Giles in singles in Kuwait - Giles is already on our list for PoM vote!
Katy Dunne in doubles in Limassol
Marcus/Scott in doubles in Spain
Ben/David in doubles in Sharm
We have the GB University guys going for what I believe is a big title in its genre over in France
And Max and Allegra in singles and doubles in less exotic Glasgow, Hannah in singles in Glasgow, and Flora and Dani in Glasgow doubles
Like Giles, Allegra is also already in November PoM vote, but both of them are potentially adding to their respective records for the month and strengthening their chances.
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 2nd of December 2023 07:22:50 AM
Saturday and Sunday left now to get nominations in. A few of the finals finish tomorrow, so will determine close time when we see who is left and the respective orders of play. But the votes will be placed sometime early evening.
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.
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, and then following up with a repeat double at J60 Glasgow
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.
21. Scott Duncan and Marcus Willis - for winning their first Challenger titles at Maspalomas and achieving new career highs in the process.
22. Max Carrier - age 16, won his first J60 singles and also took the doubles title in Glasgow
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 2nd of December 2023 06:32:16 PM
Play tomorrow should be over by lunchtime but I wont be able to post the votes until the evening. So lets say 5 pm close for nominations and sometime later in the evening the vote will be posted.
I think tomorrow we have Ali G, Millen and The British University team. Millen and Ali play am but the Uni team play through the day so may determine when exactly the nominations list is finalised
This month the voting will be split into 2 rounds; two semis groups of what looks like it will be 11 or 12 per group. The top 3 plus ties will go into the PoM final;
I think Millen is on court around 9 am, Ali at 1030am and no idea the schedule for the GB Uni team in their event in France.
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, and then following up with the singles title at J60 Glasgow
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.
21. Scott Duncan and Marcus Willis - for winning their first Challenger titles at Maspalomas and achieving new career highs in the process.
22. Max Carrier - age 16, won his first J60 singles and also took the doubles title in Glasgow
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 3rd of December 2023 12:09:44 PM
The university match is going against us. Other finals are done and dusted
I have a window of time to post the votes between 4 and 5 so will ask for any final nominations to be in by 4 pm today latest please- cant imagine there will be any?! - but will firm it up at 4 and post the votes shortly thereafter !
Seeing as 23 is an odd number to try and divide into 'groups' (sorry Jon), I hereby nominate Ali Gray.
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, and then following up with the singles title at J60 Glasgow
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.
21. Scott Duncan and Marcus Willis - for winning their first Challenger titles at Maspalomas and achieving new career highs in the process.
22. Max Carrier - age 16, won his first J60 singles and also took the doubles title in Glasgow
23. Alistair Gray - For winning the Madrid M15 title - his first in a long time as he comes back from such a long injury lay-off
Seeing as 23 is an odd number to try and divide into 'groups' (sorry Jon), I hereby nominate Ali Gray.
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, and then following up with the singles title at J60 Glasgow
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.
21. Scott Duncan and Marcus Willis - for winning their first Challenger titles at Maspalomas and achieving new career highs in the process.
22. Max Carrier - age 16, won his first J60 singles and also took the doubles title in Glasgow
23. Alistair Gray - For winning the Madrid M15 title - his first in a long time as he comes back from such a long injury lay-off
Haha
cheers mate!
seriously, it is what it is! Maybe Ill add someone random to round it all out again !