British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

JonH · JonH

Vote from the list below - top 2 plus ties into final. Voting closes at 7 pm Sunday evening. Liam BroadyRU ATP Challenger Parma, 4-2 win loss record (66.67%) Jasmine Conwayas a junior, reached QF in W15 Egypt, 2-1 record in month (66.67%). Felix Gillas a junior, achieved pro level 4-4 on mo...

JonH · JonH

Back in the 70s and 80s, a large number of pre Wimbledon events in places like Beckenham, Surbiton, Bristol, took place and one venue was Edinburgh's Craiglockhart club. the event wasnt always played (was it the Scottish Championships) and the quality of the field was up and down - the event didnt car...

ROSAMUND · ROSAMUND

Dennis Ralston runner -up in the singles at Wimbledon in 1966 to Manual Santana, passed away on 6th December 2020 aged 78. He was one of the members of "The Handsome 8 " who signed up to the Pro World Championship tennis. He is also the youngest man to win the men's doubles at Wimbledon. Aged 17 he teamed up...

junior · junior

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-8966921/Esteban-Carril-coach-masterminded-Jo-Kontas-rise-quits-LTA-academy-year-opening.html

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/control-the-controllables/id1511047964?i=1000497557918

ROSAMUND · ROSAMUND

Greg Rusedski is appearing on Question of Sport 8.30 on BBC 1 Friday 6th November. Dare say there will be some tennis questions.

Mark1968 · Mark1968

A friend phoned me this morning to inform me that Britain's number 2 grass court player Marcus Willis had tweeted his support for the above petition on Change.org. In the mild weather we have had the last few days it is possible to play outdoors, my local courts are being used, they just take a broom al...

JonH · JonH

Winner takes all, please vote for player you think is October Player of Month. Vote will close at 5.30 pm Tuesday evening. Final WinsLossesAchievements Dan Evans 88SF in ATP 500 Vienna and ATP250 Antwerp, beating Khachanov and Dimitrov along the way. 6-3 singles record...

JonH · JonH

Player with most votes from list below goes through to the final (and ties if there are any). Poll will close at 5.30pm Monday evening (2nd November) - overview of record below, if my records are incorrect please feel free to update/correct me!! B WinsLossesAchievements Ha...

JonH · JonH

Player with most votes from list below goes through to the final (and ties if there are any). Poll will close at 5.30pm Monday evening (2nd November) - overview of record below, if my records are incorrect please feel free to update/correct me!! A WinsLossesAchievements K...

JonH · JonH

Player with most votes from list below goes through to the final (and ties if there are any). Poll will close at 5.30pm Monday evening (2nd November) - overview of record below, if my records are incorrect please feel free to update/correct me!! D WinsLossesAchievements Ll...

JonH · JonH

Player with most votes from list below goes through to the final (and ties if there are any). Poll will close at 5.30pm Monday evening (2nd November) - overview of record below, if my records are incorrect please feel free to update/correct me!! C WinsLossesAchievements Jodi...

Bennachie · Bennachie

If you have the time and agree that singles games are safe outdoors and beneficial to health (both physical and mental) please sign this petition on change.org http://chng.it/7FLj9QtN

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

If any one could add to this, I'd be interested in starting some sort of list showing which of our players (adults and junior) are attached to, or used to be attached to, a foreign academy and which one I'm meaning for at least a couple of years, not just summer programmes or whatever and including those a...

JonH · JonH

Copied over from French Open thread With the womens season effectively over, in terms of big events (men still have Paris Indoor and World Tour FInals to play) I thought I would have some fun. Given the rankings arent representative of the last 12 months, rather the last 18 months, I wondered who peo...

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

17 for me, despite a total brain freeze on a couple of obvious ones. https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/53170108 Disappointing really. Should have got more but it is still early on a Sunday morning and my brain is not fully in gear yet. -- Edited by Bob in Spain on Sunday 5th of July 2020 08:10:17 AM

londontennistube · londontennistube

HAVE BEEN TOLD BY PLAYERS THAT UTR IS NOT LOGGING LTA TOURNAMENT RESULTS ANYONE KNOW WHY

JonH · JonH

I wondered if anyone had a good tennis stats resource they use - both generally but I am also particularly interested in anywhere that keeps doubles records? My main interest is to find a resource for double H2H results - if I want to find how many times Joe S has played Jamie M , whatever the pairings, is t...

Tennis Saltire · Tennis Saltire

I know you guys are as passionate about British Tennis as I am so here is a post for you to join in and discuss

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-8786711/Heather-Watson-slams-LTA-rapid-Brexit-French-Open.html

wolf · wolf

Anyone else getting increasingly annoyed women play less sets? It's 2020, it should no longer be considered acceptable.

londontennistube · londontennistube

OK I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW I'VE STARTED LIVE STREAMING TENNIS EVENTS. RECENTLY THE EALING LTC CLUB FINALS DAY AND MORE RECENTLY FROM SUTTON WHERE THE VERY HIGH LEVEL GRADE 3 SUPERSERIES ORGANISED BY DAVID FUCHS TAKES PLACE MOST WEEKENDS . I'LL BE COVERING WHOLE MATCHES AND IT CAN ALL BE ACCESSED O...

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

I thought of a new tennis team competition today, based around the UEFA Champions League Format. I took the teams from the 19/20 Round of 16, this gave me 4 x English and Spanish teams, 3 x German and Italian teams and 2 x French teams. I then added a player of the same nationality to each team and then fill...

BradMarx90 · BradMarx90

Hi there, Some of you may remember me as the guy who set up a British Tennis website (Britennis) and who was quite active on here in around 2016. I ran the site for about six months, but it didn't bring in any money, and the time-consuming nature of maintaining the site meant I had to give it up and prioritis...

JonH · JonH

Final 4, vote closes monday 10pm

Sheddie · Sheddie

Rusedski faces Tursunov in rd1 and could face I Minar/K Kim in rd2. He's in the same quarter as nemesis Thomas Johansson. The draw could have been worse but he could have done with avoiding Johansson. Should reach the quarters though

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	Who do you think was GB Player of the Month - Nov/Dec Semifinal Group A ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Vote from the list below - top 2 plus ties into final. Voting closes at 7 pm Sunday evening. Liam BroadyRU ATP Challenger Parma, 4-2 win loss record (66.67%) Jasmine Conwayas a junior, reached QF in W15 Egypt, 2-1 record in month (66.67%). Felix Gillas a junior, achieved pro level 4-4 on mo...	JonH	20	985	Dec 13, 2020 by JonH
	When McEnroe played Connors at Craiglockhart (Preview) Back in the 70s and 80s, a large number of pre Wimbledon events in places like Beckenham, Surbiton, Bristol, took place and one venue was Edinburgh's Craiglockhart club. the event wasnt always played (was it the Scottish Championships) and the quality of the field was up and down - the event didnt car...	JonH	0	451	Dec 11, 2020 by JonH
	DENNIS RALSTON RIP (Preview) Dennis Ralston runner -up in the singles at Wimbledon in 1966 to Manual Santana, passed away on 6th December 2020 aged 78. He was one of the members of "The Handsome 8 " who signed up to the Pro World Championship tennis. He is also the youngest man to win the men's doubles at Wimbledon. Aged 17 he teamed up...	ROSAMUND	1	550	Dec 11, 2020 by JonH
	Esteban Carril quits LTA Academy (Preview) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-8966921/Esteban-Carril-coach-masterminded-Jo-Kontas-rise-quits-LTA-academy-year-opening.html	junior	12	1083	Dec 4, 2020 by LordBrownof
	Soto Tennis Podcasts (Preview) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/control-the-controllables/id1511047964?i=1000497557918	Bob in Spain	0	929	Nov 10, 2020 by Bob in Spain
	QUESTION OF SPORT (Preview) Greg Rusedski is appearing on Question of Sport 8.30 on BBC 1 Friday 6th November. Dare say there will be some tennis questions.	ROSAMUND	0	616	Nov 6, 2020 by ROSAMUND
	Petition to "Allow outdoor tennis during lockdown 2" ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) A friend phoned me this morning to inform me that Britain's number 2 grass court player Marcus Willis had tweeted his support for the above petition on Change.org. In the mild weather we have had the last few days it is possible to play outdoors, my local courts are being used, they just take a broom al...	Mark1968	30	9379	Nov 4, 2020 by Coup Droit
	Who do you think was GB Player of the Month - October FINAL ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Winner takes all, please vote for player you think is October Player of Month. Vote will close at 5.30 pm Tuesday evening. Final WinsLossesAchievements Dan Evans 88SF in ATP 500 Vienna and ATP250 Antwerp, beating Khachanov and Dimitrov along the way. 6-3 singles record...	JonH	18	1738	Nov 3, 2020 by JonH
	Who do you think was GB Player of the Month - October Semifinal Group B (Preview) Player with most votes from list below goes through to the final (and ties if there are any). Poll will close at 5.30pm Monday evening (2nd November) - overview of record below, if my records are incorrect please feel free to update/correct me!! B WinsLossesAchievements Ha...	JonH	14	626	Nov 2, 2020 by JonH
	Who do you think was GB Player of the Month - October Semifinal Group A (Preview) Player with most votes from list below goes through to the final (and ties if there are any). Poll will close at 5.30pm Monday evening (2nd November) - overview of record below, if my records are incorrect please feel free to update/correct me!! A WinsLossesAchievements K...	JonH	13	611	Nov 2, 2020 by the addict
	Who do you think was GB Player of the Month - October Semifinal Group D (Preview) Player with most votes from list below goes through to the final (and ties if there are any). Poll will close at 5.30pm Monday evening (2nd November) - overview of record below, if my records are incorrect please feel free to update/correct me!! D WinsLossesAchievements Ll...	JonH	13	798	Nov 2, 2020 by JonH
	Who do you think was GB Player of the Month - October Semifinal Group C ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Player with most votes from list below goes through to the final (and ties if there are any). Poll will close at 5.30pm Monday evening (2nd November) - overview of record below, if my records are incorrect please feel free to update/correct me!! C WinsLossesAchievements Jodi...	JonH	15	969	Nov 2, 2020 by JonH
	Petition to allow continuation of outdoors singles games during 1st winter lock down (Preview) If you have the time and agree that singles games are safe outdoors and beneficial to health (both physical and mental) please sign this petition on change.org http://chng.it/7FLj9QtN	Bennachie	0	358	Nov 2, 2020 by Bennachie
	British tennis players and Foreign academies ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) If any one could add to this, I'd be interested in starting some sort of list showing which of our players (adults and junior) are attached to, or used to be attached to, a foreign academy and which one I'm meaning for at least a couple of years, not just summer programmes or whatever and including those a...	Coup Droit	35	12588	Oct 28, 2020 by junior
	WTA top players of 2020 (Preview) Copied over from French Open thread With the womens season effectively over, in terms of big events (men still have Paris Indoor and World Tour FInals to play) I thought I would have some fun. Given the rankings arent representative of the last 12 months, rather the last 18 months, I wondered who peo...	JonH	7	1161	Oct 25, 2020 by Ace Ventura
	Wimbledon ( 1 2 ) (Preview) 17 for me, despite a total brain freeze on a couple of obvious ones. https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/53170108 Disappointing really. Should have got more but it is still early on a Sunday morning and my brain is not fully in gear yet. -- Edited by Bob in Spain on Sunday 5th of July 2020 08:10:17 AM	Bob in Spain	16	1367	Oct 23, 2020 by Ace Ventura
	UTR LTA (Preview) HAVE BEEN TOLD BY PLAYERS THAT UTR IS NOT LOGGING LTA TOURNAMENT RESULTS ANYONE KNOW WHY	londontennistube	2	992	Oct 22, 2020 by Born2WinTennis
	Stats/H2H Resources (Preview) I wondered if anyone had a good tennis stats resource they use - both generally but I am also particularly interested in anywhere that keeps doubles records? My main interest is to find a resource for double H2H results - if I want to find how many times Joe S has played Jamie M , whatever the pairings, is t...	JonH	6	1021	Oct 12, 2020 by JonH
	British Tennis inquest (Preview) I know you guys are as passionate about British Tennis as I am so here is a post for you to join in and discuss https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-8786711/Heather-Watson-slams-LTA-rapid-Brexit-French-Open.html	Tennis Saltire	11	1302	Oct 11, 2020 by Deucebag
	Best of 3 vs best of 5 (Preview) Anyone else getting increasingly annoyed women play less sets? It's 2020, it should no longer be considered acceptable.	wolf	11	1033	Oct 10, 2020 by christ
	LIVE STREAM TENNIS (Preview) OK I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW I'VE STARTED LIVE STREAMING TENNIS EVENTS. RECENTLY THE EALING LTC CLUB FINALS DAY AND MORE RECENTLY FROM SUTTON WHERE THE VERY HIGH LEVEL GRADE 3 SUPERSERIES ORGANISED BY DAVID FUCHS TAKES PLACE MOST WEEKENDS . I'LL BE COVERING WHOLE MATCHES AND IT CAN ALL BE ACCESSED O...	londontennistube	1	1147	Oct 9, 2020 by Toby
	Tennis Champions League (Preview) I thought of a new tennis team competition today, based around the UEFA Champions League Format. I took the teams from the 19/20 Round of 16, this gave me 4 x English and Spanish teams, 3 x German and Italian teams and 2 x French teams. I then added a player of the same nationality to each team and then fill...	Born2WinTennis	0	760	Oct 6, 2020 by Born2WinTennis
	Huge Google Sheet of British Tennis Players (Preview) Hi there, Some of you may remember me as the guy who set up a British Tennis website (Britennis) and who was quite active on here in around 2016. I ran the site for about six months, but it didn't bring in any money, and the time-consuming nature of maintaining the site meant I had to give it up and prioritis...	BradMarx90	0	639	Oct 2, 2020 by BradMarx90
	Who do you think was GB Player of the Month - September FINAL ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Final 4, vote closes monday 10pm	JonH	26	1700	Sep 28, 2020 by Bob in Spain
	St Petersburg ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Rusedski faces Tursunov in rd1 and could face I Minar/K Kim in rd2. He's in the same quarter as nemesis Thomas Johansson. The draw could have been worse but he could have done with avoiding Johansson. Should reach the quarters though	Sheddie	29	2289	Sep 28, 2020 by emmsie69
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