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

Brendan F · Lower Club Player

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

Tanaqui · Club Coach

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
12. Jodie Burrage - for reaching the semi-finals of the W75 in Glasgow, the first time she's strung several wins together in singles since returning from injury. At the same event, she also won the doubles, with Freya Christie.
13. Anton Matusevich - for winning the M25 in Edgbaston and reaching the final of the M25 in Glasgow the following week.

-- Edited by Tanaqui on Sunday 27th of October 2024 01:37:15 PM

Tanaqui · Club Coach

Brendan F wrote:
I would like to nominate Anton but it's too much work to look back at exactly what he did

Pulled together enough info to add Anton for you! Someon else may be able to add more detail.

indiana · 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

12. Jodie Burrage - for reaching the semi-finals of the W75 in Glasgow, the first time she's strung several wins together in singles since returning from injury. At the same event, she also won the doubles, with Freya Christie.

13. Anton Matusevich - for winning the M25 in Edgbaston and reaching the final of the M25 in Glasgow the following week.

14. Mika Stojsavljevic - reached the SFs of the World Juniot Tour Finals in China, then played in MD R1 of WTA 500 Tokyo, just losing out to Uchijima WR 57. In fact so close to greater sucess in that in both these losses she served for the match before just losing out in a final.set TB.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

not often we get a win in one of the venerable Central European classic indoor events !

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. JoMo then went and added a third straight title in M25 Norman, Ohio, taking his winning streak to 15 matches

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
12. Jodie Burrage - for reaching the semi-finals of the W75 in Glasgow, the first time she's strung several wins together in singles since returning from injury. At the same event, she also won the doubles, with Freya Christie.
13. Anton Matusevich - for winning the M25 in Edgbaston and reaching the final of the M25 in Glasgow the following week.
14. Mika Stojsavljevic - reached the SFs of the World Juniot Tour Finals in China, then played in MD R1 of WTA 500 Tokyo, just losing out to Uchijima WR 57. In fact so close to greater sucess in that in both these losses she served for the match before just losing out in a final.set TB.
15. Jamie Murray - winning the ATP500 in Basle, beating the 1, 2 and 3 seeds along the way with his old time partner, John Peers. This is Jamies first title at this level or above in more than 6 years! Well done, Jamie!

Thought worth recognising a big title!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

The list is remarkably large now compared to last weeks! We might even reach 20 plus nominees now; not sure if anymore to come this weekend, but a week left for others to join the party

JonH comes home · 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. JoMo then went and added a third straight title in M25 Norman, Ohio, taking his winning streak to 15 matches

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

12. Jodie Burrage - for reaching the semi-finals of the W75 in Glasgow, the first time she's strung several wins together in singles since returning from injury. At the same event, she also won the doubles, with Freya Christie.

13. Anton Matusevich - for winning the M25 in Edgbaston and reaching the final of the M25 in Glasgow the following week.

14. Mika Stojsavljevic - reached the SFs of the World Juniot Tour Finals in China, then played in MD R1 of WTA 500 Tokyo, just losing out to Uchijima WR 57. In fact so close to greater sucess in that in both these losses she served for the match before just losing out in a final.set TB.

15. Jamie Murray - winning the ATP500 in Basle, beating the 1, 2 and 3 seeds along the way with his old time partner, John Peers. This is Jamies first title at this level or above in more than 6 years! Well done, Jamie!

16. Jack Draper - his first ATP 500 title, in Vienna, following an earlier QF in Tokyo, for 7 wins in the month so far. Moves up to around 15 in the rankings as a result and some 70/80 places higher than the start of the season.

Ok, no one else seemed to be bothered

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Will be interesting to see where this lands - a bit like September, a variety of very worthy contenders. My personal vote is between about 4 or 5 of them currently. The fifth week could make a difference!

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

JonH comes home wrote:
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. JoMo then went and added a third straight title in M25 Norman, Ohio, taking his winning streak to 15 matches

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
12. Jodie Burrage - for reaching the semi-finals of the W75 in Glasgow, the first time she's strung several wins together in singles since returning from injury. At the same event, she also won the doubles, with Freya Christie.
13. Anton Matusevich - for winning the M25 in Edgbaston and reaching the final of the M25 in Glasgow the following week.
14. Mika Stojsavljevic - reached the SFs of the World Juniot Tour Finals in China, then played in MD R1 of WTA 500 Tokyo, just losing out to Uchijima WR 57. In fact so close to greater sucess in that in both these losses she served for the match before just losing out in a final.set TB.
15. Jamie Murray - winning the ATP500 in Basle, beating the 1, 2 and 3 seeds along the way with his old time partner, John Peers. This is Jamies first title at this level or above in more than 6 years! Well done, Jamie!
16. Jack Draper - his first ATP 500 title, in Vienna, following an earlier QF in Tokyo, for 7 wins in the month so far. Moves up to around 15 in the rankings as a result and some 70/80 places higher than the start of the season.
Ok, no one else seemed to be bothered

Got back too late in the day Jon and only just saw Jacks huge result in the final !

JonH comes home · 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 38 (also a British women's doubles ranking high this century). 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. JoMo then went and added a third straight title in M25 Norman, Ohio, taking his winning streak to 15 matches

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
12. Jodie Burrage - for reaching the semi-finals of the W75 in Glasgow, the first time she's strung several wins together in singles since returning from injury. At the same event, she also won the doubles, with Freya Christie.
13. Anton Matusevich - for winning the M25 in Edgbaston and reaching the final of the M25 in Glasgow the following week.
14. Mika Stojsavljevic - reached the SFs of the World Juniot Tour Finals in China, then played in MD R1 of WTA 500 Tokyo, just losing out to Uchijima WR 57. In fact so close to greater sucess in that in both these losses she served for the match before just losing out in a final.set TB.
15. Jamie Murray - winning the ATP500 in Basle, beating the 1, 2 and 3 seeds along the way with his old time partner, John Peers. This is Jamies first title at this level or above in more than 6 years! Well done, Jamie!
16. Jack Draper - his first ATP 500 title, in Vienna, following an earlier QF in Tokyo, for 7 wins in the month so far. Moves up to around 15 in the rankings as a result and some 70/80 places higher than the start of the season.
I updated Liv's record to reflect CH WR of 38 - and I think I picked up it was an all time British best, but may have mis read that?

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Monday 28th of October 2024 04:20:04 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Nominations will close Sunday evening - main timing question probably around action over the pond, with players in Bolivia WTA, US challengers and ITF. Lets see how the week progresses!

Lambda · Challenger level

JonH comes home wrote:
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 38 (also a British women's doubles ranking high). 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. JoMo then went and added a third straight title in M25 Norman, Ohio, taking his winning streak to 15 matches

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
12. Jodie Burrage - for reaching the semi-finals of the W75 in Glasgow, the first time she's strung several wins together in singles since returning from injury. At the same event, she also won the doubles, with Freya Christie.
13. Anton Matusevich - for winning the M25 in Edgbaston and reaching the final of the M25 in Glasgow the following week.
14. Mika Stojsavljevic - reached the SFs of the World Juniot Tour Finals in China, then played in MD R1 of WTA 500 Tokyo, just losing out to Uchijima WR 57. In fact so close to greater sucess in that in both these losses she served for the match before just losing out in a final.set TB.
15. Jamie Murray - winning the ATP500 in Basle, beating the 1, 2 and 3 seeds along the way with his old time partner, John Peers. This is Jamies first title at this level or above in more than 6 years! Well done, Jamie!
16. Jack Draper - his first ATP 500 title, in Vienna, following an earlier QF in Tokyo, for 7 wins in the month so far. Moves up to around 15 in the rankings as a result and some 70/80 places higher than the start of the season.
I updated Liv's record to reflect CH WR of 38 - and I think I picked up it was an all time British best, but may have mis read that?

Slight misreading. It's thought to be the highest this century.

JonH comes home · 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 38 (also a British women's doubles ranking high this century). 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. JoMo then went and added a third straight title in M25 Norman, Ohio, taking his winning streak to 15 matches

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
12. Jodie Burrage - for reaching the semi-finals of the W75 in Glasgow, the first time she's strung several wins together in singles since returning from injury. At the same event, she also won the doubles, with Freya Christie.
13. Anton Matusevich - for winning the M25 in Edgbaston and reaching the final of the M25 in Glasgow the following week.
14. Mika Stojsavljevic - reached the SFs of the World Juniot Tour Finals in China, then played in MD R1 of WTA 500 Tokyo, just losing out to Uchijima WR 57. In fact so close to greater sucess in that in both these losses she served for the match before just losing out in a final.set TB.
15. Jamie Murray - winning the ATP500 in Basle, beating the 1, 2 and 3 seeds along the way with his old time partner, John Peers. This is Jamies first title at this level or above in more than 6 years! Well done, Jamie!
16. Jack Draper - his first ATP 500 title, in Vienna, following an earlier QF in Tokyo, for 7 wins in the month so far. Moves up to around 15 in the rankings as a result and some 70/80 places higher than the start of the season.

Liv record updated, hopefully now correct!!!

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Wednesday 30th of October 2024 09:59:00 AM

the addict · Tennis legend

I would have done it anyway at the end of this week, when hopefully it will need updating again !

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
I would have done it anyway at the end of this week, when hopefully it will need updating again !

Hopefully - there are always a few that need updating in the last weekend, good to keep on top of it as it is a long month this month (5 and a bit with the weird end to September due to China etc) and a lot can be forgotten in the process!