PERFORMANCETHE LTA IS IDENTIFYING AND SUPPORTING TALENTED PLAYERS. THE LTA IS INVESTING IN AND SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE CLUBS, COACHES AND COMPETITIONS2011 is the fifth year in the long-term strategy for performance tennis established in 2007. This strategy is continuing to deliver some excellent results at the highest levels of the game and the focus is on continuous development and improvement.Andy Murray has continued to progress at the very top of the game, reaching number three in the world and making the semi-finals of all four Grand Slams (only the seventh man to do so in a calendar year). The AEGON GB Davis Cup team were promoted into the Europe/Africa Zone Group 1 with good wins against Tunisia, Luxembourg and Hungary.The junior boys have been pushing each other on and producing some excellent results throughout the year. This was evident at the Junior US Open where three out of the four semi finalists were British and Oli Golding went on to become champion. British boys also won the Junior Davis Cup for the first time ever.On the women's side 2011 saw three women enter the world's top 100 with Elena Baltacha becoming the first British woman to finish the year in the world's top 50 since the late 80s. There have also been some excellent performances from Laura Robson, reaching a career high ranking of 146 at the age of 17. Eleanor Dean won her first 10k women's event in the summer, at the age of 15. Heather Watson reached 87 in the world and competed at three of the four Grand Slams.Dedication and persistence will be needed to make sure these results keep getting better and that promising juniors have the best chance of making the transition to the senior game. Turn over for a more detailed look at the highlights of the performance game in 2011.Sticking to the plan Since 2007 the strategy for supporting and developing talented players has remained the same and has been based around four main pillars:Talent identification A network of talent specialists work with clubs and coaches across Britain to identify talented playersCoaches This is about getting the best coaches working in the best facilities with the best talentPlayer support A world-class support infrastructure is in place to give players the best chance of winningPerformance network A network of 160 performance clubs located strategically across BritainWhile this framework has remained consistent, developing performance players is a highly competitive and constantly evolving business. The performance department is always looking for new ways to give British players a winning edge.£12MILLION(£13.4 MILLION IN 2010)£12m was invested in performance this year, down from £13.4m last year. After heavy investment to set up this area of the sport between 2006 and 2009 the focus is now on sticking to the plan whilst making continuous improvement.Investment in performance17

ITF wheelchair tournaments won from Futures to Grand Slam levelBoys2011 was a real breakthrough year for the boys with some fantastic performances across the age groups. They performed particularly well at the Grand Slams with three British boys reaching the last four of the US Open. Oliver Golding took the title, beating world No.1 Jiri Vesely in the final.Liam Broady reached the final of the singles at Junior Wimbledon with George Morgan taking the doubles title with Croatian partner Mate Pavic, narrowly beating Oliver Golding and his partner in the final. George Morgan made history as the first British player to win the prestigious Orange Bowl 18U title in Florida.PERFORMANCEGirlsDespite struggling with injuries in the early part of the year Laura Robson managed to reach a career high ranking of 146, qualifying for and winning a round in the main draw at the women's US Open. 15 year old Eleanor Dean won her first 10k womens event in Holland. Anastasia Mikheeva won the Tennis Europe 12U events at Auray and Billancourt, France.It was a good year for the girls team with the 16U girls qualifying for the Junior Fed Cup World Finals by finishing 4th in the European Summer Cup. The 14U team finished 2nd in Europe and 8th in the World while the 12U girls came 8th in the European Team competition.Disability Tennis2011 was a strong year for wheelchair tennis with British players winning 21 ITF tournaments from Futures to Grand Slam level. After winning his first Grand Slam title with Peter Norfolk at the Australian Open, Andy Lapthorne became the youngest ever quad player to reach doubles world No.1. He now also has a career high singles world ranking of No.4 and also finished runner up at the NEC wheelchair tennis masters.In deaf tennis, British women came 4th and men 7th at the Dresse Maere Cup in the summer, the blind tennis version of Davis Cup.HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR2011 has been a strong year for performance tennis with some excellent results across the board. Here we take a look at the highlights of the year...2118