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The Optimist · The Optimist

Have heard that there will be at least 2 BT events during the first half of the year with an increased prize pot of just over £8K, giving the winners £1,500 each and the runners up £800. Perhaps this is part of the new approach to funding.

The Optimist · The Optimist

The team sheets for the mens and womens county cups have been released and include: Aljaz Bedene, Richard Bloomfield, Liam Broady, Ed Corrie, George Coupland, Evan Hoyt, Josh Milton, George Morgan, David Rice and Dan Smethurst Emily Arbuthnott, Jasmine Asghar, Harriet Dart and Charlotte Pearce...

Armchair · Armchair

Ok so not one of my favourite tennis reporters, way too sycophantic for my tastes. But I haven't seen or heard anything of him since the downfall, just wondered what he was up to.

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

I know it is perilious to predict what the ATP World Tour Finals Tournament Directors will decide, but what do we think are the chances of Murray vs Federer on Tuesday at 6pm? I have two free tickets for this session up for grabs on my facebook site "Born To Win Tennis" if anyone is intereste...

A1 tennis academy · A1 tennis academy

Although like the overwhelming majority of Dedicated GB tennis fans on this forum I think we are all in agreement that futures prize money needs at to at least double I still feel that too many of our top 50 players are expecting to get by on donations rather than earnings Pro tennis players ranked 151-2...

johnboy23 · johnboy23

Hi there, I'm new to this forum, my name is John and I'm currently studying towards a Masters degree in sports engineering at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. My main passion in life is sport, in particular football, golf, and my main sport of tennis. I was lucky enough to play with our very own Andy...

korriban · korriban

Putting aside 1. the much older almost veteran Team Aegon 2013 singles players who received full funding, which arguably is preposterous (eg Anne K, Elena B, etc) 2. and the doubles specialist players who received funding, which arguably is not the appropriate focus for spending (eg Dominic I, Jon...

paulisi · paulisi

I though it would be interesting to look at earnings for the GB players after Wimbledon Numbers are in dollars and are taken from WTA/ATP site Watson 265,046 Konta 111,152 Broady 110,772 Robson 28,522 Murray 51,154 Moore 63,817 Dunne 12,704 Windley 12,263 Webley Smith 19,528 Carreras 1,807 Smit...

AliBlahBlah · AliBlahBlah

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/ashleigh-barty-gives-no-hint-of-return-after-walking-away-from-tennis-20140919-10ja2w.html

Bob in Brazil · Bob in Brazil

Hello Peoples. I back Today on television I watch Brazil play against country of my brother, Espaina. They play for Dave's cup. I hope Dave not mind too much. He must be very nice man. I not know many of Spain team. I think 1st team got on wrong flight and they have to send reserves instead. At least we no...

AliBlahBlah · AliBlahBlah

The often rumoured comeback finally seems legit this time: http://www.afp.com/en/node/2787899 Easy to forget just how good she was back then; she's still only 24! Be interesting to monitor how she goes.

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

Always a stylish player to watch, but sadly it appears his shoulder injury has got the better of him. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/24358285

Armchair · Armchair

I'm just back having been invited by a friend to No1 court to see 2 mens' invitational matches and a mixed doubles semi-final. Mr Bahrami has a lot to answer for, watching Andrew Castle (sorry my pet hate) attempting to be funny was tough but he tried very hard bless him. An opponent retired injured in th...

korriban · korriban

Don't know if anyone picked this up earlier in the week, but Grigor has parted ways with his new coaching set up, the "Good to Great Academy" in Sweden. The impact seemed to be immediate - he apparently practiced in the gloom and long nights of Scandinavia all through last year's off season (...

jenks · jenks

Just after a little advice. I and a few friends are up in London this weekend. Friday plans have fallen through, so looking at going to the tennis. What would be the chances of getting a day pass at Wimbledon and would it be a queue at 8am job? All advice would be welcomed and appreciated.

Spectator · Spectator

A place for all those things relating to Wimbledon that aren't quite right for any of the normal threads? I don't know if others have seen or mentioned this before (for all I know someone on here wrote it!), but browsing in our local bookstore last week, I found "Analyzing Wimbledon: The Power of S...

korriban · korriban

Having just turned 16 a few days ago, Ms Konjuh celebrated by beating Roberta Vinci quite comfortably in the end at the WTA in Auckland. This time last year she won the Eddie Herr, Orange Bowl and AO Juniors back to back in the space of a few weeks as a 14 year old, who turned 15 just before the AO. Quite a prog...

paulisi · paulisi

The tournament has moved from Calderstones Park to Liverpool Cricket Club this year and starts tomorrow I see Tara Moore is now playing as is Jodie Burrage (playing Bartoli) The Skupskis are advertised, but have bigger fish to fry (their dad is involved in running the event) Rusedski is also playing...

fleemon · fleemon

Hi everyone, Appologoes to the admin, I tried to post this at lunch time but it was taken down possibly as I had it in the wrong section? New on here as you can see. I have 10-12 top quality "like new" items of tennis racquets & baga ending today and tomorrow on eBay. I thought this may be t...

Scouseandy · Scouseandy

Qualifying starts on Saturday for the Queens event and continues on Sunday. Ive read that it is free to spectators but there is a limit of 500 people for health and safety reasons. Has anyone ever attended this before? Any tips would be appreciated (queue length/duration etc.).

A131 · A131

No that I'm complaining and I know it is not a top tier event but why no charge at all. I realise you have got to encourage spectators which I presume is one one of the reasons - but nothing at all!

korriban · korriban

All of us are desperate to see GB success at the top table of international tennis, and many rightly talk about taking the learnings from Spain and France, who produce great players in large volumes. But as Tony Blair might say, perhaps there is a "third way". We've all been aware of both Cro...

Bclgrh · Bclgrh

Tennis is a wonderful sport but there is one ugly side of it which is getting kids to run after professional tennis players with their towels. It makes tennis players look like spoilt ego driven people. It's also demeaning for the ball boys and girls.One simple solution is for the ATP and WTA to ban tow...

baxi2 · baxi2

Another tangled web unfolds ! The LTA showing their better judgement again in choosing to use Max Clifford to assist in "damage limitation" campaign ! I seem to remember that this was around the time they were securing the Aegon sponsorship deal ! Money comes first ? They just cant seem to m...

A1 tennis academy · A1 tennis academy

Who will be the new CEO of the LTA ?

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	British Tour Prize Money (Preview) Have heard that there will be at least 2 BT events during the first half of the year with an increased prize pot of just over £8K, giving the winners £1,500 each and the runners up £800. Perhaps this is part of the new approach to funding.	The Optimist	6	752	Dec 3, 2014 by The Optimist
	County Cup 2014 - Bath 28-30 Nov (Preview) The team sheets for the mens and womens county cups have been released and include: Aljaz Bedene, Richard Bloomfield, Liam Broady, Ed Corrie, George Coupland, Evan Hoyt, Josh Milton, George Morgan, David Rice and Dan Smethurst Emily Arbuthnott, Jasmine Asghar, Harriet Dart and Charlotte Pearce...	The Optimist	13	1650	Nov 30, 2014 by The Optimist
	Neil Harman - any news ? (Preview) Ok so not one of my favourite tennis reporters, way too sycophantic for my tastes. But I haven't seen or heard anything of him since the downfall, just wondered what he was up to.	Armchair	9	2498	Nov 23, 2014 by korriban
	Andy Murray vs Federer Tuesday 6pm? (Preview) I know it is perilious to predict what the ATP World Tour Finals Tournament Directors will decide, but what do we think are the chances of Murray vs Federer on Tuesday at 6pm? I have two free tickets for this session up for grabs on my facebook site "Born To Win Tennis" if anyone is intereste...	Born2WinTennis	2	448	Nov 6, 2014 by Born2WinTennis
	Professional players need to consider themselves as a business ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Although like the overwhelming majority of Dedicated GB tennis fans on this forum I think we are all in agreement that futures prize money needs at to at least double I still feel that too many of our top 50 players are expecting to get by on donations rather than earnings Pro tennis players ranked 151-2...	A1 tennis academy	18	1770	Nov 6, 2014 by Born2WinTennis
	University Project - Hard-Court Tennis Footwear (Preview) Hi there, I'm new to this forum, my name is John and I'm currently studying towards a Masters degree in sports engineering at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. My main passion in life is sport, in particular football, golf, and my main sport of tennis. I was lucky enough to play with our very own Andy...	johnboy23	4	574	Nov 6, 2014 by johnboy23
	LTA Team Aegon - "The Young Ones" ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Putting aside 1. the much older almost veteran Team Aegon 2013 singles players who received full funding, which arguably is preposterous (eg Anne K, Elena B, etc) 2. and the doubles specialist players who received funding, which arguably is not the appropriate focus for spending (eg Dominic I, Jon...	korriban	43	4997	Oct 22, 2014 by Coup Droit
	2014 earning GB players (Preview) I though it would be interesting to look at earnings for the GB players after Wimbledon Numbers are in dollars and are taken from WTA/ATP site Watson 265,046 Konta 111,152 Broady 110,772 Robson 28,522 Murray 51,154 Moore 63,817 Dunne 12,704 Windley 12,263 Webley Smith 19,528 Carreras 1,807 Smit...	paulisi	2	732	Oct 10, 2014 by Coup Droit
	Ashleigh Barty's tennis hiatus (Preview) http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/ashleigh-barty-gives-no-hint-of-return-after-walking-away-from-tennis-20140919-10ja2w.html	AliBlahBlah	1	1104	Sep 21, 2014 by The Optimist
	Dave's Cup (Preview) Hello Peoples. I back Today on television I watch Brazil play against country of my brother, Espaina. They play for Dave's cup. I hope Dave not mind too much. He must be very nice man. I not know many of Spain team. I think 1st team got on wrong flight and they have to send reserves instead. At least we no...	Bob in Brazil	5	1096	Sep 15, 2014 by Spectator
	Vaidisova to Return (Preview) The often rumoured comeback finally seems legit this time: http://www.afp.com/en/node/2787899 Easy to forget just how good she was back then; she's still only 24! Be interesting to monitor how she goes.	AliBlahBlah	4	647	Sep 3, 2014 by The Optimist
	Nalbandian Retires ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Always a stylish player to watch, but sadly it appears his shoulder injury has got the better of him. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/24358285	Bob in Spain	19	1779	Jul 31, 2014 by Coup Droit
	Wimbledon Invitational Mens Doubles question (Preview) I'm just back having been invited by a friend to No1 court to see 2 mens' invitational matches and a mixed doubles semi-final. Mr Bahrami has a lot to answer for, watching Andrew Castle (sorry my pet hate) attempting to be funny was tough but he tried very hard bless him. An opponent retired injured in th...	Armchair	10	2328	Jul 6, 2014 by Madeline
	Grigor Dimitrov ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Don't know if anyone picked this up earlier in the week, but Grigor has parted ways with his new coaching set up, the "Good to Great Academy" in Sweden. The impact seemed to be immediate - he apparently practiced in the gloom and long nights of Scandinavia all through last year's off season (...	korriban	21	2316	Jul 4, 2014 by TMH
	Impromptu trip to London this weekend (Preview) Just after a little advice. I and a few friends are up in London this weekend. Friday plans have fallen through, so looking at going to the tennis. What would be the chances of getting a day pass at Wimbledon and would it be a queue at 8am job? All advice would be welcomed and appreciated.	jenks	0	374	Jul 2, 2014 by jenks
	Wimbledon-Related Miscellany ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) A place for all those things relating to Wimbledon that aren't quite right for any of the normal threads? I don't know if others have seen or mentioned this before (for all I know someone on here wrote it!), but browsing in our local bookstore last week, I found "Analyzing Wimbledon: The Power of S...	Spectator	32	3117	Jul 1, 2014 by Spectator
	Ana Konjuh on the move again (Preview) Having just turned 16 a few days ago, Ms Konjuh celebrated by beating Roberta Vinci quite comfortably in the end at the WTA in Auckland. This time last year she won the Eddie Herr, Orange Bowl and AO Juniors back to back in the space of a few weeks as a 14 year old, who turned 15 just before the AO. Quite a prog...	korriban	10	1509	Jun 24, 2014 by seagull
	Liverpool Invitational tennis tournament (Preview) The tournament has moved from Calderstones Park to Liverpool Cricket Club this year and starts tomorrow I see Tara Moore is now playing as is Jodie Burrage (playing Bartoli) The Skupskis are advertised, but have bigger fish to fry (their dad is involved in running the event) Rusedski is also playing...	paulisi	5	939	Jun 20, 2014 by indiana
	Tennis racquets & bags for sale (Preview) Hi everyone, Appologoes to the admin, I tried to post this at lunch time but it was taken down possibly as I had it in the wrong section? New on here as you can see. I have 10-12 top quality "like new" items of tennis racquets & baga ending today and tomorrow on eBay. I thought this may be t...	fleemon	3	1392	Jun 16, 2014 by fleemon
	Queens (Preview) Qualifying starts on Saturday for the Queens event and continues on Sunday. Ive read that it is free to spectators but there is a limit of 500 people for health and safety reasons. Has anyone ever attended this before? Any tips would be appreciated (queue length/duration etc.).	Scouseandy	2	652	Jun 2, 2014 by Long time reader
	Why no entry charge for the Aegon Trophy & Aegon Challenge? (Preview) No that I'm complaining and I know it is not a top tier event but why no charge at all. I realise you have got to encourage spectators which I presume is one one of the reasons - but nothing at all!	A131	10	977	May 30, 2014 by Helen40
	GB Elite tennis: What's so special about Croatia and Serbia, and what can we learn? ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview) All of us are desperate to see GB success at the top table of international tennis, and many rightly talk about taking the learnings from Spain and France, who produce great players in large volumes. But as Tony Blair might say, perhaps there is a "third way". We've all been aware of both Cro...	korriban	63	8247	May 15, 2014 by EddietheEagle
	Tennis towel service (Preview) Tennis is a wonderful sport but there is one ugly side of it which is getting kids to run after professional tennis players with their towels. It makes tennis players look like spoilt ego driven people. It's also demeaning for the ball boys and girls.One simple solution is for the ATP and WTA to ban tow...	Bclgrh	11	2235	May 8, 2014 by EddietheEagle
	Max Clifford & The LTA ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Another tangled web unfolds ! The LTA showing their better judgement again in choosing to use Max Clifford to assist in "damage limitation" campaign ! I seem to remember that this was around the time they were securing the Aegon sponsorship deal ! Money comes first ? They just cant seem to m...	baxi2	17	1685	Apr 30, 2014 by indiana
	Who will be the new CEO of the LTA ? ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview) Who will be the new CEO of the LTA ?	A1 tennis academy	73	5184	Apr 29, 2014 by EddietheEagle
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