[Sweety Darling]

I was thinking I might enter one for fun

[CoryAnnAvants#1]

Originally Posted by Sweety Darling

I was thinking I might enter one for fun

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.

[flareon]

really ^ thats so cool, do you have an ATP Profile where was the tournament.

[CoryAnnAvants#1]

Originally Posted by flareon

really ^ thats so cool, do you have an ATP Profile where was the tournament.

I don't think so. Maybe an ITF one? Hopefully not. 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 . 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

[flareon]

Thats really cool what is the man in the background doing though... must of been a hell of an experience.

[Sweety Darling]

Originally Posted by CoryAnnAvants#1

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.

Originally Posted by CoryAnnAvants#1

I don't think so. Maybe an ITF one? Hopefully not. 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 . 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

[lenas warriors]

Originally Posted by CoryAnnAvants#1

I don't think so. Maybe an ITF one? Hopefully not. 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 . 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

Good on you. The pasty legs and non glamorous outfit made me think of Lapushenkova randomly!

[New_balls_please]

That's really cool, CoryAnnAvants#1

[Inger67]

So cool If you do one, let us know

[Mitten Kitten]

a friend of mine asked me to do the same with him: this year Cordenons 75k+H had a lot of byes in the qualies
wouldn't have been too smart of us to do it, but for sure it's great fun

[AYUMI-GOAT]

Well, Hyun Hui Hong, a player that plays 10ks won 3 games against a top 100 player, Voskoboeva, so I imagine, no.

[ArturoAce.]

Originally Posted by CoryAnnAvants#1

I don't think so. Maybe an ITF one? Hopefully not. 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 . 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

Have you told this story before? Sounds really familiar --especially the part with the tournament director. I wish I would've entered some in high school, when I was sharper- too late now.

[CoryAnnAvants#1]

Originally Posted by ArturoAce.

Have you told this story before? Sounds really familiar --especially the part with the tournament director. I wish I would've entered some in high school, when I was sharper- too late now.

Probably when it happened, but not since then

[MLF]

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

[Sweety Darling]

I would honestly be happy with winning one game (let alone match) in some random 10k qualifying