November 2023 Player of the Month nominations thread

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

November 2023 Player of the Month nominations thread

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Have to throw Jay's hat into the ring here.

1. Andy Lapthorne - reaching the semis of the NEC Wheelchair Masters, beating David Wagner (WR 3) along the way and pushing second seed, Sam Schroder, all the way. Andy surpassed expectations here and it is a great end to the season for him.

2 Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid - winning the ITF World Wheelchair Masters title, perfect record during the week and came from behind to win the final - marvellous as always!

3. Alfie Hewett - wins the Wheelchair Masters title, unbeaten in the week, beating the top 8 players in the world to the games most prestigious prize! Add that to the doubles title as well and Alfie has had a perfect week and month!

4. Luke Johnson - for regaining his singles ranking, with a win in his first singles match since Feb 2023.

5. Giles Hussey - for reaching the final in a 25k, and despite losing in 3 sets, driving 3 hours and going straight back on court to win a QR1 challenger match. Oh, and did I mention that he has broken into the Top 500 as a result of this. Also reached the final of the Challenger 75 doubles in Drummondville

6. Billy Harris - for taking out his CH ranking again (and again), for getting through qualies in Sofia and then winning his first ever ATP Main Tour MD match in a 3rd set breaker.

7. Jack Draper, for reaching his first ATP tour final (beating WR 27 and 28 on the way), after living up to his #1 seeding and winning a close final against David Goffin in the Challenger 75 event the week before.

8. Emilie Lindh - for reaching a W25 SF, a W25 Final (both from qualifying) and a QF in a W40, having never got past a QF in a W25 before. Along the way she got 4 of her top 5 career high wins by ranking, including a career high ranking win. As a result she increased her ranking 210 places to a career high WR 442 and into the top 500 for the first time.

9. Gabia Paskauskas (born 2006) - for doing the double, winning the J200 singles AND doubles titles in Malaysia, her first such titles, and very likely breaking into the top-100 for the first time

10. Sarah Beth Gray/Eden Silva - for winning the biggest title of their careers for both of them, the W60+H in Calgary. Neither Beth or Eden have won a title at W60+H before.

11. GB Junior Girls BJK Cup Team - for coming third in the competition on clay.

12. GB Women's BJK Cup Team - for their victory over Sweden, advancing them to the 2024 qualifiers.

13. Oliver Okonwko - ranked 1862, just beaten Harrison ATP 514, in his home US college town, in a third-set TB; gets two more singles ranking points - only got his first one a month back. AND, completely unexpectedly, has made the final in the doubles (also, he has a wonderful dad)

14. Allegra Korpanec Davies (born 2007) - for doing the double, winning the J60 singles and doubles titles in Bahrain

15. Sarah Tatu - building on her gradual development over the year and reaching the W15 semi-final in Spain, from qualifying, beating the 3rd seed (600 places above her) on the way

16: Samantha Murray Sharan - for reaching two ITF doubles finals, including taking the title with Lissey Barnett in the W40 in Luxembourg, in her quest to increase her ranking to enable her to return to the main WTA tour in 2024.

17. Joe Salisbury - for winning the ATP finals for the 2nd year in a row. Building on their semi in Paris, Joe and Rajeev won all 5 matches in Turin, taking 3rd place in the team rankings for the year and moving Joe to year end 7th in the indI usual rankings.

18. Greg Slade - won the ITF 2 series (like an ATP 250) Open ParaTennis de Loiret, winning the quad singles and doubles unseeded, his first titles at this level.

19. Jay Clarke - After so many injuries Jay finally gets some wins under his belt and takes the title in the 25k in Turkey and then added the doubles title for good measure.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Sunday 26th of November 2023 02:02:11 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thanks Bob!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

4 weeks down, 1 to go. Will anyone else get on our list before next Sunday!?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

In the past 3 years we have been doing player of the month, the November vote has always thrown up a first time PoM winner:

In 2020 it was Hep Oluwadare; in 2021, we had our only ever 3 way tie for PoM (we have only ever had 2, the other was in May 21) when Beth Grey, Billy Harris and Sonay Kartal took the PoM title jointly; in 2022, it was also shared but this time between a doubles pair, Julian Cash and Henry Patten (earlier in 2022, Lissey and Liv had become the first doubles pair to take the PoM title).

Of the 19 nominees so far this month, 15 of them have never won a PoM title previously - could we be in line for a first time PoM winner again this month?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Have to throw Jay's hat into the ring here.

1. Andy Lapthorne - reaching the semis of the NEC Wheelchair Masters, beating David Wagner (WR 3) along the way and pushing second seed, Sam Schroder, all the way. Andy surpassed expectations here and it is a great end to the season for him.

2 Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid - winning the ITF World Wheelchair Masters title, perfect record during the week and came from behind to win the final - marvellous as always!

3. Alfie Hewett - wins the Wheelchair Masters title, unbeaten in the week, beating the top 8 players in the world to the games most prestigious prize! Add that to the doubles title as well and Alfie has had a perfect week and month!

4. Luke Johnson - for regaining his singles ranking, with a win in his first singles match since Feb 2023.

5. Giles Hussey - for reaching the final in a 25k, and despite losing in 3 sets, driving 3 hours and going straight back on court to win a QR1 challenger match. Oh, and did I mention that he has broken into the Top 500 as a result of this. Also reached the final of the Challenger 75 doubles in Drummondville

6. Billy Harris - for taking out his CH ranking again (and again), for getting through qualies in Sofia and then winning his first ever ATP Main Tour MD match in a 3rd set breaker.

7. Jack Draper, for reaching his first ATP tour final (beating WR 27 and 28 on the way), after living up to his #1 seeding and winning a close final against David Goffin in the Challenger 75 event the week before.

8. Emilie Lindh - for reaching a W25 SF, a W25 Final (both from qualifying) and a QF in a W40, having never got past a QF in a W25 before. Along the way she got 4 of her top 5 career high wins by ranking, including a career high ranking win. As a result she increased her ranking 210 places to a career high WR 442 and into the top 500 for the first time.

9. Gabia Paskauskas (born 2006) - for doing the double, winning the J200 singles AND doubles titles in Malaysia, her first such titles, and very likely breaking into the top-100 for the first time

10. Sarah Beth Gray/Eden Silva - for winning the biggest title of their careers for both of them, the W60+H in Calgary. Neither Beth or Eden have won a title at W60+H before.

11. GB Junior Girls BJK Cup Team - for coming third in the competition on clay.

12. GB Women's BJK Cup Team - for their victory over Sweden, advancing them to the 2024 qualifiers.

13. Oliver Okonwko - ranked 1862, just beaten Harrison ATP 514, in his home US college town, in a third-set TB; gets two more singles ranking points - only got his first one a month back. AND, completely unexpectedly, has made the final in the doubles (also, he has a wonderful dad)

14. Allegra Korpanec Davies (born 2007) - for doing the double, winning the J60 singles and doubles titles in Bahrain

15. Sarah Tatu - building on her gradual development over the year and reaching the W15 semi-final in Spain, from qualifying, beating the 3rd seed (600 places above her) on the way

16: Samantha Murray Sharan - for reaching two ITF doubles finals, including taking the title with Lissey Barnett in the W40 in Luxembourg, in her quest to increase her ranking to enable her to return to the main WTA tour in 2024.

17. Joe Salisbury - for winning the ATP finals for the 2nd year in a row. Building on their semi in Paris, Joe and Rajeev won all 5 matches in Turin, taking 3rd place in the team rankings for the year and moving Joe to year end 7th in the indI usual rankings.

18. Greg Slade - won the ITF 2 series (like an ATP 250) Open ParaTennis de Loiret, winning the quad singles and doubles unseeded, his first titles at this level.

19. Jay Clarke - After so many injuries Jay finally gets some wins under his belt and takes the title in the 25k in Turkey and then added the doubles title for good measure.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Sunday 26th of November 2023 02:02:11 PM

So just around 6 days left now in this Nominations period, closes Sunday 3rd December

Johnny Aitch · Junior player

1. Andy Lapthorne - reaching the semis of the NEC Wheelchair Masters, beating David Wagner (WR 3) along the way and pushing second seed, Sam Schroder, all the way. Andy surpassed expectations here and it is a great end to the season for him.

2 Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid - winning the ITF World Wheelchair Masters title, perfect record during the week and came from behind to win the final - marvellous as always!

3. Alfie Hewett - wins the Wheelchair Masters title, unbeaten in the week, beating the top 8 players in the world to the games most prestigious prize! Add that to the doubles title as well and Alfie has had a perfect week and month!

4. Luke Johnson - for regaining his singles ranking, with a win in his first singles match since Feb 2023.

5. Giles Hussey - for reaching the final in a 25k, and despite losing in 3 sets, driving 3 hours and going straight back on court to win a QR1 challenger match. Oh, and did I mention that he has broken into the Top 500 as a result of this. Also reached the final of the Challenger 75 doubles in Drummondville

6. Billy Harris - for taking out his CH ranking again (and again), for getting through qualies in Sofia and then winning his first ever ATP Main Tour MD match in a 3rd set breaker.

7. Jack Draper, for reaching his first ATP tour final (beating WR 27 and 28 on the way), after living up to his #1 seeding and winning a close final against David Goffin in the Challenger 75 event the week before.

8. Emilie Lindh - for reaching a W25 SF, a W25 Final (both from qualifying) and a QF in a W40, having never got past a QF in a W25 before. Along the way she got 4 of her top 5 career high wins by ranking, including a career high ranking win. As a result she increased her ranking 210 places to a career high WR 442 and into the top 500 for the first time.

9. Gabia Paskauskas (born 2006) - for doing the double, winning the J200 singles AND doubles titles in Malaysia, her first such titles, and very likely breaking into the top-100 for the first time

10. Sarah Beth Gray/Eden Silva - for winning the biggest title of their careers for both of them, the W60+H in Calgary. Neither Beth or Eden have won a title at W60+H before.

11. GB Junior Girls BJK Cup Team - for coming third in the competition on clay.

12. GB Women's BJK Cup Team - for their victory over Sweden, advancing them to the 2024 qualifiers.

13. Oliver Okonwko - ranked 1862, just beaten Harrison ATP 514, in his home US college town, in a third-set TB; gets two more singles ranking points - only got his first one a month back. AND, completely unexpectedly, has made the final in the doubles (also, he has a wonderful dad)

14. Allegra Korpanec Davies (born 2007) - for doing the double, winning the J60 singles and doubles titles in Bahrain

15. Sarah Tatu - building on her gradual development over the year and reaching the W15 semi-final in Spain, from qualifying, beating the 3rd seed (600 places above her) on the way

16: Samantha Murray Sharan - for reaching two ITF doubles finals, including taking the title with Lissey Barnett in the W40 in Luxembourg, in her quest to increase her ranking to enable her to return to the main WTA tour in 2024.

17. Joe Salisbury - for winning the ATP finals for the 2nd year in a row. Building on their semi in Paris, Joe and Rajeev won all 5 matches in Turin, taking 3rd place in the team rankings for the year and moving Joe to year end 7th in the indI usual rankings.

18. Greg Slade - won the ITF 2 series (like an ATP 250) Open ParaTennis de Loiret, winning the quad singles and doubles unseeded, his first titles at this level.

19. Jay Clarke - After so many injuries Jay finally gets some wins under his belt and takes the title in the 25k in Turkey and then added the doubles title for good measure.

20: Anna Brogan - In her only match during November, she narrowly lost to the No 4 seed, who was ranked 90 places above her in the WTA rankings.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thanks Johnny - All nominations are of course gratefully accepted though !

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Tuesday 28th of November 2023 08:06:15 AM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

20 nominations now and 6 days left in the process - vote will go up Sunday, timing depends on who is left playing on Sunday as Ill only post when all action is done!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

5 days left now in this months player of the month process. Will close
On Sunday at some point to be determined !

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

A few of these players nominated are playing this week, if you see anyone whose narrative is out of date, please feel free to update it.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

About 4 days left now for nominations and we enter the serious part of the week tomorrow.

There arent likely to be too many Brits around by the weekend, so I will take a view on when the last player is left in and then post the poll then. But it wont be before Sunday whatever happens.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Back end of week 5 -
Nominations close Sunday ! And then the fun begins !

If youve not nominated before for player of the month, anyone can do it - just quote the last list of players above, add a player and a reason and youre good to go!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

You can tell the week is getting exciting when the Friday Feeling update comes out from DF, and it is out on Thursday this week.

britishtennis.activeboard.com/t66034135/who-has-that-friday-feeling/

Here is our list of runners and riders at the pro level, with quite a few juniors also in action.

Anyone take your fancy as November Player of the Month, just add them to our list in the posts above and post a new list below!!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

nominations

1. Andy Lapthorne - reaching the semis of the NEC Wheelchair Masters, beating David Wagner (WR 3) along the way and pushing second seed, Sam Schroder, all the way. Andy surpassed expectations here and it is a great end to the season for him.
2 Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid - winning the ITF World Wheelchair Masters title, perfect record during the week and came from behind to win the final - marvellous as always!

3. Alfie Hewett - wins the Wheelchair Masters title, unbeaten in the week, beating the top 8 players in the world to the games most prestigious prize! Add that to the doubles title as well and Alfie has had a perfect week and month!

4. Luke Johnson - for regaining his singles ranking, with a win in his first singles match since Feb 2023.

5. Giles Hussey - for reaching the final in a 25k, and despite losing in 3 sets, driving 3 hours and going straight back on court to win a QR1 challenger match. Oh, and did I mention that he has broken into the Top 500 as a result of this. Also reached the final of the Challenger 75 doubles in Drummondville

6. Billy Harris - for taking out his CH ranking again (and again), for getting through qualies in Sofia and then winning his first ever ATP Main Tour MD match in a 3rd set breaker.

7. Jack Draper, for reaching his first ATP tour final (beating WR 27 and 28 on the way), after living up to his #1 seeding and winning a close final against David Goffin in the Challenger 75 event the week before.

8. Emilie Lindh - for reaching a W25 SF, a W25 Final (both from qualifying) and a QF in a W40, having never got past a QF in a W25 before. Along the way she got 4 of her top 5 career high wins by ranking, including a career high ranking win. As a result she increased her ranking 210 places to a career high WR 442 and into the top 500 for the first time.

9. Gabia Paskauskas (born 2006) - for doing the double, winning the J200 singles AND doubles titles in Malaysia, her first such titles, and very likely breaking into the top-100 for the first time

10. Sarah Beth Gray/Eden Silva - for winning the biggest title of their careers for both of them, the W60+H in Calgary. Neither Beth or Eden have won a title at W60+H before.

11. GB Junior Girls BJK Cup Team - for coming third in the competition on clay.

12. GB Women's BJK Cup Team - for their victory over Sweden, advancing them to the 2024 qualifiers.

13. Oliver Okonwko - ranked 1862, just beaten Harrison ATP 514, in his home US college town, in a third-set TB; gets two more singles ranking points - only got his first one a month back. AND, completely unexpectedly, has made the final in the doubles (also, he has a wonderful dad)

14. Allegra Korpanec Davies (born 2007) - for doing the double, winning the J60 singles and doubles titles in Bahrain

15. Sarah Tatu - building on her gradual development over the year and reaching the W15 semi-final in Spain, from qualifying, beating the 3rd seed (600 places above her) on the way

16: Samantha Murray Sharan - for reaching two ITF doubles finals, including taking the title with Lissey Barnett in the W40 in Luxembourg, in her quest to increase her ranking to enable her to return to the main WTA tour in 2024.

17. Joe Salisbury - for winning the ATP finals for the 2nd year in a row. Building on their semi in Paris, Joe and Rajeev won all 5 matches in Turin, taking 3rd place in the team rankings for the year and moving Joe to year end 7th in the indI usual rankings.

18. Greg Slade - won the ITF 2 series (like an ATP 250) Open ParaTennis de Loiret, winning the quad singles and doubles unseeded, his first titles at this level.

19. Jay Clarke - After so many injuries Jay finally gets some wins under his belt and takes the title in the 25k in Turkey and then added the doubles title for good measure.
20: Anna Brogan - In her only match during November, she narrowly lost to the No 4 seed, who was ranked 90 places above her in the WTA rankings.

Attention shifts from the wild cards and is now fully on the November player of the month. Just now until Sunday to complete the nominations.

if you see anyone not listed that does well this week and deserves one, or anyone whos had a good month generally, just take this list, quote it and add to it.

on Sunday, Ill let you all know a nominations closing time. vote will go up later Sunday