July 2023 British Player of the Month Nominations

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

July 2023 British Player of the Month Nominations

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

I make it 5 Wimbledon finals at one level or another with Brits in today! Wow.

Rich2310 · County player

1. - Jan Choinski - for winning his first ATP level match, at Wimbledon and beating a player in the top 60, about 100 places higher in ranking

2. - Jodie Burrage - for reaching Wimbledon rd2 and possibly getting a top 100 ranking at the next update.

3. - Liam Broady - for reaching R3 of Wimbledon and beating the world no 4 to get there.

4. - Katie Boulter - for reaching the 3rd round of Wimbledon in successive years, number 1, top 100, AE to US Open.

5. - Andy Murray - For reaching the second round of a grand slam with a metal hip in two successive tournaments.

6. - Jonny O'Mara and Olivia Nicolls - For reaching the semi-finals of the Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon as a Wild Card entry, beating the 4th and 5th seeds on the way

7. - Naiktha Bains and Maia Lumsden for being the first all British ladies pairing for 40 years to reach the Ladies Doubles Quarter Finals

8. - Henry Searle into the Wimbledon Boys singles final. (Final still to come)

9. - Neal Skupski - Wimbledon Men's Doubles Champion and STILL Nº 1 in the world.

10. - Toby Samuel - Won the 25k singles title at Notts, despite being a full-time college student and only age 20, AND won a round in Wimbly Men's Doubles

11. - Alfie Hewetc/Gordon Reid - won the Wimbledon wheelchair mens doubles title, their fifth Wimbledon title, and on Court One!

12. - Mark Ceban - Wimbledon Boy's 14 and under Champion.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

1. - Jan Choinski - for winning his first ATP level match, at Wimbledon and beating a player in the top 60, about 100 places higher in ranking
2. - Jodie Burrage - for reaching Wimbledon rd2 and possibly getting a top 100 ranking at the next update.

3. - Liam Broady - for reaching R3 of Wimbledon and beating the world no 4 to get there.

4. - Katie Boulter - for reaching the 3rd round of Wimbledon in successive years, number 1, top 100, AE to US Open.

5. - Andy Murray - For reaching the second round of a grand slam with a metal hip in two successive tournaments.

6. - Jonny O'Mara and Olivia Nicolls - For reaching the semi-finals of the Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon as a Wild Card entry, beating the 4th and 5th seeds on the way

7. - Naiktha Bains and Maia Lumsden for being the first all British ladies pairing for 40 years to reach the Ladies Doubles Quarter Finals

8. - Henry Searle into the Wimbledon Boys singles final. (Final still to come)

9. - Neal Skupski - Wimbledon Men's Doubles Champion and STILL Nº 1 in the world.

10. - Toby Samuel - Won the 25k singles title at Notts, despite being a full-time college student and only age 20, AND won a round in Wimbly Men's Doubles

11. - Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - won the Wimbledon wheelchair mens doubles title, their fifth Wimbledon title, and on Court One!

12. - Mark Ceban - Wimbledon Boy's 14 and under Champion.

Spotted a typo!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

May well end up with two rounds again this month, haha.

By the way, if anyone can correct the narrative on players like Henry in the list above, it would be appreciated!

Jan · Hall of fame

1. - Jan Choinski - for winning his first ATP level match, at Wimbledon and beating a player in the top 60, about 100 places higher in ranking

2. - Jodie Burrage - for reaching Wimbledon rd2 and possibly getting a top 100 ranking at the next update.

3. - Liam Broady - for reaching R3 of Wimbledon and beating the world no 4 to get there.

4. - Katie Boulter - for reaching the 3rd round of Wimbledon in successive years, number 1, top 100, AE to US Open.

5. - Andy Murray - For reaching the second round of a grand slam with a metal hip in two successive tournaments.

6. - Jonny O'Mara and Olivia Nicolls - For reaching the semi-finals of the Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon as a Wild Card entry, beating the 4th and 5th seeds on the way

7. - Naiktha Bains and Maia Lumsden for being the first all British ladies pairing for 40 years to reach the Ladies Doubles Quarter Finals

8. - Henry Searle - Wimbledon Boys' Champion!!

9. - Neal Skupski - Wimbledon Men's Doubles Champion and STILL Nº 1 in the world.

10. - Toby Samuel - Won the 25k singles title at Notts, despite being a full-time college student and only age 20, AND won a round in Wimbly Men's Doubles

11. - Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - won the Wimbledon wheelchair mens doubles title, their fifth Wimbledon title, and on Court One!

12. - Mark Ceban - Wimbledon Boy's 14 and under Champion.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Halfway through the month with 12 nominations. July is often a strange month in Pom terms as the first half is clearly bigger in tennis terms than the second , so lets see how far 12 grows and over the rest of the month. If we reach 16 players or so, then similar to last month Ill think of splitting into two rounds of voting

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Actually I think I took that call on two groups at 18 nominations last month so will use 18 as my benchmark this time as well. Lets see.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Ps been in north Norfolk this weekend - weather was pretty lousy but lovely area and well recommend Sandringham to anyone wanting an interesting visit. And Im in no way a Royalist, but enjoyed it very much .

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Jan wrote:
1. - Jan Choinski - for winning his first ATP level match, at Wimbledon and beating a player in the top 60, about 100 places higher in ranking

2. - Jodie Burrage - for reaching Wimbledon rd2 and possibly getting a top 100 ranking at the next update.

3. - Liam Broady - for reaching R3 of Wimbledon and beating the world no 4 to get there.

4. - Katie Boulter - for reaching the 3rd round of Wimbledon in successive years, number 1, top 100, AE to US Open.

5. - Andy Murray - For reaching the second round of a grand slam with a metal hip in two successive tournaments.

6. - Jonny O'Mara and Olivia Nicolls - For reaching the semi-finals of the Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon as a Wild Card entry, beating the 4th and 5th seeds on the way

7. - Naiktha Bains and Maia Lumsden for being the first all British ladies pairing for 40 years to reach the Ladies Doubles Quarter Finals

8. - Henry Searle - Wimbledon Boys' Champion!!

9. - Neal Skupski - Wimbledon Men's Doubles Champion and STILL Nº 1 in the world.

10. - Toby Samuel - Won the 25k singles title at Notts, despite being a full-time college student and only age 20, AND won a round in Wimbly Men's Doubles

11. - Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - won the Wimbledon wheelchair mens doubles title, their fifth Wimbledon title, and on Court One!

12. - Mark Ceban - Wimbledon Boy's 14 and under Champion.

Normally youd say a slam winner would be guaranteed PoM for sure - in fact youd put them up there as serious contenders for player of the season - Joe won PoS in 2020 and Emma in 2021- this month weve got 4 of them going for it! going to make it fun this month!

indiana · Tennis legend

Well you might say that Jon. Probably others, including certainly myself, would just say that a main singles Slam winner is pretty much guaranteed PoM. But then you have been more into general Slam winners, having for instance picked Joe's US Open double doubles over Emma.

One ot two of these Slams winners are at least currently in my thoughts. But we will see how it all transpires.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Well you might say that Jon. Probably others, including certainly myself, would just say that a main singles Slam winner is pretty much guaranteed PoM. But then you have been more into general Slam winners, having for instance picked Joe's US Open double doubles over Emma.

One ot two of these Slams winners are at least currently in my thoughts. But we will see how it all transpires.

Dang, your memory is good!

guaranteed was probably a poor choice of wording on my behalf! Maybe I should have said it would usually put them in a strong position !

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Jan wrote:
1. - Jan Choinski - for winning his first ATP level match, at Wimbledon and beating a player in the top 60, about 100 places higher in ranking

2. - Jodie Burrage - for reaching Wimbledon rd2 and possibly getting a top 100 ranking at the next update.

3. - Liam Broady - for reaching R3 of Wimbledon and beating the world no 4 to get there.

4. - Katie Boulter - for reaching the 3rd round of Wimbledon in successive years, number 1, top 100, AE to US Open.

5. - Andy Murray - For reaching the second round of a grand slam with a metal hip in two successive tournaments.

6. - Jonny O'Mara and Olivia Nicolls - For reaching the semi-finals of the Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon as a Wild Card entry, beating the 4th and 5th seeds on the way

7. - Naiktha Bains and Maia Lumsden for being the first all British ladies pairing for 40 years to reach the Ladies Doubles Quarter Finals

8. - Henry Searle - Wimbledon Boys' Champion!!

9. - Neal Skupski - Wimbledon Men's Doubles Champion and STILL Nº 1 in the world.

10. - Toby Samuel - Won the 25k singles title at Notts, despite being a full-time college student and only age 20, AND won a round in Wimbly Men's Doubles

11. - Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - won the Wimbledon wheelchair mens doubles title, their fifth Wimbledon title, and on Court One!

12. - Mark Ceban - Wimbledon Boy's 14 and under Champion.

remember, just a week and a half left here for nominations, close next Sunday 30th.

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
indiana wrote:
Well you might say that Jon. Probably others, including certainly myself, would just say that a main singles Slam winner is pretty much guaranteed PoM. But then you have been more into general Slam winners, having for instance picked Joe's US Open double doubles over Emma.

One ot two of these Slams winners are at least currently in my thoughts. But we will see how it all transpires.
Dang, your memory is good!

guaranteed was probably a poor choice of wording on my behalf! Maybe I should have said it would usually put them in a strong position !

Ha, I recall that you had some kind of rules you gave yourself at the time, which IMHO proved to be not fit for purpose

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
indiana wrote:
Well you might say that Jon. Probably others, including certainly myself, would just say that a main singles Slam winner is pretty much guaranteed PoM. But then you have been more into general Slam winners, having for instance picked Joe's US Open double doubles over Emma.

One ot two of these Slams winners are at least currently in my thoughts. But we will see how it all transpires.
Dang, your memory is good!

guaranteed was probably a poor choice of wording on my behalf! Maybe I should have said it would usually put them in a strong position !
Ha, I recall that you had some kind of rules you gave yourself at the time, which IMHO proved to be not fit for purpose

Oh yea- I had a little checklist of winning something , and doing it more than once in the month (sustained performance). Ive become a little more flexible in my old age!