British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Nominations:

1. Oliver Bonding - unseeded he wins the Roehampton J300 pre Wimbledon singles title, with some very good wins and dropping just one set along the way. GB's last winner was Jack PJ in 2021, Joao Fonseca won here in 2023. Oli followed up with reaching the boys doubles final at Wimbledon.

2. Oliver Tarvet - for winning his first round match at Wimbledon, his first match on the main tour, and putting up a creditable performance against the WR2 and defendingchampion, Carlos Alcaraz, on his debut on Centre Court.

3. Sonay Kartal- Fantastic Wimbledon for her , starting with a huge win over seeded Ostapenko, followed by straight sets wins against Tomova and Parry . No disgrace losing to slam finalist Pavluchenkova , in fact Sonay played a good match and had chances but experience told în the end. If she can beef up her second serve a little to make it less vulnerable her progress will be even quicker. And she is up there competing for British number 1 with Emma and Katie.

4. Cameron Norrie - Really great to see Cam back in the big time . Following his R16 finish at Roland Garros he went one better at Wimbledon with outstanding performances to beat stand out players Bautista, Tiafoe, Bellucci and an epic 5 set win over Jarry to reach the last 8. Alcaraz was always likely to be a match too far and so it proved but that does not take away a phenomenal tournament by Cam as the last Brit standing which has to make him a leading contender for POTM !

5. Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool - Wimbledon Mens Doubles Champions. Go to the top of the Race, qualify for ATP Tour Finals and to 3rd and 4th in the world rankings - enough said.

6. Fran Jones for winning the WTA 125 in France and setting a new career high of 104 in the post Wimbledon rankings.

7. Katie Swan winning the W35 in Spain on her come back road, beating the top two seeds and overtaking her PR

8. Emma Raducanu for her return to form at Wimbledon, defeating former champion Marketa Vondrousova in the second round and pushing world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the third. An incredible atmosphere on Centre Court. Followed up with a strong run to the Washington WTA 500 semis, beating Osaka and Sakkari on the way and getting back to British Number One  

9. Mimi Xu for reaching the semifinals of junior Wimbledon and second round of women's doubles to cap an excellent grass court season.

10. Katie O'Brien for winning the Invitational Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon with Thomas Johansson to become the most unexpected Wimbledon champion, and hopefully inspiring the players that she ccoaches.

11.Jack Pinnington Jones - beat Tomas Echeverry WR 53 in Wimbledon R1, then the following week, as 5th seed, won the Nottingham Challenger 50. These combined to take him up 91 places to a new CH 190 and GB #7

12. Jan Choinski - after a lean first half of 2025, Jan has won 2  challengers this month, in Troyes and Bunschoten.

13. Greg Slade - continued his good year by winning his first matches in the Quad Wheelchair events at Wimbledon, reaching the singles semi and doubles final. Greg is now firmly into the top 10 and looking to build on that, hopefully we will see him get into the USO field in a few weeks time. 

14. Toby Samuel - won silver medal in the World University Games, seeded 13 and only lost the gold match 7-5 in the final set; also part of the silver winning GB team

15. James Connel - unseeded, won bronze medal (semis) in the World University Games, as well as being part of the silver winning Team GB    

Included Toby and James per Telstar and to update to note they won team silver.

telstar wrote:

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Thanks Jon. I believe the men came 3rd but I guess AIN weren't eligible for team medals.

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 Id written third originally, but then saw Lambdas post and changed it! is AIN the non affiliated players like Russians? If so, they wont count, so British lads would be silver.  Anyway, main thing is they did well! 

JonH comes home wrote:

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Nominations:

1. Oliver Bonding - unseeded he wins the Roehampton J300 pre Wimbledon singles title, with some very good wins and dropping just one set along the way. GB's last winner was Jack PJ in 2021, Joao Fonseca won here in 2023. Oli followed up with reaching the boys doubles final at Wimbledon.

2. Oliver Tarvet - for winning his first round match at Wimbledon, his first match on the main tour, and putting up a creditable performance against the WR2 and defendingchampion, Carlos Alcaraz, on his debut on Centre Court.

3. Sonay Kartal- Fantastic Wimbledon for her , starting with a huge win over seeded Ostapenko, followed by straight sets wins against Tomova and Parry . No disgrace losing to slam finalist Pavluchenkova , in fact Sonay played a good match and had chances but experience told în the end. If she can beef up her second serve a little to make it less vulnerable her progress will be even quicker. And she is up there competing for British number 1 with Emma and Katie.

4. Cameron Norrie - Really great to see Cam back in the big time . Following his R16 finish at Roland Garros he went one better at Wimbledon with outstanding performances to beat stand out players Bautista, Tiafoe, Bellucci and an epic 5 set win over Jarry to reach the last 8. Alcaraz was always likely to be a match too far and so it proved but that does not take away a phenomenal tournament by Cam as the last Brit standing which has to make him a leading contender for POTM !

5. Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool - Wimbledon Mens Doubles Champions. Go to the top of the Race, qualify for ATP Tour Finals and to 3rd and 4th in the world rankings - enough said.

6. Fran Jones for winning the WTA 125 in France and setting a new career high of 104 in the post Wimbledon rankings.

7. Katie Swan winning the W35 in Spain on her come back road, beating the top two seeds and overtaking her PR

8. Emma Raducanu for her return to form at Wimbledon, defeating former champion Marketa Vondrousova in the second round and pushing world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the third. An incredible atmosphere on Centre Court. Followed up with a strong run to the Washington WTA 500 semis, beating Osaka and Sakkari on the way and getting back to British Number One  

9. Mimi Xu for reaching the semifinals of junior Wimbledon and second round of women's doubles to cap an excellent grass court season.

10. Katie O'Brien for winning the Invitational Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon with Thomas Johansson to become the most unexpected Wimbledon champion, and hopefully inspiring the players that she ccoaches.

11.Jack Pinnington Jones - beat Tomas Echeverry WR 53 in Wimbledon R1, then the following week, as 5th seed, won the Nottingham Challenger 50. These combined to take him up 91 places to a new CH 190 and GB #7

12. Jan Choinski - after a lean first half of 2025, Jan has won 2  challengers this month, in Troyes and Bunschoten.

13. Greg Slade - continued his good year by winning his first matches in the Quad Wheelchair events at Wimbledon, reaching the singles semi and doubles final. Greg is now firmly into the top 10 and looking to build on that, hopefully we will see him get into the USO field in a few weeks time. 

14. Toby Samuel - won silver medal in the World University Games, seeded 13 and only lost the gold match 7-5 in the final set; also part of the silver winning GB team

15. James Connel - unseeded, won bronze medal (semis) in the World University Games, as well as being part of the silver winning Team GB    

anyone up for giving George a nomination, then? 

Have added a George Loffhagen nomination and added mention of James Connel's defeat of the top seed.

1. Oliver Bonding - unseeded he wins the Roehampton J300 pre Wimbledon singles title, with some very good wins and dropping just one set along the way. GB's last winner was Jack PJ in 2021, Joao Fonseca won here in 2023. Oli followed up with reaching the boys doubles final at Wimbledon.

2. Oliver Tarvet - for winning his first round match at Wimbledon, his first match on the main tour, and putting up a creditable performance against the WR2 and defendingchampion, Carlos Alcaraz, on his debut on Centre Court.

3. Sonay Kartal- Fantastic Wimbledon for her , starting with a huge win over seeded Ostapenko, followed by straight sets wins against Tomova and Parry . No disgrace losing to slam finalist Pavluchenkova , in fact Sonay played a good match and had chances but experience told în the end. If she can beef up her second serve a little to make it less vulnerable her progress will be even quicker. And she is up there competing for British number 1 with Emma and Katie.

4. Cameron Norrie - Really great to see Cam back in the big time . Following his R16 finish at Roland Garros he went one better at Wimbledon with outstanding performances to beat stand out players Bautista, Tiafoe, Bellucci and an epic 5 set win over Jarry to reach the last 8. Alcaraz was always likely to be a match too far and so it proved but that does not take away a phenomenal tournament by Cam as the last Brit standing which has to make him a leading contender for POTM !

5. Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool - Wimbledon Mens Doubles Champions. Go to the top of the Race, qualify for ATP Tour Finals and to 3rd and 4th in the world rankings - enough said.

6. Fran Jones for winning a WTA 125 in France and another in Italy two weeks later to smash her career high and enter the top 100 at 84.

7. Katie Swan winning the W35 in Spain on her come back road, beating the top two seeds and overtaking her PR

8. Emma Raducanu for her return to form at Wimbledon, defeating former champion Marketa Vondrousova in the second round and pushing world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the third. An incredible atmosphere on Centre Court. Followed up with a strong run to the Washington WTA 500 semis, beating Osaka and Sakkari on the way and getting back to British Number One  

9. Mimi Xu for reaching the semifinals of junior Wimbledon and second round of women's doubles to cap an excellent grass court season.

10. Katie O'Brien for winning the Invitational Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon with Thomas Johansson to become the most unexpected Wimbledon champion, and hopefully inspiring the players that she ccoaches.

11.Jack Pinnington Jones - beat Tomas Echeverry WR 53 in Wimbledon R1, then the following week, as 5th seed, won the Nottingham Challenger 50. These combined to take him up 91 places to a new CH 190 and GB #7

12. Jan Choinski - after a lean first half of 2025, Jan has won 2  challengers this month, in Troyes and Bunschoten.

13. Greg Slade - continued his good year by winning his first matches in the Quad Wheelchair events at Wimbledon, reaching the singles semi and doubles final. Greg is now firmly into the top 10 and looking to build on that, hopefully we will see him get into the USO field in a few weeks time. 

14. Toby Samuel - won silver medal in the World University Games, seeded 13 and only lost the gold match 7-5 in the final set; also part of the silver winning GB team

15. James Connel - unseeded, won bronze medal (semis) in the World University Games, beating top seed Coleman Wong WR 173 ( who beat Ben Shelton in Miami in March ) in R3, also part of the silver winning GB team.

16. George Loffhagen - unseeded, won the Segovia ATP Challenger 75 title, beating (2) Hugo Grenier along the way, for his first challenger title. Soared up to a new CH 236.