Sir Andy Murray 2024 Player of the Month and Season Awards - overview thread

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Sir Andy Murray 2024 Player of the Month and Season Awards - overview thread

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

As Neal isnt in Metz or Belgrade, even if he wins Paris he cant catch Henry now.

So Henry is guaranteed top spot.

In fact, mathematically:

mens singles - Jack is guaranteed now

mens doubles - Henry is guaranteed

womens singles - Katie is guaranteed

womens doubles - Liv is guaranteed

All the wheelchair categories are guaranteed, Alfie (mens), Lucy (womens), Andy (quad).

The girls remains effectively certain, ie Mika, and the boys looks like Charlie but I guess is open still between him and Oli

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Updated roll of honour -
Jack Draper gets his first PoM title in a well deserved win for October 24.
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 Henry Patten/Julian Cash

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)

2023 Player of the Season Joe Salisbury (2nd PoS title)

2024 Winner

Dec 23 Hannah Klugman (3)
Jan Kyle Edmund
Feb Katie Boulter (2)
Mar Fran Jones (5) / Lily Miyazaki
Apr Emma Raducanu (4) / Mika Stojsavljevic
May Ella McDonald / Fran Jones (6)
Jun Billy Harris (3)
Jul Henry Patten
Aug Jan Choinski / Jacob Fearnley
Sep Sonay Kartal (4) / Mika Stojsavljevic (2)
Oct Jack Draper (1)

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2024 Player of Season Qualifiers - So, Jack D wins the October PoM but has already qualified for Player of the Season. But Megan Knight is runner up and she therefore takes her place in Player of the Season in two months time - well done Megan!
24 qualification places filled now.
Player Name
Dec 23 PoM Hannah Klugman (1)
Dec 23 PoM RU Jack Draper (2)
Australian Open / French Open / Wimbledon / Paralympic Men's Wheelchair Doubles Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid (3)
Australian Open Quad Wheelchair Doubles Andy Lapthorne (4)
Jan PoM Kyle Edmund (5)
Jan PoM RU Luke Johnson (6)
Feb PoM Katie Boulter (7)
Feb PoM RU Julian Cash (8)
Feb PoM RU Marni Banks (9)
Mar PoM Fran Jones (10)
Mar PoM Lily Miyazaki (11)
Apr PoM Emma Raducanu (12)
Apr PoM Mika Stojsavljevic (13)
May PoM Ella McDonald (14)
May PoM Fran Jones (already qualified)
Jun PoM Billy Harris (15)
Jun PoM RU Jake Fearnley (16)
Jun PoM RU Jack Draper (already qualified)
Jul PoM Henry Patten (17)
Jul PoM RU Jake Fearnley (already qualified)
Wimbledon Mens Doubles Henry Patten (already qualified)
Wimbledon Wheelchair Mens Singles Alfie Hewett (18)
Aug PoM Jake Fearnley (already qualified)
Aug PoM - Jan Choinski (19)
US Open Girls - Mike Stojsavljevic (already qualified)
Men's Wheelchair #1 - Alfie Hewett (already qualified)
Women's Wheelchair #1 - Lucy Shuker (20)
Quad Wheelchair #1 - Andy Lapthorne (already qualified)
Sep PoM - Sonay Kartal (21)
Sep PoM - Mika Stojsavljevic (already qualified)
Men's singles #1 - Jack Draper (already qualified)
Women's singles #1 - Katie Boulter (already qualified)
Women's doubles #1 - Liv Nicholls (22)
Girl's #1 - Mika Stojsavljevic (already qualified)
Mens doubles #1 - Henry Patten (already qualified)
Boy's #1 - Charlie Robertson OR Oliver Bonding (23)
Oct PoM - Jack Draper (already qualified)
Oct PoM RU - Megan Knight (24)

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Tuesday 5th of November 2024 09:27:10 PM

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and an updated view of the remaining PoM/PoS calendar

November 2024 - Sunday 1st December (ie end of week 48) - 4 week period (vote 1 Dec to 3 Dec)
Rankings cut off to determine number ones qualifying for POS vote - as becomes confirmed, but Final Cut off 16 Dec
December 2024 - Sunday 29th December (ie end of week 52) - a 4 week period (Vote 29 Dec to 31 Dec)

Player of the Season votes will then run:

Wild card nominations - nominations will open from 3rd December (ie when the November PoM vote is complete) and close Tuesday 31st December (ie when December PoM vote closes) - note, there will be a maximum of 20 nominations accepted, so if we reach that number the nominations will close. If any wild card nominations subsequently qualify through December PoM, for example, I will take them out of the wild card vote (as they won't need a wildcard!)
Wild Card Vote - Wednesday 1st January to Friday 3rd January
PoS Round One - Saturday 4th January to Monday 6th January

PoS Semifinals - Tuesday 7th January to Thursday 9th January

PoS Final - Friday 10th January to Sunday 12th January

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And here are the updated voting stats over the years

Average Votes Change
2020 24.3
2021 29.1 19.59%
2022 35.6 22.34%
2023 39.3 10.39%
2024 44.5 13.35%

As per past years, October with 48 votes was a strong month. November usually is also, December has always been a quiet one (distractions!) so let's see how the year rolls out

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24 players have qualified for the Player of the Season vote- unless we get 2 new players in both November and December (which is possible given they, as months, probably include less top tier play than other months) then we will land short of 28 participants. As such, the wildcard nominations and vote will round the field out to that 28 as we have had the past couple of years. How many wild cards precisely will be determined once December PoM vote is done.

The wildcards process starts after the November PoM vote in early December, and Ill put up a separate thread for that at the right time.

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Of the 24 we have:

12 women and 12 men (counting Alfie/Gordon as 1!)

4 juniors

4 wheelchair entrants (again counting Alfie/Gordon as 1)

4 doubles entrants (again counting Alfie/Gordon as 1)

A nicely balanced field. It will help me distribute the players nicely across the groups if it stays this way. My draft groups look very balanced as they stand but Nov and Dec PoM winners will certainly change the groupings around a bit so they are just for me to practice with at this stage.

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For those interested, this is the total number of nominations each player has had this season (11 months as it started with Dec 23) - Jake and Sonay lead the way; Heather, Mimi, Millie R. Andy and Oli B are all players with a lot of nominations who haven't managed to crack the top 2 in a PoM vote or get a place in Player of the Season, so far at least.

8 Jacob Fearnley
7 Sonay Kartal
6 Alfie Hewett
6 Heather Watson
6 Jack Draper
6 Katie Boulter
5 Mimi Xu
5 Olivia Nicholls
4 Amelia Rajecki
4 Andy Murray
4 Mika Stojsavljevic
4 Oli Bonding

3 Billy Harris
3 Charles Broom
3 Ella McDonald
3 Fran Jones
3 Gordon Reid
3 Harriet Dart
3 Henry Patten
3 Jo Monday
3 Jodie Burrage
3 Julian Cash
3 Lloyd Glasspool
3 Luke Johnson
3 Marcus Willis
3 Mark Ceban
3 Megan Knight
3 Paul Jubb
2 Anna Brogan
2 Anna McBride
2 Brooke Black
2 Charles Robertson
2 Conor Brady
2 Dan Evans
2 Emile Hudd
2 Emily Appleton
2 Emma Raducanu
2 Giles Hussey
2 Henry Searle
2 Hep Oluwadare
2 Hollie Smart
2 Jack Pinnington-Jones
2 Jan Choinski
2 Lily Miyazaki
2 Marni Banks
2 Neal Skupski
2 Oliver Crawford
2 Oliver Tarvet
1 Alastair Gray
1 Ali Habib
1 Alice Gillan
1 Alicia Barnett
1 Allegra Korpanec Davies
1 Andy Lapthorne
1 Annabel Wong
1 Anton Matusevich
1 Bella Rebel
1 Ben Gusic-Wan
1 Ben Jones
1 Beth Grey
1 Cam Norrie
1 Clarice Ouvarova
1 Damian Rodriguez
1 Daniela Piani
1 Daniella Britton
1 Dylan Davies
1 Edie Griffiths
1 Eleanor Dean
1 Emily Webley-Smith
1 Eric Lorimer
1 Erin Pearce
1 Ewen Lumsden
1 Felix Gill
1 Felix Mischker
1 Flora Johnson
1 GB BJK Cup Team
1 GB Mens Wheelchair World Cup Team
1 GB U16 Girls European Summer Cup Team
1 GB Under 12 Girls
1 George Loffhagen
1 Greg Slade
1 Hannah Klugman
1 Hannay Rylatt
1 Hugo Coquelin
1 Isabella Wong
1 James Mackinlay
1 James Story
1 Jamie Murray
1 Jay Clarke
1 Joe Salisbury
1 Katherine Barnes
1 Kyle Edmund
1 Luca Pow
1 Lucy Shuker
1 Lui Maxted
1 Luke Hooper
1 Madeleine Brooks
1 Marcus Walters
1 Max Basing
1 Michael Shaw
1 Ophelia Korpanec Davies
1 Peter Alam
1 Phoenix Weir
1 Ranah Stoiber
1 Rhys Lawlor
1 Rosie Cho
1 Sam Murray-Sharan
1 Scott Watson
1 Sophie Buzzigoli
1 Sophie Drakeford-Lewis
1 Viktor Frydrych

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Wednesday 6th of November 2024 03:53:35 PM

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Interested to see where Nov and Dec go to with PoM nominations and votes - December feels like a month where we will see some lesser known names shine through, maybe juniors will come to the fore.

November still has a decent amount of top action in various Tour Finals and team events, but again some new names may shine through as well.

PoS is looking like it will land most likely on a 28 player field, as per past years, but if lots of new names hit the PoM heights, in Nov and Dec, we may find ourselves with 30 participants in PoS

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Remember, the Player of the Season Wild Cards Nominations begin on December 3rd, so keep an eye out!

24 players are already qualified, and others may come in through the November PoM vote, which finishes Dec 2nd.

There will be up to 20 wild card nominations, and the process will be taking place through December.

A separate thread will go up in due course!!

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Tuesday 19th of November 2024 09:55:05 AM

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JonH comes home wrote:
Remember, the Player of the Season Wild Cards Nominations begin on December 3rd, so keep an eye out!

24 players are already qualified, and others may come in through the November PoM vote, which finishes Dec 2nd.

There will be up to 20 wild card nominations, and the process will be taking place through December.

A separate thread will go up in due course!!

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Tuesday 19th of November 2024 09:55:05 AM

So this is how the wild cards process will work. After the November PoM is finished, Dec 2nd, I will post a thread for the wild card nominations - similar to a normal PoM nominations thread and , indeed, it will run alongside the December PoM nominations process.

There will be a maximum of 20 wild card nominations accepted - nominations will continue until the end of December. If we reach 20, I will accept others as "alternates". Once the December PoM vote has taken place, if any of the wild card nominations have subsequently qualified for Player of the Season through the December PoM vote, I will finalise the list, take out any players who may have qualified in the meantime and add in any alts, so we end up with a max of 20, or fewer if we don't get 20 nominations.

There will be no limit on how many players a single board member can nominate - you can do 20 if you like. BUT, there will be a limit of 1 nomination per day per board member, which gives others a chance of getting in there with a nomination.

The nominations will close December 31st and the vote will take place as soon as possible thereafter.

Once the November and December PoM votes have taken place, we will know how many qualifiers for PoS we have and how many more we need to fill with wild cards, at which point I will confirm that in the voting poll that goes up. I expect the number of wild cards will be 1 or 2, but it could be more, depends on where we land the next month or so. We currently have 24 players in PoS - the PoS vote will ideally have 28 players in it, so the wild cards will round that number out. If Nov/Dec PoM votes land us with 4 completely new names to qualify for PoS, then I will expand the PoS field to 30 and fill it with a couple of wild cards from there. All will become clear and confirmed once the Dec PoM vote has happened.

Meanwhile, the Wild Card nomination thread will be posted December 3rd, which is only a couple of weeks away!

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Just one week now until the Player of the Season Wild card nominations process begins, evening of 3rd December!

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Although we aren't into December month, I was musing earlier that the month could be a weaker month than many - less events, all will be at junior or ITF level, the ITF events are largely M/W15 level (not all) and fritter out post the 16th to the extent we may not have many BRits playing.

Which doesn't impact on us doing a December PoM poll etc as all months are months ie equal in terms of the calendar.

What it may mean is we have a slightly lower bar than usual - someone reaching the last 4 of an event at M15 may turn out to be the highlight of the month!! So keep this in mind when nominating - player of the month is relative to the other achievements in that month, not to other months.

So that semifinal could turn out to be a real high that needs celebrating!!

We could also end up with a lot less nominations, of course, as people keep the bar as high and a lot of us will be (quite rightly) distracted with other things in December!

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Looking back at last season, a few changes to the Player of the Season voting this year:

Wild cards - the wild card nominations will be limited to 20 nominees (last year it was unlimited). If there is just one wild card place, we will have one big group to vote from; if there is more than one place to be allocated, I will split the votes down accordingly, so that each groups winner will go through to PoS. If there are ties, there will be a tie break as I will leave it as just one player max per group

PoS vote - not sure yet whether, post wild cards being added, we will land on 28 or 30 players taking part in PoS. Whichever it is, there will be 3 rounds of voting, QF's, Semis and a final. Structure to be determined. In PoS , last year I had tie breaks for groups where there were ties on players going through. I found this awkward and not really fair (unlike the wild cards votes which are by their nature a little bit "all over the place"). So this year, the main PoS will no tie break votes and will mean that "plus ties" will go through to the next round. It may mean uneven groups at semis or final stages, but that is a minor thing compared to wanting to be fair. The tie break votes cause me lots of headaches as well, they are helter skelter really, so I am happy to ditch them in the main PoS vote