British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

DavidC · DavidC

Stephen on GBTG has alerted me to the new rules, and in particular changes to the rankings system, to be introduced next year If you are keen to wade through 448 pages then you can download them at http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/shared/thewtatour/officialrules/rules.pdf Fr...

Sheddie · Sheddie

Only just discovered this...looks like we'll get Anne's thoughts on her matches on a regular basis http://www.annekeothavong.co.uk

wolf · wolf

We have a thread for the men so why not the women? Keothavong 50 South 92 O'Brien 140 Baltacha 150 Stoop 160 Cavaday 190 Webley-Smith 210 Robson 220 Smith 250 (but may convert to Sweden) Elliot 280 Br...

DavidC · DavidC

Melanie South is the only Brit in qualifying for the season opener and plays Russian Ekaterina Bychkova, ranked just below her, in the first qualifying round. -- Edited by DavidC at 20:24, 2009-01-01

DJ · DJ

WEEK 03:ANNA SMITH wins doubles at SUNDERLAND 10K WEEK 07:ANNA SMITH wins doubles at STOCKHOLM 25K WEEK 08: SARAH BORWELL wins doubles at CAPRIOLO 25K WEEK 08: OLIVIA SCARFI wins doubles at BENIN CITY 10K WEEK 08: ANNE KEOTHAVONG wins CAPRIOLO 25K WEEK 08: ANNA FITZPATRICK wins doubles at CLEARWATE...

Smidster · Smidster

No Christmas break for Emily....with any luck anyway as she is a DA here

Drew · Drew

By Peter Too.. Most Improved Players in 2008 14 year old Laura Robson won the junior title at Wimbledon and entered some $10K events before reaching the SF of the $75K at Shrewsbury. She entered the senior ranking lists on 13th October at 550, already half way up the list, and reached a career high of 507...

DavidC · DavidC

The last time a 25K was held in Sorrento Melanie South came away with both titles. Aiming to emulate Mel are Jade Curtis in the main draw and in qualifying: Jocelyn RAE (GBR) (4) BYE Kat BAILEY (AUS) Vs Brie WHITEHEAD (USA) Storm SANDERS (AUS) Vs Veronika MAKOVEY (AUS) Julia MORIARTY (AUS) (10) BYE Jade...

wolf · wolf

http://www.lta.org.uk/Global/Downloads/Results/2008%20British%20Tour/Masters%20-%20Nottingham/Womens%20Singles.pdfYas withdrew from Dubai to play this. QF Line Up Clarke v Walker Farley v Ince Jessica Ren v Whybourn Ankutse v Jennifer Ren

Drew · Drew

By Peter Too... This has been the year of breakthroughs as far as the British girls are concerned. The player who started it all off was Elena Baltacha. She got into the mood by winning the 25K in Jersey in week 13, then restarted the record books by winning the $75K in Tourhout the following week, the hig...

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 7 408 v SCHROEDER, Tracy (USA) UNR

Drew · Drew

By Peter too I have collected the following list of all the players who have won at least one $25K this year. Sarah Bowell and Anna Hawkins are now both doubles specialists.Jocelyn Rae is the best of the newcomers. Several other players have a higher ranking than these but haven't won a doubles title...

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: ALLEN, Jade (GBR) UNRv XI, Li (CHN) UNR Amanda Carreras is on the list for the main draw. -- Edited by Peter too at 12:20, 2008-12-06

seagull · seagull

World Ranking, Name 4 - Elena Dementieva (Russia) 11 - Nadia Petrova (Russia) 12 Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 20 Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) 22 - Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) 34 Aleksandra Wozniak (Canada) 38 Shahar Peer (Israel) 41 - Nicole Vaidisova (Czech Republic) 46 Anastasia Pavlyu...

PockyTastic · PockyTastic

Emily Webley-Smith is in qualies here. She is also in qualies for 75K Dubai and 50K Dehli - great to see her still going for the bigger events -- Edited by Sally at 17:30, 2008-12-06

Smidster · Smidster

R1: Amanda Carreras WR 550 v Qualifier

steven · steven

Mel South is the no. 1 seed here and has drawn a qualifier in R1. Unfortunately the other seed in her section is 38-year-old former world no. 4 (albeit over 13 years ago!) Kimiko Date.

DavidC · DavidC

Melanie South reached the final of the last 3 25K events in Australia. Trying to emulate Mel are Jade Curtis (the only direct acceptance) along with Jade Windley, Natasha Khan and Jocelyn Rae, who have to qualify. Q1: Brittany SHEED (AUS) (2) BYE Katarina BARCLAY (AUS) Vs Monika WEJNERT (AUS) Kat BAI...

DavidC · DavidC

Katie O'Brien and Amanda Elliott move over from Mauritius for the main draw here, whilst in qualifying: (3)Ekaterina Dranets (RUS) v BYE Kesy Moison (REU) v Jodie Williams (GBR) (6)Katharina Brown (GBR) v BYE (11)Tegan Edwards (RSA) v (wc)Diane Trebalag (REU) (8)Yasmin Clarke (GBR) v BYE (12)Ste...

Smidster · Smidster

Amanda Carreras returns to action here Plays a qualifier in first round and the number 5 seed Irene Rehberger-Bescos (WR 427) likely to await in L16

DavidC · DavidC

Elena Baltacha needs to win this tournament to make the Australian Open main draw, but that will be a tall order given the presence of local top 20 star Caroline Wozniacki. In qualifying, we have interest in 3 sections, with the most interesting pairing being Sarah with her doubles partner Courtney:...

goldfish · goldfish

Haven't seen this mentioned elsewhere - Final: Jennifer Ren d. Jessica Ren 6-2 6-2

steven · steven

L32: (4) Georgie Stoop WR 210 v Lesya Tsurenko (UKR) WR 341 -- Edited by steven at 22:16, 2008-11-18

Peter too · Peter too

Q1: CLARKE, Yasmin (GBR) 11 696 v WILLIAMS, Jodie (GBR) UNR Q1: BROWN, Katharina (GBR) 7 590 v Bye

DavidC · DavidC

Melanie South could seal her place in the Australian Open with a good performance here. In qualifying all 5 girls have made a good start, but Emily Webley-Smith and Natasha Khan have to face off in the next round.: QR1: Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) (2) BYE Jade WINDLEY (GBR) defeated Parul GOS...

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	New WTA Rankings system in 2009 (Preview) Stephen on GBTG has alerted me to the new rules, and in particular changes to the rankings system, to be introduced next year If you are keen to wade through 448 pages then you can download them at http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/shared/thewtatour/officialrules/rules.pdf Fr...	DavidC	12	1836	Jan 6, 2009 by Peter too
	Anne K's new official website (Preview) Only just discovered this...looks like we'll get Anne's thoughts on her matches on a regular basis http://www.annekeothavong.co.uk	Sheddie	0	438	Jan 5, 2009 by Sheddie
	Predictions for 2009 (Preview) We have a thread for the men so why not the women? Keothavong 50 South 92 O'Brien 140 Baltacha 150 Stoop 160 Cavaday 190 Webley-Smith 210 Robson 220 Smith 250 (but may convert to Sweden) Elliot 280 Br...	wolf	9	1079	Jan 4, 2009 by Peter too
	Week 1 - WTA International - Brisbane, Australia (Preview) Melanie South is the only Brit in qualifying for the season opener and plays Russian Ekaterina Bychkova, ranked just below her, in the first qualifying round. -- Edited by DavidC at 20:24, 2009-01-01	DavidC	5	880	Jan 2, 2009 by kundalini
	The Official BRITISH SUCCESSES Thread : 2008 ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 8 ) (Preview) WEEK 03:ANNA SMITH wins doubles at SUNDERLAND 10K WEEK 07:ANNA SMITH wins doubles at STOCKHOLM 25K WEEK 08: SARAH BORWELL wins doubles at CAPRIOLO 25K WEEK 08: OLIVIA SCARFI wins doubles at BENIN CITY 10K WEEK 08: ANNE KEOTHAVONG wins CAPRIOLO 25K WEEK 08: ANNA FITZPATRICK wins doubles at CLEARWATE...	DJ	116	9670	Dec 29, 2008 by Peter too
	Week 52 - Womens ITF ($50k) - Dehli, India (Preview) No Christmas break for Emily....with any luck anyway as she is a DA here	Smidster	11	1281	Dec 26, 2008 by Mervatron
	Player of the Year Polls - Most Improved Female (Preview) By Peter Too.. Most Improved Players in 2008 14 year old Laura Robson won the junior title at Wimbledon and entered some $10K events before reaching the SF of the $75K at Shrewsbury. She entered the senior ranking lists on 13th October at 550, already half way up the list, and reached a career high of 507...	Drew	6	955	Dec 23, 2008 by philwrig
	Week 49 - Women's ITF (25K) - Sorrento, Australia ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) The last time a 25K was held in Sorrento Melanie South came away with both titles. Aiming to emulate Mel are Jade Curtis in the main draw and in qualifying: Jocelyn RAE (GBR) (4) BYE Kat BAILEY (AUS) Vs Brie WHITEHEAD (USA) Storm SANDERS (AUS) Vs Veronika MAKOVEY (AUS) Julia MORIARTY (AUS) (10) BYE Jade...	DavidC	30	3255	Dec 22, 2008 by Peter too
	British Tour Masters - Nottingham (Preview) http://www.lta.org.uk/Global/Downloads/Results/2008%20British%20Tour/Masters%20-%20Nottingham/Womens%20Singles.pdfYas withdrew from Dubai to play this. QF Line Up Clarke v Walker Farley v Ince Jessica Ren v Whybourn Ankutse v Jennifer Ren	wolf	3	705	Dec 19, 2008 by wolf
	Player of the Year Polls - Best Female (Preview) By Peter Too... This has been the year of breakthroughs as far as the British girls are concerned. The player who started it all off was Elena Baltacha. She got into the mood by winning the 25K in Jersey in week 13, then restarted the record books by winning the $75K in Tourhout the following week, the hig...	Drew	3	818	Dec 18, 2008 by Drew
	Week 51 - Womens ITF (75K) - Dubai, UAE Hard ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 7 408 v SCHROEDER, Tracy (USA) UNR	Peter too	16	2136	Dec 17, 2008 by PockyTastic
	Player of the Year Polls - Top Female Doubles Player (Preview) By Peter too I have collected the following list of all the players who have won at least one $25K this year. Sarah Bowell and Anna Hawkins are now both doubles specialists.Jocelyn Rae is the best of the newcomers. Several other players have a higher ranking than these but haven't won a doubles title...	Drew	1	567	Dec 17, 2008 by PockyTastic
	Week 50 - Womens ITF (10K) - Benicarlo, Spain Clay (Preview) Q1: ALLEN, Jade (GBR) UNRv XI, Li (CHN) UNR Amanda Carreras is on the list for the main draw. -- Edited by Peter too at 12:20, 2008-12-06	Peter too	8	990	Dec 12, 2008 by Mervatron
	Auckland Entry List (Preview) World Ranking, Name 4 - Elena Dementieva (Russia) 11 - Nadia Petrova (Russia) 12 Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 20 Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) 22 - Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) 34 Aleksandra Wozniak (Canada) 38 Shahar Peer (Israel) 41 - Nicole Vaidisova (Czech Republic) 46 Anastasia Pavlyu...	seagull	1	603	Dec 12, 2008 by Mervatron
	Week 50 - Womens ITF (25K) - Prerov, Czech Republic (Preview) Emily Webley-Smith is in qualies here. She is also in qualies for 75K Dubai and 50K Dehli - great to see her still going for the bigger events -- Edited by Sally at 17:30, 2008-12-06	PockyTastic	5	819	Dec 8, 2008 by DUSTY DICK
	Week 49 - Womens ITF (10k) - Vinaros, Spain (Preview) R1: Amanda Carreras WR 550 v Qualifier	Smidster	9	974	Dec 3, 2008 by johnnylad
	Week 48 - Women's ITF (75K+H) - Toyota, Japan ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Mel South is the no. 1 seed here and has drawn a qualifier in R1. Unfortunately the other seed in her section is 38-year-old former world no. 4 (albeit over 13 years ago!) Kimiko Date.	steven	34	3468	Nov 29, 2008 by johnnylad
	Week 48 - Women's ITF (25K) - Perth, Australia ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Melanie South reached the final of the last 3 25K events in Australia. Trying to emulate Mel are Jade Curtis (the only direct acceptance) along with Jade Windley, Natasha Khan and Jocelyn Rae, who have to qualify. Q1: Brittany SHEED (AUS) (2) BYE Katarina BARCLAY (AUS) Vs Monika WEJNERT (AUS) Kat BAI...	DavidC	17	2993	Nov 28, 2008 by Smidster
	Week 48 - Women's ITF (25K) - Saint Denis, La Reunion Island ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Katie O'Brien and Amanda Elliott move over from Mauritius for the main draw here, whilst in qualifying: (3)Ekaterina Dranets (RUS) v BYE Kesy Moison (REU) v Jodie Williams (GBR) (6)Katharina Brown (GBR) v BYE (11)Tegan Edwards (RSA) v (wc)Diane Trebalag (REU) (8)Yasmin Clarke (GBR) v BYE (12)Ste...	DavidC	15	2835	Nov 28, 2008 by steven
	Week 48 - Womens ITF 10K - Vallduxo, Spain (Preview) Amanda Carreras returns to action here Plays a qualifier in first round and the number 5 seed Irene Rehberger-Bescos (WR 427) likely to await in L16	Smidster	3	703	Nov 25, 2008 by Smidster
	Week 47 - Women's ITF (100K) - Odense, Denmark ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Elena Baltacha needs to win this tournament to make the Australian Open main draw, but that will be a tall order given the presence of local top 20 star Caroline Wozniacki. In qualifying, we have interest in 3 sections, with the most interesting pairing being Sarah with her doubles partner Courtney:...	DavidC	45	5199	Nov 24, 2008 by DUSTY DICK
	British Tour - Notts Women (Preview) Haven't seen this mentioned elsewhere - Final: Jennifer Ren d. Jessica Ren 6-2 6-2	goldfish	0	381	Nov 24, 2008 by goldfish
	Week 47 - Women's ITF (25K) - Opole, Poland (Preview) L32: (4) Georgie Stoop WR 210 v Lesya Tsurenko (UKR) WR 341 -- Edited by steven at 22:16, 2008-11-18	steven	5	860	Nov 21, 2008 by DavidC
	Week 47 - Womens ITF (25K) - Phoenix, Mauritius Hard ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Q1: CLARKE, Yasmin (GBR) 11 696 v WILLIAMS, Jodie (GBR) UNR Q1: BROWN, Katharina (GBR) 7 590 v Bye	Peter too	22	2594	Nov 20, 2008 by Smidster
	Week 47 - Women's ITF (50K) - Kolkata, India ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Melanie South could seal her place in the Australian Open with a good performance here. In qualifying all 5 girls have made a good start, but Emily Webley-Smith and Natasha Khan have to face off in the next round.: QR1: Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) (2) BYE Jade WINDLEY (GBR) defeated Parul GOS...	DavidC	22	2632	Nov 20, 2008 by Mervatron
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