2009 Events

Shhh · Challenger level

2009 Events

Count Zero · Tennis legend

thats Shh, i had seen taht link for a while but it wasnt working till now.

so i guess we will see the usual swetp up of a a few pre AO ATPq's or New Calo Ch.
thne bck to euorpe for a run of mixed lvl indoor challengers. there still seem to be quite a few differewnt points levels so there goes the idea that they will be homgenised (is that the right word? i am sure i remeber steven using it). i see 4 different levels in $ and 3 in Euros (which will probably link up with one of the dollar ones)

no sing of the jersey event yet

Shhh · Challenger level

Th e ITF calendar is updated as well now.

A complete change from the LTA again. We have 2 x 15k's scheduled for January (Glasgow and Sheffield) with another 2 x 15k's in March (Tipton and bath). Gone are the 10k's altogether?????

http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medialibrary/pdf/original/IO_37972_original.PDF

freerider · Futures level

i think 15k's are good now for the quality of british players - evans fleming skupski and those who occasionally step down like ward eaton bloomers ad then when people do have a run like willis the points on offer are better but it would be nice to see a mix of tens and 15's

Count Zero · Tennis legend

the calendar has updated till the end of april, but i don't think its looking too good at the mo for our challenger lvl boys, lots of clay and the hard court event are dotted all over the place.

i have to see this years event lay out is not a very good one imo.

steven · Tennis legend

From week 4, the non-clay Challengers are as follows, with CAPS denoting a 100K (or 85K) or higher, normal case the type of Challenger that is likely to be more appropriate for players in the 175-300 range, i.e. the Challenger-level Brits. It's not easy to find a good schedule that doesn't involve quite a few inter-continental flights unless you're happy to try your luck in the European super-Challengers.

WEEK	EUROPE	AMERICAS	OTHER

W04	GERMANY	Usa
W05	POLAND	Usa	Australia
W06
W07	SERBIA
W08	FRANCE, Germany		Australia
W09	(DC), ITALY, France	Puerto Rico
W10			Japan
W11		USA	Thailand
W12	Jersey, Bosnia		Thailand
W13
W14		Usa
W15			S AFRICA
W16		Usa, Mexico	S AFRICA
W17	GREECE, Tenerife

There might be some relatively easy points available in the Thai Challengers, but then you'd miss the only non-clay Challengers in Europe in weeks 10-16, i.e. the two in week 12 - you'd think they could have been held in separate weeks, perhaps 13 & 14 or 14 & 15 so that they didn't clash with each other and Thailand.

-- Edited by steven at 15:31, 2009-01-08

Count Zero · Tennis legend

Calendar is updated till end of May. looks like may be able to avoid clay all together.

there is a big 100k'er in Israel at the start of may, i would expect a tough field as there are no hard atp events that week.