtake him this week. He has no points to drop next week, might be useful if some other contenders do. We will see how the 03/08 live rankings look at the start of next week."

Thanks Indy - I hadnt seen that, tbh, Id read SC scathing attack on her view of my geography skills and then gone off in a huff and missed your post! Seriously, did miss it but its a good summary and a big week for him.