Four years ago the club was promised a £500,000 LTA grant to help it expand, but by the time it secured planning permission this year the LTA's offer had changed to a £200,000 interest-free loan, leaving the club's plans in the balance.
Konta, a Great Britain player for 10 years now since emigrating from Australia, paid guarded tribute to the LTA for her development, although she spends most of her time in Spain under the tutelage of Jose Manuel Garcia-Rodriguez and Esteban Carril.
Since Wimbledon's profit goes to the LTA to improve British tennis, more profit would probably mean better tennis.
In 1967 a British proposal for a limited schedule of open tournaments was voted down by the international federation, but the British LTA refused to accept the verdict.
In December 1967, despite the threat of expulsion from the ILTF, the LTA voted to abolish the distinction between amateurs and pros in their tournaments.
The LTA already encourages the top juniors to spend most of the year on clay and Smith wants the 18- to 21-year-olds to do the same.
"I'm seeing the LTA lawyer next week so I don't know if he's going to say most of the things [at the appeal] or whether I'll be able to say something".
The LTA have long since outlived their usefulness.
Murray's major triumphs over the last 13 months – in the London Olympics, at last summer's US Open and at Wimbledon last month – could provide a platform for the LTA to grow the game in Britain, but Henman thinks it is crucial that resources are channelled in the right direction.
The LTA has often stressed the need to expand the numbers of young people playing tennis in order to increase the chances of finding future champions, though Henman believes a bigger priority is to attract more youngsters with talent into tennis and away from other sports.
A fall in the number of people playing tennis was central to criticisms of Draper's regime and David Gregson, the new independent chairman of the LTA board, has made it clear that increasing levels of participation is his biggest priority.
