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Is it easy to win matches in challenger qualifying?

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#1 ·
I was thinking I might enter one for fun :oh:
 
#2 ·
No. Most of the people that get blown out in challenger qualifying are still top ranked junior or college players nationally. That being said, it shouldn't stop you from entering if you can get in directly/they have empty spots in the draw. I played a men's 75K qualifying event four years ago and got double bageled (and I'm a strong club level player), but loved every minute of it.
 
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I don't think so. Maybe an ITF one? Hopefully not. :lol: It was the Aptos (California) 75K in July 2008. I was doing media work for them and the tournament director and I signed into the doubles qualifying as a half-joke. It turned out only two other teams signed up, so we got directly in :p. We're both rated 4.5 in the USTA (not sure what that translates to in GB), so good club players, byt we clearly didn't have a chance. They put our match on the stadium court though and we had about 80 or so people watching. Was a little bummed because had I arrived a day earlier, they also had 10 or so open spots for the singles qualifying.

Photo from it ;)
Thats amazing!! Well done to you :) Glad you loved it. $75k will alwalys attract a strong field...I was thinking some $10k qualifying in the middle of nowhere :lol:
 
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I don't think so. Maybe an ITF one? Hopefully not. :lol: It was the Aptos (California) 75K in July 2008. I was doing media work for them and the tournament director and I signed into the doubles qualifying as a half-joke. It turned out only two other teams signed up, so we got directly in :p. We're both rated 4.5 in the USTA (not sure what that translates to in GB), so good club players, byt we clearly didn't have a chance. They put our match on the stadium court though and we had about 80 or so people watching. Was a little bummed because had I arrived a day earlier, they also had 10 or so open spots for the singles qualifying.

Photo from it ;)
 

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It's not easy no. I recently played against Kate Green ( who is 24 now ) who is coaching now. She was a good college player, toyed with turning pro and competed at junior Wimbledon. She didn't get anywhere in pros but certainly still cracks a good clean ball. So unless you draw a Dewonder Davis type player yu're gonna lose bad ;)
 
#16 ·
I've played five Futures over the past 3 years and it's been a great experience, especially the ones I played while traveling. It's a great opportunity to meet people, see places you'd never see, take some time off regular life, etc.

It's all about the mindset you have when playing. If you go out there to have an experience, have fun and you are passionnate about the sport and know your abilities, you'll enjoy every minute of it. If you have intentions of creating a career, that's where things can get trickier.

You can see my profile here: http://www.itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=100073585

I'm pretty happy with my results, especially the non-clay ones ;) The easy loss in Rochester was probably my worst match ever, while the one in Italy was an amazing experience against a local player, with a big crowd, incredible courts and club. Was going away on a trip around Italy and just decided to sign in!

The three indoors hard matches I did much better against top 15 national Canadian players: i was a bit unlucky in my draws, especially cause other spots had some beatable players.
 
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I think the best thing to do is to get your IPIN and do everything online. You can sign in to as many tournaments as you want, and deadlines are on the Thursday 3 weeks in advance (for example, you can still sign in for tournaments on Oct 8th until tomorrow).

Once you are signed in a tournament, they annonce a list 2 weeks before the tournament. You most likely will be in the alternate list, or if lucky, already in qualifying.

WATCH OUT: if you are in qualifying and don't plan on playing, you have to withdraw before the freeze-deadline (one week) or else you will get fined. Even if you are in the alternate list and don't plan on playing, withdraw also, because you never know if you'll squeeze in qualifying a few days before (happened to me once, went from 105th alternate to qualifying without knowing, had to pay 100$ for not showing up).

If you are in the alternate list and wish to play the tournament, then just stay in there, hope for some withdrawals before the freeze deadline (always a ton) and see where you end up on the list. Once your name appears once on the qualifying list, you are SURE of getting in, which is always fun to know. If you are still in the alternates after the freeze deadline, you can still show up at the sign in (Fridays before qualies usually) and hope that some players don't show up!

Hope that wasn't too confusing ;)
 
#21 ·
Just wanted to add that you can also just show up on the Friday at the sign in without having signed up through the ITF before. You will automatically be put in the alternate list. Chances are smaller for you to get in if the qualy draw is full, but a lot of tournaments don't have full qualy draws :)
 
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