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Just one week to go and player of the season is open for business! Next Wednesday.

Wildcard nominations begin then.

First, the small matter of November player of the month. Coming to a thread near here on Monday 1st December

JonH comes home wrote:

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This weeks nominations mean that Lui is now on 4 nominations.

This makes him the second most non qualified player for PoS - per above, this is relevant as it has a small knock effect for the PoS situation in due course

Cam Norrie 6
Fran Jones 6
Julian Cash/ Lloyd Glasspool 6
Sonay Kartal 5
Alicia Dudeney 4
Henry Patten 4
Lui Maxted 4

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 With the nomination from Hadley just now, Julian and Lloyd go to 7 nominations and top of the tree!!

JonH comes home wrote:

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I have a list of 14 wild card nominations I plan to definitely make, and a few more I may dip into if others of mine are taken up already or if the list of nominations is smaller than I would like to see!!

Remember, anyone can nominate - and there is no limit to how many we nominate nor to how many nominations we have in total.

Depending on how many wildcards are needed, we will have the players sorted into random groups and then each group will provide one of the wild cards. As mentioned previously, I anticipate we will need 4 or 5 wild cards this year to round out the field, so 4 or 5 voting groups.

I say random, but they will be randomly allocated but with an intent to keep each group nicely stocked with players from the different categories (men/women, singles/doubles, juniors, college, wheelchair and other disabilities). Hopefully, each group will end up being nicely balanced in terms of composition!

So have a think and write some names down thin  in tike if at you might nominate. I plan to try and do one nomination of my own each day for each of the 14 or so days the window is open. A sort of mini Christmas Wild cards advent calendar!!

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 27th of November 2025 02:59:02 PM

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 Yes, I think be steady with your list to give room and time for the rest of us to consider which of our favourites are not yet in the PoS list and then to possibly construct WC nomination narratives. Be good to see plenty folk involved over time if not straight off the bat.

When it comes to the wildcard nominations, one concern is narrative creep! We could end up with a lot of text and a big big thread / post length if things arent controlled a little. Im going to suggest a word limit per entry and looking at this months Pom nominations, about 50 words feels like a good mark. Im not going to police it tightly, Ill ask for self governance, but I think 50 should be enough for anyone to aim at as a max!?

Updated schedule:

Nov PoM - Vote will take place Sunday 30th November - Tuesday 2nd December (after end of week 48) - 4 weeks nomination process

PoS Wildcard Nominations - window for nominations between Wednesday 3rd December and Wednesday 17th December 2025. Note this year, there will be unlimited wildcard nominations and the vote will be organised to support that process)

Dec PoM - Vote will take place Sunday 28th December - Tuesday 30th December (after end of week 52) - 4 weeks nomination process

PoS Wildcard vote - Wednesday 31st Dec - Friday 2nd Jan 2026

PoS Round One Vote - Saturday 3rd - Monday 5th Jan 2026

PoS Semi Final Vote - Tuesday 6th - Thursday 8th Jan 2026

PoS Final - Friday 9th to Sunday 11th Jan 2026 2026

And that will take us neatly into the start of the Australian Open 2026 (which starts on the 12th January!)

January 2026 PoM nominations will also open for business early in January 26.

The 2026 schedule will be posted once Player of the Season is all done and dusted and I have chance to work it all out

 

Minor tweaks to the voting schedule.  

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 30th of November 2025 12:10:16 AM

Toby wins his first Player of the Month title

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2020
Winner
Jan Joe Salisbury
Feb Heather Watson
Mar Sam Murray-Sharan
Apr no play - Covid
May no play - Covid
Jun/Jul Arthur Fery
Aug Jo Konta
Sep Fran Jones
Oct Fran Jones (2)
Nov/Dec Hep Oluwadare

2020 Player of Season Joe Salisbury

"1. Joe Salisbury
2. Eq. Dan Evans, Fran Jones
4. Alfie Hewett"

2021 Winner

Jan Fran Jones (3)
Feb Dan Evans
Mar Neal Skupski
Apr Dan Evans (2)
May Cam Norrie / Hannah Klugman (tie)
Jun Katie Swan
Jul Emma Raducanu
Aug Emma Raducanu (2)
Sep Emma Raducanu (3)
Oct Cam Norrie (2)
Nov/Dec Beth Grey/Billy Harris/Sonay Kartal (tie)

2021 Player of Season Emma Raducanu

1. Emma Raducanu
2. Eq. Cam Norrie and Joe Salisbury
4. Beth Grey"

2022 Winner

Jan Hannah Klugman (2)
Feb Sonay Kartal (2)
Mar Harriet Dart
Apr Jay Clarke
May Sonay Kartal (3)
Jun Ryan Peniston
Jul Cam Norrie (3)
Aug Alicia Barnett/Olivia Nicholls (pair)
Sep Katie Swan (2)
Oct Emily Appleton
Nov Julian Cash / Henry Patten (pair)

2022 Player of Season Jack Draper

1. Jack Draper
2. Neal Skupski
3. Julian Cash/ Henry Patten
4. Sonay Kartal"

2023 Winner

Dec/Jan Andy Murray
Feb Cam Norrie (4)
Mar Jodie Burrage
Apr Fran Jones (4)
May George Loffhagen
Jun Katie Boulter
Jul Henry Searle
Aug Dan Evans (3)
Sep Dan Evans (4)
Oct Billy Harris (2)
Nov Joe Salisbury (2)

2023 Player of Season Joe Salisbury

1. Joe Salisbury
2. Katie Boulter
3. Billy Harris
4. Liam Broady"

2024 Winner

Dec-23 Hannah Klugman (3)
Jan Kyle Edmund
Feb Katie Boulter (2)
Mar Fran Jones (5) /Lily Miyazaki (tie)
Apr Emma Raducanu (4)/ Mika Stojsavljevic (tie)
May Ella McDonald / Fran Jones (6) (tie)
Jun Billy Harris (3)
Jul Henry Patten (2)
Aug Jake Fearnley/ Jan Choinski (tie)
Sep Mika Stojsavljevic (2)/ Sonay Kartal (4) (tie)
Oct Jack Draper
Nov Emma Raducanu (5)/ Henry Patten (3) (tie)
Dec Jodie Burrage

2024 Player of Season Katie Boulter

1. Katie Boulter
2. Jake Fearnley
3. Sonay Kartal
4. Henry Patten"

2025 Winner

Jan Henry Patten (4)
Feb Oliver Bonding
Mar Jack Draper (2)
Apr Sonay Kartal (5)
May Jay Clarke (2)
Jun Liv Nicholls (2) / Oli Tarvet (tie)
Jul Fran Jones (7)
Aug Julian Cash (2)/ Lloyd Glasspool (pair)
Sep Sonay Kartal (6) 

Oct Mika Stojsavljevic (3)

Nov Toby Samuel