The second of 4 Round One groups, 7 of 28 players.
Vote for the player of these that you feel is the Player of the Season - if you feel someone in another group is more deserving, don't worry - please still vote here and we will see as the field whittles down who is the overall player of the season. There are very thin margins:
Our seven players in Group B are summarised below. Rankings as of today (if inaccurate, please advise); Win Loss record taken from ITF site Sunday 4th December (again advise if you feel it is materially wrong); Tournie wins listed.
I haven't done any colour narrative such as age, or big individual wins or overcoming trauma etc etc. I will leave that to your views, these are just the facts. But if you have something you would like to add to support your player, please, please write it down in a post.
And, finally, please say who you vote for any why!!
RULES
Top 3 plus ties will progress to the semis.
Votes will close in 48 hours, ie 2pm Wednesday.
Players with zero votes will not be able to progress ie if only one or two players get a vote, then fewer than 3 players will progress to the next round
B
Jay Clarke
April PoM
WR 242 down from 231; Won 22-27 45%; Won ATP80 Challenger title in Morelos
Julian Cash/Henry Patten
Nov PoM
WR's up to 69/70 from below 600 for Cash and near 900 for Patten; Cash w/L 77-14 85%, Patten 73-14 84%; Won 14 titles as a pair, 10 at Challenger level.
Katie Boulter
WR 136 up from 148; Won 29-18 62%; Won ITF W60 Grenoble
Katie Swan
Sep PoM / Aug PoM RU
WR 148 up from 236; Won 27-13 68%; Won 3 titles, 2 at W60 and 1 at W25 levels;
Lucy Shuker
British #1 Womens Wheelchair
Wheelchair WR 7 same as last season; Won 23-22 51%; Won 2 ITF Singles and 4 ITF Doubles titles
Paul Jubb
Mar PoM RU
WR 221 up from 335; Won 32-26 55%; Won ATP80 Challenger at Santa Cruz
Will Jansen
British #1 Boys Singles
JWR 73 up from 212 (1058 in adult rankings); Won 25-9 74%; Won J2 Aldershot
The three I considered as possibles included Paul Jubb and Katie Swan. For Paul, I felt he didnt sustain a whole season but he did do marvellously and I want to see where he gets to. I also considered Katie, but felt although it was a good season for her, taking her to new highs, she didnt have a real standout height.
So I voted with Julian and Henry - their record is outstanding and, although done largely at second tier, getting 10 titles as a pair and more separately is very , very impressive
Julian and Henry will probably win this section comfortably, if not the whole POS. So I'm going to vote for Katie Swan !
thanks Indy and TA - the Katie vote hasnt taken hold yet, but I think she could well be a challenger in this group and also maybe overall.
I think the top 3 or 4 in most groups will become quite straightforward (although Group A is all over the place) but it will become very tight in the semis onwards!!