April 2024 Player of the Month Nominations Thread

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

April 2024 Player of the Month Nominations Thread

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

Bob in Spain wrote:
It's been a while since I did one of these but ......

1. Amelia Rajecki - for achieving 100 [college] career singles wins. Only the 4th player in NC State history to do so.

2. Hollie Smart (born 2009) - U16 British National Girls Champion (despite being year one)

3. Mark Ceban (born 2009) - U16 British National Boys Champion (despite being year one)

4. Henry Patten - for winning his first ATP250 title (with Harri Heliövaara) in only his second ATP250 final. Followed up with the Madrid Challenger 100 title, moving to 8-0 for the month.

5. Johannus Monday - for achieving 100 (college) career singles wins. Holds an impressive .806 winning percentage at Tennessee & a 42-6 career mark at no.1 spot in the line-up

6. Mimi Xu (2007) - U18 British National Girls Champion (for the second time, and still only year one) along with U18 national Doubles title with Mika.

7. Oliver Bonding (2007) - U18 British National Boys Champion (also year one)

8. Emma Raducanu - for winning both her matches after such a long time out injured and helping GB through to the Billie Jean King cup final, beating 2 top 50 players Garcia and Parry on clay in France against a hostile French crowd, fighting through 3 sets against both. The way she played the clinching final set tie break was very impressive.Had she lost that a deciding doubles against Garcia / Mldanovic would have been tough to say the least. She then followed that by beating Kerber and Noskova to reach the Stuttgart quarter finals keeping the world no 1 out there for more than 2 hours before going down 7-6, 6-3 . A great week for Emma who played more like a top 10 player than player ranked 300 .

9. Rhys Lawlor - both U16 and U18 British National Boys Doubles Champion.

10. Oliver Crawford - for winning the doubles title (with Tristan Boyer) at the ATP Challenger 75 in Sarasota. This is his first title since switching to playing for GB and his best title to date, having only won titles at M15/M25 level previously.

11. BJK Cup team for their brilliant win against France, now finalists on merit. Bringing it home girls! Outstanding performances from Emma and Katie on the second day, so well supported by Harriet, Hev and Fran and all the support team. Shout out for Anne K as well - you got it right!

12. Henry Searle - For taking out the Top Seed JJ Wolf (ranked 102) on clay in the 1st round of the Tallahassee Challenger with what I presume is a Career High ranking scalp.

-- Edited by Dannythomas on Saturday 20th of April 2024 12:03:10 AM

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

Tanaqui wrote:
Dannythomas wrote:
Without wanting to extend Emmas write up too much her case can only be enhanced by her performance in Stuttgart, with comfortable wins over Kerber and Noskova making it 4 consecutive wins on clay over top players and taking her to the quarter final where she kept the world number 1 on court for over two hours before succumbing 6-7 3-6 . She is playing like a top 10 player , certainly not a player who started out a week ago ranked 300.
Danny, I was thinking myself that Emma's write up needed some info added about Stuttgart. She's had an impressive couple of weeks! So please go for doing an update!
(You could always compress what's already there or restructure it a bit to talk about her impressive run across the two events, if you feel it's a bit long, but don't worry too much about one write up being longer than the others. It happens sometimes because there really is that much to say about one particular player!)

Ok Tanaqui, thanks, hope my amendments look ok ..

Tanaqui · Intermediate Club Player

Dannythomas wrote:
Ok Tanaqui, thanks, hope my amendments look ok ..

Looks good to me! smile

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

nominations list

1. Amelia Rajecki - for achieving 100 [college] career singles wins. Only the 4th player in NC State history to do so.

2. Hollie Smart (born 2009) - for becoming U16 British National Girls Champion (despite being year one)

3. Mark Ceban (born 2009) - for becoming U16 British National Boys Champion (despite being year one)

4. Henry Patten - for winning his first ATP250 title (with Harri Heliövaara) in only his second ATP250 final. Followed up with the Madrid Challenger 100 title, moving to 8-0 for the month.

5. Johannus Monday - for achieving 100 (college) career singles wins. Holds an impressive .806 winning percentage at Tennessee & a 42-6 career mark at no.1 spot in the line-up

6. Mimi Xu (2007) - for becoming U18 British National Girls Champion (for the second time, and still only year one) along with U18 national Doubles title with Mika.

7. Oliver Bonding (2007) - for becoming U18 British National Boys Champion (also year one)

8. Emma Raducanu - for winning both her matches after such a long time out injured and helping GB through to the Billie Jean King cup final, beating 2 top 50 players Garcia and Parry on clay in France against a hostile French crowd, fighting through 3 sets against both. The way she played the clinching final set tie break was very impressive.Had she lost that a deciding doubles against Garcia / Mldanovic would have been tough to say the least. She then followed that by beating Kerber and Noskova to reach the Stuttgart quarter finals keeping the world no 1 out there for more than 2 hours before going down 7-6, 6-3 . A great week for Emma who played more like a top 10 player than player ranked 300 .

9. Rhys Lawlor - both U16 and U18 British National Boys Doubles Champion.

10. Oliver Crawford - for winning the doubles title (with Tristan Boyer) at the ATP Challenger 75 in Sarasota. This is his first title since switching to playing for GB and his best title to date, having only won titles at M15/M25 level previously.

11. BJK Cup team - for their brilliant win against France, now finalists on merit. Bringing it home girls! Outstanding performances from Emma and Katie on the second day, so well supported by Harriet, Hev and Fran and all the support team. Shout out for Anne K as well - you got it right!

12. Henry Searle - for taking out the Top Seed JJ Wolf (ranked 102) on clay in the 1st round of the Tallahassee Challenger with what I presume is a Career High ranking scalp.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 20th of April 2024 07:25:33 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

1. Amelia Rajecki - for achieving 100 [college] career singles wins. Only the 4th player in NC State history to do so.

2. Hollie Smart (born 2009) - for becoming U16 British National Girls Champion (despite being year one)

3. Mark Ceban (born 2009) - for becoming U16 British National Boys Champion (despite being year one)

4. Henry Patten - for winning his first ATP250 title (with Harri Heliövaara) in only his second ATP250 final. Followed up with the Madrid Challenger 100 title, moving to 8-0 for the month.

5. Johannus Monday - for achieving 100 (college) career singles wins. Holds an impressive .806 winning percentage at Tennessee & a 42-6 career mark at no.1 spot in the line-up

6. Mimi Xu (2007) - for becoming U18 British National Girls Champion (for the second time, and still only year one) along with U18 national Doubles title with Mika.

7. Oliver Bonding (2007) - for becoming U18 British National Boys Champion (also year one)

8. Emma Raducanu - for winning both her matches after such a long time out injured and helping GB through to the Billie Jean King cup final, beating 2 top 50 players Garcia and Parry on clay in France against a hostile French crowd, fighting through 3 sets against both. The way she played the clinching final set tie break was very impressive.Had she lost that a deciding doubles against Garcia / Mldanovic would have been tough to say the least. She then followed that by beating Kerber and Noskova to reach the Stuttgart quarter finals keeping the world no 1 out there for more than 2 hours before going down 7-6, 6-3 . A great week for Emma who played more like a top 10 player than player ranked 300 .

9. Rhys Lawlor - both U16 and U18 British National Boys Doubles Champion.

10. Oliver Crawford - for winning the doubles title (with Tristan Boyer) at the ATP Challenger 75 in Sarasota. This is his first title since switching to playing for GB and his best title to date, having only won titles at M15/M25 level previously.

11. BJK Cup team - for their brilliant win against France, now finalists on merit. Bringing it home girls! Outstanding performances from Emma and Katie on the second day, so well supported by Harriet, Hev and Fran and all the support team. Shout out for Anne K as well - you got it right!

12. Henry Searle - for taking out the Top Seed JJ Wolf (ranked 102) on clay in the 1st round of the Tallahassee Challenger with what I presume is a Career High ranking scalp.

13. Conor Brady (born 2007) - for winning the singles title AND the doubles title at the J100 in Latvia (his first ever singles title, I believe, and smashing his previous best wins by a country margin)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Henry P in another 250 final today, what a month he and Harri have had to start their partnership! I see Maia and Naiktha also have a final today as well!

the addict · Tennis legend

1. Amelia Rajecki - for achieving 100 [college] career singles wins. Only the 4th player in NC State history to do so.

2. Hollie Smart (born 2009) - for becoming U16 British National Girls Champion (despite being year one)

3. Mark Ceban (born 2009) - for becoming U16 British National Boys Champion (despite being year one)

4. Henry Patten - for winning his first ATP250 title (with Harri Heliövaara) in only his second ATP250 final. Followed up with the Madrid Challenger 100 title, moving to 8-0 for the month.

5. Johannus Monday - for achieving 100 (college) career singles wins. Holds an impressive .806 winning percentage at Tennessee & a 42-6 career mark at no.1 spot in the line-up

6. Mimi Xu (2007) - for becoming U18 British National Girls Champion (for the second time, and still only year one) along with U18 national Doubles title with Mika.

7. Oliver Bonding (2007) - for becoming U18 British National Boys Champion (also year one)

8. Emma Raducanu - for winning both her matches after such a long time out injured and helping GB through to the Billie Jean King cup final, beating 2 top 50 players Garcia and Parry on clay in France against a hostile French crowd, fighting through 3 sets against both. The way she played the clinching final set tie break was very impressive.Had she lost that a deciding doubles against Garcia / Mldanovic would have been tough to say the least. She then followed that by beating Kerber and Noskova to reach the Stuttgart quarter finals keeping the world no 1 out there for more than 2 hours before going down 7-6, 6-3 . A great week for Emma who played more like a top 10 player than player ranked 300 .

9. Rhys Lawlor - both U16 and U18 British National Boys Doubles Champion.

10. Oliver Crawford - for winning the doubles title (with Tristan Boyer) at the ATP Challenger 75 in Sarasota. This is his first title since switching to playing for GB and his best title to date, having only won titles at M15/M25 level previously.

11. BJK Cup team - for their brilliant win against France, now finalists on merit. Bringing it home girls! Outstanding performances from Emma and Katie on the second day, so well supported by Harriet, Hev and Fran and all the support team. Shout out for Anne K as well - you got it right!

12. Henry Searle - for taking out the Top Seed JJ Wolf (ranked 102) on clay in the 1st round of the Tallahassee Challenger with what I presume is a Career High ranking scalp.

13. Conor Brady (born 2007) - for winning the singles title AND the doubles title at the J100 in Latvia (his first ever singles title, I believe, and smashing his previous best wins by a country margin)

14. Emily Appleton - for defending her doubles title in Chiasso (with a different partner this year) - her second W75 title of the year and taking her close to her career high from February.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thanks TA!

Nominations close in about a week, next Sunday. With 14 nominations so far, it seems likely we will stick under 20 by the end of the period and so have one big vote - maybe some tough choices to make for some folks! If we have a bumper week this next week, we may get over 20 though, you never know !

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

1. Amelia Rajecki - for achieving 100 [college] career singles wins. Only the 4th player in NC State history to do so.
2. Hollie Smart (born 2009) - for becoming U16 British National Girls Champion (despite being year one)

3. Mark Ceban (born 2009) - for becoming U16 British National Boys Champion (despite being year one)

4. Henry Patten - for winning his first ATP250 title (with Harri Heliövaara) in only his second ATP250 final. Followed up with the Madrid Challenger 100 title, and then another ATP 250 final in Bucharest, moving to 11-1 for the month
5. Johannus Monday - for achieving 100 (college) career singles wins. Holds an impressive .806 winning percentage at Tennessee & a 42-6 career mark at no.1 spot in the line-up

6. Mimi Xu (2007) - for becoming U18 British National Girls Champion (for the second time, and still only year one) along with U18 national Doubles title with Mika.

7. Oliver Bonding (2007) - for becoming U18 British National Boys Champion (also year one)

8. Emma Raducanu - for winning both her matches after such a long time out injured and helping GB through to the Billie Jean King cup final, beating 2 top 50 players Garcia and Parry on clay in France against a hostile French crowd, fighting through 3 sets against both. The way she played the clinching final set tie break was very impressive.Had she lost that a deciding doubles against Garcia / Mldanovic would have been tough to say the least. She then followed that by beating Kerber and Noskova to reach the Stuttgart quarter finals keeping the world no 1 out there for more than 2 hours before going down 7-6, 6-3 . A great week for Emma who played more like a top 10 player than player ranked 300 .

9. Rhys Lawlor - both U16 and U18 British National Boys Doubles Champion.

10. Oliver Crawford - for winning the doubles title (with Tristan Boyer) at the ATP Challenger 75 in Sarasota. This is his first title since switching to playing for GB and his best title to date, having only won titles at M15/M25 level previously.

11. BJK Cup team - for their brilliant win against France, now finalists on merit. Bringing it home girls! Outstanding performances from Emma and Katie on the second day, so well supported by Harriet, Hev and Fran and all the support team. Shout out for Anne K as well - you got it right!

12. Henry Searle - for taking out the Top Seed JJ Wolf (ranked 102) on clay in the 1st round of the Tallahassee Challenger with what I presume is a Career High ranking scalp.

13. Conor Brady (born 2007) - for winning the singles title AND the doubles title at the J100 in Latvia (his first ever singles title, I believe, and smashing his previous best wins by a country margin)

14. Emily Appleton - for defending her doubles title in Chiasso (with a different partner this year) - her second W75 title of the year and taking her close to her career high from February.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 21st of April 2024 08:20:40 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

So into the final week of 4; as the week progresses, everyone now knows the drill, so I wont repeat the details other than to say anyone can nominate any player for any reason at any time.

Nominations will close Sunday and the vote go up Sunday night. Whether it is one or two rounds will become clear over the week but my instinct is we will have a single vote this month.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

1. Amelia Rajecki - for achieving 100 [college] career singles wins. Only the 4th player in NC State history to do so.
2. Hollie Smart (born 2009) - for becoming U16 British National Girls Champion (despite being year one)

3. Mark Ceban (born 2009) - for becoming U16 British National Boys Champion (despite being year one)

4. Henry Patten - for winning his first ATP250 title (with Harri Heliövaara) in only his second ATP250 final. Followed up with the Madrid Challenger 100 title, and then another ATP 250 final in Bucharest, moving to 11-1 for the month

5. Johannus Monday - for achieving 100 (college) career singles wins. Holds an impressive .806 winning percentage at Tennessee & a 42-6 career mark at no.1 spot in the line-up

6. Mimi Xu (2007) - for becoming U18 British National Girls Champion (for the second time, and still only year one) along with U18 national Doubles title with Mika.

7. Oliver Bonding (2007) - for becoming U18 British National Boys Champion (also year one)

8. Emma Raducanu - for winning both her matches after such a long time out injured and helping GB through to the Billie Jean King cup final, beating 2 top 50 players Garcia and Parry on clay in France against a hostile French crowd, fighting through 3 sets against both. The way she played the clinching final set tie break was very impressive.Had she lost that a deciding doubles against Garcia / Mldanovic would have been tough to say the least. She then followed that by beating Kerber and Noskova to reach the Stuttgart quarter finals keeping the world no 1 out there for more than 2 hours before going down 7-6, 6-3 . A great week for Emma who played more like a top 10 player than player ranked 300 .

9. Rhys Lawlor - both U16 and U18 British National Boys Doubles Champion.

10. Oliver Crawford - for winning the doubles title (with Tristan Boyer) at the ATP Challenger 75 in Sarasota. This is his first title since switching to playing for GB and his best title to date, having only won titles at M15/M25 level previously.

11. BJK Cup team - for their brilliant win against France, now finalists on merit. Bringing it home girls! Outstanding performances from Emma and Katie on the second day, so well supported by Harriet, Hev and Fran and all the support team. Shout out for Anne K as well - you got it right!

12. Henry Searle - for taking out the Top Seed JJ Wolf (ranked 102) on clay in the 1st round of the Tallahassee Challenger with what I presume is a Career High ranking scalp.

13. Conor Brady (born 2007) - for winning the singles title AND the doubles title at the J100 in Latvia (his first ever singles title, I believe, and smashing his previous best wins by a country margin)

14. Emily Appleton - for defending her doubles title in Chiasso (with a different partner this year) - her second W75 title of the year and taking her close to her career high from February.

15. Emily Webley-Smith - age 39 (!) - re-enters the singles rankings - WTA 1204 - joint 3rd oldest ranked player - an inspiration

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

So just a quick confirmation - Madrid event crosses the month end for April POM with most of it in May. And so, as per rules published earlier, Madrid results will count towards May PoM including qualies results or matches played in April. Its often the case events cross over the month end, but Madrid stands out a little plus other events this week, that clash with the first half of Madrid, are part of the April period.

I hope thats clear - as an example, Emma or Harriet or Katie B this week, their Madrid results shouldnt be added to their April write up or consideration. The basic principle is an event can only count to one month, not two, and Madrid is deemed a May event as the majority of it is in May and it finishes after the April month end cut off of April 28th

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Obviously any results Harriet or Emma or Katie B do achieve this week can be included in a May nomination if any one believes they are noteworthy enough. The May nomination thread will go up in about a weeks time, ie after April is done and dusted.

Indian Wells and Miami have in the past fallen into this cut off discussion, Madrid does this year - the 10 day masters 1000 events in essence sometimes cross a month end period.

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
1. Amelia Rajecki - for achieving 100 [college] career singles wins. Only the 4th player in NC State history to do so. And in the week ending April 23rd rosé 3 places to #2 in national D1 college rankings

2. Hollie Smart (born 2009) - for becoming U16 British National Girls Champion (despite being year one)

3. Mark Ceban (born 2009) - for becoming U16 British National Boys Champion (despite being year one)

4. Henry Patten - for winning his first ATP250 title (with Harri Heliövaara) in only his second ATP250 final. Followed up with the Madrid Challenger 100 title, and then another ATP 250 final in Bucharest, moving to 11-1 for the month

5. Johannus Monday - for achieving 100 (college) career singles wins. Holds an impressive .806 winning percentage at Tennessee & a 42-6 career mark at no.1 spot in the line-up

6. Mimi Xu (2007) - for becoming U18 British National Girls Champion (for the second time, and still only year one) along with U18 national Doubles title with Mika.

7. Oliver Bonding (2007) - for becoming U18 British National Boys Champion (also year one)

8. Emma Raducanu - for winning both her matches after such a long time out injured and helping GB through to the Billie Jean King cup final, beating 2 top 50 players Garcia and Parry on clay in France against a hostile French crowd, fighting through 3 sets against both. The way she played the clinching final set tie break was very impressive.Had she lost that a deciding doubles against Garcia / Mldanovic would have been tough to say the least. She then followed that by beating Kerber and Noskova to reach the Stuttgart quarter finals keeping the world no 1 out there for more than 2 hours before going down 7-6, 6-3 . A great week for Emma who played more like a top 10 player than player ranked 300 .

9. Rhys Lawlor - both U16 and U18 British National Boys Doubles Champion.

10. Oliver Crawford - for winning the doubles title (with Tristan Boyer) at the ATP Challenger 75 in Sarasota. This is his first title since switching to playing for GB and his best title to date, having only won titles at M15/M25 level previously.

11. BJK Cup team - for their brilliant win against France, now finalists on merit. Bringing it home girls! Outstanding performances from Emma and Katie on the second day, so well supported by Harriet, Hev and Fran and all the support team. Shout out for Anne K as well - you got it right!

12. Henry Searle - for taking out the Top Seed JJ Wolf (ranked 102) on clay in the 1st round of the Tallahassee Challenger with what I presume is a Career High ranking scalp.

13. Conor Brady (born 2007) - for winning the singles title AND the doubles title at the J100 in Latvia (his first ever singles title, I believe, and smashing his previous best wins by a country margin)

14. Emily Appleton - for defending her doubles title in Chiasso (with a different partner this year) - her second W75 title of the year and taking her close to her career high from February.

15. Emily Webley-Smith - age 39 (!) - re-enters the singles rankings - WTA 1204 - joint 3rd oldest ranked player - an inspiration