Sir Andy Murray October 2024 Player of the Month Award - Nominations thread

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Sir Andy Murray October 2024 Player of the Month Award - Nominations thread

Tanaqui · Club Coach

Luca's nomination is exactly the kind of thing that makes me love these threads. I don't always have time to follow all the lower-level tournaments, so it's great to find about all the good stuff happening there in here!

Are you going to watch the match in person or on TV, Jon?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Tanaqui wrote:
Luca's nomination is exactly the kind of thing that makes me love these threads. I don't always have time to follow all the lower-level tournaments, so it's great to find about all the good stuff happening there in here!

Are you going to watch the match in person or on TV, Jon?

Ditto! Well said!

im hoping to go in person with my son and my Dad- 3 generations! Tickets havent gone on sale yet, so will need to move quickly- theyve reduced the price to £17 for this , from £25 I think it was!

Lambda · Challenger level

If we going to include Luca, we may as well mention his other achievement this month wink

1. Julian Cash/ Lloyd Glasspool - taking the ATP 500 Japan Open, unseeded. Julians first title at this level and takes him to a new career high ranking; a welcome return to top tier titles for Lloyd. Well done, lads.

2. Megan Knight - for (age 13) winning the singles and doubles at the J30 in Loughborough. In the singles, she progressed through the draw without losing a set as a WC and beat the top seed in the final. Also reached the final of the J60 event in week 41 at Loughborough, her first at that level of event, and qualified for the TE U14 Monte Carlo Masters event

3. Oli Bonding - aged 17, for getting his first ATP ranking point and therefore his first ranking at a CH of 1936. Also for making the final of the J300 singles in Beijing and winning the doubles (with Roh of Korea) at the same tournament.

4. Olivia Nicholls - for consolidating her position as GB doubles No 1 with a new CH of 41. This is resulting from a succesful trip to China with regular partner Tereza Mihalikova. They reached the QF in Beijing beating the top seeds, Dabrowski WR3 and Routliffe WR2 on the way as well as Pegula (CH=1) and Mohammad. In Wuhan they beat Kenin and Mattek-Sands (CH=1) in reaching the QF stage (more events to come this month as well)

5. Jo Monday - for winning the singles and doubles titles, unseeded, in the M25 Louisville, and then following up with a second M25 singles title in two weeks at Harlingen, Tx. More to come?

6. Sonay Kartal for winning the W100 in Shrewsbury and setting a new CH of 92. With no points to defend this year it's likely this will secure her place in the AO main draw.

7. Millie Rajecki & Mimi Xu for winning doubles at the W100 Shrewsbury in their first time playing together. It is Millie's 2nd doubles title this year and Mimi's 4th - and for both their biggest title to date - and moves them both up over 100 places in the rankings to career highs of 245 and 307 respectively.

8. Jake Fearnley - for coming through qualification for the first time in an ATP250, in Stockholm (and then winning a round in the main draw.) Followed by winning a round in qualification in an ATP500 for the first time in Basel and coming agonisingly close to winning his FQR match as well. Has stayed inside the top 100 since first achieving that milestone, with a couple of new CHs as part of a slow climb up the 90s.

9. Heather Watson for a great W100 tournament at Shrewsbury , reaching the final with 2 wins over seeds including a highly impressive 6-1 6-1 win over Schmiedlova. A great battle with Sonay in a 5-7 first set but then the contest was over as Heathers leg injury ultimately forced her to retire. Good return to form by Heather and hopefully she recovers in time for BJK Cup next month.

10. Luca Pow - 19 yo, for gaining his first ATP ranking points in some style ( should enter in the top 1200 ) by reaching the Winston-Salem M15 final where he lost a tight 3 setter to fellow Wake Forest collegiate Dhakshineswar Suresh (IND). The day before competing in the M15 he won the ITA Carolina regional doubles by defeating the top seeds to qualify for the NCAA Championships.

indiana · Tennis legend

Thanks Lambda. I kind of let college tennis generally pass me by.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
If we going to include Luca, we may as well mention his other achievement this month

1. Julian Cash/ Lloyd Glasspool - taking the ATP 500 Japan Open, unseeded. Julians first title at this level and takes him to a new career high ranking; a welcome return to top tier titles for Lloyd. Well done, lads.

2. Megan Knight - for (age 13) winning the singles and doubles at the J30 in Loughborough. In the singles, she progressed through the draw without losing a set as a WC and beat the top seed in the final. Also reached the final of the J60 event in week 41 at Loughborough, her first at that level of event, and qualified for the TE U14 Monte Carlo Masters event

3. Oli Bonding - aged 17, for getting his first ATP ranking point and therefore his first ranking at a CH of 1936. Also for making the final of the J300 singles in Beijing and winning the doubles (with Roh of Korea) at the same tournament.

4. Olivia Nicholls - for consolidating her position as GB doubles No 1 with a new CH of 41. This is resulting from a succesful trip to China with regular partner Tereza Mihalikova. They reached the QF in Beijing beating the top seeds, Dabrowski WR3 and Routliffe WR2 on the way as well as Pegula (CH=1) and Mohammad. In Wuhan they beat Kenin and Mattek-Sands (CH=1) in reaching the QF stage (more events to come this month as well)

5. Jo Monday - for winning the singles and doubles titles, unseeded, in the M25 Louisville, and then following up with a second M25 singles title in two weeks at Harlingen, Tx. More to come?

6. Sonay Kartal for winning the W100 in Shrewsbury and setting a new CH of 92. With no points to defend this year it's likely this will secure her place in the AO main draw.

7. Millie Rajecki & Mimi Xu for winning doubles at the W100 Shrewsbury in their first time playing together. It is Millie's 2nd doubles title this year and Mimi's 4th - and for both their biggest title to date - and moves them both up over 100 places in the rankings to career highs of 245 and 307 respectively.

8. Jake Fearnley - for coming through qualification for the first time in an ATP250, in Stockholm (and then winning a round in the main draw.) Followed by winning a round in qualification in an ATP500 for the first time in Basel and coming agonisingly close to winning his FQR match as well. Has stayed inside the top 100 since first achieving that milestone, with a couple of new CHs as part of a slow climb up the 90s.

9. Heather Watson for a great W100 tournament at Shrewsbury , reaching the final with 2 wins over seeds including a highly impressive 6-1 6-1 win over Schmiedlova. A great battle with Sonay in a 5-7 first set but then the contest was over as Heathers leg injury ultimately forced her to retire. Good return to form by Heather and hopefully she recovers in time for BJK Cup next month.

10. Luca Pow - 19 yo, for gaining his first ATP ranking points in some style ( should enter in the top 1200 ) by reaching the Winston-Salem M15 final where he lost a tight 3 setter to fellow Wake Forest collegiate Dhakshineswar Suresh (IND). The day before competing in the M15 he won the ITA Carolina regional doubles by defeating the top seeds to qualify for the NCAA Championships.

Thanks Lambda - list looking quite interesting now; be interesting to see how rest of this week and next develop.

Nominations close Sunday 3rd November - time tbd! - and vote will go up that day

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Nominations

1. Julian Cash/ Lloyd Glasspool - taking the ATP 500 Japan Open, unseeded. Julians first title at this level and takes him to a new career high ranking; a welcome return to top tier titles for Lloyd. Well done, lads.

2. Megan Knight - for (age 13) winning the singles and doubles at the J30 in Loughborough. In the singles, she progressed through the draw without losing a set as a WC and beat the top seed in the final. Also reached the final of the J60 event in week 41 at Loughborough, her first at that level of event, and qualified for the TE U14 Monte Carlo Masters event

3. Oli Bonding - aged 17, for getting his first ATP ranking point and therefore his first ranking at a CH of 1936. Also for making the final of the J300 singles in Beijing and winning the doubles (with Roh of Korea) at the same tournament.

4. Olivia Nicholls - for consolidating her position as GB doubles No 1 with a new CH of 41. This is resulting from a succesful trip to China with regular partner Tereza Mihalikova. They reached the QF in Beijing beating the top seeds, Dabrowski WR3 and Routliffe WR2 on the way as well as Pegula (CH=1) and Mohammad. In Wuhan they beat Kenin and Mattek-Sands (CH=1) in reaching the QF stage (more events to come this month as well)

5. Jo Monday - for winning the singles and doubles titles, unseeded, in the M25 Louisville, and then following up with a second M25 singles title in two weeks at Harlingen, Tx. Currently on a 12 match winning streak and into the QF of M25 Norman - can he make it 3 title weeks in a row?

6. Sonay Kartal for winning the W100 in Shrewsbury and setting a new CH of 92. With no points to defend this year it's likely this will secure her place in the AO main draw.

7. Millie Rajecki & Mimi Xu for winning doubles at the W100 Shrewsbury in their first time playing together. It is Millie's 2nd doubles title this year and Mimi's 4th - and for both their biggest title to date - and moves them both up over 100 places in the rankings to career highs of 245 and 307 respectively.

8. Jake Fearnley - for coming through qualification for the first time in an ATP250, in Stockholm (and then winning a round in the main draw.) Followed by winning a round in qualification in an ATP500 for the first time in Basel and coming agonisingly close to winning his FQR match as well. Has stayed inside the top 100 since first achieving that milestone, with a couple of new CHs as part of a slow climb up the 90s.

9. Heather Watson for a great W100 tournament at Shrewsbury , reaching the final with 2 wins over seeds including a highly impressive 6-1 6-1 win over Schmiedlova. A great battle with Sonay in a 5-7 first set but then the contest was over as Heathers leg injury ultimately forced her to retire. Good return to form by Heather and hopefully she recovers in time for BJK Cup next month.

10. Luca Pow - 19 yo, for gaining his first ATP ranking points in some style ( should enter in the top 1200 ) by reaching the Winston-Salem M15 final where he lost a tight 3 setter to fellow Wake Forest collegiate Dhakshineswar Suresh (IND). The day before competing in the M15 he won the ITA Carolina regional doubles by defeating the top seeds to qualify for the NCAA Championships.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Weve got at least one (Katie) and maybe two (Jack) into semis of 500 events this weekend; in doubles, we have Neal into a 500 final, Jamie and Henry into 500 doubles semis, and Emily into a 250 semi. Not too shoddy.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Updated for Megan

1. Julian Cash/ Lloyd Glasspool - taking the ATP 500 Japan Open, unseeded. Julians first title at this level and takes him to a new career high ranking; a welcome return to top tier titles for Lloyd. Well done, lads.

2. Megan Knight - for (age 13) winning the singles and doubles at the J30 in Loughborough. In the singles, she progressed through the draw without losing a set as a WC and beat the top seed in the final. Also reached the final of the J60 event in week 41 at Loughborough, her first at that level of event. AND she won the prestigious TE U14 Monte Carlo Masters event, despite being a year young - the first British player ever to win it.

3. Oli Bonding - aged 17, for getting his first ATP ranking point and therefore his first ranking at a CH of 1936. Also for making the final of the J300 singles in Beijing and winning the doubles (with Roh of Korea) at the same tournament.

4. Olivia Nicholls - for consolidating her position as GB doubles No 1 with a new CH of 41. This is resulting from a succesful trip to China with regular partner Tereza Mihalikova. They reached the QF in Beijing beating the top seeds, Dabrowski WR3 and Routliffe WR2 on the way as well as Pegula (CH=1) and Mohammad. In Wuhan they beat Kenin and Mattek-Sands (CH=1) in reaching the QF stage (more events to come this month as well)

5. Jo Monday - for winning the singles and doubles titles, unseeded, in the M25 Louisville, and then following up with a second M25 singles title in two weeks at Harlingen, Tx. More to come?

6. Sonay Kartal for winning the W100 in Shrewsbury and setting a new CH of 92. With no points to defend this year it's likely this will secure her place in the AO main draw.

7. Millie Rajecki & Mimi Xu for winning doubles at the W100 Shrewsbury in their first time playing together. It is Millie's 2nd doubles title this year and Mimi's 4th - and for both their biggest title to date - and moves them both up over 100 places in the rankings to career highs of 245 and 307 respectively.

8. Jake Fearnley - for coming through qualification for the first time in an ATP250, in Stockholm (and then winning a round in the main draw.) Followed by winning a round in qualification in an ATP500 for the first time in Basel and coming agonisingly close to winning his FQR match as well. Has stayed inside the top 100 since first achieving that milestone, with a couple of new CHs as part of a slow climb up the 90s.

9. Heather Watson for a great W100 tournament at Shrewsbury , reaching the final with 2 wins over seeds including a highly impressive 6-1 6-1 win over Schmiedlova. A great battle with Sonay in a 5-7 first set but then the contest was over as Heathers leg injury ultimately forced her to retire. Good return to form by Heather and hopefully she recovers in time for BJK Cup next month.

10. Luca Pow - 19 yo, for gaining his first ATP ranking points in some style ( should enter in the top 1200 ) by reaching the Winston-Salem M15 final where he lost a tight 3 setter to fellow Wake Forest collegiate Dhakshineswar Suresh (IND). The day before competing in the M15 he won the ITA Carolina regional doubles by defeating the top seeds to qualify for the NCAA Championships.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

1. Julian Cash/ Lloyd Glasspool - taking the ATP 500 Japan Open, unseeded. Julians first title at this level and takes him to a new career high ranking; a welcome return to top tier titles for Lloyd. Well done, lads.

2. Megan Knight - for (age 13) winning the singles and doubles at the J30 in Loughborough. In the singles, she progressed through the draw without losing a set as a WC and beat the top seed in the final. Also reached the final of the J60 event in week 41 at Loughborough, her first at that level of event. AND she won the prestigious TE U14 Monte Carlo Masters event, despite being a year young - the first British player ever to win it.

3. Oli Bonding - aged 17, for getting his first ATP ranking point and therefore his first ranking at a CH of 1936. Also for making the final of the J300 singles in Beijing and winning the doubles (with Roh of Korea) at the same tournament.

4. Olivia Nicholls - for consolidating her position as GB doubles No 1 with a new CH of 41. This is resulting from a succesful trip to China with regular partner Tereza Mihalikova. They reached the QF in Beijing beating the top seeds, Dabrowski WR3 and Routliffe WR2 on the way as well as Pegula (CH=1) and Mohammad. In Wuhan they beat Kenin and Mattek-Sands (CH=1) in reaching the QF stage (more events to come this month as well)

5. Jo Monday - for winning the singles and doubles titles, unseeded, in the M25 Louisville, and then following up with a second M25 singles title in two weeks at Harlingen, Tx. More to come?

6. Sonay Kartal for winning the W100 in Shrewsbury and setting a new CH of 92. With no points to defend this year it's likely this will secure her place in the AO main draw.

7. Millie Rajecki & Mimi Xu for winning doubles at the W100 Shrewsbury in their first time playing together. It is Millie's 2nd doubles title this year and Mimi's 4th - and for both their biggest title to date - and moves them both up over 100 places in the rankings to career highs of 245 and 307 respectively.

8. Jake Fearnley - for coming through qualification for the first time in an ATP250, in Stockholm (and then winning a round in the main draw.) Followed by winning a round in qualification in an ATP500 for the first time in Basel and coming agonisingly close to winning his FQR match as well. Has stayed inside the top 100 since first achieving that milestone, with a couple of new CHs as part of a slow climb up the 90s.

9. Heather Watson for a great W100 tournament at Shrewsbury , reaching the final with 2 wins over seeds including a highly impressive 6-1 6-1 win over Schmiedlova. A great battle with Sonay in a 5-7 first set but then the contest was over as Heathers leg injury ultimately forced her to retire. Good return to form by Heather and hopefully she recovers in time for BJK Cup next month.

10. Luca Pow - 19 yo, for gaining his first ATP ranking points in some style ( should enter in the top 1200 ) by reaching the Winston-Salem M15 final where he lost a tight 3 setter to fellow Wake Forest collegiate Dhakshineswar Suresh (IND). The day before competing in the M15 he won the ITA Carolina regional doubles by defeating the top seeds to qualify for the NCAA Championships.

11. Scott Watson - born 2010 - for winning the prestigious Tennis Europe Junior Masters U14 event

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thanks CD- list looking interesting and eclectic now, which is great

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Im seeing Jamie, and Neal both in atp500 finals; and Jack D as well! And Anton in a second straight domestic M25 final.

Excellent!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Worth remembering that the timing of the vote last month meant the Japan Open results counted towards the October player of the month nominations process. So anyone looking at Jack Drapers form this week, also remember he played and won his first two matches post US Open at the Japan Open, before retiring against Humbert in the quarterfinals, in that ATP 500 event.

So Jack now has an ATP 500 final to follow that QF up and a record in Vienna and Tokyo of won 6 lost 1, by retirement.

Just saying.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Also, JoMo's record will need an update - which I can do as I was the nominator, albeit anyone else who wishes to expand on my paltry comments is welcome to do so.

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

JonH comes home wrote:
Worth remembering that the timing of the vote last month meant the Japan Open results counted towards the October player of the month nominations process. So anyone looking at Jack Drapers form this week, also remember he played and won his first two matches post US Open at the Japan Open, before retiring against Humbert in the quarterfinals, in that ATP 500 event.

So Jack now has an ATP 500 final to follow that QF up and a record in Vienna and Tokyo of won 6 lost 1, by retirement.

Just saying.

Win or lose in the final today Jack will certainly be nominated !