June 2024 Player of the Month Nominations Thread

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

June 2024 Player of the Month Nominations Thread

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

It feels like this month will be one in which voting will be all over the place, we will need the semis round to distill it down and cut down the choices!

Weve had a lot of close months and ties recently, could be another one coming!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

We have 21 nominations so far - if we stick at that, 3 groups of 7 with 2 getting through each for a 6 player final. If that expands to 22 or 23, we will go with 2 groups of 11/12 with 3 getting through each group. If we somehow reach 24, and I dont think we will, I will go for 3 groups of 8 again - either way, a 6 player final is the name of the game here.

Our last 3 months have been ties, incredibly, and we haven't had mens player in with any sort of shout since January - going to be very interesting to see where these votes take us. We have a similar number of men and women entrants (11/10) at this point, so a nice even spread across the groups looks possible.

miriam abc · Strong Club Player

I trust that you can avoid pitting Billy vs Paul until the final.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

miriam abc wrote:
I trust that you can avoid pitting Billy vs Paul until the final.

Ha, I am quite adept at working the draws out in some way that largely makes sense!!

Seriously, I dont tend to avoid possible favourites getting in the same group, but I try and balance out men/women, seniors/juniors, Pro Tours / ITF, singles/doubles, and wheelchair/able bodied. It tends to work out!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

1 Erin Pearce - winning the singles AND the doubles title at the J60 in Edinburgh
2 Hollie Smart - aged 14, won the Sweden J100 doubles ( wirh Ruby Cooling ) and reached the singles final, along the way beating the top seed JWR 134 plus additional top 200 and top 300 players.

3 Neal Skupski - for keeping the British flag flying at Roland Garros by reaching the French Open mixed doubles final with partner Desirae Krawczyk. Added to his record with the ATP 500 Queens Club title with Michael Venus, his first title on tour since July 23. And followed that up with a second title, winning in Eastbourne to go into Wimbledon with two straight titles.

4. Emily Appleton - for exceeding expectations at Surbiton and taking out her previous highest ranked win. After the first two events on grass, has amassed 6 wins in total in qualies and main draw, more than any other player.

5. Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - for a fifth successive French Open mens wheelchair doubles title, and for winning their second slam of the year. Dominant.

6. Charlie Broom - his best ranking win by a long way, over WR 98 Lloyd Harris, and for his first ever win against a Top 100 player. Beating last week's champion to boot. Also beat Dan Evans and Billy Harris in reaching the Nottingham ATP 125 Challenger Final, reaching a new CH ranking of 235 as a result

7. Peter Alam - For getting his first ever ranking point and then making the QF (so far) in Tunisia.

8. Allegra Korpanec Davies - aged 16, going unbeaten in 3 consecutive weeks on grass, claiming the titles at the British Tour North Oxford (G2), the Progress Tour at Cromer and the British Tour Premier at West Worthing.

9. Eleanor Dean - returning to tennis after many years with no ranking and reaching the quarter finals of the Monastir W 15 from qualifying at her second tournament back

10. Billy Harris - for reaching semifinals in consecutive weeks in the two UK based grass court challengers and now showing at a CH ranking on live scores as a result. Wins included WR 96 Shang and WR 135 Kukushkin (twice). Topped this by reaching t last 8 at Queens for his best ever week, including beating Etchevery for his best win in terms of rankings and then Perricard. Followed up that best ever week with another best ever week as he reaches the semis of Eastbourne, having the most wins by a Brit on grass this season. Been a month of topping the past week and still going!

11. Fran Jones - 2 truly battling wins on Nottingham 250 grass no less, against WRs 58 and 70, took her into the QF. Made a precautionary withdrawal at that stage due to a shoulder issue.

12. Amelia Rajecki - Ranked 794, smashing her career high win (436 at Surbiton and 627 prior to this month) by beating two top 80 players (WR72 and 77 - the 6th and 9th qualifying seeds) in Birmingham as a qualifying wild card to qualify for her first WTA tour level main draw; followed up by qualifying for Wimbledon qualies through the wildcard playoffs

13. Jack Draper - for winning his first ever ATP title winning the ATP250 in Stuttgart, taking out his career high ranking in the process, becoming GB Nº1 and hopefully getting himself seeded at Wimbledon. Followed up with reaching the last 8 at Queens including a stunning win over Carlos Alcaraz for a career best win in the last 16.

14. Jake Fearnley - for winning the Nottingham Challenger 125 as a qualifier. In the process, he beat Jubb, Shang (WR 96) and Charlie Broom, and reached 7 wins in the first two events of the grass season, the most wins of any man or woman from GB (and possibly internationally). Rises to GB number 12 and a WR of 274, a new CH by a country mile, having started the week at WR 525. His full sequence of wins was against one top 100 player, two top 200 players and 4 top 300 players. Oh, and let's not forget that, for the coin toss before his match with Jubb, he had to comfort the little girl scared by the LTA's mascot!

15. Marcus Willis - for winning the Nottingham Challenger and finally, after all these years of ups and downs, becoming a Top 100 player.

16. Katie Boulter - for winning Nottingham for the second consecutive year, coming from a set down 3 times to beat Dart, Raducanu and Pliscova ( 5 sets on finals day ), enhancing her position as British #1 and almost certainly earning a Wimbledon seeding in the process. First British woman to defend a WTA title since Virginia Wade ( Bournemouth 1973-4 ), following up with a quarterfinal in Eastbourne.

17. Andy Murray for winning in what was his 1000th professional match (having won ~74% of them) and at Queens, becoming only the 5th active male player to have done so.

18. Michael Shaw - age 25 - has been playing professionally since a teenager, plugging away, went via UK uni, I believe, and today he won the M15 doubles title in Hungary, which is his first ITF title ever, I think (And I first saw him play, in a Tour event, when he was about 16, against Adam Thornton Brown, if memory serves)

19. Ella McDonald For a new career high of [6xx] by defeating players ranked 196, 291, 158, 200 and 50, all above her previous best career win by ranking. With these wins she reached a W100 QF from qualifying and won a WTA500 qualifying match. She jumped up [2xx] places from June 10 when May points were added, backing up her turn around in form last month [that resulted in her as a nominee last month] and in which together has resulted in an increase of [4xx] ranking places from 20 May rankings.
20. Sonay Kartal for getting through the Wimbledon qualifying to make the main draw as a qualifying wild card
21. Paul Jubb for reaching the semifinals of the ATP250 in Mallorca, beating number 1 seed and WR 14 Ben Shelton to get there, for a first ATP semi and a career best week, having got through qualies to get there. Will move back into the top 200 as a result.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Friday 28th of June 2024 03:29:51 PM

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Friday 28th of June 2024 03:51:07 PM

miriam abc · Strong Club Player

Sonay in Wimbledon main draw as a qualifier, not a WC.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

miriam abc wrote:
Sonay in Wimbledon main draw as a qualifier, not a WC.

edited - I blame the original nominator as I didnt / havent checked through them all

By the way, Miriam and anyone else, if you spot an error or feel some extra words need saying, you can go in and edit by quoting the last version, editing the relevant text in the new post and then reposting. Anyone can do that - just say what you have done in the new post at the bottom of the post

Brendan F · Lower Club Player

JonH comes home wrote:
miriam abc wrote:
Sonay in Wimbledon main draw as a qualifier, not a WC.
edited - I blame the original nominator as I didnt / havent checked through them all
By the way, Miriam and anyone else, if you spot an error or feel some extra words need saying, you can go in and edit by quoting the last version, editing the relevant text in the new post and then reposting. Anyone can do that - just say what you have done in the new post at the bottom of the post

I presume you're right, Miriam. I assumed, as she was only just short of being in by right, that she would have had a wildcard rather than having to go through prequalifying to get one.

-- Edited by Brendan F on Friday 28th of June 2024 03:40:29 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Brendan F wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
miriam abc wrote:
Sonay in Wimbledon main draw as a qualifier, not a WC.
edited - I blame the original nominator as I didnt / havent checked through them all
By the way, Miriam and anyone else, if you spot an error or feel some extra words need saying, you can go in and edit by quoting the last version, editing the relevant text in the new post and then reposting. Anyone can do that - just say what you have done in the new post at the bottom of the post
I presume you're right, Miriam. I assumed, as she was only just short of being in by right, that she would have had a wildcard rather than having to go through prequalifying to get one.

-- Edited by Brendan F on Friday 28th of June 2024 03:40:29 PM

I realise now what you meant Brendan, she was a qualifying wild card, indeed. Ive re edited it above to make it absolutely clear! hopefully it works now!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Can I ask, in terms of week 26 events at pro or junior level , do we have anyone still playing?

Being open, Im thinking if we dont, I might aim to go with the semis votes for player of the month tonight instead of tomorrow. Given we have two rounds.

If players are left in action, its fine, Ill wait, but wanted to ask the question - hoping CD or someone can advise re juniors?!

indiana · Tennis legend

I better add Julian in before Jon gets to work with his groups.

I have also edited Billy's script including adding in some further top 100 victim rankings.

1 Erin Pearce - winning the singles AND the doubles title at the J60 in Edinburgh

2 Hollie Smart - aged 14, won the Sweden J100 doubles ( wirh Ruby Cooling ) and reached the singles final, along the way beating the top seed JWR 134 plus additional top 200 and top 300 players.

3 Neal Skupski - for keeping the British flag flying at Roland Garros by reaching the French Open mixed doubles final with partner Desirae Krawczyk. Added to his record with the ATP 500 Queens Club title with Michael Venus, his first title on tour since July 23. And followed that up with a second title, winning in Eastbourne to go into Wimbledon with two straight titles.

4. Emily Appleton - for exceeding expectations at Surbiton and taking out her previous highest ranked win. After the first two events on grass, has amassed 6 wins in total in qualies and main draw, more than any other player.

5. Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - for a fifth successive French Open mens wheelchair doubles title, and for winning their second slam of the year. Dominant.

6. Charlie Broom - his best ranking win by a long way, over WR 98 Lloyd Harris, and for his first ever win against a Top 100 player. Beating last week's champion to boot. Also beat Dan Evans and Billy Harris in reaching the Nottingham ATP 125 Challenger Final, reaching a new CH ranking of 235 as a result

7. Peter Alam - For getting his first ever ranking point and then making the QF (so far) in Tunisia.

8. Allegra Korpanec Davies - aged 16, going unbeaten in 3 consecutive weeks on grass, claiming the titles at the British Tour North Oxford (G2), the Progress Tour at Cromer and the British Tour Premier at West Worthing.

9. Eleanor Dean - returning to tennis after many years with no ranking and reaching the quarter finals of the Monastir W 15 from qualifying at her second tournament back

10. Billy Harris - for reaching semifinals in consecutive weeks in the two UK based grass court challengers - wins included WR 96 Shang and WR 135 Kukushkin (twice). Topped this by reaching the last 8 at Queens 500 for his best ever week, including beating Etcheverry WR 32 for his best win in terms of rankings and then Perricard WR 67. Followed up that best ever week with another best ever week for an ATP tour as he reaches the semis of Eastbourne 250, beating Cabolli WR 49 in the QF,. All has combined to take him to an end of month CH 116, having ended last month at WR 201. Been a month of topping the past week and still going! Oh, and maybe unsurprisingly, he has the most wins by a Brit on grass this season.

11. Fran Jones - 2 truly battling wins on Nottingham 250 grass no less, against WRs 58 and 70, took her into the QF. Made a precautionary withdrawal at that stage due to a shoulder issue.

12. Amelia Rajecki - Ranked 794, smashing her career high win (436 at Surbiton and 627 prior to this month) by beating two top 80 players (WR72 and 77 - the 6th and 9th qualifying seeds) in Birmingham as a qualifying wild card to qualify for her first WTA tour level main draw; followed up by qualifying for Wimbledon qualies through the wildcard playoffs

13. Jack Draper - for winning his first ever ATP title winning the ATP250 in Stuttgart, taking out his career high ranking in the process, becoming GB Nº1 and hopefully getting himself seeded at Wimbledon. Followed up with reaching the last 8 at Queens including a stunning win over Carlos Alcaraz for a career best win in the last 16.

14. Jake Fearnley - for winning the Nottingham Challenger 125 as a qualifier. In the process, he beat Jubb, Shang (WR 96) and Charlie Broom, and reached 7 wins in the first two events of the grass season, the most wins of any man or woman from GB (and possibly internationally). Rises to GB number 12 and a WR of 274, a new CH by a country mile, having started the week at WR 525. His full sequence of wins was against one top 100 player, two top 200 players and 4 top 300 players. Oh, and let's not forget that, for the coin toss before his match with Jubb, he had to comfort the little girl scared by the LTA's mascot!

15. Marcus Willis - for winning the Nottingham Challenger and finally, after all these years of ups and downs, becoming a Top 100 player.

16. Katie Boulter - for winning Nottingham for the second consecutive year, coming from a set down 3 times to beat Dart, Raducanu and Pliscova ( 5 sets on finals day ), enhancing her position as British #1 and almost certainly earning a Wimbledon seeding in the process. First British woman to defend a WTA title since Virginia Wade ( Bournemouth 1973-4 ), following up with a quarterfinal in Eastbourne.

17. Andy Murray for winning in what was his 1000th professional match (having won ~74% of them) and at Queens, becoming only the 5th active male player to have done so.

18. Michael Shaw - age 25 - has been playing professionally since a teenager, plugging away, went via UK uni, I believe, and today he won the M15 doubles title in Hungary, which is his first ITF title ever, I think (And I first saw him play, in a Tour event, when he was about 16, against Adam Thornton Brown, if memory serves)

19. Ella McDonald For a new career high of [6xx] by defeating players ranked 196, 291, 158, 200 and 50, all above her previous best career win by ranking. With these wins she reached a W100 QF from qualifying and won a WTA500 qualifying match. She jumped up [2xx] places from June 10 when May points were added, backing up her turn around in form last month [that resulted in her as a nominee last month] and in which together has resulted in an increase of [4xx] ranking places from 20 May rankings.

20. Sonay Kartal for getting through the Wimbledon qualifying to make the main draw as a qualifying wild card

21. Paul Jubb for reaching the semifinals of the ATP250 in Mallorca, beating number 1 seed and WR 14 Ben Shelton to get there, for a first ATP semi and a career best week, having got through qualies to get there. Will move back into the top 200 as a result.

22. Julian Cash for 2 doubles titles this month with Robert Galloway (USA) - Surbiton Challenger 125 and Mallorca 250 ( his 2nd ATP 250 title with Robert this year) - plus RU in the Stuttgart 250. Julian moves up to CH 39.

-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 29th of June 2024 06:30:54 PM

Lambda · Challenger level

Added Ella's rankings that I was planning on adding tomorrow (with the assumption that the live rankings are correct)

1 Erin Pearce - winning the singles AND the doubles title at the J60 in Edinburgh

2 Hollie Smart - aged 14, won the Sweden J100 doubles ( with Ruby Cooling ) and reached the singles final, along the way beating the top seed JWR 134 plus additional top 200 and top 300 players.

3 Neal Skupski - for keeping the British flag flying at Roland Garros by reaching the French Open mixed doubles final with partner Desirae Krawczyk. Added to his record with the ATP 500 Queens Club title with Michael Venus, his first title on tour since July 23. And followed that up with a second title, winning in Eastbourne to go into Wimbledon with two straight titles.

4. Emily Appleton - for exceeding expectations at Surbiton and taking out her previous highest ranked win. After the first two events on grass, has amassed 6 wins in total in qualies and main draw, more than any other player.

5. Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - for a fifth successive French Open mens wheelchair doubles title, and for winning their second slam of the year. Dominant.

6. Charlie Broom - his best ranking win by a long way, over WR 98 Lloyd Harris, and for his first ever win against a Top 100 player. Beating last week's champion to boot. Also beat Dan Evans and Billy Harris in reaching the Nottingham ATP 125 Challenger Final, reaching a new CH ranking of 235 as a result

7. Peter Alam - For getting his first ever ranking point and then making the QF (so far) in Tunisia.

8. Allegra Korpanec Davies - aged 16, going unbeaten in 3 consecutive weeks on grass, claiming the titles at the British Tour North Oxford (G2), the Progress Tour at Cromer and the British Tour Premier at West Worthing.

9. Eleanor Dean - returning to tennis after many years with no ranking and reaching the quarter finals of the Monastir W 15 from qualifying at her second tournament back

10. Billy Harris - for reaching semifinals in consecutive weeks in the two UK based grass court challengers - wins included WR 96 Shang and WR 135 Kukushkin (twice). Topped this by reaching the last 8 at Queens 500 for his best ever week, including beating Etcheverry WR 32 for his best win in terms of rankings and then Perricard WR 67. Followed up that best ever week with another best ever week for an ATP tour as he reaches the semis of Eastbourne 250, beating Cabolli WR 49 in the QF,. All has combined to take him to an end of month CH 116, having ended last month at WR 201. Been a month of topping the past week and still going! Oh, and maybe unsurprisingly, he has the most wins by a Brit on grass this season.

11. Fran Jones - 2 truly battling wins on Nottingham 250 grass no less, against WRs 58 and 70, took her into the QF. Made a precautionary withdrawal at that stage due to a shoulder issue.

12. Amelia Rajecki - Ranked 794, smashing her career high win (436 at Surbiton and 627 prior to this month) by beating two top 80 players (WR72 and 77 - the 6th and 9th qualifying seeds) in Birmingham as a qualifying wild card to qualify for her first WTA tour level main draw; followed up by qualifying for Wimbledon qualies through the wildcard playoffs

13. Jack Draper - for winning his first ever ATP title winning the ATP250 in Stuttgart, taking out his career high ranking in the process, becoming GB Nº1 and hopefully getting himself seeded at Wimbledon. Followed up with reaching the last 8 at Queens including a stunning win over Carlos Alcaraz for a career best win in the last 16.

14. Jake Fearnley - for winning the Nottingham Challenger 125 as a qualifier. In the process, he beat Jubb, Shang (WR 96) and Charlie Broom, and reached 7 wins in the first two events of the grass season, the most wins of any man or woman from GB (and possibly internationally). Rises to GB number 12 and a WR of 274, a new CH by a country mile, having started the week at WR 525. His full sequence of wins was against one top 100 player, two top 200 players and 4 top 300 players. Oh, and let's not forget that, for the coin toss before his match with Jubb, he had to comfort the little girl scared by the LTA's mascot!

15. Marcus Willis - for winning the Nottingham Challenger and finally, after all these years of ups and downs, becoming a Top 100 player.

16. Katie Boulter - for winning Nottingham for the second consecutive year, coming from a set down 3 times to beat Dart, Raducanu and Pliscova ( 5 sets on finals day ), enhancing her position as British #1 and almost certainly earning a Wimbledon seeding in the process. First British woman to defend a WTA title since Virginia Wade ( Bournemouth 1973-4 ), following up with a quarterfinal in Eastbourne.

17. Andy Murray for winning in what was his 1000th professional match (having won ~74% of them) and at Queens, becoming only the 5th active male player to have done so.

18. Michael Shaw - age 25 - has been playing professionally since a teenager, plugging away, went via UK uni, I believe, and today he won the M15 doubles title in Hungary, which is his first ITF title ever, I think (And I first saw him play, in a Tour event, when he was about 16, against Adam Thornton Brown, if memory serves)

19. Ella McDonald - For a new career high of 586 by defeating players ranked 196, 291, 158, 200 and 50, all above her previous best career win by ranking. With these wins she reached a W100 QF from qualifying and won a WTA500 qualifying match. She jumped up 221 places from June 10 when May points were added, backing up her turn around in form last month [that resulted in her as a nominee last month] and in which together has resulted in an increase of 489 ranking places from 20 May rankings.

20. Sonay Kartal for getting through the Wimbledon qualifying to make the main draw as a qualifying wild card

21. Paul Jubb for reaching the semifinals of the ATP250 in Mallorca, beating number 1 seed and WR 14 Ben Shelton to get there, for a first ATP semi and a career best week, having got through qualies to get there. Will move back into the top 200 as a result.

22. Julian Cash for 2 doubles titles this month with Robert Galloway (USA) - Surbiton Challenger 125 and Mallorca 250 ( his 2nd ATP 250 title with Robert this year) - plus RU in the Stuttgart 250. Julian moves up to CH 39.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thanks both - on the basis that we are done, Ill call it closed as of 11 this evening and post it. Im sure CD has someone up their sleeve but Im worried we have a fast start on Wimbledon and two rounds of voting so will get two groups of 11 ( barring any more entries up) tonight and get it going - I reckon weve got all the runners covered that are serious contenders!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

And sorry to have sped up the process, think it makes sense though , for me at least personally - Im in a hotel tonight , tomorrow as well and moving my daughter into a new flat for year 4 and just trying to manage around that on my phone in the hotel room!