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Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: French Open Q list contenders

indiana · Tennis legend

Charles has added a further 6 points by reaching the SF in Wuning. Now showing as live ranked 232 on 238 points. A SF win would, as things stand now, have him at live ranked 224 ( 225 if Liam wins ) on 249 points. Might prove very useful.

Liam is a set up in Busan but play has been abandoned for the day so for now he is showing as live ranked 233 on 236 points. If he goes on to win that QF match he will add a further 19 points ( good points in a Challenger 125 ) and be up to what shows as being live ranked 219 on 255 points, i.e. just ahead of Oliver and Harry and presumably like them job then done.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I don't think this will make a huge difference but last year all eight MD wildcards came from players who otherwise would have been in qualis - i.e. 8 places in qualis were freed up

(this covers both the French wildcards, and Stan, and the US reciprocal one)

It'll probably be broadly similar this year - it's already announced that Stan is getting another one this year, as is Gael (both are in quali draw rankings, so that frees up 2 spaces)

But....Moise Kouame, for instance, has a very good chance of a MD WC - I bet he'll get one - and he's well outside quali rankings

However, he's almost certainly the only one, so it won't make a huge difference

indiana · Tennis legend

Madadman wrote:
Just double checking initial q cutoff was 219 and final was 234 last year.

With just a reminder of these cut-off marks from last year, after Liam's tight QF win and Charles' even tighter SF loss, the live rankings for Monday are currently showing as:

219. Liam B 255 points + ?

222. Oliver C 253

223. Harry W 253

231. Felix G 244

235. Charles B 238

247. George L 223

indiana · Tennis legend

Now, the official 20/04 rankings :

221. Liam B 255 points

223. Oliver C 253

224. Harry W 253

231. Felix G 244

235. Charles B 238

247. George L 223

Sheddie · administrator

Hoping that Felix makes it as one of our best clay-courters and something of a specialist on the slower surfaces

JonH · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Now, the official 20/04 rankings :
221. Liam B 255 points
223. Oliver C 253
224. Harry W 253
231. Felix G 244
235. Charles B 238
247. George L 223

So, Liam, Oli and Harry are almost certainly in, Felix has a decent shout based on last years cut of 235, and Charles needs to sweat it out?!

Madadman · Grand Slam Champion

Main draw cut off was 103. I think the next 119 get into qualifying which would be 222, obviously a few PR might be in use, unsure. Then I think someone further noted that at least 7 of the MD WCs would likely be to players in the Q positions. Not sure when we might get sight of the Q list.

JonH · Tennis legend

Madadman wrote:
Main draw cut off was 103. I think the next 119 get into qualifying which would be 222, obviously a few PR might be in use, unsure. Then I think someone further noted that at least 7 of the MD WCs would likely be to players in the Q positions. Not sure when we might get sight of the Q list.

Looks likely, therefore, we will have:

Main draw:

Cam and Jake main draw (Jake snuck in by timing his ranking drop a week late!)

Jack - possibly main draw, injury dependent

Qualies

Jan - tick

JPJ - tick (has a couple of warm ups lined up)

Billy - tick

Toby - tick

Arthur - tick

Evo - no idea?!

Jay - tick

Liam - tick

Oli - probably

Harry - probably

Felix - possibly

Charles - touch and go

So most likely 9 or 10 in, possibly 11, outside bet 12

indiana · Tennis legend

Quite a list !

Oscariyan · Club Coach

So much depth and hopefully some will reach MD!

-- Edited by Oscariyan on Monday 20th of April 2026 07:54:00 PM

Sheddie · administrator

Just hope they've all overcome their injuries, but an incredible list.

There were times in the early days of this forum in the late 2000s, when it was just Andy in the main draw, Boggo in the qualies, and that was that on the men's side.