Weeks 26 & 27 - The Championships, Wimbledon (grass) - mixed doubles

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Weeks 26 & 27 - The Championships, Wimbledon (grass) - mixed doubles

Rich2310 · County player

YESsssssss Champions.

Jan · Hall of fame

Brilliant!!
Shame it's Thursday evening with no royalty there to present the trophies.

Rich2310 · County player

Really enjoyed that match. Both pairs going for it and a good crowd there.

Makes me wish there was some kind of mixed doubles tour which I know is probably not possible.
But I think a lot of people would enjoy it.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Delighted for Neal. It meant so much to him that his family where their to see it.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Delighted for Neal. It meant so much to him that his family where their to see it.

"where their", Bob?!!

the addict · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Delighted for Neal. It meant so much to him that his family where their to see it.
"where their", Bob?!!

I think Bob's been celebrating !

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Delighted for Neal. It meant so much to him that his family where their to see it.
"where their", Bob?!!

Autocorrect strikes again wink

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Delighted for Neal. It meant so much to him that his family where their to see it.
"where their", Bob?!!
Autocorrect strikes again

indiana · Tennis legend

Great for Neal & Desirae. Well done to them on retaining their crown.

Real pity though, having given the mixed doubles final this slot, that it followed Matthew Ebden playing a 4 hours nen's doubles SF.

Not great for Ebden or generally and also meant such a delay in proceedings rather than properly following on after the women's singles SFs.

Now clearly players going deep in both the men's / women's doubles and mixed have a lot of matches to play and potentially some doubling up. But I reckon that it would have not been that difficult to have planned to avoid men's doubles matches happening on the same day as the mixed final, whenever they schedule that final.

If it's an important final to be highlighted more and given a new slot, then the scheduling should have supported that. Pity.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

66 years old. Still doing this. There's hope for me yet - although my name's not Mansour Bahrami.

twitter.com/Wimbledon/status/1545153682987032576

Wow.

wales1994 · County player

Why did they move this to a Thursday? I quite liked it as the 'finisher' of the fortnight.

thegingerlightbulb · Intermediate Club Player

I don't see why it couldn't happen at Masters events where both genders play at the same time. Miami is a tournament that has both tours play in the same week (I think). Eastbourne is another one where this coild be done

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Rich2310 wrote:
Really enjoyed that match. Both pairs going for it and a good crowd there.

Makes me wish there was some kind of mixed doubles tour which I know is probably not possible.
But I think a lot of people would enjoy it.

I have advocated something similar - I often thought the Slams should award points for the 4 mixed events in some fashion and the top 8 pairs get invited to an end of season event , a Mixed Masters, so to speak.

It will never happen but I always thought it would give more credibility and structure to the Mixed as a genre. It would be something that would be made of doubles players from the mens and womens, of course, so would be an addition they might welcome, and could be played sometime after the ATP Tour Finals so as not to conflict on players trying to qualify for those. So maybe a later November thing.

Just my thoughts

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

thegingerlightbulb wrote:
I don't see why it couldn't happen at Masters events where both genders play at the same time. Miami is a tournament that has both tours play in the same week (I think). Eastbourne is another one where this coild be done

Wouldn't work with the Canadian Open, as the men's & the women's events alternate between Toronto & Montréal, with the men playing in one & the women in the other. This year, the men are in Montréal & the women in Toronto. Next year, it will be the other way round.