British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Lambda · Lambda

As we know Sky have the rights to the US Open and are expected to have the rights to the 2 tours from next year. If they do I suspect they'll announce it during the US Open. Looking at the schedules for next week and the 1st week of the main draw, Sky's coverage of the US Open is Qualifying: Each day from 4pm to m...

Vandenburg · Vandenburg

For definition purposes, based on birth year. No player born in the 90s has won a slam, and it is 2019 now!. I feel a whole generation, the 'lost gen' and maybe 'current gen' could possibly never win a slam. Next gen seems very strong. The lost gen will rank amongst the worst generation of tennis player...

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

There are TONS of potential people to note here. I'd been keeping a list but it's not complete and so I've given up.... So just a little shout out today to Andy Bettles who seems to be doing a great job in Svitolina's corner, at the Aussie open. Good to see him, as one of our college boys, making a good living...

GAMEOVER · GAMEOVER

Richard Russell who passed away on 15th January 2025 was a Jamaican tennis player who played in all the Grand Slams in the 1960's and also the Davis Cup. However in the days before all these coaches etc, VIrginia Wade knocked up with him before her 1968 USOpen final against Billie Jean King.She wrote...

Stircrazy · Stircrazy

Can't post this in the individual players forum, even though it kicks off with comments from Jamie Murray, as he's not a Brit. His name has cropped up on a number of threads in the last year or so & he would have started this week's Nottingham Challenger as...

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

This is a duplicate from another thread but I suddenly thought it deserved a thread of its own, maybe even as a reference tool for British players (I talked to one a few months ago who had no idea of the scope of money available elsewhere in individual tournaments - team tennis gets quite a lot of press but...

Lambda · Lambda

Gonna chase down that ball..... oops.... https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB9nSNnSEz6/

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Teams announced and here is ours GREAT BRITAINJack DraperBilly HarrisJoe Salisbury 3516040* Katie BoulterYuriko Lily MiyazakiOlivia Nicholls

Lambda · Lambda

Congratulations to Charlie Swaine (2006) and Elizabeth Evans (2007) for winning the G2 in Hull this week Finals Charlie Swaine (2006) d. [4] Jamie Forrest 6-2 6-4 [5] Elizabeth Evans (2007) d. [4] Sarah Copley (2007) 6-2 1-0 ret.

indiana · indiana

Week 1 from 01/01/24 : Men's Singles ITF M25 Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg Jacob Fearnley Men's Doubles ATP 250 Brisbabe, Australia Lloyd Glasspool ( & Jean-Julian Rojer, NED ) ATP Challenger 75 Nonthaburi, Thailand Arthur Fery & Joshua Paris ATP Challenger 50 Oeiras, Portugal Ja...

emmsie69 · emmsie69

I put this in the Chat section but as it is Tennis now I've decided to start a thread here. Craig Tiley pushing for TiM (and TiF but not an issue as they will never be able to compete with the Men) to play the AO. Currently Tennis is still using the outdated and scientifically debunked 5nmol of testosterone...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

The BBC news just finished with a section on Lily Mills, did anyone see it. Lily is in the AO in the Learning Disability event - I didnt know there was one. she lives for tennis, having suffered meningitis when young and being lucky to survive, but with learning disabilities through her life. good lu...

GAMEOVER · GAMEOVER

Sadly the Wimbledon singles champion of 1960 Australia's Neale Fraser passed away on 2nd December 2024 aged 91. He won the US singles Championships of 1959 and 1960. In the 1959 US Championships he also won the doubles and mixed and is the last man to win all 3 titles at the same Grand Slam. He won...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

https://x.com/rishi45kumar/status/1861343333651546316?s=46&t=Bvtg7M7Hc8gNhFe9rQksUw

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/entries-confirmed-for-biggest-australia...

Lambda · Lambda

The NCAA Div 1 Individual Singles and Doubles Championships start on Tuesday, having been moved from May in a 2 year pilot. This year they are being held at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Qualification for the Championships was through 4 tournaments that have taken place since the end of Septembe...

paulisi · paulisi

I found out - mainly by asking why the ITF junior final was on Friday rather than Saturday - that the winter county cup(open age)is on this weekend. I did find it a bit strange that it is a 3 day event starting on Friday morning, especially when some of the lesser counties will not have 6 pro players so they w...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

The annual Wheelchair Masters begins today. From GB we have: Men's singles - Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid Quad singles - Andy Lapthorne Men's Doubles - Alfie/Gordon; Andew Penney (w/Robin Groenewoud (NL)) Quad Doubles - Andy (w/ Donald Ramphadi (RSA)) and Greg Slade (w/Ahmet Kaplan (Tur)) The si...

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

For those who hanker for the old days, this Youtube video has appeared on social media. It is a 15 minute highlight reel of the 1952 Women's Singles final at Wimbledon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoSWyMdsfKM Thought some might find it interesting.

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

https://x.com/uts_tour_/status/1853424303695405313?s=46&t=Bvtg7M7Hc8gNhFe9rQksUw

seagull · seagull

Just watched the first episode and was impressed. Concentrated mainly on Felix Gill over in Spain. Hadnt realised his Dad passed away this year. Not much depth to it but each episode is only 15 mins.

Lambda · Lambda

For the main championships I'm going to see if separating out them out from the main US College discussion works. The ITA All-American Championships, the first major tournament of the 2024/25 season, starts this weekend. This is the first of 4 events where players can qualify for the NCAA Singles an...

Madadman · Madadman

https://www.dartsrankings.com/tennis/brazzaville Dont think Ive ever seen one this bad. ATP challenger 50 event in Brazzaville in Republic of Congo last direct entry 1531 and only 6 names on the alt list. Be surprised if a qualifying draw happens and this is before anyone drops out.

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cglklyl048no

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/ce3zg3y23v7o

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	Tennis on Sky Sports ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) As we know Sky have the rights to the US Open and are expected to have the rights to the 2 tours from next year. If they do I suspect they'll announce it during the US Open. Looking at the schedules for next week and the 1st week of the main draw, Sky's coverage of the US Open is Qualifying: Each day from 4pm to m...	Lambda	51	5990	Jan 28, 2025 by seagull
	No male player born in the 90s will ever win a grand slam ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 7 ) (Preview) For definition purposes, based on birth year. No player born in the 90s has won a slam, and it is 2019 now!. I feel a whole generation, the 'lost gen' and maybe 'current gen' could possibly never win a slam. Next gen seems very strong. The lost gen will rank amongst the worst generation of tennis player...	Vandenburg	92	35420	Jan 26, 2025 by thegingerlightbulb
	Coaches - GB coaches and foreign coaches of GB players ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 7 ) (Preview) There are TONS of potential people to note here. I'd been keeping a list but it's not complete and so I've given up.... So just a little shout out today to Andy Bettles who seems to be doing a great job in Svitolina's corner, at the Aussie open. Good to see him, as one of our college boys, making a good living...	Coup Droit	104	18758	Jan 18, 2025 by Coup Droit
	Richard Russell (Preview) Richard Russell who passed away on 15th January 2025 was a Jamaican tennis player who played in all the Grand Slams in the 1960's and also the Davis Cup. However in the days before all these coaches etc, VIrginia Wade knocked up with him before her 1968 USOpen final against Billie Jean King.She wrote...	GAMEOVER	0	568	Jan 15, 2025 by GAMEOVER
	Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (Preview) Can't post this in the individual players forum, even though it kicks off with comments from Jamie Murray, as he's not a Brit. His name has cropped up on a number of threads in the last year or so & he would have started this week's Nottingham Challenger as...	Stircrazy	0	628	Jan 10, 2025 by Stircrazy
	Money Tournaments ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) This is a duplicate from another thread but I suddenly thought it deserved a thread of its own, maybe even as a reference tool for British players (I talked to one a few months ago who had no idea of the scope of money available elsewhere in individual tournaments - team tennis gets quite a lot of press but...	Coup Droit	32	7703	Jan 9, 2025 by Lambda
	Funny tennis (Preview) Gonna chase down that ball..... oops.... https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB9nSNnSEz6/	Lambda	2	873	Jan 8, 2025 by GBJ
	United Cup 2025 ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) (Preview) Teams announced and here is ours GREAT BRITAINJack DraperBilly HarrisJoe Salisbury 3516040* Katie BoulterYuriko Lily MiyazakiOlivia Nicholls	JonH comes home	89	6365	Jan 2, 2025 by Jajon
	British Tour 2024 ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 12 ) (Preview) Congratulations to Charlie Swaine (2006) and Elizabeth Evans (2007) for winning the G2 in Hull this week Finals Charlie Swaine (2006) d. [4] Jamie Forrest 6-2 6-4 [5] Elizabeth Evans (2007) d. [4] Sarah Copley (2007) 6-2 1-0 ret.	Lambda	168	16377	Dec 30, 2024 by AnnaM
	2024 Titles, Seniors & Juniors, Singles & Doubles ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 8 ) (Preview) Week 1 from 01/01/24 : Men's Singles ITF M25 Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg Jacob Fearnley Men's Doubles ATP 250 Brisbabe, Australia Lloyd Glasspool ( & Jean-Julian Rojer, NED ) ATP Challenger 75 Nonthaburi, Thailand Arthur Fery & Joshua Paris ATP Challenger 50 Oeiras, Portugal Ja...	indiana	112	11700	Dec 26, 2024 by indiana
	Transgender Men in Women's Tennis ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 7 ) (Preview) I put this in the Chat section but as it is Tennis now I've decided to start a thread here. Craig Tiley pushing for TiM (and TiF but not an issue as they will never be able to compete with the Men) to play the AO. Currently Tennis is still using the outdated and scientifically debunked 5nmol of testosterone...	emmsie69	98	6998	Dec 21, 2024 by Coup Droit
	Para tennis 2024 thread ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 8 ) (Preview) The BBC news just finished with a section on Lily Mills, did anyone see it. Lily is in the AO in the Learning Disability event - I didnt know there was one. she lives for tennis, having suffered meningitis when young and being lucky to survive, but with learning disabilities through her life. good lu...	JonH comes home	109	8781	Dec 16, 2024 by AnnaM
	Neale Fraser (Preview) Sadly the Wimbledon singles champion of 1960 Australia's Neale Fraser passed away on 2nd December 2024 aged 91. He won the US singles Championships of 1959 and 1960. In the 1959 US Championships he also won the doubles and mixed and is the last man to win all 3 titles at the same Grand Slam. He won...	GAMEOVER	0	830	Dec 3, 2024 by GAMEOVER
	Delpo farewell (Preview) https://x.com/rishi45kumar/status/1861343333651546316?s=46&t=Bvtg7M7Hc8gNhFe9rQksUw	JonH comes home	3	790	Nov 28, 2024 by JonH comes home
	2024 ITF Wheelchair Tour ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 29 ) (Preview) https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/entries-confirmed-for-biggest-australia...	JonH comes home	427	20400	Nov 28, 2024 by JonH comes home
	Week 47: NCAA Div 1 Ind Singles & Doubles Championships, Waco, TX, USA - Hard ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) (Preview) The NCAA Div 1 Individual Singles and Doubles Championships start on Tuesday, having been moved from May in a 2 year pilot. This year they are being held at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Qualification for the Championships was through 4 tournaments that have taken place since the end of Septembe...	Lambda	80	3777	Nov 25, 2024 by Coup Droit
	Winter County Cup ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview) I found out - mainly by asking why the ITF junior final was on Friday rather than Saturday - that the winter county cup(open age)is on this weekend. I did find it a bit strange that it is a 3 day event starting on Friday morning, especially when some of the lesser counties will not have 6 pro players so they w...	paulisi	68	10469	Nov 24, 2024 by Elegant Point
	2024 NEC Singles/Uniqlo Doubles Wheelchair Masters - Arnhem, NL (Indoor Hard) ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) The annual Wheelchair Masters begins today. From GB we have: Men's singles - Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid Quad singles - Andy Lapthorne Men's Doubles - Alfie/Gordon; Andew Penney (w/Robin Groenewoud (NL)) Quad Doubles - Andy (w/ Donald Ramphadi (RSA)) and Greg Slade (w/Ahmet Kaplan (Tur)) The si...	JonH comes home	39	2115	Nov 17, 2024 by indiana
	Reminiscing (Preview) For those who hanker for the old days, this Youtube video has appeared on social media. It is a 15 minute highlight reel of the 1952 Women's Singles final at Wimbledon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoSWyMdsfKM Thought some might find it interesting.	Bob in Spain	2	578	Nov 14, 2024 by indiana
	UTS 2024 (Preview) https://x.com/uts_tour_/status/1853424303695405313?s=46&t=Bvtg7M7Hc8gNhFe9rQksUw	JonH comes home	1	764	Nov 6, 2024 by Madadman
	Beyond the baseline. New LTA documentary. (Preview) Just watched the first episode and was impressed. Concentrated mainly on Felix Gill over in Spain. Hadnt realised his Dad passed away this year. Not much depth to it but each episode is only 15 mins.	seagull	4	748	Nov 3, 2024 by seagull
	US College: ITA All-American Championships 2024 - Hard - Tulsa, OK & Cary, NC ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 9 ) (Preview) For the main championships I'm going to see if separating out them out from the main US College discussion works. The ITA All-American Championships, the first major tournament of the 2024/25 season, starts this weekend. This is the first of 4 events where players can qualify for the NCAA Singles an...	Lambda	122	6415	Oct 29, 2024 by Lambda
	Weak tournament entry lists (Preview) https://www.dartsrankings.com/tennis/brazzaville Dont think Ive ever seen one this bad. ATP challenger 50 event in Brazzaville in Republic of Congo last direct entry 1531 and only 6 names on the alt list. Be surprised if a qualifying draw happens and this is before anyone drops out.	Madadman	11	1218	Oct 29, 2024 by Var
	Off court coaching (Preview) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cglklyl048no	JonH comes home	6	745	Oct 22, 2024 by Lambda
	Wimbledon changes (Preview) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/ce3zg3y23v7o	JonH comes home	14	1045	Oct 12, 2024 by Jan
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