JonH comes home wrote:

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Thanks Indy, good shout

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 There are better ones. Thinking a bit more about it, it was 'just' another M25 title as 3rd seed for someone of JoMo's talent. But hey it is out there ...

 Nominations

1 Alastair Gray - two back to back M25 singles titles as he wins 10 straight singles matches and willre enter the top 500 and then some (and a doubles runners-up place) - so good to see him back smile.gif

2 Luke Johnson - for winning the title in Hong Kong with Sander Arends (a second straight title) which will likely give him a new career high ranking.

3 Henry Searle - reached his first ever Challenger final after a cracking week in Loughborough and enters the top 500 at 401.

4. Jack Draper - as #15 seed, 'just' matched his seeding by reaching R4, but came into the Aus Open having had a hip injury issue and lacking match play, won his first 3 rounds in 5 sets, having been 2 sets to 1 down in each and facing Aus players ( and crowds! ) in R2 & R3, playing better with each round. Unfortunately that hip issue and accumulated pain got the better of him at 5-7 1-6 down to Alcaraz in R4 and he sensibly called it off. Still, attitude, commitment!

5. Oliver Crawford - for winning the singles title at the M25 in Chennai (and for leaving Trump's USA and joining GB, at least in tennis terms )

6. Jonny Cross - for winning both the singles and doubles title in the J30 in Belgium and a ranking rise into the top 1000

7. Jake Fearnley - for reaching the third round in his first appearance at the Australian Open and for a very creditable performance in his loss to WR2 Zverev in the third round. With this and his semi-final in the Canberra 125 Challenger earlier in the month, he'll reach a new CH inside the top 80.

8. Jodie Burrage - for getting her first win in the main draw at the Australian Open (only her third win in a grand slam) and for a very creditable performance in her loss to WR3 Gauff in the second round.

9. Henry Patten - at the Aus Open won the doubles title with Harri Heliovaara ( beating Bolelli & Vavassori in the final ) in 3 sets after losing a 34 point first set TB. Plus reached the SF of the mixed doubles with Olivia Nicholls, beating the top seeds Errani & Vavassori in R2. Prior to the Aus Open, reached the Auckland 250 SF with Harri, losing to Krawietz & Puetz, a defeat they avenged in the Aus Open SF

10. Andy Lapthorne - defended his AO wheelchair quad doubles title, seeded second with a win over the top seeds. Andy has the AO locked up - this is his 16th grand slam doubles title, 8 of which have been the AO, which he won in 3 of the last 4 years now. 

11. Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - winning their sixth straight AO wheelchair mens doubles title (and Gordons 7th) as top seeds and proving once again they are the best doubles pair of all time. It is easy to dismiss it as just wheelchair tennis, but their achievement is one of sustained high performance as the worlds top team.

12. Alfie Hewett - winning the AO Mens wheelchair singles, his 10th grand slam title in singles, on the back of winning the doubles title. He beat the top seed and world number one, Tokito Oda, in the final 4 and 4 and proved he is back at the top of the game. He didnt lose a set and beat the worlds 9, 7, 4 and 1 players in order to take the title, losing just 20 games over 4 matches 

13. Johannus Monday - a pretty untroubled looking 5 straight set wins takes JoMo to the Sunderland M25 title. Will take the current GB #10 up to about WR 320 from 10 counters.

14. Anna McBride - for winning a third AO singles title in a row in the PWII paratennis category, as well as finishing runner up in the doubles and helping the GB women's team take second place in the team event.

-- Edited by Tanaqui on Sunday 26th of January 2025 02:48:05 PM