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seagull · Tennis legend

Race for the Wimbledon wildcards 2026

RainDelay · Pro player

Seeing that Kyrgios is playing today, would he need a wildcard or has he got some sort of protected ranking that would get him in anyway. Can't see the aeltc denying him one if asked?

indiana · Tennis legend

RainDelay wrote:
Seeing that Kyrgios is playing today, would he need a wildcard or has he got some sort of protected ranking that would get him in anyway. Can't see the aeltc denying him one if asked?

No sign of him on the MD or Q lists with a PR.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
competitions.lta.org.uk/tournament/411F76CA-2D8D-4DD1-BC44-0995DC06F9DB/draw/2

West Worthing draw

Question: Christof Schaertlin/Schärtlin Coffey - both the ATP & the ITF sites have him as Swiss (I've seen his name on various ITF qualies draw sheets recently, so I've ignored him), but SofaScore has consistently displayed a Union Flag against his name. Is he one of ours?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
seagull wrote:
competitions.lta.org.uk/tournament/411F76CA-2D8D-4DD1-BC44-0995DC06F9DB/draw/2

West Worthing draw
Question: Christof Schaertlin/Schärtlin Coffey - both the ATP & the ITF sites have him as Swiss (I've seen his name on various ITF qualies draw sheets recently, so I've ignored him), but SofaScore has consistently displayed a Union Flag against his name. Is he one of ours?

Don't know (he's definitely not got Joe Bloggs English parents biggrin )

But his US college bio lists his hometown as Cambridge, UK

https://pacifictigers.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/christof-schaertlin-coffey/6186

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Question: Christof Schaertlin/Schärtlin Coffey - both the ATP & the ITF sites have him as Swiss (I've seen his name on various ITF qualies draw sheets recently, so I've ignored him), but SofaScore has consistently displayed a Union Flag against his name. Is he one of ours?
Don't know (he's definitely not got Joe Bloggs English parents )
But his US college bio lists his hometown as Cambridge, UK
https://pacifictigers.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/christof-schaertlin-coffey/6186

Thanks, CD. Swiss mother & British father? I guess my next question is (forgive my ignorance): do non-Brits normally compete in the British Tour?

Lambda · Grand Slam Champion

Swiss mother and Irish father. Anybody with a LTA registration can play the British Tour.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
Swiss mother and Irish father. Anybody with a LTA registration can play the British Tour.

So I wasn't too far out! Thanks, Lambda.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Lambda wrote:
Swiss mother and Irish father. Anybody with a LTA registration can play the British Tour.
So I wasn't too far out! Thanks, Lambda.

Still doesn't tell us why Sofascore have a GB flag next to him if he plays for Switzerland for ATP and ITF

Lambda · Grand Slam Champion

Coup Droit wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Lambda wrote:
Swiss mother and Irish father. Anybody with a LTA registration can play the British Tour.
So I wasn't too far out! Thanks, Lambda.
Still doesn't tell us why Sofascore have a GB flag next to him if he plays for Switzerland for ATP and ITF

He appears with a GB flag because he first appeared on the database that these sites used in UTR tournaments and UTR typically use residence for their flags. Matt Upton shows as French in UTRs. Sofia Johnson showed with a US flag in the UTR she played earlier this year.

JonH · Tennis legend

Dan retiring after Wimbledon obviously means he will be at Wimbledon and not just qualies, surely? So that is one wildcard for Dan (otherwise they would have worded it differently?).

Or could that be a gross assumption?

Blue_Belle · Pro player

I assume Dan has a MDWC and so he should

Madadman · Grand Slam Champion

Wimbledon have announced this years prize money.

https://content.wimbledon.com/is/content/AELTC/aeltc/wimbledon/live-site/guest/pdfs/The%20Championships%202026_Prize%20Money.pdf

Just compared this, for singles, to the other 3 slams to see where it sits in comparison. Figures are the % that Wimbledon is above or below that round for prize money compared to the other slam. I have taken the prize money as it was at the last tournament but have used todays exchange rate according to xe.com. Probably not 100% accurate but a rough illustration of where the new prize money sits.

	Wimbledon 2026	French	Australian	US Open(2025)
Q1	20000	-3.10	-5.03	-1.72
Q2	32000	12.76	7.96	3.45
Q3	50000	21.12	15.15	18.13
R1	80000	6.92	2.56	-1.72
R2	126000	12.70	7.69	10.57
R3	185000	15.04	8.55	5.49
R4	300000	22.40	20.19	1.35
QF	480000	18.75	23.08	-1.72
SF	900000	39.53	38.46	-3.47
F	1800000	49.50	61.00	-2.70
W	3600000	49.50	66.82	-2.70

JonH · Tennis legend

according to Russell Fuller

"Two tournaments remain. Evans is expected to receive a wildcard into the qualifying competition for next week's ATP event at Queen's and will then wait and see what the Wimbledon wildcard committee decides."

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
Dan retiring after Wimbledon obviously means he will be at Wimbledon and not just qualies, surely? So that is one wildcard for Dan (otherwise they would have worded it differently?).

Or could that be a gross assumption?

I think a MD WC is a fair assumpion. Hopefully room for Dan plus the 5 GB 'locks'. Who are the foreign possibles again?