2023 Player of the Month and Season overview thread

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

2023 Player of the Month and Season overview thread

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

In order to take some of the pressure off, the votes for each of the player of the season rounds and wildcards round will be 36 hour votes. Each vote will be published between 7am and 9am on the respective morning and run a day and a half to finish sometime around 9 the following evening.

This should provide enough time for everyone to vote - each vote will get two evenings and 2 whole days - and it will give me time to sort out the groups after each round.

The wildcard vote will thus be published on Wednesday morning and close Thursday night.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 3rd of December 2023 10:08:08 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

for the semis of player of the month, the number of votes is pretty decent so far, certainly in line with usual months.

Good start to this voting season! Final to come this evening until tomorrow evening before we turn to player of the season!!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Forthcoming schedule of events leading to Dec 13th, when Player of the Season will be crowned. A reminder of the schedule:
November Player of the Month vote - Sunday 3rd December to Tuesday 5th December - final will close on Tues 5th

Player of the Season Wild card vote - Wednesday December 6th (am) to Thursday December 7th (pm) (will be as many groups as wildcards available)

Player of the Season Opening Round Votes - Friday 7th (am) to Saturday 9th December (pm) (4 groups of 7)

Player of the Season Semifinal Round votes - Sunday 9th December (am) to Monday 11th December (pm) (2 groups of 6 plus ties from previous round)

Player of the Season FINAL - Tuesday 11th December (am) to Wednesday 13th December (PM) (1 group of 4 plus ties from the previous round)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

So, we started yesterday with 62 contenders still with some sort of chance of player of the season.

A fair number fell away today!

Namely, adios to:

Giles Hussey
Gabia Paskauskas
Oliver Okonkwo
Sarah Tatu
Luke Johnson
Beth Grey and Eden Silva
GB Womens BJK Cup Team
Allegra Korpanec-Davies
Sam Murray-Sharan
Greg Slade
Max Carrier
Ali Gray

12 gone and leaves 50 still fighting!!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

for all players in the PoS finals I have produced a little summary of their ranking change 2022 to 2023, their win / loss records and their titles won. I have used the ITF records as of today, so they are at least consistent in approach (ITF covers all levels of the game in theory) but may not necessarily be totally accurate.

If, when I post them, someone sees an error in the ITF numbers, feel free to comment, but better still, feel free to add some colour - I am only quoting the stats, but not any additional narrative as it is not for me to interpret someones season in a biased fashion and influence others opinions!

the addict · Tennis legend

Sounds great JonH. Just to point out for the benefit of others that the stats on the ITF pages, especially rankings, are often not updated for a day or two after the ATP and WTA rankings, so minor differences may occur and can be ignored.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Sounds great JonH. Just to point out for the benefit of others that the stats on the ITF pages, especially rankings, are often not updated for a day or two after the ATP and WTA rankings, so minor differences may occur and can be ignored.

Thanks TA - good info and it will be relatively quick for me to check before the votes start - not many of the players in the vote played last week tbf , so relatively few would need to be checked!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

So, congrats to Joe Salisbury on winning November Player of the Month! Joe won our first ever PoM in Jan 2020, but that was without a vote (I crowned him effectively), so this is his first with a vote!!

Here is the updated roll of honour:

2020
Winner
Jan Joe Salisbury
Feb Heather Watson
Mar Sam Murray-Sharan
Apr no play - Covid
May no play - Covid
Jun/Jul Arthur Fery
Aug Jo Konta
Sep Fran Jones
Oct Fran Jones (2)
Nov/Dec Hep Oluwadare

2020 Player of Season Joe Salisbury

2021
Winner
Jan Fran Jones (3)
Feb Dan Evans
Mar Neal Skupski
Apr Dan Evans (2)
May Cam Norrie / Hannah Klugman (tie)
Jun Katie Swan
Jul Emma Raducanu
Aug Emma Raducanu (2)
Sep Emma Raducanu (3)
Oct Cam Norrie (2)
Nov/Dec Beth Grey/Billy Harris/Sonay Kartal (tie)

2021 Player of Season Emma Raducanu

2022 Winner

Jan Hannah Klugman (2)
Feb Sonay Kartal (2)
Mar Harriet Dart
Apr Jay Clarke
May Sonay Kartal (3)
Jun Ryan Peniston
Jul Cam Norrie (3)
Aug Alicia Barnett/Olivia Nicholls
Sep Katie Swan (2)
Oct Emily Appleton
Nov Julian Cash/Henry Patten

2022 Player of Season Jack Draper

2023 Winner

Dec/Jan Andy Murray
Feb Cam Norrie (4)
Mar Jodie Burrage
Apr Fran Jones (4)
May George Loffhagen
Jun Katie Boulter
Jul Henry Searle
Aug Dan Evans (3)
Sep Dan Evans (4)
Oct Billy Harris (2)
Nov Joe Salisbury (2)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

And here is the updated list of qualifiers for Player of the Season - the numbers in brackets show the qualifiers and we now have 25!! Emilie Lindh takes her spot as Nov PoM RU and Katy Dunne takes the spot for best third place finisher.

Player of Season Qualifiers

Dec/Jan PoM Andy Murray (1)
Dec/Jan PoM RU Mark Ceban (2)
Feb PoM Cam Norrie (3)
Feb PoM RU Hannah Klugman (4)
Mar PoM Jodie Burrage (5)
Mar PoM RU Billy Harris (6)
Apr PoM Fran Jones (7)
Apr PoM RU Hannah Klugman
May PoM George Loffhagen (8)
May PoM RU Amelia Rajecki (9)
Jun PoM Katie Boulter (10)
Jun PoM RU Anna Brogan (11)
Jun PoM RU Jodie Burrage
Jun PoM RU Katie Swan (12)
Jul PoM Henry Searle (13)
Jul PoM RU Neal Skupski (14)
Aug PoM Dan Evans (15)
Aug PoM RU Lily Miyazaki (16)
Sep PoM Dan Evans
Sep PoM RU Liam Broady (17)
Oct PoM Billy Harris
Oct PoM RU Mimi Xu (18)
Nov PoM Joe Salisbury (19)
Nov PoM RU Emilie Lindh (20)
Mens Singles # 1 Cam Norrie
Womens Singles # 1 Katie Boulter
Mens Doubles # 1 Joe Salisbury
Womens Doubles # 1 Maia Lumsden (21)
Junior Girls # 1 Hannah Klugman
Wheelchair Mens # 1 Alfie Hewett (22)
Wheelchair Womens # 1 Lucy Shuker (23)
Wheelchair Quads # 1 Andy Lapthorne (24)
Most 3rd/4th Place PoM places (not already qualified) Katy Dunne (25)
Most tournament titles (incl ties) Alfie Hewett

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
So, we started yesterday with 62 contenders still with some sort of chance of player of the season.

A fair number fell away today!

Namely, adios to:

Giles Hussey
Gabia Paskauskas
Oliver Okonkwo
Sarah Tatu
Luke Johnson
Beth Grey and Eden Silva
GB Womens BJK Cup Team
Allegra Korpanec-Davies
Sam Murray-Sharan
Greg Slade
Max Carrier
Ali Gray

12 gone and leaves 50 still fighting!!

3 more fall away today , leaving 47; 25 already in player of the season and 22 in the wildcard vote: adios to

Jay Clarke

Marcus Willis and Scott Duncan

GB Junior Girls BJK Cup Team

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

We averaged around 39.5 votes per Pom final this season, representing an 8% plus increase on last year. So not too bad overall and the last two months achieved 40 plus.

It's my personal ambition to get 50 in a vote one day. 46 was the best we have achieved in last seasons player of the season final and it would be great to see that 8 % plus achieved in the final as that would take us to 50 votes approx!

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 9th of December 2023 10:47:19 PM

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 10th of December 2023 09:41:14 AM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

So we have 25 players into the player of the season vote now. No pairs or teams this year; 13 women/girls and 12 men/boys. Very evenly spread.

I think its going to be impossible to tell where the vote goes or who the favourite is.

Ive drawn 4 groups already and spread the men and women, seniors and juniors, doubles and wheelchair players evenly across them. Im quite proud of how they look, quite even I believe.

The 3 wildcards will be added when we get those results and I will spread them to keep the groups even.

The first round of voting will go up Friday morning and run to Saturday night. If there are ties for places in player of the season, I will use a rapid tie breaker to break the tie. So keep close to the votes. In each group 3 of the 7 will progress to the semis and only 3.

The semis will run Sunday morning until Monday night and be 2 groups of 6. Again, there will be a rapid tie break vote if needed and just 2 of the 6 in each semi will proceed to the final.

The final 4 will be posted Tuesday morning, 12th December and run until Wednesday night. If there is a tie for top spot, I will run a tie breaker also as there can only be 1 player of the season. Player of the month has had ties for top spot 2 times in over 40 votes, so it can happen! If the final has a need for a tie breaker, it will be a longer one and details will be posted at the time, if needed.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

The player of the season groups are also seeded, of a sort. The players of the month have been spread across the groups to keep it even and the same for Pom runners up.

It really is a work of art! Look out for the groups Friday morning !

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Some of you may be wondering what happens to December 2023 tennis results and how do we recognise them in our player of the month processes?!

Well, December is a quiet month, relatively, but the tennis carries on and players who do well need to be recognised. Around this part of the forum, though, we recognise December 2023 as part of 2024!!

So, at the end of January, we will have a vote for PoM covering performances in Dec 23 and Jan 24.

But, how do we recognise a player from December 23, I hear you ask? Just be patient, I reply!! I don't to confuse things with multiple processes and this is the first week of December, so no hurry. Once the Player of the Season vote is done, next week, we will get back to normal service and Dec 23 will have a joint nominations thread with Jan 24. It will come around the end of next week, so remember who does will this week and next, and you can nominate away from about a week or ten days time!!

Simples!