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 D 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 10pm 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
D
Dan Evans
WR 27 down from 25; Won 35-27 56%; Won ATP 125 Challenger Nottingham
Ella McDonald
British #1 Girls Singles
JWR 10 up from 221 (936 in adult rankings); Won 40-13 75%; Won 3 ITF singles and 4 Doubles titles incl JA Doubles Mexico
Emily Appleton
October PoM
WR 499 up from 840; Won 20-21 49%; Won W25 Singles and Doubles titles
Harriet Dart
March PoM
WR 96 up from 120; Won 29-29 50%;
Jack Draper
Jan/Feb PoM RU
WR 42 up from 259; Won 44-17 72%; Won 4 ATP 80 Challenger singles titles
Lloyd Glasspool
Doubles WR 12 up from 80; Won 50-31 62%; Won ATP 500 Hamburg Doubles
Maia Lumsden
July PoM RU
WR 469 up from 577; Won 16-13 55%; Won 3 ITF titles in doubles incl ITF 60
This feels like an interesting group to me - Group C may have been the group of death but this has lots of interesting players and a heavyweight or two for good measure.
Looking at it, Lloyd was someone I was tempted to vote for; I suspect Harriet's bio doesnt do her justice and she could have got my vote; but ultimately, I cant see past Jack D here.
Another tough group to choose from. Jack looks to be the outstanding candidate here, having shot up the rankings and into the Nextgen finals. He's bound to pick up most votes here.
Lloyd has also had a good year, but I don't like him and won't vote for him on principle.
Harriet has stepped up to the main WTA tour (29 tournaments this year, only 3 at ITF level as warmups into bigger events), has made it into the top 100 and finished with two tremendous matche wins for GB.
OK, I'm biased, having been following Harriet sine she was a teenager.
24 votes in this one - as it is 12 hours in and was overnight, not surprising it is a little behind the other voting groups. However, the others where slightly ahead numbers wise at the equivalent 12 hour mark.
Ella McDonald and Maia Lumsden have no votes yet in this group, here is a reminder of their records:
Ella is British #1 Girls Singles, JWR 10 up from 221 a year ago ( and she is 936 in adult rankings); At junior level, she has won 40-13, 75%; Won 3 ITF singles and 4 Doubles titles incl JA Doubles Mexico which she won just the other week
Maia was July PoM RU. She is WR 469, up from 577 a year ago and won 16-13 55%; Won 3 ITF titles in doubles incl ITF 60 level event within that, her first at that level