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RE: Race for the Wimbledon wildcards 2026

paulisi · Tennis legend

The secret is to get as many directly into main draw and automatic qualifying to free up wildcards.

Jan, Billy, Jack PJ, Jacob are all potential DA if they can bump up their ranking
Then you have the likes of George, Ryan and others who are capable of getting into qualifying direct.

indiana · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
The secret is to get as many directly into main draw and automatic qualifying to free up wildcards.

Jan, Billy, Jack PJ, Jacob are all potential DA if they can bump up their ranking
Then you have the likes of George, Ryan and others who are capable of getting into qualifying direct.

That is the secret to get numbers and we certainly look like we should get quite a few Q DAs on top of our MD DAs and WCs. Probably more than I can ever recall - in days past being ranked high enough for a Q DA would see a GB player getting a MD WC.

But I must admit I don't fancy your list much at all. Time is surely far too limited, MD entry ranking date is 18/05 and Q date 25/05. Tbh some would need at least months to be potentially ranked high enough.

I'd be thinking along the lines of :

MD: 2 DAs ( Cam and Jack D ) and 6 WCs ( Jake, Jan, JPJ, Billy, Arthur and Toby ).

Q: Additional DAs ( including possible upgrades to MD WC if there is room ) - Jay, Liam, Harry, Dan ( though where he? ) and possibly Oliver and Felix.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
The secret is to get as many directly into main draw and automatic qualifying to free up wildcards.

Jan, Billy, Jack PJ, Jacob are all potential DA if they can bump up their ranking
Then you have the likes of George, Ryan and others who are capable of getting into qualifying direct.

Yes, but as Indy says, there's only three weeks or so to go

AND all are playing on clay, and have lost already this week - they're not great on clay, even Jan - so difficult to see where it's going to come from

JonH · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
paulisi wrote:
The secret is to get as many directly into main draw and automatic qualifying to free up wildcards.

Jan, Billy, Jack PJ, Jacob are all potential DA if they can bump up their ranking
Then you have the likes of George, Ryan and others who are capable of getting into qualifying direct.
That is the secret to get numbers and we certainly look like we should get quite a few Q DAs on top of our MD DAs and WCs. Probably more than I can ever recall - in days past being ranked high enough for a Q DA would see a GB player getting a MD WC.
But I must admit I don't fancy your list much at all. Time is surely far too limited, MD entry ranking date is 18/05 and Q date 25/05. Tbh some would need at least months to be potentially ranked high enough.
I'd be thinking along the lines of :
MD: 2 DAs ( Cam and Jack D ) and 6 WCs ( Jake, Jan, JPJ, Billy, Arthur and Toby ).
Q: Additional DAs ( including possible upgrades to MD WC if there is room ) - Jay, Liam, Harry, Dan ( though where he? ) and possibly Oliver and Felix.

Which leaves a long list of possibles behind them for QWC places and also the WC play offs. Mark Ceban gets a QWC, for the Junior title, I believe?

the addict · Tennis legend

Jack D has pulled out of RG, so dropping down the rankings. Currently live-ranked at 49 with another 200 points from Rome to drop off on 18/05 and down to around WR75.

indiana · Tennis legend

It's actually looking problematic for Jay managing a qualifying DA ( I had been counting him in in my last post ).

As I just posted in the Week 18 Italy Challenger thread after his QF loss :

"Pity. Not a good looking result and not good for Jay's chances of being a Wimbledon Qualifying direct acceptance.

The issue is that he is due to drop 83 points ( from 2 events ) on 25/05 which will be the relevant ranking date for the Wimbledon Q entry list.

I reckon he may need to reach the final in the Tunis Challenger 75 next week. RU would see him on 253 points at 25/05 ( SF and he would just be on 231 points ). He will be in French Open Q in the week beginning 18/05 with any points from that not adding in until after the French Open.

No doubt Jay would get a Wimbledon Q WC if he needed one but that would then be one less WC left for other contenders."

JonH · Tennis legend

With main draw rankings based on next week, looks like Jan and Jake need a title this week in their respective challengers to get a main draw place as of right. Looks like they will both be requiring a MDWC.