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

And here is the list I have to back up Indy's maths above

Alfie Hewett 5
Brooke Black 5
Hannah Klugman 5
Mark Ceban 5
Benjamin Gusic Wan 4
Charlie Robertson 4
Gordon Reid 4
Hannah Read 4
Henry Searle 4
Johannus Monday 4
Maia Lumsden 4
Marcus Willis 4
Mingge Xu 4
Naiktha Bains 4
Sarah Beth Grey 4

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With Hannah replacing Ranah as girls #1, the qualifying positions for Player of the Season take a small amendment. 16 players are currently qualified, with 6 others who arent qualified leading their respective rankings (Ranah relinquishes that position as girls #1, with Hannah already qualified)

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
Sep PoM RU
Oct PoM
Oct PoM RU
Nov PoM
Nov PoM RU

The following arent qualified through the PoM route, but are currently leading their respective ranking lists

Womens Doubles # 1 Naiktha Bains/Maia Lumsden

Wheelchair Mens # 1 Alfie Hewett

Wheelchair Womens # 1 Lucy Shuker

Wheelchair Quads # 1 Andy Lapthorne

Most 3rd/4th Place PoM places (not already qualified) Liam Broady

Most tournament titles Brooke Black (equal with others already qualified)

Wild cards - to be determined

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Adding in the week 36 numbers and Alfie moves clear at the top. Emily A joins those on 4 wins

Player WINS
Alfie Hewett 6
Brooke Black 5
Hannah Klugman 5
Mark Ceban 5
Benjamin Gusic Wan 4
Charlie Robertson 4
Emily Appleton 4
Gordon Reid 4
Hannah Read 4
Henry Searle 4
Johannus Monday 4
Maia Lumsden 4
Marcus Willis 4
Mingge Xu 4
Naiktha Bains 4
Sarah Beth Grey 4

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And Brooke Black moves out of a provisional position with Alfie moving clear at the top of winners list

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
Sep PoM RU
Oct PoM
Oct PoM RU
Nov PoM
Nov PoM RU

The following arent qualified through the PoM route, but are currently leading their respective ranking lists

Womens Doubles # 1 Naiktha Bains/Maia Lumsden

Wheelchair Mens # 1/ Most titles won Alfie Hewett

Wheelchair Womens # 1 Lucy Shuker

Wheelchair Quads # 1 Andy Lapthorne

Most 3rd/4th Place PoM places (not already qualified) Liam Broady

Wild cards - to be determined

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Monday 11th of September 2023 09:31:37 PM

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Future dates for polls
Vote Poll dates

October PoM Oct 29-31
(PoS WC Nominations period) Nov 1-30
November PoM Dec 3-5
PoS Wild Card Vote Dec 6-7
PoS Round One Dec 9-11
PoS Semis Dec 12-14
PoS Final Dec 15-17

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Monday 9th of October 2023 01:41:03 PM

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 12th of October 2023 04:59:19 PM

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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
Sep PoM RU
Oct PoM
Oct PoM RU
Nov PoM
Nov PoM RU

The following arent qualified through the PoM route, but are currently leading their respective ranking lists and qualified or a provisional position to qualify.

Womens Doubles # 1 Naiktha Bains/Maia Lumsden

Wheelchair Mens # 1 Alfie Hewett (17)

Wheelchair Womens # 1 Lucy Shuker (18)

Wheelchair Quads # 1 Andy Lapthorne (19)

Most 3rd/4th Place PoM places (not already qualified) Liam Broady

Most titles won - tbd (currently Alfie Hewett)

Wild cards - to be determined

the wheelchair year end number one spots are known, no big enough events exist this season to topple those at the top, so Alfie Hewett, Lucy Shuker and Andy Lapthorne secure their POS vote positions

19 confirmed now.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Friday 15th of September 2023 03:21:43 PM

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A quick question, probably aimed at TA but anyone can respond. One of the criteria to qualify for our player of the season vote is to be top British doubles player.

In the womens, Liv and Lissey took that honour last year, where very close to each other ranking wise and played entirely as a pair, so they qualified via that route.

This season Naiktha Bains leads and , although it is probably open, she is most likely to end up number one Brit. Maia Lumsden is second and not far behind but not as close as last seasons top two. Naiktha and Maia are largely playing as a pair but have some events apart.

Question - if Naiktha ends up number one, should we count her as sole doubles number one or with Maia as a pair?

the addict · Tennis legend

Actually Maia is could well end up as GB #1 because of a combination of reasons which I have set out below.

I would expect the top doubles player to be just that - one player - but I'm flexible and if others think it could be a pair I don't mind. Naiktha and Maia only paired up in April I believe after Naiktha returned from Australia.
I must admit I am a little biased as a long-time follower of Lissey (and Liv since they paired up).

The points - infomation from Coric live rankings
Naiktha is on 994 points - leading Maia by 70 points on 924.
Naiktha has been out with an injury and I don't know when she will return or how serious the injury is. She has two 50 point counters from Australia dropping before the end of the year with a 29 and a 15 point to replace them.
Maia has one 15 point counter coming off with a one point to replace it.
So Naiktha will finish on a minimum of 938 points. Maia will have a minimum of 910 points so just a couple of wins away.

If Naiktha isn't fit I would expect Maia to find another partner for Shrewsbury and Glasgow where I would expect her to pick up at least 30 points and possibly more like 100. A W100 title is worth 140 points so plenty to play for.

Incidentally, Lissey and Liv aren't very far behind with 875 and 841 points, but have a 95 point dropping off to be replaced by 29 points.

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the addict wrote:
Actually Maia is could well end up as GB #1 because of a combination of reasons which I have set out below.

I would expect the top doubles player to be just that - one player - but I'm flexible and if others think it could be a pair I don't mind. Naiktha and Maia only paired up in April I believe after Naiktha returned from Australia.
I must admit I am a little biased as a long-time follower of Lissey (and Liv since they paired up).

The points - infomation from Coric live rankings
Naiktha is on 994 points - leading Maia by 70 points on 924.
Naiktha has been out with an injury and I don't know when she will return or how serious the injury is. She has two 50 point counters from Australia dropping before the end of the year with a 29 and a 15 point to replace them.
Maia has one 15 point counter coming off with a one point to replace it.
So Naiktha will finish on a minimum of 938 points. Maia will have a minimum of 910 points so just a couple of wins away.

If Naiktha isn't fit I would expect Maia to find another partner for Shrewsbury and Glasgow where I would expect her to pick up at least 30 points and possibly more like 100. A W100 title is worth 140 points so plenty to play for.

Incidentally, Lissey and Liv aren't very far behind with 875 and 841 points, but have a 95 point dropping off to be replaced by 29 points.

more interesting than I thought, thanks TA. Let's keep an eye on it , then, as i know you will, and take a call at season end, I suggest! Probably the closest of the number one races for GB players, apart from maybe junior girls - all the other categories (mens and womens singles, mens doubles, junior boys and wheelchairs) seem clearcut. The girls and womens doubles seem open races to me, at least.

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
A quick question, probably aimed at TA but anyone can respond. One of the criteria to qualify for our player of the season vote is to be top British doubles player.

In the womens, Liv and Lissey took that honour last year, where very close to each other ranking wise and played entirely as a pair, so they qualified via that route.

This season Naiktha Bains leads and , although it is probably open, she is most likely to end up number one Brit. Maia Lumsden is second and not far behind but not as close as last seasons top two. Naiktha and Maia are largely playing as a pair but have some events apart.

Question - if Naiktha ends up number one, should we count her as sole doubles number one or with Maia as a pair?

Naiktha's best 11 counters from this year total 938 points.

This is made up of 3 counters with a couple of other partners totalling 94 points and 8 counters since April with Maia totalling 844 points ( including the 430 points from their Wimbledon QF ).

Unless possibly one does produce some big results with a different partner in the next couple of months, I think they should be counted as a pair if either ends up as our #1 ranked doubles player.

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JonH comes home wrote:
the addict wrote:
Actually Maia is could well end up as GB #1 because of a combination of reasons which I have set out below.

I would expect the top doubles player to be just that - one player - but I'm flexible and if others think it could be a pair I don't mind. Naiktha and Maia only paired up in April I believe after Naiktha returned from Australia.
I must admit I am a little biased as a long-time follower of Lissey (and Liv since they paired up).

The points - infomation from Coric live rankings
Naiktha is on 994 points - leading Maia by 70 points on 924.
Naiktha has been out with an injury and I don't know when she will return or how serious the injury is. She has two 50 point counters from Australia dropping before the end of the year with a 29 and a 15 point to replace them.
Maia has one 15 point counter coming off with a one point to replace it.
So Naiktha will finish on a minimum of 938 points. Maia will have a minimum of 910 points so just a couple of wins away.

If Naiktha isn't fit I would expect Maia to find another partner for Shrewsbury and Glasgow where I would expect her to pick up at least 30 points and possibly more like 100. A W100 title is worth 140 points so plenty to play for.

Incidentally, Lissey and Liv aren't very far behind with 875 and 841 points, but have a 95 point dropping off to be replaced by 29 points.
more interesting than I thought, thanks TA. Let's keep an eye on it , then, as i know you will, and take a call at season end, I suggest! Probably the closest of the number one races for GB players, apart from maybe junior girls - all the other categories (mens and womens singles, mens doubles, junior boys and wheelchairs) seem clearcut. The girls and womens doubles seem open races to me, at least.

which raises the question of whether Hannah can be reasonably expected to top the girls or would someone else like Ranah and Mimi stand a chance of toppling her?

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So Dan Evans wins September 2023 Player of the Month and here is our updated roll of honour. This is Dan's 4th PoM title, joining Cam Norrie and Fran Jones on 4 titles over the years. Well done to all 3 of them for that achievement.

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

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
Nov

2023 Player of Season

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In terms of Player of Season, here is the updated qualification list so far: 20 places are secured now (see numbers after names). Katy Dunne, with Liams qualification as PoM RU this month, moves into the box seat as the top 3rd/4th finisher over the year, but it is very tight for that route in!! Naiktha and Maia lead the womens doubles pack, but that is still wide open

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
Oct PoM RU
Nov PoM
Nov PoM RU
Mens Singles # 1 Cam Norrie
Womens Singles # 1 Katie Boulter
Mens Doubles # 1 Neal Skupski
Womens Doubles # 1 Naiktha Bains/Maia Lumsden
Junior Boys # 1 Henry Searle
Junior Girls # 1 Hannah Klugman
Wheelchair Mens # 1 Alfie Hewett (18)
Wheelchair Womens # 1 Lucy Shuker (19)
Wheelchair Quads # 1 Andy Lapthorne (20)
Most 3rd/4th Place PoM places (not already qualified) Katy Dunne
Most tournament titles Alfie Hewett
Wild Card (s)

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Wednesday 4th of October 2023 09:47:41 PM

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As of end of week 37, Alfie Hewett topped the tournament winners list - I will update the list when Indy does his next updates for weeks 38-40 over in the relevant threads.