British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Sally · Sally

Interesting article in an Australian newspaper today: Women net top money from a little tennis WELL, thank you Martina Hingis for coming back and showing us everything there is to know about women's tennis. First, by not picking up a racquet for almost three years and then cruising straight i...

paulisi · paulisi

I know there is very little about at the moment, but where there is can anyone explain how it works please. Do the LTA pick up all tabs? - travel, accommodation, coaching costs and other expenses during tournament week(food/entertainment etc) If the competitor picks up prize money - do they get to kee...

Stircrazy · Stircrazy

Just seen this on the Beeb's London News page; 17:56 Anyone for tennis in Gunnersbury Park?Local Democracy Reporting Service Eight new state-of-the-art tennis courts will be available to use at Gunnersbury Park from 1 August. The new macadam courts are the first phase of the Gunnersbury Park Spor...

JonH · JonH

Having seen the grass court weeks play out and tracking the wins of our players in singles, doubles and qualies, I thought it would be interesting to see who folks on the Forum thought had been our player of the grass court season overall - singles and doubles, everything and every week taken into accou...

Helen40 · Helen40

I've been pondering the above question, and wonder if anyone has more information on it. This is as far as I've got. This year both Jack Draper (age 16) and Emma Raducanu (age 15) got QWCs into Wimby seniors, and both lost in QR1. Emma had a tight three setter, losing to someone who then beat two players r...

Helen40 · Helen40

What do people think of the new timing rules and stop clock? There will be a visible 25 second stop clock for player's serving time. It seems like there has still got be some umpire discretion on when this clock starts (I mean we've seen it when there's been a great rally, the crowd won't calm down), for...

Stircrazy · Stircrazy

A post I made on the Jay Clarke thread in the Individual players forum seems to have sparked a bit of discussion entirely unrelated to Jay, hence this new thread here. The post in question was: And with Wimbledon looming, we're spoilt for choice [tennis articles in The Sunday Times] today: the Jay ar...

Helen40 · Helen40

I was wondering whether someone has any stats for what ranking players are when they win tournaments at various levels, from lowly ITFs to GSs, and how this varies (if at all) between men and women.

Fix British Tennis · Fix British Tennis

I am doing some research into how the LTA's headline '£250 million' TBTT investment aimed in doubling the number of kids playing tennis and doubling the number of times infrequent adults play is going one year post launch. I am hearing stories that the LTA is driving club volunteers who are trying to a...

seagull · seagull

How many of you out there already subscribe to this? I shall start it in September for the US Open and with the recently announced Premier League package they have won (on top of the ATP tour events from next year) looks like they mean business on the UK sports front. Now means forking out for BT, NOW TV (Sk...

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

Ok, so we do a fair bit of linguistic navel-gazing on this site so I thought I would throw out this: I seem to be the only person who goes for 'qualis' - everyone else (here and on twitter) is a fan of 'qualies'. Now, I'm not sure if there's a right answer here but my reasoning is: If qualifications ever gets s...

A1 tennis academy · A1 tennis academy

Best teenager seen since 2012 when regularly visiting futures in uk & abroad

blob · blob

Very much saddened and shocked to hear of the passing of Jana Novotna from cancer at the age of 49. A lovely player and person. Remembered especially fondly here for her determination, frailty and humanity in exploits at Wimbledon; and, of course, triumphing over it all in glorious fashion in 1998. S...

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

Enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1M6Oqw9IF8

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

Very random question, but this popped into my head last week. Who would win a world championships to find the best player without an adult world ranking. The types of contenders could be: 1) An up and coming youngster yet to win his first ATP point 2) An ex-world ranked pro recently retired from the cir...

seagull · seagull

Detail here: PRESS RELEASE 30 March 2017 ITF announces major restructuring of entry level of professional tennis The ITF Board of Directors has approved a major restructuring of professional tennis at its entry level. The reform programme of changes will include a radical reduction in the number...

Oakland2002 · Oakland2002

Match fixing at the lower levels of tennis is about to drive a reduction in the number of ranked professional tennis players to 500. How will that work? What do you think is the best structure? A qualifying school as in golf? Could it result in the development of a rival tour? Perhaps an Under 23 tour? Wi...

seagull · seagull

Sorry if this is not really appropriate but before I try elsewhere just thought I would offer to true tennis fans on here: I have a hospitality package for Queens on Saturday June 23rd (Semi-Finals Day) that I now can't make as I have to run a junior match at my local club. This package is for 2 East Stand ti...

JonH · JonH

https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/yorkshire-castle-to-host-tennis-garden-party-featuring-wimbledon-champion-1-9107228

JonH · JonH

Put this in the general section as not GB related. The teams for the DC ties in April are being announced : Italy v France Italy - Fognini, Lorenzi, Seppi, Berrettini, Bolelli - Berrettini is the new one for me? France - Pouille, Mannarino, Herbert, Chardy, Mahut - so none of the big 4 of Tsonga, Monfil...

paulisi · paulisi

We see a lot of our LTA funded men being asked to go and play clay court matches to improve their game, but I don't seem to see that being promoted within the women's game. In fact i'm struggling to think of anyone other that Hev, Joko, Amanda and Eleanor who has played clay on the senior tour this year. The...

Topemp · Topemp

It's probably inappropriate to post this in the Mens discussion section, because it also affects women and Junior game, but the MDS tends to be the one that I go on and has most contributors on. This evening I'll be at a roundtable discussion with incoming LTA CEO Scott Lloyd. Will be able to ask him abou...

JonH · JonH

I noticed on live rankings, they have a new list called the ITF ranking which is appearing only on their WTA section https://live-tennis.eu/en/itf-women-live-ranking Any idea what this is? Jodie Burrage is ranked at 39, Emily Appleton at 135. Does it lead to some ITF year end finals that hasnt bee...

Vandenburg · Vandenburg

2018 has the potential to be one of the most random seasons ever. This is was I am thinking: AO- Zverev FO- Nadal Wim- Wawrinka (completes career grand slam/ Murray fans in ruins) USO-Federer,(last grand slam) Thoughts?

Vandenburg · Vandenburg

2 very poor losses in the last 2 Masters, Obvious question, is that , is Novak now finished? Discuss.

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Equal pay for women ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Interesting article in an Australian newspaper today: Women net top money from a little tennis WELL, thank you Martina Hingis for coming back and showing us everything there is to know about women's tennis. First, by not picking up a racquet for almost three years and then cruising straight i...	Sally	15	2363	Jul 27, 2018 by Coup Droit
	LTA funding ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 9 ) (Preview) I know there is very little about at the moment, but where there is can anyone explain how it works please. Do the LTA pick up all tabs? - travel, accommodation, coaching costs and other expenses during tournament week(food/entertainment etc) If the competitor picks up prize money - do they get to kee...	paulisi	126	24645	Jul 25, 2018 by Kolohead
	Tennis in Gunnersbury Park (Preview) Just seen this on the Beeb's London News page; 17:56 Anyone for tennis in Gunnersbury Park?Local Democracy Reporting Service Eight new state-of-the-art tennis courts will be available to use at Gunnersbury Park from 1 August. The new macadam courts are the first phase of the Gunnersbury Park Spor...	Stircrazy	3	793	Jul 20, 2018 by Oakland2002
	Who was the British player of the Grass Court Season? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Having seen the grass court weeks play out and tracking the wins of our players in singles, doubles and qualies, I thought it would be interesting to see who folks on the Forum thought had been our player of the grass court season overall - singles and doubles, everything and every week taken into accou...	JonH	27	2314	Jul 19, 2018 by Oakland2002
	Is the jump from boys to mens bigger than the jump from girls to womens? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I've been pondering the above question, and wonder if anyone has more information on it. This is as far as I've got. This year both Jack Draper (age 16) and Emma Raducanu (age 15) got QWCs into Wimby seniors, and both lost in QR1. Emma had a tight three setter, losing to someone who then beat two players r...	Helen40	25	1474	Jul 18, 2018 by Strongbow
	25 second stop clock at Aussie Open and new warm up rules. (Preview) What do people think of the new timing rules and stop clock? There will be a visible 25 second stop clock for player's serving time. It seems like there has still got be some umpire discretion on when this clock starts (I mean we've seen it when there's been a great rally, the crowd won't calm down), for...	Helen40	10	1262	Jul 13, 2018 by the addict
	Grand Slams: number of seeds to be reduced from 32 to 16 (Preview) A post I made on the Jay Clarke thread in the Individual players forum seems to have sparked a bit of discussion entirely unrelated to Jay, hence this new thread here. The post in question was: And with Wimbledon looming, we're spoilt for choice [tennis articles in The Sunday Times] today: the Jay ar...	Stircrazy	8	1220	Jul 1, 2018 by Helen40
	Ranking to win at each level. (Preview) I was wondering whether someone has any stats for what ranking players are when they win tournaments at various levels, from lowly ITFs to GSs, and how this varies (if at all) between men and women.	Helen40	12	864	Jun 27, 2018 by Strongbow
	LTA's 'Transforming British Tennis Together' (Preview) I am doing some research into how the LTA's headline '£250 million' TBTT investment aimed in doubling the number of kids playing tennis and doubling the number of times infrequent adults play is going one year post launch. I am hearing stories that the LTA is driving club volunteers who are trying to a...	Fix British Tennis	0	681	Jun 13, 2018 by Fix British Tennis
	Amazon Prime (Preview) How many of you out there already subscribe to this? I shall start it in September for the US Open and with the recently announced Premier League package they have won (on top of the ATP tour events from next year) looks like they mean business on the UK sports front. Now means forking out for BT, NOW TV (Sk...	seagull	5	845	Jun 8, 2018 by brittak
	Qualis or Qualies ? (Preview) Ok, so we do a fair bit of linguistic navel-gazing on this site so I thought I would throw out this: I seem to be the only person who goes for 'qualis' - everyone else (here and on twitter) is a fan of 'qualies'. Now, I'm not sure if there's a right answer here but my reasoning is: If qualifications ever gets s...	Coup Droit	14	1581	May 22, 2018 by thejester
	Quentin Halys (Preview) Best teenager seen since 2012 when regularly visiting futures in uk & abroad	A1 tennis academy	4	1073	May 21, 2018 by Coup Droit
	RIP Jana Novotna (Preview) Very much saddened and shocked to hear of the passing of Jana Novotna from cancer at the age of 49. A lovely player and person. Remembered especially fondly here for her determination, frailty and humanity in exploits at Wimbledon; and, of course, triumphing over it all in glorious fashion in 1998. S...	blob	14	2728	May 10, 2018 by blob
	Shot Selection (Preview) Enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1M6Oqw9IF8	Bob in Spain	3	1387	Apr 30, 2018 by The Optimist
	The Best Non-Ranked Player in the World (Preview) Very random question, but this popped into my head last week. Who would win a world championships to find the best player without an adult world ranking. The types of contenders could be: 1) An up and coming youngster yet to win his first ATP point 2) An ex-world ranked pro recently retired from the cir...	Born2WinTennis	9	2403	Apr 30, 2018 by christ
	ITF announce major changes from 2019 ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Detail here: PRESS RELEASE 30 March 2017 ITF announces major restructuring of entry level of professional tennis The ITF Board of Directors has approved a major restructuring of professional tennis at its entry level. The reform programme of changes will include a radical reduction in the number...	seagull	34	7931	Apr 28, 2018 by EddietheEagle
	What is the best structure to limit professional tennis to 500 ranked players? (Preview) Match fixing at the lower levels of tennis is about to drive a reduction in the number of ranked professional tennis players to 500. How will that work? What do you think is the best structure? A qualifying school as in golf? Could it result in the development of a rival tour? Perhaps an Under 23 tour? Wi...	Oakland2002	12	1367	Apr 26, 2018 by Etienne
	Queens Hospitality Package (Preview) Sorry if this is not really appropriate but before I try elsewhere just thought I would offer to true tennis fans on here: I have a hospitality package for Queens on Saturday June 23rd (Semi-Finals Day) that I now can't make as I have to run a junior match at my local club. This package is for 2 East Stand ti...	seagull	0	1008	Apr 25, 2018 by seagull
	New Exhibition Event in June (Preview) https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/yorkshire-castle-to-host-tennis-garden-party-featuring-wimbledon-champion-1-9107228	JonH	5	1147	Apr 11, 2018 by scottie1
	Davis Cup 2018 Quarterfinals ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Put this in the general section as not GB related. The teams for the DC ties in April are being announced : Italy v France Italy - Fognini, Lorenzi, Seppi, Berrettini, Bolelli - Berrettini is the new one for me? France - Pouille, Mannarino, Herbert, Chardy, Mahut - so none of the big 4 of Tsonga, Monfil...	JonH	29	2861	Apr 8, 2018 by flamingowings
	Clay court tennis - GB women (Preview) We see a lot of our LTA funded men being asked to go and play clay court matches to improve their game, but I don't seem to see that being promoted within the women's game. In fact i'm struggling to think of anyone other that Hev, Joko, Amanda and Eleanor who has played clay on the senior tour this year. The...	paulisi	12	1501	Apr 7, 2018 by indiana
	Meeting with LTA Chief Exec ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) It's probably inappropriate to post this in the Mens discussion section, because it also affects women and Junior game, but the MDS tends to be the one that I go on and has most contributors on. This evening I'll be at a roundtable discussion with incoming LTA CEO Scott Lloyd. Will be able to ask him abou...	Topemp	49	6846	Apr 5, 2018 by EddietheEagle
	ITF Ranking - Women Only? (Preview) I noticed on live rankings, they have a new list called the ITF ranking which is appearing only on their WTA section https://live-tennis.eu/en/itf-women-live-ranking Any idea what this is? Jodie Burrage is ranked at 39, Emily Appleton at 135. Does it lead to some ITF year end finals that hasnt bee...	JonH	6	1018	Apr 4, 2018 by the addict
	Who will win the Grand Slams in 2018? (Preview) 2018 has the potential to be one of the most random seasons ever. This is was I am thinking: AO- Zverev FO- Nadal Wim- Wawrinka (completes career grand slam/ Murray fans in ruins) USO-Federer,(last grand slam) Thoughts?	Vandenburg	6	1615	Apr 3, 2018 by Elegant Point
	Is Novak finished? (Preview) 2 very poor losses in the last 2 Masters, Obvious question, is that , is Novak now finished? Discuss.	Vandenburg	0	1036	Mar 24, 2018 by Vandenburg
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