British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

A BBC article ( quite detailed but at the bottom of an article headlined about Katie B's wedding ring! ) says that this is the first time 4 British players have progressed from qualifying in an overseas Slam since the Australian Open of 1988. And of course Jake makes it 5. 

But now to the main draw - how many winners? Get back to you 

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 28th of August 2026 10:43:43 PM

indiana wrote:

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indiana wrote:

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JonH wrote:

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There only appears to be 7 Americans in the QR2 stage, in the mens, 6 womens. We arent actually far behind, havent counted but we must be close to top representation after the Americans?

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 For the FQR, combining men and women, we are 2nd only one behind the Americans.

1. USA 7  ( 3 men, 4 women )

2. GBR 6  ( 3 men, 3 women )

3. JPN 5  ( 3 men, 2 women )

The USA with 4 women are the only country to have more than 3 in either, we and the USA the only countries to have at least 3 in each.

And bear in mind, with how most of the MD WCs are pre-determined, almost all the USA players in the qualifying range of rankings are just left to take part in qualifying rather than be up for MD WCs.

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And to the direct final qualifiers :

1= ITA 4 ( 3 men, 1 woman ) - got all their 4 through in FQR

1= GBR 4 ( 2 men, 2 women ) - got 4 out of 6

1= USA 4 ( 1 man, 3 women ) - got 4 out of 7, including the final 2 qualifiers and in tight matches

4.   CZE 3 ( 1 man, 2 women ) - got 3 out of 4

5= JPN 2 ( 1 man, 1 woman ) - got 2 out of 5

BUT 2 LL men  - for GBR & JPN raise the total to come out of qualifying to 5 ( top!! ) for GBR and to 3 for JPN

 

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 Excellent