British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

nickw811 · nickw811

We all know how difficult it is for tennis players to make it big, but what about coaches too?! Especially in this country, where we don't always get the weather and facilities.. I know I've shared stuff on my blog in the past, but I've had a really good response from you all so far so massive thanks :) I hav...

Vandenburg · Vandenburg

Does Goffin reaching the Final of the WTF confirm this era is the weakest it has been for many years. Goffin: Has won 4 titles ( 1x 500, 3 X 250) Never reached a Masters 1000 Final Never gone past the QF of a Grandslam (reached 2 x QF). He makes Davydenko and Nalbandian look amazing. Compare when Davydenk...

blob · blob

Struck by the picture below, I thought I'd share it in what might become part of a very very very infrequent series: She may have been a peerless actress, but not so sure of Katharine Hepburn's tennis form: There are quite a few pictures of her playing though, mostly in the sports trousers ubiquitous at...

paulisi · paulisi

According to press reports - the coverage of men's tennis, for which Sky had the UK rights, has been won by Amazon Prime.... BT Sport still have the women's rights and Eurosport some coverage and of course Wimbledon is on the BBC What a odd range of channels... I assume Amazon Prime is an internet/smar...

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

Next week I will have the pleasure of meeting Leon Smith again here in Spain. He is coaching the "Adult Academy" at La Manga, all week. Whilst I cannot participate, I intend to make an appearance on a couple of days at least and then on Thursday Evening, their is a Gala Dinner where Leon will be doing a que...

JonH · JonH

taking a look at the in running points today, Nadal clearly hasnt officially qualified - Live Rankings has him a few hundred points off still. But since the Finals have been at the O2, the lowest 8th placed qualifier has had around 4400 points and as of today Nadal has 5200 or so. Pretty much a dead cert Na...

indiana · indiana

I've been wondering for a little while what's gone wrong with Australian tennis ? Men : No 1 = Lleyton Hewitt ( world ranked 14 ), No 2 = Peter Luczak ( 120 ) Women : No 1 = Samantha Stosur ( 55 ), No 2 = Nicole Pratt ( 133 ) I can remember the d...

telstar · telstar

I notice that three players have been given byes to the last 32 in the WTA China Open. They are Ashleigh Barty, Caroline Garcia and Jelena Ostapenko. They are far from being the top 3 seeds-in fact, Ashleigh is not even a seed! The obvious explanation is that they reached the semis in the previous week an...

JonH · JonH

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/27/james-blake-police-disciplinary-trial-decision-may-not-be-made-public

The Optimist · The Optimist

There are already a couple of names out for 2017 entry, so have started a new thread (easier to update the list if it's on P1) Men Jack Beuttell-Triggs - Maryville (Div 2) Joseph Blakely - St Bonaventure Nick Brookes - Northwestern James Caddies - Alabama-Huntsville (Div 2) James Capeling-Lee - McPh...

patrick0 · patrick0

On the final day of the US Open, both Alfie Hewett and Andy Lapthorne were put to the test in their respective singles finals. 19-year-old Hewett was up first in the men's wheelchair singles and faced France's Stephane Houdet. Despite levelling the match to force a third and decisive set, the Frenc...

indiana · indiana

So who do folk think will win it ?

indiana · indiana

So who do you predict will win it ? Don't say I don't provide choice. All these are currently at bet365 odds no longer than 50/1. Listed in current ranking order.

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

Wasn't sure where to post this so in the end I chose here. ATP Masters Series 500 - Barcelona L32: Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) WR 256 beats Robin Haase (NED) WR 71 : 6-1 2-6 7-6(5) The King of Futures is alive and well !! -- Edited by Bob in Spain on Monday 22nd of April 2013 01:53:16 PM

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

Well, I'm glad I made it to Wimbledon Qualies last year. Apparently this year, for the first time, there are a limited number of entries and people will be charged. Last year it was free. http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/39795441 As you can see from this article, the possible presence of Sharapo...

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

Looking at the rankings today made me think how strong the current top ten is: Murray, Nadal, Fed, Wawrinka, Djokovic - multiple GS winners Cilic - US Open winner, although probably less likely to win another than any of the other top10 with the exception of Nishikori Zverev - has future world no.1 wri...

The Optimist · The Optimist

It seems Stelios Haji-Ionnou if easyJet has an interest in tennis and has launched an app called easyTennis to match players of similar abilities on local courts. Apparently he describes it as a Tinder for tennis without the selfies!!!!!!

Vandenburg · Vandenburg

This week has been very sad for tennis. Hasse reaching a Masters semi among other things. With Murray, Novak, Warwinka missing, the draws have opened up and clowns are going deep into draws. I feel we are about to enter a 2000-2003 era, where Agassi, Hewitt and Safin won slams against clowns (cleme...

JonH · JonH

This is a genuine question and is probably aimed at Vandenburg although anyone can answer. I just wondered what had happened in Swedish tennis since the halcyon days of the 80s and 90s and why there was no real presence. We all recall Borg, Wilander, Esbjerg, Nystrom, Sundstrom, Pernfors, Joha...

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

Always wish I was a better tennis player at this time of year, would love an excuse to play 6-9 sets of tennis each day for 5 days in a row! Here's a link to the county groups and there is a link from within that to results, the usual mixture of pro players, coaches and part time players. https://www.lta.org...

JonH · JonH

Sorry to report Peter Doohan has died at just 56, from motor neurone disease. Many will remember Peter beat Boris Becker as defending champion in 1987 in one of Wimbledons greatest shocks. Sad to see his passing, sympathy to his family and friends

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

At a much lower standard I did the same thing, swapping tennis for golf around age 15. After numerous beatings at tennis individually (but good team success) I loved the advantages of golf over tennis: a) you could compete and win from day one against much better playersb) you could practice much more...

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

Does anyone know why some challenger events carry more ranking points than others at the same or even higher prize money bracket. i.e. $85k the winner gets 110 points but at a $100k you might only get 100 points, but some $100k do offer 110 points. Similarly at 75k sometimes the winner gets 90 points, ot...

Valery · Valery

I try to understand why do so few players add the serve-and-volley to their game, virtually none of the top players? This style definitely seems be the easiest, surest way to win a point at the net. http://wp.me/p2iyrR-6M

indiana · indiana

This looks truly hard to call this year with many reasons why not for just about all the top contenders, but someone has to win. I have listed the current 6 bookies' favourites in seeding order. Who do you think will be champion ? -- Edited by steven on Saturday 1st of July 2017 07:21:13 PM -- Edited by stev...

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	The difficulties of coaching tennis coaches British (Preview) We all know how difficult it is for tennis players to make it big, but what about coaches too?! Especially in this country, where we don't always get the weather and facilities.. I know I've shared stuff on my blog in the past, but I've had a really good response from you all so far so massive thanks :) I hav...	nickw811	4	2517	Nov 27, 2017 by nickw811
	Is David Goffin the worst player to reach the WTF final? (Preview) Does Goffin reaching the Final of the WTF confirm this era is the weakest it has been for many years. Goffin: Has won 4 titles ( 1x 500, 3 X 250) Never reached a Masters 1000 Final Never gone past the QF of a Grandslam (reached 2 x QF). He makes Davydenko and Nalbandian look amazing. Compare when Davydenk...	Vandenburg	5	1659	Nov 18, 2017 by indiana
	Non-Tennis Players playing tennis (Preview) Struck by the picture below, I thought I'd share it in what might become part of a very very very infrequent series: She may have been a peerless actress, but not so sure of Katharine Hepburn's tennis form: There are quite a few pictures of her playing though, mostly in the sports trousers ubiquitous at...	blob	2	1002	Nov 8, 2017 by blob
	TV rights (Preview) According to press reports - the coverage of men's tennis, for which Sky had the UK rights, has been won by Amazon Prime.... BT Sport still have the women's rights and Eurosport some coverage and of course Wimbledon is on the BBC What a odd range of channels... I assume Amazon Prime is an internet/smar...	paulisi	10	2326	Nov 3, 2017 by paulisi
	Leon Smith (Preview) Next week I will have the pleasure of meeting Leon Smith again here in Spain. He is coaching the "Adult Academy" at La Manga, all week. Whilst I cannot participate, I intend to make an appearance on a couple of days at least and then on Thursday Evening, their is a Gala Dinner where Leon will be doing a que...	Bob in Spain	5	1961	Oct 23, 2017 by skibbarriz
	Nadal and Federer in World Tour Finals? (Preview) taking a look at the in running points today, Nadal clearly hasnt officially qualified - Live Rankings has him a few hundred points off still. But since the Finals have been at the O2, the lowest 8th placed qualifier has had around 4400 points and as of today Nadal has 5200 or so. Pretty much a dead cert Na...	JonH	9	2786	Oct 13, 2017 by indiana
	Australian tennis (Preview) I've been wondering for a little while what's gone wrong with Australian tennis ? Men : No 1 = Lleyton Hewitt ( world ranked 14 ), No 2 = Peter Luczak ( 120 ) Women : No 1 = Samantha Stosur ( 55 ), No 2 = Nicole Pratt ( 133 ) I can remember the d...	indiana	9	2889	Oct 4, 2017 by seagull
	Byes in China Open (Preview) I notice that three players have been given byes to the last 32 in the WTA China Open. They are Ashleigh Barty, Caroline Garcia and Jelena Ostapenko. They are far from being the top 3 seeds-in fact, Ashleigh is not even a seed! The obvious explanation is that they reached the semis in the previous week an...	telstar	2	1045	Oct 1, 2017 by indiana
	James Blake (Preview) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/27/james-blake-police-disciplinary-trial-decision-may-not-be-made-public	JonH	1	947	Sep 28, 2017 by indiana
	US College Signings 2017 (and general college tennis chat) ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 38 ) (Preview) There are already a couple of names out for 2017 entry, so have started a new thread (easier to update the list if it's on P1) Men Jack Beuttell-Triggs - Maryville (Div 2) Joseph Blakely - St Bonaventure Nick Brookes - Northwestern James Caddies - Alabama-Huntsville (Div 2) James Capeling-Lee - McPh...	The Optimist	567	64365	Sep 19, 2017 by The Optimist
	Alfie Hewett (Preview) On the final day of the US Open, both Alfie Hewett and Andy Lapthorne were put to the test in their respective singles finals. 19-year-old Hewett was up first in the men's wheelchair singles and faced France's Stephane Houdet. Despite levelling the match to force a third and decisive set, the Frenc...	patrick0	1	1128	Sep 12, 2017 by Shhh
	Us Open men's singles champion 2017 ? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) So who do folk think will win it ?	indiana	23	4403	Sep 7, 2017 by Jaggy1876
	US Open women's singles champion 2017 ? (Preview) So who do you predict will win it ? Don't say I don't provide choice. All these are currently at bet365 odds no longer than 50/1. Listed in current ranking order.	indiana	13	3272	Sep 7, 2017 by indiana
	Busta Watch ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 10 ) (Preview) Wasn't sure where to post this so in the end I chose here. ATP Masters Series 500 - Barcelona L32: Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) WR 256 beats Robin Haase (NED) WR 71 : 6-1 2-6 7-6(5) The King of Futures is alive and well !! -- Edited by Bob in Spain on Monday 22nd of April 2013 01:53:16 PM	Bob in Spain	141	21224	Sep 5, 2017 by indiana
	Wimbledon Qualifiers 2017 ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Well, I'm glad I made it to Wimbledon Qualies last year. Apparently this year, for the first time, there are a limited number of entries and people will be charged. Last year it was free. http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/39795441 As you can see from this article, the possible presence of Sharapo...	Bob in Spain	40	8917	Sep 5, 2017 by telstar
	Strongest Top 10 for a while? (Preview) Looking at the rankings today made me think how strong the current top ten is: Murray, Nadal, Fed, Wawrinka, Djokovic - multiple GS winners Cilic - US Open winner, although probably less likely to win another than any of the other top10 with the exception of Nishikori Zverev - has future world no.1 wri...	Born2WinTennis	5	1399	Sep 4, 2017 by indiana
	easyTennis......is the future orange???? (Preview) It seems Stelios Haji-Ionnou if easyJet has an interest in tennis and has launched an app called easyTennis to match players of similar abilities on local courts. Apparently he describes it as a Tinder for tennis without the selfies!!!!!!	The Optimist	2	1000	Aug 14, 2017 by Oakland2002
	WEAK ERA- INCOMING (Preview) This week has been very sad for tennis. Hasse reaching a Masters semi among other things. With Murray, Novak, Warwinka missing, the draws have opened up and clowns are going deep into draws. I feel we are about to enter a 2000-2003 era, where Agassi, Hewitt and Safin won slams against clowns (cleme...	Vandenburg	0	1011	Aug 13, 2017 by Vandenburg
	Scandinavian Tennis? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) This is a genuine question and is probably aimed at Vandenburg although anyone can answer. I just wondered what had happened in Swedish tennis since the halcyon days of the 80s and 90s and why there was no real presence. We all recall Borg, Wilander, Esbjerg, Nystrom, Sundstrom, Pernfors, Joha...	JonH	16	3038	Aug 11, 2017 by Spectator
	County Week ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Always wish I was a better tennis player at this time of year, would love an excuse to play 6-9 sets of tennis each day for 5 days in a row! Here's a link to the county groups and there is a link from within that to results, the usual mixture of pro players, coaches and part time players. https://www.lta.org...	Born2WinTennis	16	3488	Jul 31, 2017 by Oakland2002
	Peter Doohan (Preview) Sorry to report Peter Doohan has died at just 56, from motor neurone disease. Many will remember Peter beat Boris Becker as defending champion in 1987 in one of Wimbledons greatest shocks. Sad to see his passing, sympathy to his family and friends	JonH	0	591	Jul 23, 2017 by JonH
	Tennis to Golf (Preview) At a much lower standard I did the same thing, swapping tennis for golf around age 15. After numerous beatings at tennis individually (but good team success) I loved the advantages of golf over tennis: a) you could compete and win from day one against much better playersb) you could practice much more...	Born2WinTennis	1	795	Jul 20, 2017 by Coup Droit
	ATP Ranking Points (Preview) Does anyone know why some challenger events carry more ranking points than others at the same or even higher prize money bracket. i.e. $85k the winner gets 110 points but at a $100k you might only get 100 points, but some $100k do offer 110 points. Similarly at 75k sometimes the winner gets 90 points, ot...	Born2WinTennis	8	2024	Jul 18, 2017 by indiana
	Serve-and-volley. Is still alive? (Preview) I try to understand why do so few players add the serve-and-volley to their game, virtually none of the top players? This style definitely seems be the easiest, surest way to win a point at the net. http://wp.me/p2iyrR-6M	Valery	9	1254	Jul 18, 2017 by Coup Droit
	The Wimbledon Men's Singles Champion 2017 will be ... (Preview) This looks truly hard to call this year with many reasons why not for just about all the top contenders, but someone has to win. I have listed the current 6 bookies' favourites in seeding order. Who do you think will be champion ? -- Edited by steven on Saturday 1st of July 2017 07:21:13 PM -- Edited by stev...	indiana	14	1055	Jul 16, 2017 by indiana
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