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Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hannah Klugman

Lambda · ATP level

Hannah has joined GSE Worldwide as her agency.

Oscariyan · Club Coach

That's interesting thanks for the info Lambda - does anyone know anything about them?

Blue_Belle · County player

Oscariyan wrote:
That's interesting thanks for the info Lambda - does anyone know anything about them?

Oli Crawford is also with them, as well as many other current and former tennis players. Decent mixture of up and coming (Navarro, Ethan Quinn) and old hands (Dimitrov, Pegula). Seem to have a wide range stars from several industries (not just sport). Just from a quick look on their site though.

Oscariyan · Club Coach

Blue_Belle wrote:
Oscariyan wrote:
That's interesting thanks for the info Lambda - does anyone know anything about them?
Oli Crawford is also with them, as well as many other current and former tennis players. Decent mixture of up and coming (Navarro, Ethan Quinn) and old hands (Dimitrov, Pegula). Seem to have a wide range stars from several industries (not just sport). Just from a quick look on their site though.

Thanks for the info Blue Belle, looking forward to seeing what comes of this contract.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hannah got a top-100 win !!!

At Boodles exhibition match

She beat Sonmez, 6-2 4-6 10-7

www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/more-sport/201928/brits-in-dominant-form-at-the-boodles-exhibition-event-at-stoke-park.html

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

www.theboodles.com/blog/order-of-play-day-2-june25-2025.html

Hannah Klugman confirming that she was set to go off and play Wimbly qualis but, just after her doubles match at Eastbourne with Mika, Ian Baites tapped her on the shoulder and said: hold up, Hannah, just a nod - you've got a main draw one

indiana · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
www.theboodles.com/blog/order-of-play-day-2-june25-2025.html

Hannah Klugman confirming that she was set to go off and play Wimbly qualis but, just after her doubles match at Eastbourne with Mika, Ian Baites tapped her on the shoulder and said: hold up, Hannah, just a nod - you've got a main draw one

Saving the brain power for her tennis hopefully biggrin

Lambda · ATP level

indiana wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
www.theboodles.com/blog/order-of-play-day-2-june25-2025.html

Hannah Klugman confirming that she was set to go off and play Wimbly qualis but, just after her doubles match at Eastbourne with Mika, Ian Baites tapped her on the shoulder and said: hold up, Hannah, just a nod - you've got a main draw one
Saving the brain power for her tennis hopefully

She must be since she's getting Eastbourne and Nottingham mixed up. I hope she isn't taking GCSE Geography.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

To be fair, the (at Eastbourne) is in brackets - so I think it's the journalist who added that

As the journalist added 'Bates' in brackets too, to identify Ian - and spelled it wrong

So Hannah meant Nottingham but the journalist doesn't have a clue

Sheddie · administrator

As mentioned in the Eastbourne thread, those Hannah quotes would have been written by the agency who do all the PR for the Boodles, send press releases, manage the media centre, and facilitate all the players' many demands (Djokovic once insisted on being flown in and landed on the Boodles lawns by helicopter which caused a major headache), the media interview requests, as well as keeping the website updated and getting their own quotes.

I've known them very well over the years - they're absolutely lovely and help out with a lot of the British events (during my time as a tennis journalist, I LOVED going to the Boodles more than any other event, purely because they were SO welcoming, rather than treating you as something close to vermin like many of the media relations teams).

But they're super busy and trying to do about 15 different things simultaneously which is why they've made that error

Lambda · ATP level

In which case, please accept my apologies Hannah

Lambda · ATP level

The British teenage trio creating Wimbledon history

Hannah Klugman - 16 - London

Klugman, who turned 16 in February, has been touted as an exciting prospect for a few years.

In 2023, the English player won the prestigious Orange Bowl junior championships in Florida, emulating the likes of Coco Gauff, Chris Evert and Caroline Wozniacki.

Unlike Stojsavljevic and Xu, Klugman did not join the LTA's academy and instead opted to stay at home in Wimbledon.

She works with coach Ben Haran out of Reed's School - which also nurtured Jack Draper and Tim Henman - and practises at the National Tennis Centre.

Spending two months preparing on clay - including time at Rafael Nadal's academy - fuelled her run to the Roland Garros final, but her solidity from the baseline and touch at the net works well on the grass.

Klugman has deferred her GCSEs until November to focus on tennis this summer.