JonH comes home wrote:

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Andy Lapthorne and Alfie Hewett are also both into finals and titles will get me nominating them also! So we could go higher. I have no idea what the record is but 25 plus must be close. No idea yet how the groups will break down- 25 will be 5 of 5, 26 2 of 13, 27 3 of 9. All over the place ! My AI help has thrown the towel in, its down to old schools methods !

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 And Neal of course! 

JonH comes home wrote:

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Andy Lapthorne and Alfie Hewett are also both into finals and titles will get me nominating them also! So we could go higher. I have no idea what the record is but 25 plus must be close. No idea yet how the groups will break down- 25 will be 5 of 5, 26 2 of 13, 27 3 of 9. All over the place ! My AI help has thrown the towel in, its down to old schools methods !

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 28 possible as well, probably 4 groups of 7. Ive ditched my early groups draws and will now wait to see how it pans out! 

Christine wrote:

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1 - Jodie Burrage - for reaching the quarter finals of the WTA500 in Linz from qualifying, including getting through some tough moments with composure.

2 - Felix Gill - for reaching the semi final of an ATP Challenger 75 - on clay - beating 2 seeds & other higher ranked players on the way.

3 - Lily Miyazaki - for winning the tournament at Andrezieux-Boutheon; some great wins, including beating the top seed in the SF.

4 - Heather Watson - for a timely reminder that she can still mix it with the top players. At the Abu Dhabi WTA 500, she reached the final in the doubles (with Linda Noskova), resulting in her rocketing up the doubles rankings. In singles at the same event, she came through qualifying and then won her first round match against the world number 16. She followed this up in the week after by reaching the final of the singles at the Roehampton W50, which will take her singles ranking up to around 125.

5 - Harriet Dart - for coming through qualifying and making the semi-final of a 250K event for the first time, beating WR 56 on the way. Also for making the final in doubles.

6 - Mark Ceban - age 14 - won the single title at the J60 Tunisia. This will boost him to about JWR 350, and take him to third best player in the world for his age.

7 - Great Britain 12U girls team - crowned Tennis Europe Winter Cup champions.

8 - Charlie Robertson - for getting his first ever rankings points and for doing it in style in the Glasgow Challenger, coming through qualies and then taking out a Top 500 player in the 1st Round MD. Charlie enters the rankings at number 1141.

9. Emile Hudd - won the ITF doubles event in Egypt with David Stevenson, reaching the singles QF stage as well; followed up with a SF singles and final of the doubles (with David) in week commencing 12th Feb, to make a really strong month.

10. Paul Jubb - for coming through qualifying and making the final of the Challenger 50 event in Glasgow. This is the first Challenger final he has reached since returning from injury last summer.

11. Julian Cash - for winning the doubles at the ATP250 in Delray Beach with Robert Galloway, defeating the much higher ranked number 1 seeds in the final. This is Julian's first title at this level and will give him a new career high.

12. Hephzibah Oluwadare (born 31 Oct 2007) - for achieving her first WTA singles ranking (1189) after picking up a point at the Roehampton W50. This follows on from winning a J200 in Germany earlier in the month.

13. Greg Slade - Britain's #2 ranked Quad wheelchair player, unseeded he won the Bolton Indoor ITF Series 3 event, beating World ranked #10, top seeded Brazilian, Silva, in the final. Also won the doubles title, again Unseeded. Followed up with the doubles title in the ITF Series 2 event the following week, also in Bolton. 

14. Henry Searle - for reaching his first Challenger level QF and beating WR 286 player Jiri Vesely. Also finished runner up in the doubles with Kyle Edmund as WCs.

15. Marnie Banks - for winning her first senior tournament at a W35 in Australia. She is also set to hit a new CH around 280 on Monday week.

16. Edie Griffiths - age 14 - for winning the J60 in Norway - her first singles final, her first singles title - and a very good one, given her age.

17. Katie Boulter - for her performances at WTA 500 San Diego, including beating Haddad Maia WR 13. And for reaching a further CH.

18. Flora Johnson (age 16) - for winning the J100 in South Africa (and being runner-up in doubles). Her first singles title for three years.

19. Jack Draper - for his performances at ATP 500 Acapulco, reaching the semis at time of posting, including beating Tommy Paul WR 14. And for reaching a further CH (live 37 at time of posting)

20. Amelia Rajecki - who has taken the number 1 spot at NC State in style, undefeated at national indoor championships where she was selected at position 1 in all tournament team , also beating former national number 1 Fiona Crawley. Rising to number 3 in division 1 national college rankings.

21. Marcus Willis - ATP Challenger 50 and 100 doubles titles ( the 100 being a career best title ), in Glasgow partnering Scott Duncan and in Lille partnering Christian Harrison respectively. Ends the month at a further new CH, live ranked 129.

22. Olivia Nicholls - for reaching (with Olivia Gadecki of Australia) her first WTA250 final in Austin TX.

23. Billy Harris - For reaching a new career high of either 181 or 182, depending on tomorrows results.

24. Eric Lorimer - born 2010 - for winning the sinlges of the Cat 1 Tennis Europe event in France and winning the doubles in the Super Cat Tennis Europe event in Stockholm

25. Mika Stojsavljevic - for winning the Girls J200 in Nonthaburi in Thailand aged 15

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 I wonder if Katie and Liv need a little more saying about their respective success this week when their narratives are updated following their finals tonight? Im looking to post the first round votes by around 9am ie before work, so if anyone is able to finalise their - or any other players- narratives by then, that would be super!