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JonH comes home · JonH comes home

For anyone who follows the Tennis Abstract series on 1973, the story of the season has reached the Dewar Cup. For anyone with an interest in the history of British tennis, this is worth a read. When tennis went open, the structure to circuits that we have today didn't really exist. The WCT tour, Grand Pr...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Here we go, a very strong list this month! Please vote from the list below and remember, when you vote, please say who you vote for and why - it encourages others to read the thread and maybe vote and more votes make it more interesting This months vote will close on Tuesday evening, 31st, at 7pm!Nominat...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

A bit of crossover with September voting just finishing but as we have events at finals stage ! usual process, put your nomination name and supporting reason below and just add to the list as the month progresses! closing date will be Sunday 29th October nomination 1 2 3 etc

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

So, player of the season starts here. 26 players listed below have already qualified for the vote in a week or so's time. Which means we have TWO spaces left in the PoS field and they will come from a wild card vote. To get to the wild card vote, we need wild cards to be nominated and that is where you all come i...

Deano13 · Deano13

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/holly-fischer-jw-anderson-aw20%3famp

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

7 players have made the final Vote will close at 9:35am Wednesday morning and the final will be Tuesday through Wednesday.Please say who you vote for as it makes it more interesting and also encourages others to vote.1. Mika Stojsavljevic (born 2008) - for qualifying for the US Open Juniors at age 1...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

21 players , split into 3 groups of 7. Top 2 make it to the final (plus any ties). Vote will close at 9:05 am Tuesday morning and the final will be Tuesday through Wednesday. Please say who you vote for as it makes it more interesting and also encourages others to vote. All 21 players records listed below,...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

21 players , split into 3 groups of 7. Top 2 make it to the final (plus any ties). Vote will close at 9:05 am Tuesday morning and the final will be Tuesday through Wednesday. Please say who you vote for as it makes it more interesting and also encourages others to vote. All 21 players records listed below,...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

21 players , split into 3 groups of 7. Top 2 make it to the final (plus any ties). Vote will close at 9:05am Tuesday morning and the final will be Tuesday through Wednesday. Please say who you vote for as it makes it more interesting and also encourages others to vote. All 21 players records listed below,...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Nominations this month will run for 5 weeks - period will close Sunday 1st October Please add nominations to the list below and a supporting reason! Nominations 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 etc

Sim · Sim

Don't seem to have a thread on this although I see some posts in the Brexit thread. ATP and WTA announced precautionary measures including no signing of tennis balls, no holding hands with mascots, ball girls and boys to be given gloves, and one I hope they keep on with; ball-girls and boys not to hand to...

cya · cya

Initial signing date for Class of 2022 began Nov 10 . Some players have committed for Fall 2022. Billy Blades - Auburn Spring 2023 (decommitted from University of Tennessee) Roan Jones - Uni of Alabama Oliver Tarvet - Uni of San Diego Rufus Plane - Lenoir-Rhyne George Edgar - Eastern Florida State...

Lambda · Lambda

The first ITFs are now on the ITF calendar Week 2: M25 & W25 Loughborough Week 3: M25 Sheffield Week 4: M25 & W60 Sunderland Week 6: M25 & W25 Bath Week 7: W25 Glasgow I'm not sure if they will only be 2 mens or if they haven't all been uploaded yet. Edit: added the missing 2 mens -- Edited by Lambd...

Sheddie · Sheddie

Anyone see this GQ profile of Roddick, 20 years on from his US Open triumph. Such a good read and insight into the guy: https://www.gq.com/story/andy-roddick-us-open

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Here we go with the august vote for player of the month. vote for who you think is most deserving from the list below. The vote will close Tuesday morning 29th august at 9am. and please remember to tell folks who you vote for any why ! ps my phone is doing funny things with formatting so apologies that t...

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/baseline-financial-security-programme-august-2023The first pillar of the programme is Guaranteed Base Earnings, which guarantees minimum income levels for the Top 250-ran...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

This month goes through to august 27th anyone at all can list a name below and a reason and all is good! Nominations list : 1. 2. 3. etc

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

For those of you interested, Jeff Sackman, friend of this board and Tennis Abstract's creator, writes lots of interesting articles. This one looks at the Wightman Cup, played between GB and USA until 1989 Hazel Wightman receives the trophy on behalf of the 1931 United States Wightman Cup teamLet'...

SMC1809 · SMC1809

Does anyone know what's happened to STEVEN. He hasn't posted since 19th Feb, hasn't updated the Top 25 tables since 21st Feb and hasn't tweeted since 22Feb. I know Steven is omnipresent, but he rarely fails to reveal himself for so long. Steven, can you hear us?

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

I don't really follow this category at all but just sometimes I read snippets that I like (particularly for the 'very old' players) and there's nowhere to mention it So here goes and, to kick off, good luck to the 87 and 89 year-old duo who've been ushered straight into the finals at Wimbledon, for the Br...

Strongbow · Strongbow

Hopefully Miriam will reply soon

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

So you know the score - vote for your player of the month and if you can, please let us know who you vote for and why. 2 days for the vote so will close Tuesday evening at 9.45 pm Nominees are: 1. - Jan Choinski - for winning his first ATP level match, at Wimbledon and beating a player in the top 60, about 100 pl...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Nominations will continue until Sunday July 30th as usual ANYONE can post a nomination, dont hold back. No limits on numbers. just add them to the list below with your supporting reason Nomination 1. 2. 3. etc

Red42 · Red42

Hi there. Really enjoy reading this forum. Does anyone know of any equivalent forums for other nationalities (eg Australia).

dodrade · dodrade

[URL]https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a44427227/ai...

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	October 2023 Player of the Month Vote ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview) Here we go, a very strong list this month! Please vote from the list below and remember, when you vote, please say who you vote for and why - it encourages others to read the thread and maybe vote and more votes make it more interesting This months vote will close on Tuesday evening, 31st, at 7pm!Nominat...	JonH comes home	72	2236	Oct 31, 2023 by JonH comes home
	October 2023 Player of the Month Nominations thread ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) (Preview) A bit of crossover with September voting just finishing but as we have events at finals stage ! usual process, put your nomination name and supporting reason below and just add to the list as the month progresses! closing date will be Sunday 29th October nomination 1 2 3 etc	JonH comes home	84	3171	Oct 29, 2023 by SuperT
	2022 Player of the Season Wild Card Nominations Thread ( 1 2 3 4 ) (closed) (Preview) So, player of the season starts here. 26 players listed below have already qualified for the vote in a week or so's time. Which means we have TWO spaces left in the PoS field and they will come from a wild card vote. To get to the wild card vote, we need wild cards to be nominated and that is where you all come i...	JonH comes home	49	2170	Oct 12, 2023 by indiana
	Holly Fischer - Vogue Article (Preview) https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/holly-fischer-jw-anderson-aw20%3famp	Deano13	9	2373	Oct 5, 2023 by Coup Droit
	September 2023 Player of the Month Vote - FINAL ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) 7 players have made the final Vote will close at 9:35am Wednesday morning and the final will be Tuesday through Wednesday.Please say who you vote for as it makes it more interesting and also encourages others to vote.1. Mika Stojsavljevic (born 2008) - for qualifying for the US Open Juniors at age 1...	JonH comes home	57	1611	Oct 4, 2023 by JonH comes home
	September 2023 Player of the Month Vote - Semifinal C ( 1 2 ) (Preview) 21 players , split into 3 groups of 7. Top 2 make it to the final (plus any ties). Vote will close at 9:05 am Tuesday morning and the final will be Tuesday through Wednesday. Please say who you vote for as it makes it more interesting and also encourages others to vote. All 21 players records listed below,...	JonH comes home	16	723	Oct 3, 2023 by JonH comes home
	September 2023 Player of the Month Vote - Semifinal B ( 1 2 ) (Preview) 21 players , split into 3 groups of 7. Top 2 make it to the final (plus any ties). Vote will close at 9:05 am Tuesday morning and the final will be Tuesday through Wednesday. Please say who you vote for as it makes it more interesting and also encourages others to vote. All 21 players records listed below,...	JonH comes home	19	755	Oct 3, 2023 by JonH comes home
	September 2023 Player of the Month Vote - Semifinal A ( 1 2 ) (Preview) 21 players , split into 3 groups of 7. Top 2 make it to the final (plus any ties). Vote will close at 9:05am Tuesday morning and the final will be Tuesday through Wednesday. Please say who you vote for as it makes it more interesting and also encourages others to vote. All 21 players records listed below,...	JonH comes home	16	644	Oct 3, 2023 by JonH comes home
	September 2023 Player of the Month Nominations Thread ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) (Preview) Nominations this month will run for 5 weeks - period will close Sunday 1st October Please add nominations to the list below and a supporting reason! Nominations 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 etc	JonH comes home	80	3966	Oct 1, 2023 by JonH comes home
	Coronavirus - tennis related wef 4th May ( First … Last » ) (Preview) Don't seem to have a thread on this although I see some posts in the Brexit thread. ATP and WTA announced precautionary measures including no signing of tennis balls, no holding hands with mascots, ball girls and boys to be given gloves, and one I hope they keep on with; ball-girls and boys not to hand to...	Sim	2068	239365	Sep 24, 2023 by Lambda
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	2023 British tournaments ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) The first ITFs are now on the ITF calendar Week 2: M25 & W25 Loughborough Week 3: M25 Sheffield Week 4: M25 & W60 Sunderland Week 6: M25 & W25 Bath Week 7: W25 Glasgow I'm not sure if they will only be 2 mens or if they haven't all been uploaded yet. Edit: added the missing 2 mens -- Edited by Lambd...	Lambda	56	4769	Sep 6, 2023 by the addict
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	August 2023 Player of the Month Vote ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Here we go with the august vote for player of the month. vote for who you think is most deserving from the list below. The vote will close Tuesday morning 29th august at 9am. and please remember to tell folks who you vote for any why ! ps my phone is doing funny things with formatting so apologies that t...	JonH comes home	46	1654	Aug 29, 2023 by JonH comes home
	ATP 'Baseline' - new financial security programme for players (Preview) https://www.atptour.com/en/news/baseline-financial-security-programme-august-2023The first pillar of the programme is *Guaranteed Base Earnings*, which guarantees minimum income levels for the Top 250-ran...	Coup Droit	2	436	Aug 28, 2023 by Coup Droit
	August 2023 Player of the Month nominations ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) (Preview) This month goes through to august 27th anyone at all can list a name below and a reason and all is good! Nominations list : 1. 2. 3. etc	JonH comes home	79	2994	Aug 27, 2023 by JonH comes home
	Tennis History - Wightman Cup (Preview) For those of you interested, Jeff Sackman, friend of this board and Tennis Abstract's creator, writes lots of interesting articles. This one looks at the Wightman Cup, played between GB and USA until 1989 Hazel Wightman receives the trophy on behalf of the 1931 United States Wightman Cup teamLet'...	JonH comes home	8	725	Aug 24, 2023 by JonH comes home
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	Seniors (Veterans) Tennis (Preview) I don't really follow this category at all but just sometimes I read snippets that I like (particularly for the 'very old' players) and there's nowhere to mention it So here goes and, to kick off, good luck to the 87 and 89 year-old duo who've been ushered straight into the finals at Wimbledon, for the Br...	Coup Droit	0	255	Aug 19, 2023 by Coup Droit
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	Other forums (Preview) Hi there. Really enjoy reading this forum. Does anyone know of any equivalent forums for other nationalities (eg Australia).	Red42	4	1101	Jul 22, 2023 by Strongbow
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