... well as long as the LTA / Wimbledon don't get awkward and say Marcus can have a WC just if he plays with a fellow Brit.
I hate when they do that; leave them with their selected partners, IMO. Realise if it is a one off that might be debatable, but if they have someone they have been playing regularly with, let them play!
Indeed. I recall the hoops Lloyd & Harri had to go through to get a WC for Queen's in 2022. A then regular partnership on the rise, who went on to reach the final.
Yes, I think an ATP tournament in Finland had to offer a reciprocal WC to a Brit.
I think it was 2021 and Jack Draper got a wildcard into Helsinki event?
It happened in both 2021 and 2022. I think in 2022 Jay ended up getting in direct at the last minute so ended up not needing the wild card.
In 2021 Harri played with Alastair Gray after Lloyd pulled out at at the last moment.
Billy really keeps himself busy too. I see that this will represent his 29th positive ranking score in the last 12 months. Next Brit is Aidan with 22.
The best sort of schedule is very particular to each player but certainly it's not been doing Billy any harm.
What does 29th positive ranking score mean, out of interest ie points scoring? Or where he has progressed in the rankings since the previous week? Sorry!
Billy really keeps himself busy too. I see that this will represent his 29th positive ranking score in the last 12 months. Next Brit is Aidan with 22.
The best sort of schedule is very particular to each player but certainly it's not been doing Billy any harm.
What does 29th positive ranking score mean, out of interest ie points scoring? Or where he has progressed in the rankings since the previous week? Sorry!
I meant a week where he scored at least 1 ranking point so must have won at least 1 match. Clearly though only counts his best 19 scores.
I was referring to that because I didn't have comparative figures for the number of tournaments actually played in. But I would think Billy will probably be over 40 in the last 12 months.
Billy really keeps himself busy too. I see that this will represent his 29th positive ranking score in the last 12 months. Next Brit is Aidan with 22.
The best sort of schedule is very particular to each player but certainly it's not been doing Billy any harm.
What does 29th positive ranking score mean, out of interest ie points scoring? Or where he has progressed in the rankings since the previous week? Sorry!
I meant a week where he scored at least 1 ranking point so must have won at least 1 match. Clearly though only counts his best 19 scores.
I was referring to that because I didn't have comparative figures for the number of tournaments actually played in. But I would think Billy will probably be over 40 in the last 12 months.
Wouldnt surprise me/ hed played nearly 100 matches in 2023. Not sure what 2024 looks like so far, Ill need to check
According to Tennis Abstract Billy is 62-36 for the last 52 weeks (including today's result). He's 7-7 for 2024 so far. So I think that is 36 tournaments as I don't believe he actually wonone.
-- Edited by the addict on Friday 1st of March 2024 09:57:11 PM