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JonH comes home · Tennis legend

2025 British Tennis Forum Player of the Month and Season Awards - overview thread (for the Sir Andy Murray Trophy)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

So, a little revision to the schedule:

Updated schedule:

PoS Wildcard Nominations - window for nominations between Tuesday 2nd December and Wednesday 17th December 2025.

Dec PoM Vote - dates to be confirmed but currently will take place Sunday 28th December - Tuesday 30th December (after end of week 52) - 4 weeks nomination process.

PoS Wildcard Vote - Tuesday 30th December to Friday 2nd Jan 2026. R1 vote - players split into 2 groups and tbd if we have one or two rounds of voting depending on number of wildcards we are voting for

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

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Friday 12th of December 2025 01:14:21 PM

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JonH comes home · Tennis legend

So, just been taken by surprise to see that there is a week 53 in 2025 season, starting 29th December.

To clarify - most of the event is actually in January 26 and the finals weekend clearly in January 26. Therefore week 53 from the ITF perspective will be included towards the January PoM process (and therefore towards the 2026 PoS process).

There are only 4 players entered, but the presence of a week 53 did surprise me and I wanted to make sure folks understand how it aligns with how we do things.

Maybe Player of the Season could get changed to Player of the Year to be even clearer, and to totally align - but it is semantics!

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Friday 12th of December 2025 04:05:56 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Fair dos.

As has to happen every 5 or 6 years due to the vagaries of the calendar, the ATP and WTA tours are kicking off on 05/01/26, by date 6 days later ( rather than the normal 1 day earlier ) compared to this season's 30/12/24 start.

As far as I know we have always aligned our weeks ( for entry and tournament threads ) with these ATP/ WTA schedules, hence the week 53 entries for week beginning 29/12/25.

No reason though you can't kick that week into January 2026 for PoM / PoS purposes, not as you say that much is going to be happening in that week anyway.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 12th of December 2025 04:11:16 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Fair dos.

As has to happen every 5 or 6 years due to the vagaries of the calendar, the ATP and WTA tours are kicking off on 05/01/26, by date 6 days later ( rather than the normal 1 day earlier ) compared to this season's 30/12/24 start.

As far as I know we have always aligned our weeks ( for entry and tournament threads) with these tournaments weeks, hence the week 53 entries for week beginning 29/12/25.

Yeah, it just took me by surprise. But, as per, it is largely in January and aligns with our January PoM process. It just creates a slight anomaly and I didnt want anyone to call foul on that.

For our players taking part that week, they may get a fast start towards January 2026 PoM!

I knew the ATP/WTA seasons started w.c. 5/1, I just wasnt sure what the ITF would call that week and if there was an overall alignment or decision maker in tennis on how we number weeks!

I dont think it really matters, though. And I am guessing no one else had spotted it previously or cared enough to raise it?!

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Friday 12th of December 2025 04:10:31 PM