January 2024 Player of the Month Nominations Thread

Brendan F · Lower Club Player

RE: January 2024 Player of the Month Nominations Thread

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Brendan F wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Ok, thanks Johnny. I think Anna being nominated for the past two months has been a little left field but its not for me to judge the nominations unless theyre obviously spurious, so lets go with the flow

If we get to more than 20 by tomorrow night, Ill consult ChatGPT and create some groups for semifinals. At the moment, we are ok for one big melee.
I always thought Johnny Aitch was your alter ego, Jon

I have wondered!

Tanaqui · Club Coach

Jon, are you planning on nominating Alfie and Gordon for their AO Doubles title? (I know they'll be in PoS as a result of winning a grand slam, but wondered if you wanted to recognise them in PoM as well.)

I'm going to do an update for Luke, since he'll now defiinitely be top 100 when the new rankings come out, but will wait for the result of his final tomorrow.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Hey Tanaqui - Id thought about it and wanted to see how Alfie did in singles - but , yeah. Someone should nominate them - Im out and about so cant really do it but happy if youd like to!? Or anyone else?

And thanks !

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Tanaqui wrote:
Jon, are you planning on nominating Alfie and Gordon for their AO Doubles title? (I know they'll be in PoS as a result of winning a grand slam, but wondered if you wanted to recognise them in PoM as well.)

I'm going to do an update for Luke, since he'll now defiinitely be top 100 when the new rankings come out, but will wait for the result of his final tomorrow.

Ps sent you a private message around your new role! Haha.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

I will update Luke Johnson's bio after his final tomorrow - if I remember.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Nominations List

1 - Alastair Gray - for breaking back into the Top 500 having come through qualies and reaching the 2nd round of the Challenger in Portugal.

2 - Oliver Crawford - for deciding to come and represent the wonder that is Great British tennis and then reaching the FQR of AO qualies.

3 - Heather Watson - for reaching the doubles final at the Brisbane WTA500 event and going back to British #1 in style.

4 - Lloyd Glasspool - for winning the ATP250 doubles in Brisbane and making a great start to both 2024 and a new partnership (with Jean-Julien Rojer)

5 - Katie Boulter - for beating Jessica Pegula World No 5 in the United Cup.

6 - Jacob Fearnley - for winning both the singles and doubles at the M25 event at Esch-sur-Alzette, having come through qualifying in the singles and then beaten the #1 seed comfortably in the semi-final.

7 - Jack Draper - for reaching the final the the ATP 250 in Adelaide and beating 3 top 32 players, including the top seed ranked 13.

8 - Joe Salisbury - for winning the Adelaide ATP250 and showing he and Rajeev have carried over their excellent form from the end of last year.

9 - Ella McDonald - for winning the Loughborough and Sunderland W35 doubles with different partners, beating the much higher ranked 1st, 3rd and 2nd seeds at Loughborough. Predicted new CH of 381, up 88 places.

10 - Kyle Edmund - for winning the M25 in Loughborough after such a long layoff from injury and for returning to the Top 500, and for following that up by winning the M25 in Sunderland a week later.

11 - Sonay Kartal - for winning the W35 in Loughborough in her first tournament since last September.

12 - Cam Norrie - for getting his best GS win by ranking in beating Caspar Ruud and making the 4th round of the AO for the first time, and for then pushing Zverev all the way to a final set tiebreak in that 4th round match.

13 - Luke Johnson - for winning the doubles at the ATP75 in Nonthaburi, which will not only give him a new career high but should take him to just outside the top 100 when the next rankings come out.

14. Ali Habib - in successive weeks in Doha, an M15 QF and M25 SF, both from qualifying. Will take out his CH 1281 and enter the top 1000.

15 - Daniela Piani (age 16) - for winning the singles and the doubles title at the J100 in Glasgow.

16 - Neil Skupski - for reaching the final of the mixed doubles at the Australian Open (with Desirae Krawczyk)
17. Andy Lapthorne - for winning the Australian Open Quad Wheelchair Doubles title, unseeded, with US partner David Wagner. Marvellous achievement!
18 - Anna Brogan - for three valiant efforts, in defeat, in her first (W35) tournaments of the year.
19 - Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - for winning their 5th straight Aussie Open Wheelchair Doubles title and remaining undoubtedly the top pair in the world

the addict · Tennis legend

I think Anna Brogan has had three recent nominations, but only received a single vote !
Looks like we could be going over the 20 limit this year. There are no juniors or Para players nomiated from the AO yet, and I expect a couple of others as well.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
I think Anna Brogan has had three recent nominations, but only received a single vote !
Looks like we could be going over the 20 limit this year. There are no juniors or Para players nomiated from the AO yet, and I expect a couple of others as well.

I think we will- I wondered about juniors as well but no one has bitten on that; para players for sure worth keeping an eye on and several doubles folks around. Ive got ChapGPT primed to sort the groups! ive put a nice little algorithm in that works a treat, or did on a trial run.

yes, Anna seems to have Johnny in her corner, but Im not sure her results have stood up to the test!

the addict · Tennis legend

Nominations List

1 - Alastair Gray - for breaking back into the Top 500 having come through qualies and reaching the 2nd round of the Challenger in Portugal.

2 - Oliver Crawford - for deciding to come and represent the wonder that is Great British tennis and then reaching the FQR of AO qualies.

3 - Heather Watson - for reaching the doubles final at the Brisbane WTA500 event and going back to British #1 in style.

4 - Lloyd Glasspool - for winning the ATP250 doubles in Brisbane and making a great start to both 2024 and a new partnership (with Jean-Julien Rojer)

5 - Katie Boulter - for beating Jessica Pegula World No 5 in the United Cup.

6 - Jacob Fearnley - for winning both the singles and doubles at the M25 event at Esch-sur-Alzette, having come through qualifying in the singles and then beaten the #1 seed comfortably in the semi-final.

7 - Jack Draper - for reaching the final the the ATP 250 in Adelaide and beating 3 top 32 players, including the top seed ranked 13.

8 - Joe Salisbury - for winning the Adelaide ATP250 and showing he and Rajeev have carried over their excellent form from the end of last year.

9 - Ella McDonald - for winning the Loughborough and Sunderland W35 doubles with different partners, beating the much higher ranked 1st, 3rd and 2nd seeds at Loughborough. Predicted new CH of 381, up 88 places.

10 - Kyle Edmund - for winning the M25 in Loughborough after such a long layoff from injury and for returning to the Top 500, and for following that up by winning the M25 in Sunderland a week later.

11 - Sonay Kartal - for winning the W35 in Loughborough in her first tournament since last September.

12 - Cam Norrie - for getting his best GS win by ranking in beating Caspar Ruud and making the 4th round of the AO for the first time, and for then pushing Zverev all the way to a final set tiebreak in that 4th round match.

13 - Luke Johnson - for winning the doubles at the ATP75 in Nonthaburi, which will not only give him a new career high but should take him to just outside the top 100 when the next rankings come out.

14 - Ali Habib - in successive weeks in Doha, an M15 QF and M25 SF, both from qualifying. Will take out his CH 1281 and enter the top 1000.

15 - Daniela Piani (age 16) - for winning the singles and the doubles title at the J100 in Glasgow.

16 - Neil Skupski - for reaching the final of the mixed doubles at the Australian Open (with Desirae Krawczyk)

17. Andy Lapthorne - for winning the Australian Open Quad Wheelchair Doubles title, unseeded, with US partner David Wagner. Marvellous achievement!

18 - Anna Brogan - for three valiant efforts, in defeat, in her first (W35) tournaments of the year.

19 - Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - for winning their 5th straight Aussie Open Wheelchair Doubles title and remaining undoubtedly the top pair in the world

20 - Olivia Nicholls and Beth Grey for winning 4 consective MTB's on their way to the W75 doubles title in Porto

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thanks TA! I think we are looking at groups! If we land on 21, 3groups of 7, otherwise 2 groups. If we somehow splurge to 25 then 5 of 5, haha.

Tanaqui · Club Coach

Well, I'm making it 21, since no one else has added it yet. And I have my eye on a couple more. smile

Nominations List

1 - Alastair Gray - for breaking back into the Top 500 having come through qualies and reaching the 2nd round of the Challenger in Portugal.

2 - Oliver Crawford - for deciding to come and represent the wonder that is Great British tennis and then reaching the FQR of AO qualies.

3 - Heather Watson - for reaching the doubles final at the Brisbane WTA500 event and going back to British #1 in style.

4 - Lloyd Glasspool - for winning the ATP250 doubles in Brisbane and making a great start to both 2024 and a new partnership (with Jean-Julien Rojer)

5 - Katie Boulter - for beating Jessica Pegula World No 5 in the United Cup.

6 - Jacob Fearnley - for winning both the singles and doubles at the M25 event at Esch-sur-Alzette, having come through qualifying in the singles and then beaten the #1 seed comfortably in the semi-final.

7 - Jack Draper - for reaching the final the the ATP 250 in Adelaide and beating 3 top 32 players, including the top seed ranked 13.

8 - Joe Salisbury - for winning the Adelaide ATP250 and showing he and Rajeev have carried over their excellent form from the end of last year.

9 - Ella McDonald - for winning the Loughborough and Sunderland W35 doubles with different partners, beating the much higher ranked 1st, 3rd and 2nd seeds at Loughborough. Predicted new CH of 381, up 88 places.

10 - Kyle Edmund - for winning the M25 in Loughborough after such a long layoff from injury and for returning to the Top 500, and for following that up by winning the M25 in Sunderland a week later.

11 - Sonay Kartal - for winning the W35 in Loughborough in her first tournament since last September.

12 - Cam Norrie - for getting his best GS win by ranking in beating Caspar Ruud and making the 4th round of the AO for the first time, and for then pushing Zverev all the way to a final set tiebreak in that 4th round match.

13 - Luke Johnson - for winning the doubles at the ATP75 in Nonthaburi, which will not only give him a new career high but should take him to just outside the top 100 when the next rankings come out.

14 - Ali Habib - in successive weeks in Doha, an M15 QF and M25 SF, both from qualifying. Will take out his CH 1281 and enter the top 1000.

15 - Daniela Piani (age 16) - for winning the singles and the doubles title at the J100 in Glasgow.

16 - Neil Skupski - for reaching the final of the mixed doubles at the Australian Open (with Desirae Krawczyk)

17. Andy Lapthorne - for winning the Australian Open Quad Wheelchair Doubles title, unseeded, with US partner David Wagner. Marvellous achievement!

18 - Anna Brogan - for three valiant efforts, in defeat, in her first (W35) tournaments of the year.

19 - Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - for winning their 5th straight Aussie Open Wheelchair Doubles title and remaining undoubtedly the top pair in the world

20 - Olivia Nicholls and Beth Grey for winning 4 consective MTB's on their way to the W75 doubles title in Porto

21 - Viktor Frydrych - for reaching the final of the Australian Open Boys Doubles (with Petr Brunclik)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

We are into groups now, then. As such, Ill probably post them Sunday night through to Monday and the final Monday to Tuesday night.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Outside of Australian action overnight in the para tennis events, I think Luke is the only player left in action?

As we need two rounds of voting with 21 plus nominations, I will post the opening round tomorrow evening, time fluid depending on my day!

So I will ask that all final nominations are in by 5 pm, no more will be accepted after that time!

Thanks all

Tanaqui · Club Coach

Nominations List

1 - Alastair Gray - for breaking back into the Top 500 having come through qualies and reaching the 2nd round of the Challenger in Portugal.

2 - Oliver Crawford - for deciding to come and represent the wonder that is Great British tennis and then reaching the FQR of AO qualies.

3 - Heather Watson - for reaching the doubles final at the Brisbane WTA500 event and going back to British #1 in style.

4 - Lloyd Glasspool - for winning the ATP250 doubles in Brisbane and making a great start to both 2024 and a new partnership (with Jean-Julien Rojer)

5 - Katie Boulter - for beating Jessica Pegula World No 5 in the United Cup.

6 - Jacob Fearnley - for winning both the singles and doubles at the M25 event at Esch-sur-Alzette, having come through qualifying in the singles and then beaten the #1 seed comfortably in the semi-final.

7 - Jack Draper - for reaching the final the the ATP 250 in Adelaide and beating 3 top 32 players, including the top seed ranked 13.

8 - Joe Salisbury - for winning the Adelaide ATP250 and showing he and Rajeev have carried over their excellent form from the end of last year.

9 - Ella McDonald - for winning the Loughborough and Sunderland W35 doubles with different partners, beating the much higher ranked 1st, 3rd and 2nd seeds at Loughborough. Predicted new CH of 381, up 88 places.

10 - Kyle Edmund - for winning the M25 in Loughborough after such a long layoff from injury and for returning to the Top 500, and for following that up by winning the M25 in Sunderland a week later.

11 - Sonay Kartal - for winning the W35 in Loughborough in her first tournament since last September.

12 - Cam Norrie - for getting his best GS win by ranking in beating Caspar Ruud and making the 4th round of the AO for the first time, and for then pushing Zverev all the way to a final set tiebreak in that 4th round match.

13 - Luke Johnson - for winning the doubles at the ATP75 in Nonthaburi, which will not only give him a new career high but should take him to just outside the top 100 when the next rankings come out.

14 - Ali Habib - in successive weeks in Doha, an M15 QF and M25 SF, both from qualifying. Will take out his CH 1281 and enter the top 1000.

15 - Daniela Piani (age 16) - for winning the singles and the doubles title at the J100 in Glasgow.

16 - Neil Skupski - for reaching the final of the mixed doubles at the Australian Open (with Desirae Krawczyk)

17. Andy Lapthorne - for winning the Australian Open Quad Wheelchair Doubles title, unseeded, with US partner David Wagner. Marvellous achievement!

18 - Anna Brogan - for three valiant efforts, in defeat, in her first (W35) tournaments of the year.

19 - Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - for winning their 5th straight Aussie Open Wheelchair Doubles title and remaining undoubtedly the top pair in the world

20 - Olivia Nicholls and Beth Grey - for winning 4 consective MTB's on their way to the W75 doubles title in Porto

21 - Viktor Frydrych - for reaching the final of the Australian Open Boys Doubles (with Petr Brunclik)

22 - Anna McBride - for defending her AO PWII Championships singles and doubles titles. She won the singles without dropping a set and only losing 5 games out of the 65 games she played. In the doubles, she and partner Sophia Schmidt (a scratch pairing based on rankings) dominated in the round robin format, only losing one set. All of this despite a wrist injury that flared up towards the end of the tournament and a very intense schedule for the event.