British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

sammmm wrote:

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Its wonderful that we can feel confident as long as Alicia is fit she should beat anyone up to around the top 250 regularly and fairly comfortably even at this early stage of her career and shes playing to a higher standard then her ranking. Shes my player of the yea

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 Hold that thought for circa 2 1/2 months and you will get the chance to vote on it!!

Coup Droit wrote:

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HarryGem wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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HarryGem wrote:

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The acoustics make for a hard watch. I think there is some commentary but basically can't hear it over the echoes. Or maybe just my laptop?

Dani is playing quite well. Shame there are not more people there to see it. Very disappointing attendance.

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 Comes back to the pricing 

She did well not to wobble here, as she did in the first set

But of course the second is easier if you've lost the first, less pressure 

Now will be the clutch moment

However, win or lose, she's certainly shown that the tennis is there (and obviously getting better all the time, she's still only 15)

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 Does it though? You can buy a week pass for a reasonable sum.  I doubt there would have been that many more people there had the entrance been £10.

 

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 Seriously? How many people have £75 to spend on tennis?

It's like saying you can go the cinema 20 times for £100. Yes, it's cheap per visit but it's still £100 

Standard economics says, yes, there would be more people if tickets were £10

Otherwise the Waitrose would charge you £20 for a loaf of bread because price doesn't matter 

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 More people than you might imagine can afford £75 for a week of tennis. I'm not saying price doesn't play a part but I genuinely don't think many more people would have attended event at £10 a ticket.

There may be a cost of living issue but there are also plenty of people with plenty of money. It isn't as simple as cost. There are always other factors at play in what makes people decide to attend events.

On the tennis good day today from what I saw.  

RJH1962 wrote:

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HarryGem wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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HarryGem wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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HarryGem wrote:

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The acoustics make for a hard watch. I think there is some commentary but basically can't hear it over the echoes. Or maybe just my laptop?

Dani is playing quite well. Shame there are not more people there to see it. Very disappointing attendance.

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 Comes back to the pricing 

She did well not to wobble here, as she did in the first set

But of course the second is easier if you've lost the first, less pressure 

Now will be the clutch moment

However, win or lose, she's certainly shown that the tennis is there (and obviously getting better all the time, she's still only 15)

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 Does it though? You can buy a week pass for a reasonable sum.  I doubt there would have been that many more people there had the entrance been £10.

 

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 Seriously? How many people have £75 to spend on tennis?

It's like saying you can go the cinema 20 times for £100. Yes, it's cheap per visit but it's still £100 

Standard economics says, yes, there would be more people if tickets were £10

Otherwise the Waitrose would charge you £20 for a loaf of bread because price doesn't matter 

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 More people than you might imagine can afford £75 for a week of tennis. I'm not saying price doesn't play a part but I genuinely don't think many more people would have attended event at £10 a ticket.

There may be a cost of living issue but there are also plenty of people with plenty of money. It isn't as simple as cost. There are always other factors at play in what makes people decide to attend events.

 

On the tennis good day today from what I saw.  

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Absolutely it plays a massive part. I know of nobody who would pay £75 to go every day. Ive been to the Redbridge M25 every day until today as its free. If I had to pay £75 for the week I wouldnt have gone at all. I know this is a higher ranked event but the same basics apply. If they were £10 I may have gone once. 

-- Edited by RJH1962 on Wednesday 21st of October 2026 05:42:45 PM

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 Absolutely - I like to think (know) I am earning a decent whack relative too many and I wouldnt pay £75 at all for something like this. No way. For a week or day. 

indiana wrote:

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Of course some people could and would easily pay £75 for a week's tennis. But it is a level that I suggest most folk would grimace and not be prepated to pay such an amount even if they would have quite liked to go.all week. If I was in the area, I might well have gone, would be able to afford it but it's more than enough that I just wouldn't cough up that for a week of W100 level tennis with 5 Brits in the initiial singles MD.

When I went in 2025, 4 days of Wimbledon Qualifying was £60. Now that was most certainly value for money.

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 And for most people it isn't just £75 entry. Many would go with a friend or relative. So that's double; and you've refreshments. And, if you live further away, you've got to book accommodatio; and there's travel and parking. £75 for a week would become many times that. 

Unless your local, it becomes very expensive, very quickly.