2022 August Player of the Month Nominations Thread

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2022 August Player of the Month Nominations Thread

Christine · Intermediate Club Player

1. Dan Cox - for achieving the most British wins in grass events over the 2022 grass court season

2. Patrick Brady - age 17 - UNR - defeating the second seed, ATP 298, and then Toby, ATP 703

3. Alicia Barnett and Olivia Nicholls - for winning their biggest title so far (ITF 100k in Poland) and reaching new CH's. Lissey will become GB #2 and WR87 and Liv will enter the top 100 at WR90.

4. Johannus Monday - for winning his first M25 final in Illinois, having halved his ranking from 1500 to circa 760 over the summer.

5. Katie Swan for her first title at 60k level in Lexington beating (assisted by) Jodie Burrage in the final

6. Ella MacDonald for winning J1 singles and doubles in Durban

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Oh, well done Christine! Thank you

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Interesting mix of players so far and not the usual suspects we often get. I like it so far!!

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next couple of weeks v busy with Masters 1000 events, some challengers stacked out with Brits, men and women, and two ITF events on home soil about to take place.

Be very interesting to see where this month ends!

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Christine wrote:

1. Dan Cox - for achieving the most British wins in grass events over the 2022 grass court season

2. Patrick Brady - age 17 - UNR - defeating the second seed, ATP 298, and then Toby, ATP 703

3. Alicia Barnett and Olivia Nicholls - for winning their biggest title so far (ITF 100k in Poland) and reaching new CH's. Lissey will become GB #2 and WR87 and Liv will enter the top 100 at WR90.

4. Johannus Monday - for winning his first M25 final in Illinois, having halved his ranking from 1500 to circa 760 over the summer.

5. Katie Swan for her first title at 60k level in Lexington beating (assisted by) Jodie Burrage in the final

6. Ella MacDonald for winning J1 singles and doubles in Durban

Dan, Jack, Neal, Lloyd and Dan the doubles man all still in Montreal which is lovely! No idea what is cracking off elsewhere but this is good for starters !

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two semis in a Masters?! Get him on this list!

1. Dan Cox - for achieving the most British wins in grass events over the 2022 grass court season

2. Patrick Brady - age 17 - UNR - defeating the second seed, ATP 298, and then Toby, ATP 703

3. Alicia Barnett and Olivia Nicholls - for winning their biggest title so far (ITF 100k in Poland) and reaching new CH's. Lissey will become GB #2 and WR87 and Liv will enter the top 100 at WR90.

4. Johannus Monday - for winning his first M25 final in Illinois, having halved his ranking from 1500 to circa 760 over the summer.

5. Katie Swan for her first title at 60k level in Lexington beating (assisted by) Jodie Burrage in the final

6. Ella MacDonald for winning J1 singles and doubles in Durban

7. Dan Evans - reached the semis of the Masters 1000 Montreal in singles and the final in doubles. His second career singles masters semi. In singles, beats Rublev and Fritz along the way; in doubles beat the 2nd and 5th seeds in the process.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 13th of August 2022 06:24:59 AM

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 14th of August 2022 07:03:15 AM

emmsie69 · Top national player

I was going to wait one more round as Dan has been in a Masters Semi before and I tend to be a breaking new ground nominator however, given his lack of form after Covid plus the Doubles result which I overlooked he definitely deserves to be in the mix.

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Updated Dans narrative to reflect doubles final. If any of the other nominations require an updated narrative, let me know or self edit.

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1. Dan Cox - for achieving the most British wins in grass events over the 2022 grass court season

2. Patrick Brady - age 17 - UNR - defeating the second seed, ATP 298, and then Toby, ATP 703 in Nottingham M25

3. Alicia Barnett and Olivia Nicholls - for winning their biggest title so far (ITF 100k in Poland) and reaching new CH's. Lissey will become GB #2 and WR87 and Liv will enter the top 100 at WR90.

4. Johannus Monday - for winning his first M25 final in Illinois, having halved his ranking from 1500 to circa 760 over the summer.

5. Katie Swan for her first title at 60k level in Lexington beating (assisted by) Jodie Burrage in the final

6. Ella MacDonald for winning J1 singles and doubles in Durban, and JA singles and doubles semis in Pretoria.

7. Dan Evans - reached the semis of the Masters 1000 Montreal in singles and the final in doubles. His second career singles masters semi. In singles, beats Rublev and Fritz along the way; in doubles beat the 2nd and 5th seeds in the process.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 14th of August 2022 07:07:36 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Adding Neal,

1. Dan Cox - for achieving the most British wins in grass events over the 2022 grass court season

2. Patrick Brady - age 17 - UNR - defeating the second seed, ATP 298, and then Toby, ATP 703 in Nottingham M25

3. Alicia Barnett and Olivia Nicholls - for winning their biggest title so far (ITF 100k in Poland) and reaching new CH's. Lissey will become GB #2 and WR87 and Liv will enter the top 100 at WR90.

4. Johannus Monday - for winning his first M25 final in Illinois, having halved his ranking from 1500 to circa 760 over the summer.

5. Katie Swan for her first title at 60k level in Lexington beating (assisted by) Jodie Burrage in the final

6. Ella MacDonald for winning J1 singles and doubles in Durban, and JA singles and doubles semis in Pretoria.

7. Dan Evans - reached the semis of the Masters 1000 Montreal in singles and the final in doubles. His second career singles masters semi. In singles, beats Rublev and Fritz along the way; in doubles beat the 2nd and 5th seeds in the process.

8. Neal SkupskI - won the Canadian Masters 1000 title with Wesley Koolhof, their second Masters title of the year and up to a doubles CH 4.

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Thanks Indy !

foobarbaz · Strong Club Player

It's shaping up to be a strong field for this months award, though if I remember to vote, I'm voting for Swan. Not just for her taking the Lexington title, which she deservedly won. More because it's the culmination of 6 months of gritty, sometimes sparkling performances whilst all the while battling though the pain barrier in practically every match she's been able to play. Performances that have seen her beat the likes of Stephens, Udvary, Scott (in Lexington), and be highly competitive against Andreescu, Vekic, and Kostyuk, (add to that the participation in the BJK cup tie against the Czechs). Also, because she absolutely deserved at least a qualifying wildcard at the US Open this year. Shame on the organisers for overlooking a young player ranked in the mid 170's, cut-off date or not.

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foobarbaz wrote:
It's shaping up to be a strong field for this months award, though if I remember to vote, I'm voting for Swan. Not just for her taking the Lexington title, which she deservedly won. More because it's the culmination of 6 months of gritty, sometimes sparkling performances whilst all the while battling though the pain barrier in practically every match she's been able to play. Performances that have seen her beat the likes of Stephens, Udvary, Scott (in Lexington), and be highly competitive against Andreescu, Vekic, and Kostyuk, (add to that the participation in the BJK cup tie against the Czechs). Also, because she absolutely deserved at least a qualifying wildcard at the US Open this year. Shame on the organisers for overlooking a young player ranked in the mid 170's, cut-off date or not.

Thanks Foobarbaz , please do remember to vote; make a diary note for the evening of 28th August! Its a bank holiday weekend so hopefully youll be not working !

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 18th of August 2022 05:27:13 PM

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indiana wrote:
Adding Neal,
1. Dan Cox - for achieving the most British wins in grass events over the 2022 grass court season
2. Patrick Brady - age 17 - UNR - defeating the second seed, ATP 298, and then Toby, ATP 703 in Nottingham M25
3. Alicia Barnett and Olivia Nicholls - for winning their biggest title so far (ITF 100k in Poland) and reaching new CH's. Lissey will become GB #2 and WR87 and Liv will enter the top 100 at WR90.
4. Johannus Monday - for winning his first M25 final in Illinois, having halved his ranking from 1500 to circa 760 over the summer.
5. Katie Swan for her first title at 60k level in Lexington beating (assisted by) Jodie Burrage in the final
6. Ella MacDonald for winning J1 singles and doubles in Durban, and JA singles and doubles semis in Pretoria.
7. Dan Evans - reached the semis of the Masters 1000 Montreal in singles and the final in doubles. His second career singles masters semi. In singles, beats Rublev and Fritz along the way; in doubles beat the 2nd and 5th seeds in the process.
8. Neal SkupskI - won the Canadian Masters 1000 title with Wesley Koolhof, their second Masters title of the year and up to a doubles CH 4.

Just over a week left as we reach the business end of week 3 of 4 counting weeks. Nominations by end next Sunday, 28th, please.